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

Seconhand Smoke Policy

Which of the following best describes your place of works' official smoking policy for work areas?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Not allowed Allowed in some areas Allowed in all areas No official policy
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,256 5,635 89.7 88.6-90.7 345 5.9 5.1- 6.8 158 2.4 2.0- 3.0 118 2.0 1.6- 2.5
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly 199 176 90.5 84.9-94.1 11 4.9 2.4-10.1 6 1.8 0.8- 4.1 6 2.8 1.1- 6.8
GENDER
Male 67 58 88.8 77.8-94.7 5 6.7 2.4-17.5 1 0.7 0.1- 5.1 3 3.7 1.1-12.3
Female 132 118 92.0 86.5-95.4 6 3.3 1.4- 7.5 5 2.8 1.1- 6.8 3 1.9 0.6- 6.0
RACE
White 124 109 89.0 80.8-94.0 6 5.0 1.8-13.3 4 2.1 0.8- 5.6 5 3.9 1.4-10.0
Other 74 66 92.7 85.2-96.5 5 5.0 2.0-12.2 2 1.3 0.3- 5.3 1 1.0 0.1- 7.0
AGE
18-44 100 89 92.7 86.7-96.1 5 3.9 1.6- 9.5 4 2.1 0.8- 5.8 2 1.2 0.3- 5.1
45+ 97 85 88.2 78.3-93.9 6 6.0 2.1-15.8 2 1.5 0.4- 6.0 4 4.3 1.5-11.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 83 74 90.4 81.6-95.2 5 4.4 1.8-10.5 2 1.6 0.4- 6.6 2 3.6 0.9-13.4
Some College + 114 100 90.2 81.7-95.0 6 5.5 1.9-15.1 4 2.0 0.7- 5.3 4 2.3 0.8- 6.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 109 93 89.2 81.9-93.8 6 3.9 1.6- 8.9 5 2.8 1.1- 6.8 5 4.2 1.5-11.1
$50,000+ 67 62 94.0 85.4-97.7 4 4.2 1.4-11.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.8 0.3-11.8

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported working indoors most of the time.

^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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