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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Randolph 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
-Randolph County 444 323 74.8 69.9-79.1 32 6.4 4.4- 9.3 30 6.1 4.0- 9.1 59 12.7 9.5-16.6
GENDER
Male 173 125 76.5 68.9-82.7 6 2.6 1.1- 6.1 14 6.4 3.5-11.4 28 14.5 9.6-21.3
Female 271 198 73.1 66.7-78.7 26 10.3 6.9-15.2 16 5.8 3.2-10.1 31 10.8 7.3-15.6
RACE
White 386 274 72.8 67.4-77.6 30 6.9 4.7-10.0 28 6.4 4.2- 9.7 54 13.9 10.3-18.4
Other 57 48 84.1 70.4-92.2 2 4.2 1.0-15.6 2 4.9 1.2-17.9 5 6.8 2.4-17.5
AGE
18-44 152 116 78.5 70.6-84.8 12 6.9 3.8-12.2 7 4.2 1.8- 9.5 17 10.4 6.1-16.9
45+ 290 205 71.2 64.9-76.8 20 6.1 3.8- 9.6 23 7.9 5.0-12.2 42 14.9 10.7-20.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 260 174 69.0 62.1-75.1 23 8.3 5.3-12.6 23 7.7 4.8-12.2 40 15.0 10.7-20.8
Some College + 183 148 83.7 77.1-88.7 9 3.5 1.7- 7.2 7 3.7 1.6- 8.4 19 9.0 5.5-14.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 250 168 68.1 61.1-74.4 19 7.9 4.9-12.7 20 7.0 4.3-11.3 43 17.0 12.2-23.1
$50,000+ 121 97 80.8 71.9-87.4 9 5.3 2.6-10.4 7 7.0 3.1-14.8 8 6.9 3.3-13.8

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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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