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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange County

Seconhand Smoke Policy

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Respond.^
Not allowed anywhere Allowed in some places Allowed anywhere No rules about smoking
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,761 10,413 72.3 71.5-73.2 1,234 8.1 7.6- 8.7 1,062 7.0 6.5- 7.5 2,052 12.6 12.0-13.2
-Orange County 405 341 85.3 81.0-88.8 14 3.6 2.0- 6.6 17 3.5 2.1- 5.6 33 7.6 5.2-11.1
GENDER
Male 148 119 82.6 75.1-88.2 5 3.5 1.4- 8.6 7 3.2 1.4- 6.8 17 10.7 6.3-17.5
Female 257 222 87.6 82.4-91.4 9 3.7 1.6- 8.2 10 3.7 2.0- 6.9 16 5.0 2.9- 8.4
RACE
White 318 269 84.7 79.5-88.7 12 4.4 2.3- 8.2 12 3.3 1.8- 5.9 25 7.6 4.8-11.9
Other 84 70 87.7 79.2-93.0 2 1.3 0.3- 5.2 4 3.3 1.2- 8.9 8 7.7 3.6-15.5
AGE
18-44 194 171 89.9 84.6-93.5 5 1.8 0.7- 4.5 7 2.9 1.4- 6.2 11 5.4 2.9-10.1
45+ 210 169 80.4 73.4-86.0 9 5.6 2.7-11.4 10 4.0 2.1- 7.6 22 9.9 6.1-15.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 83 62 77.6 66.1-86.0 3 4.2 1.0-15.9 7 6.1 2.8-12.9 11 12.1 6.4-21.7
Some College + 322 279 87.6 83.0-91.1 11 3.4 1.8- 6.5 10 2.7 1.4- 5.0 22 6.3 3.8-10.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 150 118 82.3 75.0-87.8 7 3.3 1.5- 7.3 10 5.3 2.8-10.0 15 9.0 5.2-15.3
$50,000+ 169 148 87.4 80.5-92.2 5 3.8 1.5- 9.1 3 1.5 0.5- 4.7 13 7.2 3.8-13.4

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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