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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 414 281 66.0 60.3-71.4 37 11.8 8.1-16.8 30 6.8 4.6-10.1 66 15.4 11.7-19.9
GENDER
Male 131 87 65.4 55.1-74.4 13 14.3 8.0-24.2 9 6.6 3.2-13.0 22 13.8 8.3-22.0
Female 283 194 66.5 59.6-72.8 24 10.1 6.2-16.0 21 7.0 4.4-11.1 44 16.4 11.9-22.2
RACE
White 336 225 64.7 58.2-70.7 26 10.5 6.7-16.1 27 7.8 5.1-11.7 58 17.0 12.7-22.4
Other 76 55 71.3 57.5-82.0 10 16.9 8.3-31.2 3 3.0 0.9- 9.0 8 8.9 4.0-18.6
AGE
18-44 117 79 63.9 52.9-73.7 14 15.5 8.6-26.2 4 4.0 1.4-10.8 20 16.6 10.2-25.8
45+ 296 202 67.4 60.9-73.4 23 9.5 5.9-15.0 26 8.6 5.6-12.9 45 14.5 10.4-19.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 208 128 56.6 48.2-64.6 26 17.8 11.5-26.5 21 9.7 6.0-15.3 33 15.9 10.7-23.0
Some College + 206 153 75.3 67.9-81.5 11 5.9 3.0-11.1 9 4.0 1.9- 8.2 33 14.8 10.1-21.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 257 162 59.8 52.4-66.8 24 12.6 7.9-19.5 21 7.9 4.9-12.5 50 19.7 14.4-26.2
$50,000+ 104 81 77.0 66.1-85.2 6 8.8 3.7-19.5 4 3.5 1.3- 9.3 13 10.7 5.9-18.8

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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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