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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Secondhand Smoke Policy (Asked July--December Only)

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
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,172 2,935 91.7 90.1-93.0 183 6.6 5.5- 8.0 54 1.7 1.1- 2.6
GENDER
Male 1,061 935 87.8 84.8-90.3 99 9.9 7.7-12.5 27 2.3 1.2- 4.4
Female 2,111 2,000 94.9 93.6-96.0 84 3.9 2.9- 5.1 27 1.2 0.7- 2.0
RACE
White 2,327 2,178 93.3 91.8-94.6 107 5.1 4.0- 6.5 42 1.5 1.0- 2.3
African American 569 511 88.8 84.7-91.9 48 9.5 6.6-13.5 10 1.7 0.8- 3.3
Asian 31 30 99.3 95.0-99.9 1 0.7 0.1- 5.0 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 61 51 78.6 58.9-90.4 10 21.4 9.6-41.1 0 0.0 . - .
Other Minorities 170 152 85.0 74.4-91.7 16 11.2 6.1-19.5 2 3.8 0.7-18.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 168 149 85.9 75.1-92.4 17 10.2 5.4-18.4 2 3.9 0.7-18.8
-English Speaking 68 63 93.7 83.0-97.8 5 6.3 2.2-17.0 0 0.0 . - .
-Spanish Speaking 100 86 82.7 68.2-91.4 12 11.8 5.7-23.0 2 5.5 1.0-25.1
Non-Hispanic 3,000 2,783 92.3 90.9-93.5 165 6.2 5.1- 7.5 52 1.5 1.1- 2.1
AGE
18-24 118 104 87.8 78.3-93.4 11 8.3 4.2-15.9 3 3.9 1.0-14.0
25-34 485 445 90.4 86.2-93.4 33 8.0 5.2-12.1 7 1.6 0.7- 3.7
35-44 838 776 92.0 89.4-94.0 52 7.1 5.2- 9.6 10 1.0 0.5- 1.8
45-54 923 860 92.9 90.6-94.7 49 5.6 4.0- 7.8 14 1.5 0.8- 2.7
55-64 618 577 94.3 91.7-96.1 27 4.4 2.8- 6.9 14 1.3 0.7- 2.3
65-74 147 131 88.9 81.5-93.6 10 5.4 2.8-10.2 6 5.7 2.3-13.1
75+ 24 23 97.1 81.8-99.6 1 2.9 0.4-18.2 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 226 179 77.3 68.0-84.5 36 19.9 12.9-29.3 11 2.8 1.4- 5.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 815 724 87.5 83.4-90.7 71 9.5 7.0-12.8 20 3.0 1.3- 6.7
Some Post-H.S. 865 801 91.6 88.8-93.7 48 6.5 4.6- 9.0 16 1.9 1.0- 3.5
College Graduate 1,262 1,227 97.4 96.1-98.2 28 2.1 1.4- 3.2 7 0.6 0.2- 1.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 116 93 78.4 61.2-89.3 16 10.3 5.3-18.9 7 11.3 3.1-33.9
$15,000- 24,999 389 343 87.0 81.1-91.2 32 10.3 6.4-16.2 14 2.7 1.5- 4.9
$25,000- 34,999 388 350 89.3 83.3-93.3 30 8.5 5.0-14.3 8 2.2 0.9- 5.4
$35,000- 49,999 509 475 92.7 89.1-95.2 24 5.1 3.1- 8.2 10 2.2 1.0- 4.9
$50,000-74,999 559 528 93.3 90.1-95.5 29 6.4 4.2- 9.5 2 0.3 0.1- 1.5
$75,000+ 922 884 95.5 93.6-96.9 32 4.0 2.7- 5.9 6 0.5 0.2- 1.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 685 622 90.2 86.8-92.8 39 6.7 4.5- 9.7 24 3.1 1.8- 5.3
No 2,427 2,260 92.1 90.3-93.6 140 6.6 5.3- 8.2 27 1.3 0.6- 2.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 310 282 89.4 84.1-93.1 19 8.5 5.1-13.7 9 2.2 1.0- 4.6
Non-Veteran 2,861 2,652 91.9 90.3-93.3 164 6.4 5.2- 7.8 45 1.7 1.0- 2.7

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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.

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