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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly Counties

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
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly 624 440 70.1 65.1-74.7 55 8.2 6.1-11.1 35 5.6 3.8- 8.2 94 16.0 12.2-20.8
GENDER
Male 223 152 69.3 60.8-76.7 21 7.2 4.4-11.5 14 5.3 2.8- 9.8 36 18.2 11.8-26.9
Female 401 288 70.9 65.2-76.0 34 9.3 6.3-13.4 21 5.9 3.6- 9.5 58 14.0 10.4-18.7
RACE
White 388 275 70.9 64.5-76.6 34 8.1 5.5-11.8 23 6.1 3.8- 9.7 56 14.8 10.3-20.8
Other 233 162 68.5 60.0-75.9 21 8.5 5.2-13.6 12 4.7 2.3- 9.5 38 18.3 12.0-26.8
AGE
18-44 228 165 69.8 61.2-77.2 21 8.4 5.2-13.4 10 4.8 2.4- 9.4 32 17.1 10.9-25.8
45+ 394 273 70.4 64.9-75.3 34 8.1 5.7-11.5 25 6.5 4.1-10.0 62 15.0 11.3-19.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 360 238 65.4 58.4-71.8 37 8.7 5.9-12.5 20 5.4 3.2- 8.9 65 20.6 15.0-27.5
Some College + 264 202 78.3 72.1-83.4 18 7.5 4.6-12.1 15 6.0 3.2-10.7 29 8.2 5.5-12.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 408 263 64.7 58.5-70.5 41 9.0 6.4-12.5 25 6.4 4.0- 9.9 79 19.9 15.0-25.9
$50,000+ 132 111 82.8 73.5-89.3 8 6.8 3.0-14.9 5 4.8 1.6-13.0 8 5.6 2.7-11.1

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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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