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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Pitt 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
-Pitt County 193 174 90.2 84.3-94.0 13 7.2 4.0-12.8 3 1.3 0.4- 4.5 3 1.3 0.4- 4.3
GENDER
Male 71 59 85.1 74.2-91.9 8 11.0 5.3-21.3 2 2.1 0.5- 8.6 2 1.8 0.4- 7.9
Female 122 115 95.8 90.8-98.1 5 3.1 1.2- 8.0 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8 1 0.7 0.1- 4.8
RACE
White 134 119 89.1 81.9-93.7 9 7.1 3.5-13.8 3 1.9 0.5- 6.5 3 1.9 0.6- 6.2
Other 59 55 92.4 78.8-97.5 4 7.6 2.5-21.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 93 88 95.4 88.8-98.2 4 3.4 1.2- 9.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.2 0.2- 7.8
45+ 97 83 82.1 70.8-89.7 9 13.1 6.5-24.4 3 3.3 0.9-10.8 2 1.5 0.4- 6.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 45 38 84.5 65.9-93.9 5 11.4 3.8-29.7 1 2.8 0.4-17.7 1 1.3 0.2- 9.0
Some College + 147 135 92.0 86.0-95.6 8 5.9 2.9-11.6 2 0.8 0.2- 3.6 2 1.3 0.3- 5.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 87 78 85.3 73.5-92.4 7 11.4 5.3-22.9 1 1.7 0.2-11.1 1 1.6 0.2-10.7
$50,000+ 95 86 92.6 85.7-96.4 5 4.9 1.9-11.7 2 1.2 0.3- 5.3 2 1.3 0.3- 5.0

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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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