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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

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
-Durham County 457 370 81.8 76.5-86.1 31 7.9 4.8-12.7 13 2.3 1.2- 4.4 43 8.0 5.5-11.4
GENDER
Male 154 120 79.2 69.8-86.3 12 9.7 4.6-19.5 4 2.5 0.9- 6.9 18 8.6 5.0-14.4
Female 303 250 84.1 78.5-88.5 19 6.2 3.5-10.8 9 2.2 1.1- 4.4 25 7.5 4.6-12.0
RACE
White 256 209 80.9 74.2-86.2 11 5.4 2.7-10.5 3 0.8 0.2- 2.7 33 12.9 8.6-19.0
Other 198 159 82.6 74.2-88.7 20 10.2 5.2-18.7 10 3.7 1.8- 7.5 9 3.5 1.6- 7.4
AGE
18-44 226 200 86.3 78.4-91.6 15 8.5 4.2-16.4 3 1.3 0.4- 4.5 8 3.9 1.8- 8.5
45+ 230 169 74.4 67.0-80.5 16 6.9 4.0-11.7 10 4.1 2.0- 8.0 35 14.6 9.9-21.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 145 111 80.0 69.4-87.6 16 12.5 6.1-23.8 7 3.8 1.7- 8.6 11 3.7 1.9- 7.0
Some College + 312 259 83.0 77.2-87.5 15 4.8 2.7- 8.6 6 1.4 0.5- 3.5 32 10.8 7.2-16.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 225 171 76.7 68.1-83.6 23 11.7 6.4-20.4 8 3.2 1.4- 6.9 23 8.4 5.0-13.7
$50,000+ 172 149 87.9 81.3-92.4 5 2.8 1.1- 6.7 4 1.5 0.5- 4.6 14 7.7 4.1-14.0

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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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