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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I**

Secondhand Smoke Policy

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%)
North Carolina 7,332 5,928 79.3 77.9-80.6 1,020 14.9 13.8-16.0 154 2.3 1.8- 2.8 230 3.6 2.9- 4.3
-Northeast Partnership I 165 132 74.2 61.8-83.6 24 20.5 11.6-33.6 3 1.8 0.6- 5.5 6 3.5 1.4- 8.5
GENDER
Male 54 39 67.6 47.3-83.0 10 25.2 11.0-47.9 2 2.3 0.6- 9.0 3 4.8 1.5-14.5
Female 111 93 81.5 71.6-88.5 14 15.2 8.9-24.8 1 1.2 0.2- 8.3 3 2.0 0.5- 7.3
RACE
White 80 67 70.9 49.3-85.9 10 25.4 10.9-48.6 3 3.7 1.2-11.1 0 0.0 . - .
Other 84 65 77.5 65.3-86.4 14 16.0 8.7-27.4 0 0.0 . - . 5 6.5 2.5-15.9
AGE
18-44 73 59 72.3 51.1-86.6 13 26.3 12.1-48.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.4 0.2- 9.6
45+ 92 73 76.4 64.8-85.0 11 13.9 7.5-24.3 3 3.9 1.2-11.4 5 5.9 2.1-15.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 66 48 68.6 46.7-84.4 14 26.7 11.6-50.3 0 0.0 . - . 4 4.7 1.4-14.8
Some College + 99 84 79.0 67.0-87.5 10 15.2 7.9-27.3 3 3.4 1.1-10.0 2 2.4 0.6- 9.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 96 77 73.5 54.6-86.5 14 21.9 9.7-42.4 0 0.0 . - . 5 4.5 1.6-12.3
$50,000+ 54 41 69.7 53.4-82.2 10 24.3 12.9-41.0 3 6.0 1.9-17.1 0 0.0 . - .

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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.

** 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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