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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

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
-Northeastern Partnership 440 389 85.7 80.7-89.6 24 6.5 4.1-10.2 11 3.0 1.5- 6.0 16 4.8 2.6- 8.7
GENDER
Male 142 115 81.1 72.4-87.5 12 7.7 4.2-13.6 8 5.1 2.3-11.0 7 6.2 2.6-13.7
Female 298 274 90.3 84.4-94.1 12 5.4 2.6-10.9 3 0.9 0.3- 2.9 9 3.4 1.5- 7.6
RACE
White 272 238 83.9 77.2-88.9 15 7.3 4.1-12.7 8 3.2 1.5- 6.9 11 5.6 2.8-10.9
African American 147 133 88.7 78.9-94.3 7 4.0 1.7- 9.4 3 3.2 0.7-12.3 4 4.1 1.1-14.3
Other Minorities 20 18 88.8 64.4-97.2 2 11.2 2.8-35.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 13 13 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 427 376 84.9 79.6-88.9 24 6.9 4.4-10.8 11 3.2 1.6- 6.3 16 5.1 2.7- 9.2
AGE
18-24 17 14 84.6 59.2-95.4 2 10.3 2.3-35.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 5.1 0.7-29.5
25-34 75 65 82.8 69.3-91.1 8 11.7 5.6-23.0 1 2.2 0.3-14.1 1 3.3 0.5-20.0
35-44 105 98 91.1 80.1-96.3 2 1.7 0.4- 6.7 4 6.7 2.2-18.7 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8
45-54 135 116 83.0 73.0-89.8 8 6.8 3.1-14.2 4 2.6 1.0- 6.8 7 7.6 3.1-17.6
55-64 85 75 85.3 72.2-92.8 4 4.3 1.5-11.6 1 1.4 0.2- 9.5 5 9.0 3.1-23.3
65-74 18 16 94.1 78.2-98.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.2 0.4-20.1 1 2.7 0.4-17.4
75+ 4 4 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 33 29 93.3 79.1-98.1 3 5.9 1.5-20.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.8 0.1- 6.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 158 132 80.4 71.0-87.3 14 10.5 5.7-18.6 3 2.8 0.8- 8.8 9 6.3 2.9-13.3
Some Post-H.S. 119 103 81.0 69.0-89.1 7 6.9 3.1-14.6 4 4.6 1.4-14.4 5 7.5 2.6-19.8
College Graduate 130 125 96.5 91.6-98.6 0 0.0 . - . 4 2.7 1.0- 7.1 1 0.8 0.1- 5.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 26 21 64.5 34.7-86.2 1 1.3 0.2- 9.3 0 0.0 . - . 4 34.1 12.8-64.7
$15,000- 24,999 81 73 87.1 72.7-94.5 4 5.6 1.3-20.7 3 4.3 1.3-13.6 1 3.0 0.4-18.5
$25,000- 34,999 72 62 84.6 70.9-92.6 6 11.5 4.7-25.3 1 0.5 0.1- 3.7 3 3.3 1.0-10.5
$35,000- 49,999 59 56 90.9 72.0-97.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 9.1 2.5-28.0
$50,000-74,999 71 57 75.7 61.4-85.9 8 13.1 6.3-25.3 3 8.1 2.4-24.2 3 3.1 1.0- 9.3
$75,000+ 87 80 92.2 84.0-96.4 3 3.8 1.2-11.3 4 4.0 1.4-10.9 0 0.0 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 89 73 79.0 64.9-88.5 7 12.0 5.1-25.9 3 2.8 0.9- 8.6 6 6.2 2.2-16.4
No 349 314 87.3 81.8-91.3 17 5.2 3.0- 8.7 8 3.1 1.3- 6.8 10 4.5 2.1- 9.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 44 37 78.7 58.9-90.5 2 3.8 0.9-14.8 2 6.6 1.4-26.5 3 10.9 3.2-30.9
Non-Veteran 396 352 86.8 81.7-90.6 22 7.0 4.3-11.1 9 2.4 1.1- 5.0 13 3.8 1.9- 7.6

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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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