BRFSS 2006 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (Which statement best describes the rules about smoking inside your home?)

2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Seconhand Smoke Policy (Asked July--December Only)

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	Total Respond.^	Not allowed anywhere	Allowed in some places	Allowed anywhere	No rules about smoking
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
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance	168	119	70.0	59.9-78.5	14	7.6	4.1-13.5	13	7.9	4.2-14.3	22	14.5	8.1-24.7
Buncombe	187	144	75.6	65.9-83.3	12	6.5	3.4-12.3	6	2.6	1.1- 6.0	25	15.3	8.7-25.3
Cabarrus	189	153	84.0	77.9-88.7	10	3.4	1.7- 6.6	11	4.9	2.6- 9.0	15	7.7	4.5-12.7
Catawba	170	124	76.1	68.1-82.7	11	5.7	2.9-11.0	10	5.1	2.4-10.6	25	13.0	8.4-19.7
Cumberland	222	173	69.2	58.9-77.8	16	12.1	6.4-21.8	9	3.4	1.4- 7.8	24	15.3	8.9-25.0
Davidson	215	151	74.5	67.0-80.8	13	5.8	3.2-10.4	17	6.6	3.9-10.7	34	13.1	8.6-19.5
Durham	202	163	84.8	77.8-89.9	12	4.4	2.4- 8.2	6	1.7	0.7- 3.8	21	9.0	5.0-15.7
Forsyth	199	143	74.4	66.5-81.0	14	7.8	4.3-13.7	14	5.0	2.8- 8.9	28	12.8	8.1-19.5
Gaston	190	140	69.4	59.4-77.8	14	8.2	4.5-14.3	8	3.5	1.6- 7.4	28	19.0	11.8-29.3
Guilford	220	166	73.8	64.9-81.0	18	10.6	5.5-19.5	11	6.1	2.9-12.3	25	9.5	6.0-14.7
Iredell	216	169	79.4	70.9-86.0	10	6.8	2.5-17.1	10	4.0	2.0- 8.0	27	9.8	6.3-14.9
Johnston	230	181	82.4	76.6-87.1	14	4.6	2.6- 8.0	8	2.7	1.3- 5.8	27	10.2	6.8-15.2
Mecklenburg	458	375	82.8	78.3-86.6	39	9.5	6.7-13.3	11	1.5	0.7- 3.2	33	6.1	4.0- 9.2
New Hanover	190	164	84.4	73.2-91.5	9	7.8	2.6-21.4	4	1.1	0.4- 3.2	13	6.6	3.3-12.9
Onslow	183	141	80.4	71.6-87.0	11	5.7	2.7-11.8	11	7.2	2.9-16.7	20	6.7	4.0-10.9
Orange	172	145	85.5	78.0-90.7	5	2.8	1.0- 7.5	5	2.2	0.8- 5.9	17	9.4	5.2-16.5
Pitt	194	155	86.1	80.5-90.3	10	3.6	1.8- 7.2	6	2.2	0.9- 5.1	23	8.1	5.1-12.7
Randolph	188	133	65.0	52.7-75.6	9	6.1	2.8-12.7	16	11.0	4.9-22.8	30	17.9	9.4-31.3
Robeson	190	133	69.4	60.5-77.0	15	8.3	4.6-14.7	10	5.6	2.7-11.3	32	16.7	11.0-24.5
Rowan	204	140	67.7	58.5-75.7	26	17.0	10.5-26.4	12	3.5	1.9- 6.5	26	11.8	7.3-18.4
Union	194	160	79.4	68.3-87.4	10	5.6	2.6-11.7	6	2.7	1.1- 6.4	18	12.3	5.6-24.7
Wake	357	303	86.3	81.6-89.9	17	4.5	2.7- 7.6	7	2.0	0.8- 4.7	30	7.2	4.7-10.8
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico	217	146	73.3	65.8-79.7	15	6.1	3.4-10.7	11	3.3	1.6- 6.8	45	17.2	12.3-23.5
Northeast Partnership II***	245	166	64.0	55.7-71.5	22	8.8	5.5-13.9	19	9.3	5.2-16.4	38	17.9	12.1-25.5
