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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Chatham/Lee/Moore 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
-Chatham/Lee/Moore 188 172 90.3 83.6-94.5 9 6.3 3.0-13.0 4 2.0 0.7- 5.6 3 1.4 0.4- 4.7
GENDER
Male 57 49 87.5 74.5-94.3 5 9.7 3.7-22.9 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3 2 2.4 0.5-10.0
Female 131 123 92.7 84.8-96.7 4 3.5 1.0-11.2 3 3.2 1.0- 9.9 1 0.5 0.1- 3.7
RACE
White 150 139 93.2 87.0-96.6 5 3.2 1.1- 9.0 4 2.7 0.9- 7.6 2 0.9 0.2- 3.5
Other 36 31 81.6 60.8-92.7 4 15.5 5.5-36.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.9 0.4-18.1
AGE
18-44 87 77 89.5 80.5-94.6 5 5.7 2.2-14.0 3 3.0 0.9- 9.2 2 1.8 0.4- 7.7
45+ 99 93 91.4 78.0-96.9 4 7.4 2.2-21.8 1 0.5 0.1- 3.8 1 0.7 0.1- 5.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 74 65 88.7 78.3-94.5 4 6.2 2.2-16.2 4 4.3 1.5-12.1 1 0.8 0.1- 5.3
Some College + 114 107 91.7 80.9-96.6 5 6.4 2.2-17.6 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.9 0.4- 8.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 105 92 87.0 76.8-93.1 6 7.3 2.8-17.8 4 3.3 1.1- 9.3 3 2.3 0.7- 7.8
$50,000+ 71 69 96.7 85.9-99.3 2 3.3 0.7-14.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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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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