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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties

Secondhand 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 16,780 12,461 75.1 74.2-76.0 1,382 8.6 8.0- 9.2 886 5.1 4.7- 5.6 2,051 11.2 10.6-11.9
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 399 274 68.9 62.8-74.5 39 10.9 7.4-15.8 26 5.4 3.5- 8.2 60 14.8 10.8-20.0
GENDER
Male 144 97 67.5 56.7-76.7 12 10.1 4.9-19.8 8 3.7 1.8- 7.8 27 18.7 11.7-28.5
Female 255 177 70.3 63.6-76.2 27 11.7 7.8-17.1 18 6.9 4.1-11.3 33 11.2 7.7-15.9
RACE
White 370 253 66.8 60.3-72.7 36 11.6 7.8-17.0 25 5.9 3.9- 9.0 56 15.6 11.3-21.3
Other 28 20 85.6 69.4-94.0 3 5.5 1.5-17.8 1 0.9 0.1- 6.1 4 8.1 2.5-23.1
AGE
18-44 131 92 70.3 59.4-79.3 15 11.6 6.1-21.1 6 3.7 1.6- 8.4 18 14.3 8.1-24.0
45+ 265 179 67.2 60.5-73.3 24 10.4 6.8-15.5 20 7.0 4.3-11.1 42 15.4 11.0-21.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 184 113 63.1 54.2-71.2 19 10.7 6.6-17.0 18 8.1 4.9-13.3 34 18.0 12.0-26.2
Some College + 213 159 73.7 64.7-81.0 20 11.2 6.2-19.4 8 3.0 1.4- 6.5 26 12.1 7.2-19.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 268 172 65.4 57.7-72.4 32 13.9 9.0-20.9 19 5.7 3.4- 9.3 45 15.0 10.5-21.1
$50,000+ 89 71 75.1 61.1-85.3 5 5.5 2.2-12.9 3 3.2 0.9-10.4 10 16.2 7.5-31.6

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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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
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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