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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Anson/Hoke/Montgomery/Richmond/Scotland/Stanly Counties

Seconhand Smoke Policy

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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
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly 529 350 64.5 59.5-69.1 45 8.3 6.0-11.6 58 12.3 9.2-16.2 76 14.9 11.7-18.9
GENDER
Male 197 119 58.9 50.8-66.5 16 8.4 4.9-14.2 34 17.5 12.2-24.6 28 15.2 10.2-22.0
Female 332 231 69.8 64.0-75.1 29 8.3 5.5-12.2 24 7.3 4.7-11.1 48 14.6 10.9-19.4
RACE
White 344 227 65.4 59.3-71.1 23 5.7 3.5- 9.1 41 12.4 8.7-17.3 53 16.5 12.3-21.8
Other 183 121 61.9 53.2-69.9 22 13.4 8.5-20.6 17 12.4 7.4-20.0 23 12.3 7.8-18.8
AGE
18-44 202 147 68.5 60.1-75.9 13 7.9 4.3-14.1 19 12.2 7.2-19.7 23 11.5 7.2-17.8
45+ 324 201 61.5 55.2-67.4 32 8.8 5.9-12.9 38 12.3 8.7-17.1 53 17.4 13.1-22.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 296 176 56.9 50.2-63.5 31 10.6 7.1-15.5 42 16.3 11.6-22.3 47 16.2 11.9-21.7
Some College + 231 172 74.4 67.2-80.4 14 5.4 2.9- 9.9 16 6.9 4.0-11.6 29 13.4 8.9-19.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 314 188 57.9 51.3-64.2 30 9.0 6.0-13.2 40 14.3 10.1-20.0 56 18.8 14.2-24.4
$50,000+ 105 86 79.4 68.8-87.1 2 2.5 0.5-10.7 5 4.9 1.9-12.0 12 13.2 7.1-23.2

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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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