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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Chatham/Lee/Moore 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
-Chatham/Lee/Moore 516 388 77.9 73.5-81.8 38 7.3 5.1-10.3 26 5.4 3.3- 8.5 64 9.4 7.1-12.3
GENDER
Male 183 132 77.0 69.5-83.1 18 9.0 5.4-14.8 15 7.7 4.2-13.7 18 6.3 3.7-10.5
Female 333 256 78.8 73.3-83.4 20 5.7 3.5- 9.0 11 3.3 1.5- 6.8 46 12.3 8.9-16.7
RACE
White 428 320 76.3 71.3-80.7 33 8.2 5.6-11.9 23 5.6 3.5- 9.0 52 9.8 7.2-13.3
Other 85 67 83.8 73.2-90.8 5 4.8 1.8-12.4 3 4.9 1.3-16.0 10 6.5 3.2-12.9
AGE
18-44 154 125 82.7 74.9-88.5 13 8.0 4.4-14.3 5 4.6 1.8-11.4 11 4.6 2.3- 8.7
45+ 359 262 74.5 69.2-79.2 24 6.4 4.2- 9.6 21 6.0 3.6- 9.8 52 13.1 9.7-17.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 220 154 74.2 66.8-80.4 16 7.7 4.4-13.1 17 7.5 4.2-12.8 33 10.6 7.1-15.5
Some College + 296 234 81.5 76.0-86.0 22 6.9 4.4-10.6 9 3.4 1.4- 7.9 31 8.3 5.6-12.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 284 196 72.4 65.6-78.2 21 7.7 4.7-12.5 20 8.1 4.8-13.3 47 11.8 8.5-16.3
$50,000+ 155 133 87.9 81.7-92.2 12 7.0 3.8-12.6 1 0.6 0.1- 4.0 9 4.5 2.3- 8.7

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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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