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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth 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
-Forsyth County 448 318 74.0 68.9-78.6 39 8.6 5.9-12.4 22 4.1 2.6- 6.5 69 13.3 10.0-17.3
GENDER
Male 146 97 73.4 64.4-80.7 15 9.4 5.3-16.2 7 2.9 1.3- 6.5 27 14.3 9.0-21.9
Female 302 221 74.5 68.4-79.8 24 7.9 4.9-12.7 15 5.1 2.9- 8.8 42 12.4 8.9-17.1
RACE
White 334 232 71.5 65.3-77.1 32 9.8 6.5-14.7 17 3.9 2.3- 6.6 53 14.7 10.7-20.0
Other 112 85 80.3 71.1-87.1 7 5.7 2.5-12.6 4 4.0 1.5-10.6 16 9.9 5.7-16.6
AGE
18-44 149 117 81.1 72.4-87.5 14 8.1 4.3-14.8 3 1.6 0.5- 5.1 15 9.2 4.9-16.7
45+ 297 199 67.6 61.3-73.3 25 9.1 5.8-14.0 19 6.4 3.9-10.3 54 17.0 12.9-22.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 156 106 71.4 61.6-79.4 17 9.8 5.5-16.9 10 4.9 2.4- 9.9 23 13.9 8.3-22.4
Some College + 292 212 75.6 69.5-80.8 22 7.9 4.8-12.8 12 3.6 2.0- 6.6 46 12.9 9.3-17.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 221 155 74.7 67.3-80.9 21 10.3 6.1-16.8 8 2.7 1.2- 5.7 37 12.4 8.6-17.5
$50,000+ 161 121 75.8 67.0-82.9 10 5.7 2.7-11.4 7 3.6 1.7- 7.8 23 14.9 9.0-23.5

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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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