Northeast Partnership I***	197	129	62.3	51.1-72.3	15	12.1	5.1-25.9	16	4.9	2.8- 8.2	37	20.8	13.1-31.3
Franklin/Nash/Wilson	222	145	70.7	63.2-77.1	23	9.4	5.8-14.7	14	5.5	3.1- 9.8	40	14.4	10.1-20.2
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	215	147	73.1	65.6-79.5	15	6.7	3.7-11.7	13	5.5	2.8-10.5	40	14.8	10.3-20.8
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	208	154	71.5	61.1-80.0	25	12.3	7.8-18.9	10	3.8	1.9- 7.4	19	12.5	5.7-25.1
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	189	126	65.4	55.1-74.4	13	9.9	4.7-19.9	15	7.2	3.4-14.9	35	17.5	11.5-25.6
Chatham/Lee/Moore	238	191	78.7	70.4-85.2	14	6.3	3.0-12.9	11	6.5	3.0-13.5	22	8.4	5.1-13.7
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	266	188	69.5	61.1-76.8	28	13.5	8.1-21.8	9	2.4	1.2- 4.9	41	14.5	9.6-21.4
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	195	113	58.2	48.5-67.3	23	13.5	7.7-22.5	12	3.8	2.0- 7.2	47	24.5	17.0-34.0
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	210	154	72.3	62.5-80.4	14	8.5	4.1-16.7	11	7.3	2.7-18.2	31	11.9	7.8-17.7
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	180	138	78.8	69.9-85.6	9	4.6	2.1- 9.6	5	2.1	0.6- 7.2	28	14.6	8.8-23.1
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
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP***
Yes	512	333	62.6	56.5-68.3	44	10.1	6.7-14.9	40	7.1	4.6-10.9	95	20.2	15.7-25.5
No	7,071	5,322	75.9	74.5-77.3	505	8.1	7.2- 9.1	334	4.0	3.4- 4.6	910	12.0	10.9-13.1
NC REGIONS**
Eastern NC	2,539	1,859	72.5	69.9-74.9	195	8.8	7.2-10.6	128	4.6	3.6- 5.8	357	14.2	12.3-16.3
Piedmont	4,240	3,221	77.8	76.0-79.4	291	7.5	6.4- 8.7	207	4.0	3.3- 4.8	521	10.8	9.6-12.1
Western NC	804	575	70.1	65.3-74.5	63	10.2	7.5-13.8	39	4.1	2.6- 6.4	127	15.6	12.2-19.6
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)
Mountain AHEC***	450	327	70.7	64.6-76.2	36	11.1	7.5-16.2	23	4.1	2.4- 6.7	64	14.1	10.2-19.1
Northwest	1,465	1,043	72.1	68.7-75.4	114	9.0	7.0-11.5	85	4.5	3.3- 6.0	223	14.4	12.0-17.3
Charlotte	1,195	942	79.7	76.5-82.6	89	8.0	6.2-10.3	40	2.4	1.6- 3.7	124	9.8	7.7-12.4
Greensboro	940	705	73.0	68.3-77.1	57	7.8	5.2-11.7	59	7.2	4.9-10.2	119	12.1	9.4-15.4
Southern Regional	771	571	71.8	66.7-76.3	64	10.6	7.6-14.6	39	5.1	3.3- 7.8	97	12.5	9.4-16.5
Coastal	402	322	76.4	68.9-82.6	31	8.6	5.3-13.6	12	2.3	1.2- 4.3	37	12.7	7.6-20.4
Wake	1,076	846	82.5	79.4-85.3	60	5.2	3.7- 7.1	40	2.6	1.7- 3.9	130	9.7	7.7-12.2
Area L	321	208	64.3	56.8-71.1	33	12.5	7.8-19.4	21	5.4	3.3- 8.6	59	17.9	12.9-24.3
Eastern	963	691	73.2	69.3-76.7	65	6.6	4.8- 8.9	55	5.5	3.8- 8.0	152	14.7	12.1-17.8

