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

Secondhand 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 7,339 6,650 89.2 88.1-90.3 364 6.0 5.1- 7.0 139 2.0 1.6- 2.5 186 2.8 2.3- 3.4
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 165 150 90.5 84.0-94.5 5 3.7 1.4- 9.7 5 2.5 1.0- 6.2 5 3.2 1.3- 7.9
GENDER
Male 46 38 85.3 70.8-93.2 2 6.2 1.5-21.7 3 3.5 1.0-11.3 3 5.1 1.5-15.7
Female 119 112 93.9 87.3-97.2 3 2.2 0.6- 7.1 2 1.8 0.4- 7.3 2 2.0 0.5- 8.3
RACE
White 161 147 90.4 83.7-94.5 4 3.6 1.3-10.0 5 2.6 1.0- 6.4 5 3.4 1.3- 8.2
Other 4 3 93.9 56.2-99.5 1 6.1 0.5-43.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 68 64 93.4 82.2-97.8 3 5.0 1.4-16.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.5 0.2-10.1
45+ 95 84 86.8 77.2-92.8 2 2.4 0.6- 9.3 5 5.5 2.2-13.0 4 5.3 1.9-14.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 62 53 82.9 68.6-91.5 5 9.8 3.7-23.6 1 0.9 0.1- 6.2 3 6.4 2.1-18.2
Some College + 102 96 95.2 89.2-97.9 0 0.0 . - . 4 3.5 1.3- 9.4 2 1.3 0.3- 5.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 100 88 87.2 77.4-93.1 5 6.0 2.2-15.2 3 2.3 0.7- 7.4 4 4.5 1.6-11.9
$50,000+ 54 51 95.4 85.9-98.6 0 0.0 . - . 2 3.2 0.7-13.0 1 1.4 0.2- 9.3

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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: 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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