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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 223 217 97.2 92.3-99.0 2 1.0 0.2- 4.0 2 1.5 0.3- 7.6 2 0.3 0.1- 1.4
GENDER
Male 79 74 96.6 91.1-98.8 2 2.1 0.5- 8.4 1 0.6 0.1- 4.0 2 0.7 0.1- 3.1
Female 144 143 97.6 85.3-99.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.4 0.3-14.7 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 193 189 97.4 91.2-99.3 1 0.7 0.1- 4.9 2 1.8 0.3- 8.9 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7
Other 29 28 97.6 84.4-99.7 1 2.4 0.3-15.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 107 105 96.7 87.0-99.2 1 1.1 0.1- 7.2 1 2.2 0.3-14.0 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 115 111 97.8 93.7-99.2 1 0.8 0.1- 5.7 1 0.6 0.1- 4.3 2 0.8 0.2- 3.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 25 23 93.2 75.0-98.4 2 6.8 1.6-25.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 198 194 97.8 91.7-99.5 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.8 0.3- 8.8 2 0.4 0.1- 1.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 60 58 98.7 94.0-99.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.0 0.1- 6.7 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3
$50,000+ 141 138 98.1 93.7-99.4 2 1.5 0.4- 6.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6

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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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