Total
Respond.^

Not allowed anywhere

Allowed in some places

Allowed anywhere

No rules about smoking

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

COUNTY/REGIONS

Alamance

168

119

70.0

59.9-78.5

7.6

4.1-13.5

7.9

4.2-14.3

14.5

8.1-24.7

Buncombe

187

144

75.6

65.9-83.3

6.5

3.4-12.3

2.6

1.1- 6.0

15.3

8.7-25.3

Cabarrus

189

153

84.0

77.9-88.7

3.4

1.7- 6.6

4.9

2.6- 9.0

7.7

4.5-12.7

Catawba

170

124

76.1

68.1-82.7

5.7

2.9-11.0

5.1

2.4-10.6

13.0

8.4-19.7

Cumberland

222

173

69.2

58.9-77.8

12.1

6.4-21.8

3.4

1.4- 7.8

15.3

8.9-25.0

Davidson

215

151

74.5

67.0-80.8

5.8

3.2-10.4

6.6

3.9-10.7

13.1

8.6-19.5

Durham

202

163

84.8

77.8-89.9

4.4

2.4- 8.2

1.7

0.7- 3.8

9.0

5.0-15.7

Forsyth

199

143

74.4

66.5-81.0

7.8

4.3-13.7

5.0

2.8- 8.9

12.8

8.1-19.5

Gaston

190

140

69.4

59.4-77.8

8.2

4.5-14.3

3.5

1.6- 7.4

19.0

11.8-29.3

Guilford

220

166

73.8

64.9-81.0

10.6

5.5-19.5

6.1

2.9-12.3

9.5

6.0-14.7

Iredell

216

169

79.4

70.9-86.0

6.8

2.5-17.1

4.0

2.0- 8.0

9.8

6.3-14.9

Johnston

230

181

82.4

76.6-87.1

4.6

2.6- 8.0

2.7

1.3- 5.8

10.2

6.8-15.2

Mecklenburg

458

375

82.8

78.3-86.6

9.5

6.7-13.3

1.5

0.7- 3.2

6.1

4.0- 9.2

New Hanover

190

164

84.4

73.2-91.5

7.8

2.6-21.4

1.1

0.4- 3.2

6.6

3.3-12.9

Onslow

183

141

80.4

71.6-87.0

5.7

2.7-11.8

7.2

2.9-16.7

6.7

4.0-10.9

Orange

172

145

85.5

78.0-90.7

2.8

1.0- 7.5

2.2

0.8- 5.9

9.4

5.2-16.5

Pitt

194

155

86.1

80.5-90.3

3.6

1.8- 7.2

2.2

0.9- 5.1

8.1

5.1-12.7

Randolph

188

133

65.0

52.7-75.6

6.1

2.8-12.7

11.0

4.9-22.8

17.9

9.4-31.3

Robeson

190

133

69.4

60.5-77.0

8.3

4.6-14.7

5.6

2.7-11.3

16.7

11.0-24.5

Rowan

204

140

67.7

58.5-75.7

17.0

10.5-26.4

3.5

1.9- 6.5

11.8

7.3-18.4

Union

194

160

79.4

68.3-87.4

5.6

2.6-11.7

2.7

1.1- 6.4

12.3

5.6-24.7

Wake

357

303

86.3

81.6-89.9

4.5

2.7- 7.6

2.0

0.8- 4.7

7.2

4.7-10.8

Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico

217

146

73.3

65.8-79.7

6.1

3.4-10.7

3.3

1.6- 6.8

17.2

12.3-23.5

Northeast Partnership II***

245

166

64.0

55.7-71.5

8.8

5.5-13.9

9.3

5.2-16.4

17.9

12.1-25.5

Northeast Partnership I***

197

129

62.3

51.1-72.3

12.1

5.1-25.9

4.9

2.8- 8.2

20.8

13.1-31.3

Franklin/Nash/Wilson

222

145

70.7

63.2-77.1

9.4

5.8-14.7

5.5

3.1- 9.8

14.4

10.1-20.2

Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne

215

147

73.1

65.6-79.5

6.7

3.7-11.7

5.5

2.8-10.5

14.8

10.3-20.8

Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender

208

154

71.5

61.1-80.0

12.3

7.8-18.9

