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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 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
-Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 181 156 83.7 75.6-89.4 14 9.1 4.8-16.4 4 2.2 0.8- 6.0 7 5.1 2.3-11.0
GENDER
Male 62 50 79.0 64.4-88.7 8 13.9 6.1-28.5 1 1.8 0.3-11.9 3 5.3 1.6-15.6
Female 119 106 87.7 78.9-93.2 6 4.8 2.1-10.8 3 2.5 0.8- 7.7 4 5.0 1.6-14.1
RACE
White 158 135 82.7 73.8-89.0 13 10.1 5.3-18.6 4 2.5 0.9- 7.0 6 4.7 2.0-10.8
Other 23 21 89.8 63.2-97.8 1 2.5 0.3-16.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 7.7 1.1-38.7
AGE
18-44 100 85 82.6 71.6-90.0 7 8.2 3.3-19.0 3 2.8 0.9- 8.6 5 6.4 2.6-14.9
45+ 80 70 85.8 74.3-92.6 7 11.0 5.1-22.4 1 0.8 0.1- 5.6 2 2.4 0.5-10.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 86 69 77.7 64.6-86.9 10 12.0 5.4-24.5 2 2.7 0.6-10.5 5 7.6 3.1-17.7
Some College + 95 87 89.9 79.6-95.3 4 6.0 2.1-16.0 2 1.6 0.4- 6.7 2 2.5 0.5-12.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 96 84 84.0 71.7-91.6 6 8.6 3.2-21.1 2 1.4 0.3- 6.0 4 6.0 2.2-15.4
$50,000+ 73 60 80.6 67.9-89.1 8 11.1 5.1-22.5 2 3.6 0.9-13.6 3 4.7 1.3-15.7

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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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