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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange County

Secondhand Smoke Policy

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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
-Orange County 416 371 89.8 83.8-93.7 13 5.1 2.0-12.3 12 1.9 1.0- 3.5 20 3.3 2.0- 5.4
GENDER
Male 157 138 92.0 87.1-95.1 4 1.8 0.7- 4.9 4 1.5 0.5- 4.3 11 4.7 2.5- 8.9
Female 259 233 87.6 76.2-94.0 9 8.3 2.8-22.1 8 2.3 1.1- 4.8 9 1.8 0.9- 3.8
RACE
White 347 308 88.8 81.4-93.6 11 5.8 2.1-15.1 12 2.4 1.3- 4.5 16 3.0 1.7- 5.2
Other 66 61 93.4 84.5-97.4 2 2.7 0.7-10.6 0 0.0 . - . 3 3.8 1.2-11.8
AGE
18-44 164 153 91.2 78.9-96.7 6 6.8 2.0-20.9 5 2.0 0.8- 5.0 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 249 216 88.4 83.4-92.0 6 2.6 1.1- 5.7 7 1.7 0.8- 3.7 20 7.3 4.5-11.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 89 73 89.0 81.1-93.8 3 2.5 0.8- 8.0 5 3.5 1.4- 9.0 8 5.0 2.2-11.0
Some College + 326 298 90.4 82.0-95.1 9 5.7 1.9-16.1 7 1.2 0.5- 2.8 12 2.6 1.4- 4.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 163 141 86.1 72.7-93.5 5 7.5 1.9-25.6 7 2.5 1.1- 5.5 10 3.9 1.8- 8.0
$50,000+ 192 177 93.9 89.7-96.5 4 1.8 0.7- 4.9 4 1.6 0.5- 4.7 7 2.6 1.1- 5.9

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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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