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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford 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
-Guilford County 456 349 76.4 71.1-81.1 32 7.4 5.0-10.8 18 5.9 3.4-10.2 57 10.3 7.4-14.1
GENDER
Male 163 119 76.8 68.3-83.5 11 6.0 3.2-11.0 10 6.4 3.2-12.4 23 10.8 6.2-18.2
Female 293 230 76.1 69.1-82.0 21 8.7 5.3-14.0 8 5.4 2.2-13.0 34 9.7 6.8-13.7
RACE
White 328 253 75.1 68.3-80.9 19 6.3 3.7-10.5 13 6.7 3.4-12.7 43 11.9 8.1-17.2
Other 127 95 79.1 70.4-85.8 13 9.6 5.3-16.8 5 4.4 1.7-11.0 14 6.9 3.8-12.2
AGE
18-44 162 135 81.4 72.1-88.1 15 8.3 4.6-14.4 2 3.2 0.7-13.3 10 7.1 3.2-14.9
45+ 291 212 71.7 65.3-77.3 17 6.6 3.9-10.7 16 8.6 5.1-14.3 46 13.1 9.6-17.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 174 119 66.8 57.2-75.1 13 8.9 5.0-15.4 13 8.7 4.7-15.6 29 15.6 9.6-24.2
Some College + 280 229 82.6 76.2-87.6 19 6.4 3.8-10.8 5 4.2 1.5-11.2 27 6.7 4.4-10.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 240 171 72.3 64.2-79.1 21 8.5 5.1-13.8 11 7.2 3.4-14.7 37 12.0 8.0-17.7
$50,000+ 139 118 81.5 71.7-88.5 4 4.0 1.5-10.4 5 5.1 1.9-12.7 12 9.4 4.5-18.4

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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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