BRFSS 2005 - Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County	430	356	80.9	75.6-85.3	74	19.1	14.7-24.4
GENDER
Male	168	136	79.4	70.8-85.9	32	20.6	14.1-29.2
Female	262	220	82.8	76.3-87.7	42	17.2	12.3-23.7
RACE
White	293	245	81.2	74.9-86.2	48	18.8	13.8-25.1
Other	135	109	80.4	69.7-87.9	26	19.6	12.1-30.3
AGE
18-44	207	161	75.5	67.4-82.2	46	24.5	17.8-32.6
45+	214	186	88.3	82.8-92.2	28	11.7	7.8-17.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	64	47	70.5	52.4-83.8	17	29.5	16.2-47.6
Some College +	366	309	83.5	78.6-87.5	57	16.5	12.5-21.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	140	113	76.8	65.4-85.3	27	23.2	14.7-34.6
$50,000+	245	205	84.1	78.1-88.7	40	15.9	11.3-21.9

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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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	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
-Mecklenburg County	430	356	80.9	75.6-85.3	74	19.1	14.7-24.4
GENDER
Male	168	136	79.4	70.8-85.9	32	20.6	14.1-29.2
Female	262	220	82.8	76.3-87.7	42	17.2	12.3-23.7
RACE
White	293	245	81.2	74.9-86.2	48	18.8	13.8-25.1
Other	135	109	80.4	69.7-87.9	26	19.6	12.1-30.3
AGE
18-44	207	161	75.5	67.4-82.2	46	24.5	17.8-32.6
45+	214	186	88.3	82.8-92.2	28	11.7	7.8-17.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	64	47	70.5	52.4-83.8	17	29.5	16.2-47.6
Some College +	366	309	83.5	78.6-87.5	57	16.5	12.5-21.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	140	113	76.8	65.4-85.3	27	23.2	14.7-34.6
$50,000+	245	205	84.1	78.1-88.7	40	15.9	11.3-21.9

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

Worksites prohibit smoking in both public and work areas*