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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Franklin/Nash/Wilson 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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson 178 159 88.6 81.9-93.1 7 4.8 2.0-11.0 9 4.8 2.4- 9.3 3 1.8 0.6- 5.7
GENDER
Male 51 43 84.6 71.0-92.6 2 6.1 1.5-21.2 4 6.0 2.2-15.2 2 3.3 0.8-12.4
Female 127 116 91.7 84.8-95.6 5 3.8 1.4- 9.6 5 3.9 1.5- 9.4 1 0.7 0.1- 4.7
RACE
White 119 103 86.1 77.4-91.9 6 6.1 2.4-14.6 8 6.2 3.1-12.3 2 1.5 0.3- 6.1
Other 59 56 95.3 84.2-98.7 1 1.1 0.2- 7.7 1 0.9 0.1- 6.0 1 2.7 0.4-17.1
AGE
18-44 85 78 94.0 87.1-97.4 2 1.4 0.3- 5.9 3 2.1 0.6- 7.2 2 2.5 0.6- 9.4
45+ 93 81 81.0 68.1-89.4 5 9.5 3.5-23.2 6 8.6 3.9-18.0 1 0.9 0.1- 6.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 79 67 85.7 74.8-92.3 3 4.7 1.3-15.3 7 7.3 3.3-15.4 2 2.3 0.5- 9.6
Some College + 99 92 91.4 81.3-96.3 4 4.8 1.4-15.2 2 2.5 0.6- 9.5 1 1.3 0.2- 8.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 85 75 86.8 75.7-93.3 3 4.8 1.3-16.1 6 6.7 2.9-14.9 1 1.7 0.2-10.9
$50,000+ 75 68 90.0 78.7-95.6 3 5.0 1.3-17.2 2 2.7 0.6-10.3 2 2.4 0.6- 9.5

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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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