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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow County

Secondhand Smoke Policy

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  Total
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
-Onslow County 386 305 78.8 72.9-83.7 35 11.6 7.7-17.1 15 2.3 1.3- 4.1 31 7.3 4.8-11.0
GENDER
Male 133 106 78.8 68.5-86.4 14 14.0 7.6-24.3 4 1.7 0.5- 5.1 9 5.5 2.6-11.2
Female 253 199 78.9 71.9-84.5 21 9.4 5.5-15.5 11 2.8 1.5- 5.4 22 8.9 5.4-14.4
RACE
White 301 236 78.2 71.3-83.8 28 11.5 7.2-18.0 12 2.4 1.3- 4.6 25 7.9 4.9-12.4
Other 84 68 81.3 68.5-89.7 7 12.0 5.1-25.7 3 1.7 0.5- 5.5 6 5.0 2.1-11.4
AGE
18-44 193 160 80.1 71.8-86.4 22 14.2 8.8-22.2 1 0.3 0.0- 1.9 10 5.4 2.7-10.6
45+ 192 144 76.2 68.8-82.3 13 6.2 3.3-11.4 14 6.5 3.6-11.4 21 11.1 7.0-17.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 170 127 75.4 65.9-82.9 23 15.8 9.7-24.7 6 2.1 0.9- 4.9 14 6.7 3.4-12.7
Some College + 216 178 81.9 73.9-87.9 12 7.8 3.6-16.3 9 2.4 1.1- 5.3 17 7.8 4.5-13.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 234 177 76.3 68.3-82.8 24 13.3 7.9-21.5 11 2.8 1.4- 5.5 22 7.6 4.7-12.2
$50,000+ 109 96 86.1 76.4-92.2 6 5.8 2.5-13.1 2 1.4 0.3- 5.7 5 6.7 2.6-16.2

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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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