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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Secondhand Smoke Policy-WHITES

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 5,529 4,512 80.4 78.9-81.8 706 13.6 12.4-14.9 121 2.3 1.8- 2.9 190 3.7 3.1- 4.4
GENDER
Male 1,889 1,453 76.9 74.3-79.2 289 15.5 13.5-17.8 56 2.7 2.0- 3.8 91 4.9 3.7- 6.3
Female 3,640 3,059 83.4 81.8-84.9 417 11.9 10.6-13.4 65 2.0 1.4- 2.7 99 2.7 2.1- 3.4
AGE
18-24 239 185 78.6 71.4-84.4 40 15.3 10.4-21.9 6 2.4 1.0- 5.7 8 3.7 1.6- 8.4
25-34 932 741 77.0 73.3-80.3 144 16.2 13.4-19.5 17 2.6 1.5- 4.4 30 4.2 2.7- 6.3
35-44 1,431 1,188 82.9 80.4-85.2 181 12.7 10.8-15.0 22 1.6 0.9- 2.7 40 2.8 1.9- 4.1
45-54 1,584 1,288 80.0 77.4-82.3 188 13.1 11.1-15.4 45 3.0 2.1- 4.2 63 4.0 3.0- 5.3
55-64 1,050 874 82.8 79.6-85.6 123 11.5 9.2-14.3 21 2.0 1.2- 3.2 32 3.7 2.4- 5.8
65-74 224 183 83.6 77.3-88.5 21 8.2 4.9-13.3 8 3.3 1.4- 7.7 12 4.8 2.5- 9.1
75+ 46 34 78.8 64.3-88.5 5 7.1 2.6-17.8 2 3.8 0.9-14.7 5 10.4 4.2-23.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 259 164 61.9 53.5-69.7 67 25.7 19.0-33.8 13 4.1 2.1- 7.9 15 8.3 4.3-15.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,373 1,003 68.9 65.1-72.4 254 21.0 17.9-24.4 51 4.6 3.3- 6.5 65 5.5 4.0- 7.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,473 1,179 80.1 77.4-82.5 215 15.1 12.9-17.5 31 1.9 1.2- 2.9 48 3.0 2.1- 4.2
College Graduate 2,422 2,165 89.6 88.0-90.9 169 6.9 5.8- 8.2 26 1.1 0.7- 1.7 62 2.5 1.8- 3.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 166 116 66.2 55.8-75.3 27 17.7 11.1-27.0 9 5.7 2.5-12.7 14 10.4 5.7-18.2
$15,000- 24,999 593 425 68.3 62.2-73.8 108 20.2 15.5-25.9 29 5.2 3.2- 8.3 31 6.3 3.7-10.5
$25,000- 34,999 631 491 76.4 71.4-80.8 102 17.6 13.7-22.4 11 1.2 0.6- 2.5 27 4.7 3.0- 7.5
$35,000- 49,999 969 772 78.8 75.2-82.0 136 14.5 11.8-17.6 24 2.5 1.4- 4.4 37 4.2 2.8- 6.4
$50,000-74,999 1,108 905 80.7 77.7-83.5 154 14.4 12.1-17.1 18 1.9 1.1- 3.3 31 2.9 1.8- 4.8
$75,000+ 1,605 1,422 88.2 86.2-90.0 126 7.9 6.5- 9.7 19 1.4 0.9- 2.4 38 2.4 1.6- 3.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 985 776 79.0 75.5-82.2 127 13.7 11.0-17.0 31 3.1 2.0- 4.7 51 4.2 3.0- 5.7
No 4,519 3,716 80.7 79.1-82.2 577 13.6 12.3-15.0 89 2.1 1.6- 2.8 137 3.6 2.9- 4.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 517 420 82.4 77.6-86.3 59 11.2 7.9-15.5 15 2.3 1.3- 4.1 23 4.2 2.5- 6.9
Non-Veteran 5,011 4,091 80.2 78.6-81.6 647 13.9 12.6-15.2 106 2.3 1.8- 3.0 167 3.6 3.0- 4.4

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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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