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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford 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
-Guilford County 217 189 83.3 75.2-89.2 12 7.9 4.0-15.1 9 4.8 2.3-10.0 7 3.9 1.4-10.3
GENDER
Male 75 61 76.3 61.7-86.5 7 12.1 5.2-25.9 3 5.9 1.9-16.9 4 5.7 1.5-19.5
Female 142 128 89.8 82.1-94.4 5 4.1 1.4-11.1 6 3.9 1.6- 9.3 3 2.2 0.6- 8.1
RACE
White 155 135 84.1 74.1-90.7 11 9.3 4.5-18.2 4 2.2 0.7- 7.0 5 4.4 1.3-14.0
Other 62 54 81.6 65.4-91.2 1 4.7 0.7-26.4 5 11.0 4.3-25.4 2 2.7 0.6-11.0
AGE
18-44 110 96 81.2 69.1-89.4 6 8.9 3.6-20.5 5 5.4 2.0-13.3 3 4.5 1.2-15.8
45+ 105 91 86.5 76.9-92.5 6 6.4 2.6-14.7 4 4.1 1.2-12.6 4 3.0 1.0- 8.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 65 49 67.1 49.7-80.8 6 17.0 6.9-36.0 6 7.9 3.1-18.8 4 8.0 1.9-27.6
Some College + 152 140 90.6 83.0-95.0 6 3.8 1.5- 9.3 3 3.5 1.0-11.0 3 2.1 0.6- 7.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 106 86 76.8 64.1-85.9 8 11.5 4.9-24.5 8 9.4 4.4-19.1 4 2.3 0.8- 6.9
$50,000+ 88 83 88.6 73.4-95.6 3 4.9 1.5-15.1 0 0.0 . - . 2 6.5 1.5-24.1

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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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