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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 509 359 68.6 62.5-74.2 52 9.8 7.2-13.1 31 6.0 4.0- 8.8 67 15.6 10.8-22.1
GENDER
Male 159 101 62.0 50.6-72.3 16 7.8 4.5-13.3 12 6.5 3.3-12.3 30 23.7 14.2-36.7
Female 350 258 73.8 68.1-78.7 36 11.4 8.0-15.9 19 5.6 3.5- 8.9 37 9.3 6.4-13.2
RACE
White 339 235 68.8 62.1-74.7 32 9.3 6.3-13.5 25 7.2 4.6-10.9 47 14.8 10.1-21.1
Other 170 124 68.3 55.4-78.9 20 10.7 6.5-17.2 6 3.8 1.4- 9.4 20 17.2 8.0-33.3
AGE
18-44 178 141 75.2 63.2-84.2 19 9.5 5.8-15.1 6 2.8 1.2- 6.7 12 12.5 5.1-27.7
45+ 329 216 62.6 56.2-68.7 33 10.1 6.9-14.6 25 8.8 5.7-13.4 55 18.4 13.8-24.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 270 178 62.2 53.2-70.5 31 11.0 7.4-16.1 18 6.9 4.1-11.5 43 19.8 12.4-30.1
Some College + 239 181 77.3 70.8-82.8 21 8.1 5.1-12.6 13 4.7 2.6- 8.3 24 9.9 6.2-15.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 320 221 65.1 56.7-72.6 38 12.0 8.4-16.9 20 5.9 3.6- 9.5 41 17.0 10.3-26.9
$50,000+ 117 88 77.5 68.4-84.5 9 6.0 3.0-11.5 5 3.8 1.4-10.2 15 12.7 7.5-20.8

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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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