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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alamance County

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
-Alamance County 199 184 92.4 86.8-95.7 8 4.5 2.0- 9.8 4 1.6 0.6- 4.3 3 1.5 0.5- 4.8
GENDER
Male 54 47 88.6 76.0-95.0 2 5.4 1.3-19.3 3 3.1 0.9- 9.7 2 2.9 0.7-11.2
Female 145 137 95.0 89.7-97.7 6 3.9 1.6- 9.2 1 0.6 0.1- 3.8 1 0.5 0.1- 3.8
RACE
White 138 129 94.2 88.6-97.1 3 1.5 0.4- 5.1 3 2.0 0.6- 6.2 3 2.4 0.7- 7.4
Other 60 54 89.1 75.4-95.6 5 10.0 3.8-23.9 1 0.9 0.1- 6.3 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 99 91 92.6 84.2-96.7 5 5.3 1.9-13.9 2 1.1 0.3- 4.2 1 1.1 0.1- 7.2
45+ 100 93 92.0 83.6-96.3 3 3.3 1.0-10.9 2 2.4 0.6- 9.3 2 2.2 0.5- 8.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 81 72 90.2 80.2-95.4 4 4.7 1.4-14.6 4 3.8 1.4-10.3 1 1.3 0.2- 8.9
Some College + 118 112 93.9 86.0-97.5 4 4.4 1.5-12.5 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.7 0.4- 6.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 111 99 88.5 79.2-94.0 6 6.9 2.7-16.3 4 3.0 1.1- 8.0 2 1.6 0.4- 6.6
$50,000+ 69 67 96.7 87.7-99.2 1 1.6 0.2-10.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.7 0.2-11.0

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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: 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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