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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Secondhand Smoke Policy-AFRICAN AMERICANS

Which of the following best describes your place of works' official smoking policy for indoor public or common areas, such as lobbies, rest rooms, and lunch rooms?*

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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%)
TOTAL 1,303 1,039 77.8 74.5-80.8 216 18.3 15.5-21.4 23 1.8 1.0- 3.1 25 2.1 1.3- 3.3
GENDER
Male 336 240 70.8 64.5-76.5 78 24.1 18.8-30.2 6 2.3 0.9- 5.7 12 2.8 1.5- 5.1
Female 967 799 83.3 80.3-86.0 138 13.8 11.4-16.6 17 1.3 0.8- 2.4 13 1.5 0.8- 3.1
AGE
18-24 75 57 73.9 59.7-84.4 14 20.2 10.9-34.3 1 1.6 0.2-10.3 3 4.4 1.4-13.3
25-34 281 215 74.0 66.5-80.4 54 22.6 16.7-29.9 10 2.9 1.1- 7.8 2 0.4 0.1- 1.6
35-44 401 314 78.6 73.2-83.1 71 17.5 13.4-22.6 8 2.0 0.8- 4.8 8 2.0 1.0- 4.0
45-54 339 282 80.9 74.3-86.2 48 15.2 10.4-21.6 1 0.6 0.1- 4.4 8 3.2 1.6- 6.5
55-64 170 143 81.8 73.7-87.9 23 16.6 10.8-24.7 2 1.0 0.2- 5.0 2 0.6 0.1- 2.6
65-74 29 22 84.3 68.2-93.1 5 11.6 4.5-26.8 0 0.0 . - . 2 4.1 1.0-15.9
75+ 5 3 83.9 42.4-97.4 1 5.5 0.6-36.7 1 10.5 1.1-54.5 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 103 74 77.1 66.1-85.2 23 19.2 11.7-29.9 5 3.4 1.3- 8.6 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 441 330 76.9 71.6-81.6 93 19.7 15.5-24.9 7 0.9 0.3- 2.5 11 2.4 1.2- 4.9
Some Post-H.S. 395 328 77.5 70.4-83.3 54 17.8 12.5-24.7 7 3.3 1.3- 7.9 6 1.4 0.6- 3.4
College Graduate 364 307 79.7 73.4-84.8 46 16.7 12.1-22.8 4 0.6 0.2- 2.0 7 2.9 1.3- 6.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 113 93 82.6 71.0-90.3 15 15.7 8.3-27.6 5 1.7 0.7- 4.2 0 0.0 . - .
$15,000- 24,999 305 231 77.8 71.2-83.3 61 18.6 13.6-25.1 3 0.6 0.2- 2.3 10 2.9 1.5- 5.7
$25,000- 34,999 261 207 76.9 69.6-82.9 44 17.6 12.5-24.2 6 3.4 1.4- 8.2 4 2.0 0.6- 7.1
$35,000- 49,999 194 157 75.5 66.3-82.8 30 19.3 13.0-27.6 4 2.9 0.6-12.1 3 2.4 0.7- 8.1
$50,000-74,999 164 127 72.1 60.6-81.2 31 22.4 14.0-33.9 2 2.3 0.5- 9.8 4 3.3 1.2- 8.9
$75,000+ 162 139 81.9 71.7-88.9 20 16.9 10.0-27.1 2 0.4 0.1- 1.9 1 0.8 0.1- 5.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 227 174 75.0 66.3-82.1 39 20.2 13.6-29.0 4 0.6 0.2- 1.7 10 4.2 2.0- 8.6
No 1,062 851 78.2 74.5-81.4 177 18.1 15.1-21.6 19 2.1 1.1- 3.8 15 1.6 0.9- 2.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 129 106 80.7 71.3-87.5 19 14.7 9.0-23.1 1 1.9 0.3-12.1 3 2.7 0.8- 8.5
Non-Veteran 1,174 933 77.5 73.9-80.7 197 18.8 15.8-22.2 22 1.8 1.0- 3.2 22 2.0 1.2- 3.3

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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.

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