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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)*

Seconhand Smoke Policy (Asked July--December Only)

Which statement best describes the rules about smoking inside your home?

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  Total
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 7,583 5,655 75.2 73.7-76.5 549 8.2 7.3- 9.2 374 4.2 3.6- 4.8 1,005 12.4 11.4-13.5
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 263 183 68.4 60.4-75.5 24 13.3 8.4-20.5 17 4.8 2.6- 8.6 39 13.5 9.1-19.6
GENDER
Male 100 62 55.3 43.0-67.0 13 19.9 11.1-33.0 5 4.9 1.8-12.9 20 19.9 11.9-31.5
Female 163 121 79.2 70.6-85.8 11 7.9 3.9-15.3 12 4.7 2.3- 9.3 19 8.3 4.8-13.9
RACE
White 237 164 68.8 60.5-76.1 20 11.6 6.9-18.8 15 5.0 2.7- 9.1 38 14.6 9.8-21.1
Other 26 19 63.3 32.8-86.0 4 34.0 12.1-66.0 2 2.1 0.5- 9.0 1 0.5 0.1- 3.7
AGE
18-44 63 45 69.8 54.0-82.0 9 16.8 8.0-31.7 3 3.1 0.8-11.5 6 10.3 4.1-23.9
45+ 199 138 67.8 59.3-75.3 15 10.9 6.1-18.6 14 6.0 3.1-11.2 32 15.3 10.4-22.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 124 76 61.6 48.9-72.9 10 11.6 5.2-23.7 15 8.9 4.7-16.4 23 17.9 10.7-28.3
Some College + 136 105 75.6 65.3-83.6 14 15.4 8.8-25.4 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2 15 8.5 4.4-15.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 168 106 61.1 50.7-70.6 21 17.5 10.7-27.2 11 4.7 2.2- 9.9 30 16.7 10.6-25.3
$50,000+ 58 48 84.9 70.2-93.0 1 4.9 0.7-27.4 3 3.0 0.8-10.9 6 7.2 3.0-16.1

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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.


*Mountain AHEC: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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