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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

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 II 493 345 70.4 65.0-75.3 44 10.5 6.9-15.5 32 6.3 4.3- 9.0 72 12.8 9.8-16.6
GENDER
Male 164 113 70.8 61.2-78.8 17 13.2 7.0-23.4 14 6.7 3.8-11.6 20 9.3 5.7-14.9
Female 329 232 70.1 63.9-75.6 27 8.1 5.3-12.3 18 5.8 3.5- 9.6 52 15.9 11.7-21.3
RACE
White 310 214 70.4 64.2-75.9 28 8.5 5.6-12.7 22 7.6 4.8-11.9 46 13.5 9.7-18.4
Other 182 130 70.4 60.7-78.5 16 12.9 6.6-23.6 10 4.6 2.3- 8.8 26 12.1 7.7-18.5
AGE
18-44 147 110 72.2 61.8-80.6 12 11.6 5.5-22.8 9 5.4 2.7-10.4 16 10.9 6.3-18.4
45+ 342 231 68.9 62.8-74.4 32 9.8 6.3-14.8 23 7.0 4.5-10.7 56 14.4 10.8-18.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 280 193 69.8 62.7-76.1 25 9.0 5.1-15.2 16 5.7 3.3- 9.5 46 15.5 11.1-21.2
Some College + 213 152 71.2 62.5-78.6 19 12.6 6.9-22.1 16 7.1 4.1-11.8 26 9.1 5.9-13.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 298 204 70.0 62.9-76.2 24 9.9 5.7-16.8 20 6.2 3.8-10.0 50 13.9 10.1-18.8
$50,000+ 116 91 79.3 70.1-86.2 10 8.1 4.1-15.6 6 6.0 2.6-13.1 9 6.6 3.3-12.8

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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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