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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 139 129 91.5 84.3-95.6 4 3.1 1.2- 8.2 2 1.9 0.4- 8.1 4 3.4 1.1- 9.9
GENDER
Male 23 21 89.5 62.5-97.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 10.5 2.2-37.5
Female 116 108 92.0 84.4-96.1 4 4.0 1.5-10.2 2 2.4 0.5-10.1 2 1.6 0.4- 6.3
RACE
White 114 104 89.9 81.5-94.7 4 3.7 1.4- 9.7 2 2.3 0.5- 9.6 4 4.1 1.4-11.7
Other 25 25 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 65 59 89.1 76.8-95.3 2 3.1 0.8-11.6 1 2.5 0.4-15.8 3 5.3 1.5-17.1
45+ 74 70 94.3 85.4-97.9 2 3.2 0.8-12.3 1 1.2 0.2- 8.1 1 1.3 0.2- 8.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 48 43 83.8 65.6-93.4 2 5.4 1.3-19.1 1 4.2 0.6-24.1 2 6.6 1.4-26.0
Some College + 91 86 95.2 88.8-98.0 2 2.1 0.5- 8.1 1 0.8 0.1- 5.6 2 1.9 0.5- 7.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 79 72 89.2 77.9-95.0 2 2.8 0.7-10.6 2 3.2 0.7-13.3 3 4.8 1.3-15.7
$50,000+ 51 48 94.1 82.8-98.2 2 4.2 1.0-15.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.7 0.2-11.3

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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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