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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 work areas?*

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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 7,339 6,650 89.2 88.1-90.3 364 6.0 5.1- 7.0 139 2.0 1.6- 2.5 186 2.8 2.3- 3.4
-Northeast Partnership II 206 182 85.6 77.9-90.9 13 7.1 3.8-12.8 4 3.2 1.0- 9.3 7 4.1 1.5-10.5
GENDER
Male 62 50 78.4 63.8-88.3 5 8.5 3.4-19.6 4 6.8 2.2-19.1 3 6.3 1.7-20.6
Female 144 132 91.9 85.0-95.8 8 5.9 2.7-12.7 0 0.0 . - . 4 2.2 0.7- 6.2
RACE
White 126 110 83.3 73.5-90.0 8 9.2 4.4-18.4 3 3.3 0.9-11.0 5 4.2 1.6-10.5
Other 80 72 88.1 74.1-95.1 5 4.9 1.7-13.3 1 3.0 0.4-18.6 2 4.0 0.7-20.7
AGE
18-44 97 87 86.3 75.2-92.9 6 8.1 3.5-17.4 3 5.3 1.6-16.2 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4
45+ 109 95 84.8 72.6-92.2 7 5.9 2.4-13.8 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0 6 8.8 3.3-21.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 99 81 82.6 72.1-89.7 11 11.2 5.7-20.9 1 1.7 0.2-11.4 6 4.5 1.8-10.8
Some College + 107 101 88.9 75.1-95.5 2 2.6 0.6-10.7 3 4.7 1.2-16.9 1 3.7 0.5-21.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 109 96 85.1 73.3-92.2 8 7.2 3.1-15.9 2 2.1 0.4-10.1 3 5.7 1.6-18.2
$50,000+ 77 69 85.2 71.7-93.0 4 7.1 2.6-18.1 2 5.7 1.3-21.6 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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