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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth County

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
-Forsyth County 216 191 87.9 81.5-92.2 15 8.9 5.1-15.0 3 0.6 0.2- 2.0 7 2.6 1.0- 6.2
GENDER
Male 69 54 78.1 65.2-87.1 10 16.6 8.8-29.2 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6 4 4.8 1.6-13.3
Female 147 137 95.6 91.5-97.8 5 2.8 1.1- 7.0 2 0.8 0.2- 3.0 3 0.8 0.3- 2.6
RACE
White 158 140 87.1 79.0-92.3 12 10.2 5.5-18.1 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2 5 2.4 0.8- 7.0
Other 57 50 89.5 77.1-95.6 3 5.8 1.7-18.5 2 1.6 0.4- 6.2 2 3.1 0.6-14.2
AGE
18-44 94 85 91.5 82.2-96.2 5 6.9 2.6-16.8 2 0.8 0.2- 3.1 2 0.8 0.2- 3.6
45+ 122 106 83.5 73.6-90.2 10 11.3 5.9-20.7 1 0.5 0.1- 3.5 5 4.7 1.6-12.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 46 38 78.3 59.9-89.7 8 21.7 10.3-40.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 170 153 90.6 84.1-94.6 7 5.3 2.4-11.5 3 0.8 0.3- 2.6 7 3.3 1.3- 7.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 94 87 91.6 80.1-96.8 3 6.1 1.8-19.2 2 1.0 0.3- 4.1 2 1.2 0.3- 5.0
$50,000+ 109 93 84.2 74.6-90.7 10 11.2 5.9-20.4 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1 5 4.1 1.4-11.2

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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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