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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 214 194 89.5 83.4-93.5 14 7.1 4.0-12.3 2 1.6 0.3- 7.8 4 1.8 0.6- 4.9
GENDER
Male 63 53 84.7 73.0-91.9 7 11.6 5.5-23.0 1 0.7 0.1- 4.7 2 3.0 0.7-11.4
Female 151 141 92.6 84.9-96.5 7 4.2 1.8- 9.6 1 2.2 0.3-13.7 2 1.0 0.2- 3.9
RACE
White 138 123 87.0 78.5-92.5 10 8.1 4.2-15.2 2 2.5 0.5-12.0 3 2.4 0.7- 7.5
Other 75 70 93.6 83.6-97.7 4 5.6 1.8-16.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.8 0.1- 5.3
AGE
18-44 105 98 91.5 82.0-96.2 5 5.8 2.3-13.8 1 2.3 0.3-14.3 1 0.5 0.1- 3.4
45+ 108 95 86.6 77.4-92.5 9 9.1 4.5-17.6 1 0.6 0.1- 4.5 3 3.6 1.1-11.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 103 92 88.4 79.2-93.8 9 10.5 5.3-19.7 1 0.6 0.1- 3.9 1 0.6 0.1- 4.0
Some College + 111 102 90.5 81.1-95.5 5 4.0 1.4-10.6 1 2.5 0.4-15.8 3 2.9 0.9- 9.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 111 99 86.2 75.5-92.6 8 9.4 4.4-18.9 2 3.2 0.6-15.1 2 1.2 0.3- 4.8
$50,000+ 81 74 92.4 84.4-96.5 6 6.3 2.7-13.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.3 0.2- 8.8

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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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