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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe 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
-Buncombe County 184 177 92.7 81.2-97.4 2 5.0 1.1-19.1 0 0.0 . - . 5 2.3 0.9- 5.8
GENDER
Male 58 54 89.8 65.8-97.6 1 7.5 1.1-37.3 0 0.0 . - . 3 2.6 0.7- 9.0
Female 126 123 95.2 84.6-98.6 1 2.7 0.4-16.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.1 0.5- 8.0
RACE
White 157 152 96.0 89.3-98.6 1 1.7 0.2-11.2 0 0.0 . - . 4 2.2 0.8- 6.3
Other 27 25 75.5 33.4-95.0 1 21.7 3.5-67.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.8 0.4-18.2
AGE
18-44 98 94 90.7 73.8-97.2 2 7.3 1.7-26.5 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.0 0.5- 7.6
45+ 86 83 96.9 90.4-99.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 3.1 1.0- 9.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 54 50 82.2 54.8-94.6 2 14.8 3.6-45.1 0 0.0 . - . 2 3.0 0.6-12.5
Some College + 130 127 98.0 93.5-99.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 2.0 0.6- 6.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 93 89 88.1 66.9-96.5 2 9.9 2.3-33.5 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.0 0.4- 8.4
$50,000+ 72 70 97.6 89.5-99.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.4 0.5-10.5

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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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