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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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Worksites prohibit smoking in both public and work areas*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
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
-Mountain AHEC 459 381 80.9 75.0-85.7 78 19.1 14.3-25.0
GENDER
Male 132 101 73.5 61.6-82.8 31 26.5 17.2-38.4
Female 327 280 86.0 80.7-90.1 47 14.0 9.9-19.3
RACE
White 401 335 83.1 77.6-87.5 66 16.9 12.5-22.4
African American 26 21 73.2 44.7-90.3 5 26.8 9.7-55.3
Other Minorities 32 25 65.6 34.1-87.6 7 34.4 12.4-65.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 16 11 66.3 32.5-88.9 5 33.7 11.1-67.5
Non-Hispanic 443 370 82.3 76.8-86.7 73 17.7 13.3-23.2
AGE
18-24 26 17 64.6 39.4-83.6 9 35.4 16.4-60.6
25-34 102 81 80.2 69.7-87.7 21 19.8 12.3-30.3
35-44 101 87 86.8 76.0-93.2 14 13.2 6.8-24.0
45-54 122 105 86.3 75.7-92.7 17 13.7 7.3-24.3
55-64 80 66 80.6 65.8-90.0 14 19.4 10.0-34.2
65-74 22 20 98.5 93.6-99.6 2 1.5 0.4- 6.4
75+ 5 5 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 37 25 73.2 46.2-89.6 12 26.8 10.4-53.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 110 84 70.0 56.0-81.0 26 30.0 19.0-44.0
Some Post-H.S. 142 117 81.5 71.7-88.5 25 18.5 11.5-28.3
College Graduate 170 155 92.6 87.2-95.9 15 7.4 4.1-12.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 20 17 82.8 46.1-96.4 3 17.2 3.6-53.9
$15,000- 24,999 78 60 74.5 57.3-86.4 18 25.5 13.6-42.7
$25,000- 34,999 73 57 74.6 56.1-87.1 16 25.4 12.9-43.9
$35,000- 49,999 91 76 81.9 68.8-90.2 15 18.1 9.8-31.2
$50,000-74,999 77 65 83.8 70.3-91.8 12 16.2 8.2-29.7
$75,000+ 87 81 95.7 89.1-98.4 6 4.3 1.6-10.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 93 74 82.9 72.1-90.1 19 17.1 9.9-27.9
No 363 306 81.1 74.1-86.5 57 18.9 13.5-25.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 27 26 91.9 60.3-98.8 1 8.1 1.2-39.7
Non-Veteran 432 355 80.1 73.9-85.2 77 19.9 14.8-26.1

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*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.

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