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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Randolph 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
-Randolph County 205 176 85.3 78.2-90.4 15 8.6 4.8-14.9 6 1.9 0.7- 4.9 8 4.1 1.7- 9.8
GENDER
Male 77 62 81.8 69.6-89.8 5 8.3 3.2-19.5 4 3.1 1.0- 9.2 6 6.8 2.4-17.8
Female 128 114 89.0 80.8-94.0 10 9.0 4.4-17.3 2 0.7 0.2- 2.6 2 1.3 0.3- 5.3
RACE
White 168 144 85.7 77.7-91.2 10 6.6 3.1-13.3 6 2.4 0.9- 6.2 8 5.3 2.1-12.3
Other 37 32 83.8 64.3-93.7 5 16.2 6.3-35.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 106 87 82.5 72.7-89.3 12 12.5 6.7-22.1 3 2.2 0.6- 7.5 4 2.8 0.9- 7.9
45+ 99 89 90.0 77.5-95.9 3 2.3 0.6- 7.9 3 1.4 0.4- 4.5 4 6.4 1.7-21.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 104 85 81.1 70.1-88.8 10 11.1 5.6-20.8 5 3.2 1.2- 8.7 4 4.5 1.2-15.6
Some College + 101 91 90.4 80.7-95.5 5 5.6 1.9-15.6 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 4 3.7 1.2-10.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 101 82 82.6 72.2-89.6 11 12.3 6.3-22.8 4 2.5 0.8- 7.9 4 2.6 0.9- 6.9
$50,000+ 88 81 90.7 78.1-96.3 2 2.9 0.5-14.1 2 1.7 0.3- 8.0 3 4.8 1.1-18.5

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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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