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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne Counties**

Secondhand Smoke Policy

Which of the following best describes your place of works' official smoking policy for indoor public or common areas, such as lobbies, rest rooms, and lunch rooms?*

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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 7,332 5,928 79.3 77.9-80.6 1,020 14.9 13.8-16.0 154 2.3 1.8- 2.8 230 3.6 2.9- 4.3
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 220 169 69.7 59.0-78.7 40 21.2 15.0-29.1 4 1.3 0.4- 3.9 7 7.8 2.2-24.6
GENDER
Male 68 45 57.2 39.3-73.3 18 27.3 16.1-42.4 0 0.0 . - . 5 15.5 4.0-44.7
Female 152 124 80.5 72.3-86.8 22 15.9 10.2-23.7 4 2.5 0.8- 7.1 2 1.2 0.2- 5.7
RACE
White 156 124 77.6 68.6-84.6 23 17.1 10.9-25.7 4 1.9 0.6- 5.5 5 3.4 1.2- 9.0
Other 64 45 51.6 31.3-71.4 17 30.5 16.6-49.1 0 0.0 . - . 2 17.9 3.2-59.3
AGE
18-44 97 68 64.8 48.3-78.5 23 21.9 13.4-33.6 3 1.8 0.5- 6.4 3 11.5 2.5-40.0
45+ 123 101 75.7 64.4-84.3 17 20.3 12.3-31.6 1 0.7 0.1- 5.1 4 3.2 0.9-10.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 88 59 54.8 38.2-70.4 21 29.1 17.8-43.6 4 2.8 0.9- 8.1 4 13.4 2.9-44.3
Some College + 132 110 83.3 74.9-89.3 19 14.0 8.6-22.0 0 0.0 . - . 3 2.7 0.8- 8.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 131 96 64.3 49.7-76.7 29 24.5 16.1-35.4 3 1.4 0.4- 5.2 3 9.8 2.0-36.3
$50,000+ 73 60 76.6 62.4-86.5 9 17.3 8.7-31.6 1 1.4 0.2- 9.1 3 4.8 1.4-14.8

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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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