BRFSS 2005 - Gaston County: (Worksites prohibit smoking in both public and work areas*)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	7,332	5,792	76.9	75.4-78.2	1,540	23.1	21.8-24.6
-Gaston County	165	132	78.3	70.0-84.9	33	21.7	15.1-30.0
GENDER
Male	41	29	73.2	56.5-85.3	12	26.8	14.7-43.5
Female	124	103	81.2	71.5-88.2	21	18.8	11.8-28.5
RACE
White	139	115	80.6	71.6-87.2	24	19.4	12.8-28.4
Other	26	17	66.6	42.7-84.2	9	33.4	15.8-57.3
AGE
18-44	84	64	74.6	62.2-83.9	20	25.4	16.1-37.8
45+	80	67	83.3	72.1-90.6	13	16.7	9.4-27.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	62	46	71.1	55.9-82.6	16	28.9	17.4-44.1
Some College +	103	86	84.0	74.8-90.3	17	16.0	9.7-25.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	81	57	65.5	52.0-76.9	24	34.5	23.1-48.0
$50,000+	70	63	91.3	81.9-96.0	7	8.7	4.0-18.1

*Data in this table were derived from the two worksite questions from Tobacco Indicator Module.

^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.

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Secondhand Smoke Policy

Worksites prohibit smoking in both public and work areas*

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	7,332	5,792	76.9	75.4-78.2	1,540	23.1	21.8-24.6
-Gaston County	165	132	78.3	70.0-84.9	33	21.7	15.1-30.0
GENDER
Male	41	29	73.2	56.5-85.3	12	26.8	14.7-43.5
Female	124	103	81.2	71.5-88.2	21	18.8	11.8-28.5
RACE
White	139	115	80.6	71.6-87.2	24	19.4	12.8-28.4
Other	26	17	66.6	42.7-84.2	9	33.4	15.8-57.3
AGE
18-44	84	64	74.6	62.2-83.9	20	25.4	16.1-37.8
45+	80	67	83.3	72.1-90.6	13	16.7	9.4-27.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	62	46	71.1	55.9-82.6	16	28.9	17.4-44.1
Some College +	103	86	84.0	74.8-90.3	17	16.0	9.7-25.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	81	57	65.5	52.0-76.9	24	34.5	23.1-48.0
$50,000+	70	63	91.3	81.9-96.0	7	8.7	4.0-18.1