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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

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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 6,957 5,276 75.7 74.1-77.3 555 8.5 7.5- 9.5 491 6.9 6.0- 8.0 635 8.9 7.9-10.0
-Eastern NC 2,250 1,663 72.4 69.5-75.2 205 9.3 7.6-11.4 174 8.2 6.6-10.2 208 10.1 8.2-12.3
GENDER
Male 775 529 67.0 62.0-71.7 71 10.2 7.3-13.9 83 10.7 7.9-14.4 92 12.1 9.0-16.1
Female 1,475 1,134 77.8 74.7-80.5 134 8.5 6.8-10.6 91 5.7 4.5- 7.4 116 8.0 6.2-10.4
RACE
White 1,520 1,097 71.2 67.8-74.4 132 8.7 6.8-11.0 127 9.1 7.2-11.5 164 11.0 8.9-13.5
African American 508 389 69.7 62.5-76.0 55 11.2 7.9-15.7 35 8.4 5.0-13.8 29 10.7 6.1-18.0
Other Minorities 215 171 84.1 73.8-90.9 18 9.1 3.6-21.3 11 2.8 1.3- 6.2 15 3.9 2.0- 7.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 102 93 88.9 70.5-96.4 4 7.6 1.5-30.2 1 1.4 0.2- 9.1 4 2.1 0.5- 7.6
Non-Hispanic 2,137 1,561 71.0 67.9-73.8 201 9.5 7.9-11.5 172 8.8 7.1-10.9 203 10.7 8.6-13.1
AGE
18-24 78 59 69.5 55.7-80.5 5 5.6 2.0-14.4 5 8.3 3.1-20.5 9 16.6 8.4-30.3
25-34 270 222 79.5 72.1-85.4 24 10.6 6.4-16.9 11 4.4 1.9- 9.8 13 5.5 2.8-10.4
35-44 365 278 72.5 65.1-78.8 37 12.3 7.3-19.8 23 8.7 5.5-13.5 27 6.6 3.9-10.9
45-54 458 320 67.3 61.7-72.5 54 11.3 8.3-15.2 43 10.8 7.4-15.6 41 10.5 7.5-14.6
55-64 461 337 73.3 68.2-77.9 34 7.2 4.9-10.5 46 9.4 6.8-12.9 44 10.1 7.1-14.1
65-74 352 256 72.3 66.4-77.5 33 7.8 5.3-11.4 25 8.1 5.2-12.5 38 11.7 8.2-16.5
75+ 255 182 70.3 62.6-77.0 18 7.3 4.1-12.6 20 7.4 4.5-11.8 35 15.1 9.9-22.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 329 230 61.9 51.8-71.1 40 15.2 9.1-24.5 27 9.6 5.0-17.7 32 13.3 7.2-23.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 749 530 70.2 65.2-74.8 77 9.9 7.2-13.6 71 10.0 7.3-13.4 71 9.9 6.9-13.8
Some Post-H.S. 596 443 73.1 67.5-77.9 57 8.6 6.1-12.0 46 8.2 5.3-12.4 50 10.1 7.0-14.5
College Graduate 574 459 82.0 77.8-85.6 31 5.3 3.4- 8.3 29 4.5 2.7- 7.2 55 8.2 5.9-11.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 257 173 64.1 53.0-73.9 34 12.6 8.2-19.0 26 9.3 5.8-14.5 24 14.0 6.1-28.7
$15,000- 24,999 386 259 65.4 57.1-72.8 39 14.0 8.2-23.1 37 8.4 5.5-12.6 51 12.2 8.0-18.1
$25,000- 34,999 303 226 69.2 61.0-76.3 27 11.2 6.7-18.1 25 11.1 6.6-18.2 25 8.5 5.1-14.0
$35,000- 49,999 309 234 71.1 62.7-78.2 26 7.7 4.5-12.7 29 11.4 6.7-18.7 20 9.9 5.4-17.3
$50,000-74,999 313 244 80.3 74.6-85.0 21 6.0 3.6- 9.9 16 4.6 2.4- 8.4 32 9.1 6.1-13.3
$75,000+ 367 297 83.5 78.5-87.5 27 6.8 4.3-10.7 15 3.5 1.8- 6.5 28 6.2 4.1- 9.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 872 593 63.8 58.6-68.8 97 11.1 8.4-14.6 78 10.5 7.3-14.7 104 14.6 10.8-19.3
No 1,361 1,058 76.8 73.2-80.0 105 8.4 6.2-11.1 94 7.0 5.3- 9.2 104 7.9 5.9-10.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 361 253 70.5 64.1-76.2 24 6.7 4.1-11.0 41 10.3 7.0-14.8 43 12.4 8.5-17.8
Non-Veteran 1,889 1,410 72.8 69.4-75.9 181 9.8 7.9-12.2 133 7.8 6.0-10.0 165 9.6 7.5-12.1

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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.

** 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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