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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 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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 221 193 81.4 69.4-89.5 17 14.3 6.9-27.5 6 2.4 0.9- 6.2 5 1.8 0.7- 4.9
GENDER
Male 68 52 68.6 48.0-83.8 12 26.6 12.1-48.9 1 1.8 0.3-12.0 3 3.0 0.8- 9.8
Female 153 141 92.5 86.1-96.1 5 3.7 1.4- 9.6 5 2.9 1.1- 7.9 2 0.8 0.2- 3.8
RACE
White 157 137 85.6 77.7-91.1 10 8.5 4.4-15.8 5 3.3 1.2- 8.6 5 2.6 1.0- 6.9
Other 64 56 71.8 41.1-90.2 7 27.7 9.3-58.8 1 0.5 0.1- 3.9 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 97 84 78.0 57.7-90.2 9 18.8 7.2-40.7 3 2.0 0.5- 7.3 1 1.2 0.2- 8.4
45+ 124 109 85.6 75.7-91.9 8 8.8 4.0-18.5 3 3.0 0.8-10.8 4 2.5 0.9- 7.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 89 73 71.0 50.4-85.5 9 23.3 9.7-46.4 5 4.7 1.7-12.6 2 0.9 0.2- 4.4
Some College + 132 120 91.0 84.1-95.1 8 6.1 2.9-12.2 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2 3 2.6 0.8- 8.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 132 111 76.0 59.1-87.4 14 19.6 8.8-38.0 5 3.1 1.1- 9.0 2 1.2 0.3- 4.9
$50,000+ 73 67 89.8 77.7-95.7 3 5.8 1.7-18.0 1 1.4 0.2- 9.1 2 3.1 0.7-13.2

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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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