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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico 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
-Carteret/Curr./Craven/Dare/Hyde/Paml. 185 166 85.2 76.0-91.3 8 8.4 3.7-18.0 4 2.1 0.7- 6.1 7 4.3 1.8- 9.9
GENDER
Male 61 50 76.6 59.9-87.8 6 14.8 5.8-32.7 2 3.4 0.8-12.6 3 5.3 1.5-16.9
Female 124 116 92.6 83.6-96.9 2 2.9 0.5-14.0 2 1.0 0.2- 3.9 4 3.5 1.1-10.4
RACE
White 153 137 88.0 80.0-93.0 5 4.2 1.6-10.8 4 2.5 0.8- 7.3 7 5.3 2.2-11.9
Other 31 28 72.4 39.8-91.2 3 27.6 8.8-60.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 89 79 83.4 69.2-91.8 5 10.3 3.7-25.7 3 2.8 0.8- 9.5 2 3.5 0.9-13.0
45+ 95 86 88.2 77.6-94.1 3 5.2 1.7-15.2 1 0.8 0.1- 5.8 5 5.7 2.1-14.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 55 44 79.0 63.0-89.3 3 6.5 1.7-21.9 4 6.4 2.1-17.9 4 8.1 2.7-21.9
Some College + 130 122 88.2 75.1-94.9 5 9.3 3.4-23.1 0 0.0 . - . 3 2.5 0.6- 9.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 85 73 80.4 66.5-89.4 4 8.1 2.7-22.0 3 3.0 0.8-10.4 5 8.5 3.3-20.6
$50,000+ 77 71 87.2 68.2-95.6 3 9.5 2.4-31.4 1 1.9 0.3-12.1 2 1.4 0.3- 5.5

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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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