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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico 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
-Carteret/Curr./Craven/Dare/Hyde/Paml. 457 328 70.4 64.2-75.9 44 11.1 7.5-16.1 27 6.5 3.5-11.7 58 12.0 8.9-16.1
GENDER
Male 177 120 65.7 55.6-74.5 17 12.7 7.0-22.0 14 9.0 4.0-18.8 26 12.6 8.0-19.4
Female 280 208 75.5 69.1-80.9 27 9.3 6.2-13.7 13 3.8 1.8- 7.8 32 11.4 7.7-16.6
RACE
White 378 272 70.8 64.2-76.7 37 11.4 7.4-17.2 21 5.7 2.9-11.0 48 12.1 8.7-16.6
Other 76 54 68.6 52.1-81.4 6 9.3 3.6-21.9 6 10.0 2.8-30.2 10 12.1 5.5-24.6
AGE
18-44 149 111 67.9 57.1-77.1 20 14.9 8.7-24.4 6 7.8 3.0-19.1 12 9.3 5.1-16.4
45+ 307 216 72.8 67.0-77.9 24 7.2 4.7-10.9 21 5.2 3.3- 8.1 46 14.8 10.8-20.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 183 118 59.5 49.0-69.2 19 13.2 7.0-23.4 15 11.7 5.6-23.1 31 15.6 10.2-23.1
Some College + 274 210 78.8 72.6-83.9 25 9.4 6.0-14.5 12 2.5 1.3- 4.5 27 9.3 6.0-14.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 242 159 61.8 52.8-70.1 26 14.6 8.8-23.2 17 8.9 4.0-18.5 40 14.7 10.3-20.7
$50,000+ 147 115 80.1 71.5-86.6 12 7.5 3.9-13.8 5 2.3 0.9- 5.7 15 10.1 5.5-18.0

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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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