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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 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
-Western NC 636 563 87.3 83.3-90.5 37 6.8 4.3-10.3 22 3.3 1.9- 5.6 14 2.6 1.4- 4.7
GENDER
Male 212 177 84.0 76.5-89.5 15 7.7 3.8-14.9 13 5.0 2.5- 9.9 7 3.2 1.4- 7.1
Female 424 386 89.9 85.3-93.2 22 6.0 3.5-10.2 9 2.0 0.9- 4.1 7 2.1 0.9- 4.9
RACE
White 567 498 86.5 82.2-89.9 35 7.6 4.9-11.7 21 3.1 1.9- 5.1 13 2.8 1.5- 5.1
African American 29 28 96.4 78.1-99.5 0 0.0 . - . 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 34 86.3 69.2-94.6 3 9.0 2.6-26.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 4.8 1.1-17.7
25-34 127 107 83.5 71.7-91.0 9 8.9 3.3-22.1 8 5.0 2.1-11.3 3 2.6 0.8- 8.0
35-44 174 155 86.6 77.7-92.3 10 7.5 3.3-16.4 7 3.3 1.4- 7.4 2 2.6 0.6- 9.7
45-54 177 160 90.2 83.7-94.3 9 5.2 2.4-10.7 3 1.8 0.5- 5.9 5 2.8 1.0- 7.8
55-64 90 83 94.7 88.5-97.6 4 2.9 1.0- 8.6 1 0.7 0.1- 5.1 2 1.7 0.4- 6.5
65-74 24 20 73.5 37.2-92.9 1 1.4 0.2- 9.6 3 25.1 6.2-62.8 0 0.0 . - .
75+ 4 4 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 61 48 79.6 64.5-89.4 4 3.6 1.3- 9.9 6 11.0 4.1-26.3 3 5.8 1.6-18.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 185 159 86.3 79.3-91.2 12 7.1 3.7-13.3 9 3.6 1.6- 8.0 5 2.9 1.1- 7.7
Some Post-H.S. 173 157 90.3 82.1-95.0 9 6.4 2.6-15.2 3 1.1 0.4- 3.5 4 2.1 0.7- 6.1
College Graduate 217 199 88.6 79.6-93.9 12 7.9 3.4-17.2 4 2.0 0.7- 6.1 2 1.5 0.4- 6.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 33 27 84.1 59.8-95.0 1 1.2 0.2- 8.6 4 13.7 3.8-39.4 1 0.9 0.1- 6.4
$15,000- 24,999 112 95 83.7 73.6-90.5 6 7.4 2.9-17.3 7 5.6 2.4-12.6 4 3.3 1.2- 9.0
$25,000- 34,999 101 90 89.1 79.5-94.6 6 5.1 1.8-13.4 2 3.5 0.9-12.9 3 2.3 0.7- 7.3
$35,000- 49,999 117 103 87.4 77.0-93.5 9 7.6 3.3-16.8 3 1.0 0.3- 3.3 2 4.0 1.0-14.5
$50,000-74,999 109 101 90.7 78.9-96.2 5 6.4 1.9-19.4 2 2.1 0.5- 8.5 1 0.9 0.1- 6.2
$75,000+ 92 84 91.2 82.5-95.8 6 6.4 2.7-14.3 1 0.8 0.1- 5.3 1 1.7 0.2-11.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 135 119 89.2 81.7-93.9 4 2.3 0.7- 6.7 9 5.5 2.6-11.3 3 3.0 0.8-10.1
No 497 441 86.8 82.0-90.5 33 8.0 5.0-12.5 13 2.7 1.3- 5.5 10 2.4 1.2- 4.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 52 46 94.9 87.9-97.9 3 2.5 0.8- 8.1 2 1.2 0.3- 5.7 1 1.4 0.2- 9.2
Non-Veteran 581 514 86.5 82.2-90.0 34 7.2 4.6-11.2 20 3.5 2.0- 6.0 13 2.7 1.5- 5.0
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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