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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 498 355 72.3 67.0-77.0 41 7.8 5.4-11.1 30 6.2 3.9- 9.7 72 13.7 10.2-18.1
GENDER
Male 175 128 75.9 67.3-82.9 11 6.0 3.0-11.9 11 6.6 3.0-14.0 25 11.4 7.0-17.9
Female 323 227 69.0 62.3-75.0 30 9.4 6.2-13.9 19 5.9 3.6- 9.4 47 15.8 11.0-22.1
RACE
White 440 310 71.6 66.0-76.6 38 8.5 5.8-12.2 25 5.4 3.5- 8.4 67 14.6 10.8-19.4
Other 58 45 77.8 58.2-89.8 3 2.9 0.9- 9.4 5 11.9 3.1-36.4 5 7.4 2.6-19.6
AGE
18-44 171 130 74.9 65.8-82.3 13 6.8 3.6-12.7 9 6.3 2.8-13.4 19 12.0 6.9-19.9
45+ 326 224 69.6 63.6-75.0 28 8.8 5.8-13.1 21 6.2 3.9- 9.8 53 15.5 11.5-20.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 281 177 64.2 56.5-71.2 27 9.2 5.7-14.4 25 9.0 5.4-14.7 52 17.7 12.5-24.3
Some College + 215 177 84.3 78.1-89.0 14 5.8 3.3-10.0 5 2.2 0.9- 5.5 19 7.7 4.4-12.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 313 212 67.2 60.2-73.5 28 9.0 5.8-13.8 22 6.4 3.9-10.3 51 17.4 12.3-23.9
$50,000+ 115 93 80.2 68.8-88.2 8 6.7 3.0-14.6 4 6.1 1.6-20.1 10 7.0 3.4-13.7

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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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