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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 429 343 81.9 77.5-85.6 33 6.9 4.7-10.0 15 3.3 1.8- 5.9 38 7.9 5.6-11.1
GENDER
Male 131 103 80.0 71.4-86.4 8 6.7 3.2-13.3 4 3.3 1.0- 9.8 16 10.1 5.9-16.7
Female 298 240 83.1 78.0-87.2 25 7.0 4.5-10.8 11 3.3 1.7- 6.2 22 6.6 4.2-10.3
RACE
White 370 296 81.5 76.6-85.5 30 7.5 5.0-11.1 13 3.4 1.8- 6.5 31 7.6 5.1-11.1
Other 58 46 83.5 71.4-91.1 3 3.9 1.0-13.9 2 2.6 0.6-10.7 7 10.0 4.5-20.7
AGE
18-44 189 167 90.6 85.4-94.0 8 2.9 1.3- 6.5 3 1.5 0.5- 4.8 11 5.0 2.7- 9.1
45+ 238 174 74.0 67.0-80.0 25 10.5 6.8-15.8 12 4.9 2.5- 9.5 27 10.6 7.0-15.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 166 126 77.3 69.3-83.7 12 6.3 3.3-11.7 11 7.5 3.9-14.0 17 8.9 5.2-14.7
Some College + 263 217 84.7 79.3-88.9 21 7.2 4.4-11.5 4 0.7 0.3- 2.0 21 7.3 4.6-11.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 176 123 72.3 64.3-79.1 15 7.3 4.2-12.7 13 7.2 3.8-13.2 25 13.2 8.6-19.7
$50,000+ 170 145 85.6 78.5-90.6 14 7.9 4.4-13.9 1 0.8 0.1- 5.8 10 5.6 2.9-10.8

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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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