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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I**

Secondhand Smoke Policy

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Respond.^
Not allowed anywhere Allowed in some places Allowed anywhere No rules about smoking
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 16,780 12,461 75.1 74.2-76.0 1,382 8.6 8.0- 9.2 886 5.1 4.7- 5.6 2,051 11.2 10.6-11.9
-Northeast Partnership I 502 336 65.5 59.6-71.0 52 12.1 8.8-16.4 39 7.3 5.0-10.5 75 15.1 10.8-20.7
GENDER
Male 173 107 63.8 53.6-72.8 18 10.3 5.9-17.1 18 8.4 4.8-14.2 30 17.6 10.3-28.4
Female 329 229 67.2 60.7-73.1 34 13.8 9.4-19.9 21 6.2 3.8-10.2 45 12.8 9.3-17.3
RACE
White 235 151 61.1 51.6-69.9 19 10.8 6.1-18.4 21 8.1 4.8-13.3 44 20.0 12.5-30.5
Other 263 183 69.4 62.3-75.8 33 13.3 9.2-19.0 18 6.7 3.8-11.4 29 10.6 6.9-15.8
AGE
18-44 135 93 65.5 53.0-76.3 17 14.8 8.5-24.5 9 5.2 2.4-11.1 16 14.5 6.4-29.7
45+ 366 242 65.4 59.3-71.0 35 10.6 7.3-15.2 30 8.5 5.5-12.8 59 15.5 11.7-20.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 309 196 59.9 51.9-67.5 36 14.3 9.7-20.7 28 8.6 5.5-13.1 49 17.2 11.2-25.6
Some College + 191 138 74.4 66.8-80.8 16 8.5 5.1-14.1 11 5.3 2.6-10.5 26 11.8 7.6-17.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 324 211 63.2 55.4-70.4 33 11.5 7.7-16.9 26 7.0 4.4-11.0 54 18.3 12.3-26.4
$50,000+ 91 67 73.6 62.4-82.5 7 8.4 3.8-17.5 6 8.4 3.4-19.0 11 9.6 5.2-17.0

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^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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