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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

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
-New Hanover County 184 169 91.5 85.8-95.0 8 4.5 2.2- 9.2 2 1.7 0.4- 6.6 5 2.3 0.9- 5.8
GENDER
Male 57 50 88.7 77.1-94.8 2 3.8 0.9-14.0 2 4.1 1.0-15.2 3 3.5 1.0-11.6
Female 127 119 93.4 86.9-96.8 6 5.1 2.2-11.3 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.5 0.4- 5.9
RACE
White 155 144 93.4 88.1-96.5 6 3.5 1.5- 7.8 1 0.8 0.1- 5.5 4 2.3 0.8- 6.4
Other 29 25 79.3 55.4-92.2 2 11.2 2.8-35.2 1 7.1 1.0-36.1 1 2.4 0.3-15.7
AGE
18-44 85 78 91.4 82.5-96.0 4 4.6 1.7-11.9 1 1.8 0.2-11.5 2 2.3 0.6- 9.2
45+ 98 90 91.5 83.1-95.9 4 4.6 1.6-12.4 1 1.6 0.2-10.4 3 2.3 0.7- 7.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 42 36 86.3 71.0-94.2 3 6.5 2.0-19.1 1 3.8 0.5-22.5 2 3.4 0.8-13.0
Some College + 142 133 93.3 87.0-96.7 5 3.8 1.5- 9.5 1 0.9 0.1- 6.3 3 1.9 0.5- 6.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 81 74 90.7 80.8-95.8 2 2.6 0.6-10.3 1 2.2 0.3-13.9 4 4.5 1.6-12.1
$50,000+ 89 82 91.8 82.9-96.3 5 6.1 2.4-14.7 1 1.5 0.2- 9.8 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2

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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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