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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Union County

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
-Union County 208 186 87.7 81.2-92.1 12 6.4 3.4-11.8 7 4.3 1.9- 9.4 3 1.6 0.5- 4.9
GENDER
Male 64 54 82.3 68.9-90.7 5 8.7 3.4-20.6 3 6.3 1.9-18.8 2 2.7 0.7-10.2
Female 144 132 91.2 84.3-95.2 7 4.9 2.1-11.0 4 3.0 1.1- 8.0 1 0.9 0.1- 6.0
RACE
White 175 159 90.0 83.8-94.0 9 5.4 2.6-10.6 5 3.3 1.3- 7.9 2 1.4 0.3- 5.3
Other 32 26 78.2 56.9-90.7 3 10.6 2.9-31.9 2 8.6 2.0-30.3 1 2.6 0.4-16.5
AGE
18-44 117 103 86.9 77.6-92.7 8 6.8 2.9-14.8 4 4.5 1.5-12.7 2 1.8 0.5- 7.0
45+ 91 83 88.8 78.7-94.5 4 5.9 2.1-15.1 3 4.0 1.2-12.4 1 1.3 0.2- 8.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 63 54 81.2 65.9-90.6 6 11.8 4.8-26.1 3 6.9 2.0-21.6 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 145 132 90.6 83.8-94.7 6 4.0 1.6- 9.3 4 3.2 1.1- 8.5 3 2.3 0.7- 7.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 79 70 83.6 69.5-91.9 6 9.6 3.8-22.5 2 5.2 1.2-19.8 1 1.5 0.2-10.0
$50,000+ 103 91 88.3 79.8-93.5 6 5.7 2.4-12.9 4 4.0 1.4-10.7 2 2.0 0.5- 7.6

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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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