3.8

1.9- 7.4

12.5

5.7-25.1

Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance

189

126

65.4

55.1-74.4

9.9

4.7-19.9

7.2

3.4-14.9

17.5

11.5-25.6

Chatham/Lee/Moore

238

191

78.7

70.4-85.2

6.3

3.0-12.9

6.5

3.0-13.5

8.4

5.1-13.7

Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly

266

188

69.5

61.1-76.8

13.5

8.1-21.8

2.4

1.2- 4.9

14.5

9.6-21.4

Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

195

113

58.2

48.5-67.3

13.5

7.7-22.5

3.8

2.0- 7.2

24.5

17.0-34.0

Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes

210

154

72.3

62.5-80.4

8.5

4.1-16.7

7.3

2.7-18.2

11.9

7.8-17.7

Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln

180

138

78.8

69.9-85.6

4.6

2.1- 9.6

2.1

0.6- 7.2

14.6

8.8-23.1

Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)

263

183

68.4

60.4-75.5

13.3

8.4-20.5

4.8

2.6- 8.6

13.5

9.1-19.6

NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP***

Yes

512

333

62.6

56.5-68.3

10.1

6.7-14.9

7.1

4.6-10.9

20.2

15.7-25.5

7,071

5,322

75.9

74.5-77.3

505

8.1

7.2- 9.1

334

4.0

3.4- 4.6

910

12.0

10.9-13.1

NC REGIONS**

Eastern NC

2,539

1,859

72.5

69.9-74.9

195

8.8

7.2-10.6

128

4.6

3.6- 5.8

357

14.2

12.3-16.3

Piedmont

4,240

3,221

77.8

76.0-79.4

291

7.5

6.4- 8.7

207

4.0

3.3- 4.8

521

10.8

9.6-12.1

Western NC

804

575

70.1

65.3-74.5

10.2

7.5-13.8

4.1

2.6- 6.4

127

15.6

12.2-19.6

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)

Mountain AHEC***

450

327

70.7

64.6-76.2

11.1

7.5-16.2

4.1

2.4- 6.7

14.1

10.2-19.1

Northwest

1,465

1,043

72.1

68.7-75.4

114

9.0

7.0-11.5

4.5

3.3- 6.0

223

14.4

12.0-17.3

Charlotte

1,195

942

79.7

76.5-82.6

8.0

6.2-10.3

2.4

1.6- 3.7

124

9.8

7.7-12.4

Greensboro

940

705

73.0

68.3-77.1

7.8

5.2-11.7

7.2

4.9-10.2

119

12.1

9.4-15.4

Southern Regional

771

571

71.8

66.7-76.3

10.6

7.6-14.6

5.1

3.3- 7.8

12.5

9.4-16.5

Coastal

402

322

76.4

68.9-82.6

8.6

5.3-13.6

2.3

1.2- 4.3

12.7

7.6-20.4

Wake

1,076

846

82.5

79.4-85.3

5.2

3.7- 7.1

2.6

1.7- 3.9

130

9.7

7.7-12.2

Area L

321

208

64.3

56.8-71.1

12.5

7.8-19.4

5.4

3.3- 8.6

17.9

12.9-24.3

Eastern

963

691

73.2

69.3-76.7

6.6

4.8- 8.9

5.5

3.8- 8.0

152

14.7

12.1-17.8

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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.

**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.

***Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Edgecombe, 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.

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