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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Pitt 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
-Pitt County 432 325 79.8 75.1-83.8 46 8.8 6.3-12.1 15 3.4 1.8- 6.2 46 8.1 5.7-11.2
GENDER
Male 160 120 80.9 73.6-86.5 14 6.9 3.8-12.1 5 2.1 0.7- 5.9 21 10.2 6.3-15.9
Female 272 205 78.7 72.5-83.8 32 10.8 7.3-15.6 10 4.7 2.1- 9.9 25 5.9 3.7- 9.1
RACE
White 284 213 79.4 73.7-84.1 27 8.0 5.2-12.2 9 2.9 1.2- 6.6 35 9.7 6.7-13.9
Other 148 112 80.4 71.9-86.8 19 9.8 5.7-16.3 6 4.1 1.6-10.1 11 5.7 2.7-11.5
AGE
18-44 172 143 85.2 78.2-90.2 17 7.7 4.5-13.0 3 3.1 1.0- 9.1 9 4.1 2.0- 8.0
45+ 257 179 73.4 66.9-79.0 29 10.1 6.7-14.8 12 3.7 2.1- 6.7 37 12.8 8.8-18.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 170 121 77.6 69.5-84.1 22 8.8 5.4-14.1 8 3.5 1.5- 8.1 19 10.0 5.9-16.5
Some College + 260 203 81.4 75.5-86.2 23 8.6 5.5-13.4 7 3.3 1.3- 7.8 27 6.7 4.3-10.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 236 163 73.3 66.2-79.3 31 11.0 7.4-16.0 12 5.5 2.7-10.8 30 10.3 6.8-15.3
$50,000+ 141 121 88.5 81.6-93.1 7 5.1 2.2-11.3 2 1.0 0.2- 4.0 11 5.4 2.6-10.6

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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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