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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Seconhand Smoke Policy

Which of the following best describes your place of works' official smoking policy for indoor public or common areas, such as lobbies, rest rooms, and lunch rooms?*

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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 6,254 5,043 80.6 79.3-81.8 895 14.5 13.4-15.7 160 2.5 2.0- 3.1 156 2.4 1.9- 2.9
-Western NC 633 499 78.0 73.5-81.9 94 15.8 12.4-20.0 18 2.7 1.5- 4.9 22 3.5 2.1- 5.6
GENDER
Male 211 153 72.1 64.0-78.9 37 19.6 13.6-27.3 10 3.9 1.7- 8.7 11 4.4 2.2- 8.6
Female 422 346 82.6 77.5-86.7 57 12.9 9.3-17.6 8 1.8 0.8- 3.9 11 2.7 1.4- 5.5
RACE
White 564 447 77.5 72.7-81.6 80 16.3 12.6-20.9 17 2.4 1.4- 4.2 20 3.7 2.2- 6.2
African American 29 21 78.3 58.1-90.4 7 18.1 7.4-38.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.6 0.5-21.9
Other Minorities 1 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-24 39 29 74.2 56.3-86.5 7 19.6 8.9-37.9 0 0.0 . - . 3 6.2 1.9-18.5
25-34 127 99 78.3 66.5-86.7 18 14.7 7.5-26.8 5 2.5 0.8- 7.4 5 4.6 1.8-11.1
35-44 173 138 81.0 72.6-87.3 24 13.0 7.8-20.8 6 3.1 1.3- 7.3 5 2.9 0.8- 9.5
45-54 177 141 75.7 66.5-83.1 28 19.5 12.8-28.7 3 1.8 0.5- 5.9 5 3.0 1.1- 8.0
55-64 89 70 80.6 70.0-88.1 14 15.5 8.8-26.1 1 0.7 0.1- 5.1 4 3.1 1.1- 8.3
65-74 23 19 72.5 35.8-92.6 1 1.4 0.2-10.0 3 26.1 6.5-64.1 0 0.0 . - .
75+ 4 2 57.4 12.8-92.5 2 42.6 7.5-87.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 61 42 70.9 55.4-82.8 10 12.3 5.8-24.2 6 11.0 4.1-26.3 3 5.8 1.6-18.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 183 129 71.6 63.2-78.7 39 21.3 15.1-29.2 7 2.3 1.0- 5.4 8 4.8 2.2-10.3
Some Post-H.S. 172 136 80.8 72.1-87.2 27 15.8 9.8-24.5 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1 8 3.1 1.4- 7.0
College Graduate 217 192 84.1 74.8-90.4 18 12.2 6.5-21.7 4 2.0 0.7- 6.1 3 1.7 0.5- 6.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 33 20 67.2 43.1-84.7 6 15.8 5.8-36.4 3 12.1 2.9-39.2 4 4.9 1.6-14.5
$15,000- 24,999 111 80 73.6 62.4-82.4 20 17.2 9.9-28.1 7 5.7 2.4-12.6 4 3.6 1.3- 9.5
$25,000- 34,999 101 74 69.6 57.6-79.4 21 23.9 15.0-35.7 1 1.5 0.2- 9.8 5 5.1 1.9-12.8
$35,000- 49,999 116 94 84.2 75.0-90.5 16 10.9 6.3-18.2 2 0.7 0.1- 3.3 4 4.2 1.2-14.4
$50,000-74,999 109 90 77.1 64.6-86.2 16 19.9 11.3-32.7 2 2.1 0.5- 8.5 1 0.9 0.1- 6.2
$75,000+ 92 81 89.5 81.0-94.5 8 7.6 3.6-15.3 1 0.8 0.1- 5.3 2 2.1 0.4-10.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 134 99 75.2 65.3-83.1 22 15.6 9.4-24.8 9 5.6 2.6-11.4 4 3.6 1.2-10.4
No 495 398 78.9 73.7-83.3 70 15.7 11.7-20.6 9 2.0 0.8- 4.7 18 3.5 2.0- 6.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 52 38 77.0 61.2-87.7 9 18.4 8.9-34.4 2 1.2 0.3- 5.7 3 3.3 1.0-10.6
Non-Veteran 578 458 78.0 73.2-82.1 85 15.6 12.0-20.1 16 2.9 1.5- 5.3 19 3.5 2.1- 5.9
Currently Serving 3 3 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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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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