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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

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 II 206 159 76.2 67.6-83.0 35 17.9 11.9-26.1 4 2.4 0.6- 8.3 8 3.6 1.6- 7.7
GENDER
Male 62 46 72.6 56.6-84.3 10 18.2 8.6-34.5 3 4.6 1.1-17.2 3 4.5 1.4-13.8
Female 144 113 79.3 70.9-85.7 25 17.6 11.6-25.8 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7 5 2.7 1.1- 6.9
RACE
White 126 100 79.0 69.8-86.0 17 13.1 7.8-21.1 2 1.4 0.3- 6.0 7 6.5 2.9-14.1
Other 80 59 73.0 57.8-84.2 18 23.2 12.9-38.2 2 3.5 0.6-17.4 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4
AGE
18-44 97 74 72.7 59.4-82.9 19 22.4 13.2-35.4 2 3.0 0.5-15.2 2 2.0 0.4- 9.8
45+ 109 85 80.5 70.7-87.6 16 12.3 6.9-20.8 2 1.6 0.3- 7.1 6 5.6 2.3-12.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 99 66 72.0 60.6-81.0 24 20.9 13.1-31.5 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8 8 6.8 3.0-14.5
Some College + 107 93 80.8 65.9-90.1 11 14.7 6.5-29.7 3 4.5 1.1-16.7 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 109 82 78.1 67.6-85.9 21 16.5 9.9-26.2 2 0.7 0.2- 2.9 4 4.7 1.6-12.6
$50,000+ 77 63 78.7 65.6-87.7 10 13.9 7.3-24.8 2 5.4 1.2-21.5 2 2.0 0.5- 7.8

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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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