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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Secondhand Smoke Policy

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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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 2,480 1,797 73.3 70.6-75.8 195 8.8 7.3-10.7 227 8.4 6.8-10.2 261 9.6 8.1-11.3
Female 4,477 3,479 78.1 76.2-79.9 360 8.1 7.0- 9.4 264 5.5 4.6- 6.7 374 8.2 7.0- 9.7
RACE
White 5,436 4,093 75.1 73.3-76.8 413 8.0 7.0- 9.2 399 7.3 6.3- 8.5 531 9.6 8.4-10.9
African American 1,033 777 70.6 65.9-74.9 110 12.1 9.4-15.5 74 8.5 5.8-12.1 72 8.8 6.3-12.2
Asian 40 39 98.6 90.2-99.8 1 1.4 0.2- 9.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 135 89 60.7 46.5-73.3 19 21.1 10.1-38.7 9 7.1 3.1-15.8 18 11.1 5.9-19.9
Other Minorities 295 262 91.8 86.0-95.3 12 3.7 1.4- 9.4 8 0.8 0.3- 2.2 13 3.7 1.7- 7.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 296 271 92.2 86.1-95.8 10 3.7 1.4- 9.7 5 1.0 0.3- 3.1 10 3.1 1.2- 7.4
-English Speaking 117 100 87.0 75.7-93.5 8 5.7 2.4-13.0 4 2.5 0.7- 9.2 5 4.8 1.1-18.7
-Spanish Speaking 179 171 94.0 85.6-97.7 2 3.0 0.6-13.4 1 0.5 0.1- 3.5 5 2.5 0.8- 7.5
Non-Hispanic 6,639 4,988 74.3 72.6-75.9 543 8.9 7.9-10.0 484 7.5 6.5- 8.6 624 9.4 8.3-10.5
AGE
18-24 219 164 69.8 61.3-77.1 18 8.8 5.1-14.5 15 9.1 4.9-16.3 22 12.4 7.7-19.3
25-34 759 635 81.4 77.3-84.9 58 8.6 6.4-11.6 30 4.8 3.0- 7.7 36 5.2 3.4- 7.9
35-44 1,095 864 79.3 75.9-82.3 99 9.4 7.2-12.3 66 5.9 4.5- 7.8 66 5.3 3.8- 7.3
45-54 1,400 1,031 73.2 70.0-76.1 122 8.0 6.4- 9.9 115 8.5 6.7-10.8 132 10.3 8.4-12.7
55-64 1,428 1,037 73.0 69.9-75.8 110 8.1 6.4-10.2 126 7.9 6.4- 9.7 155 11.0 9.1-13.3
65-74 1,165 871 74.2 70.9-77.2 96 8.5 6.6-10.9 82 6.7 5.2- 8.6 116 10.6 8.5-13.1
75+ 861 647 74.0 69.8-77.7 52 7.1 4.8-10.4 55 6.0 4.4- 8.2 107 12.9 10.2-16.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 979 657 63.8 58.3-68.9 101 12.6 9.3-16.8 104 12.0 8.7-16.5 117 11.6 8.7-15.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,095 1,500 71.7 68.6-74.6 201 10.4 8.5-12.6 190 8.7 6.9-10.9 204 9.2 7.6-11.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,838 1,410 76.5 73.4-79.4 143 7.5 6.0- 9.4 126 6.5 5.1- 8.3 159 9.4 7.3-12.1
College Graduate 2,039 1,704 85.3 83.1-87.2 110 5.3 4.1- 6.7 70 2.8 2.0- 3.8 155 6.7 5.4- 8.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 706 470 66.2 60.0-71.9 83 13.2 9.6-17.8 73 8.0 6.0-10.6 80 12.6 8.5-18.4
$15,000- 24,999 1,178 810 66.3 61.5-70.8 115 12.7 9.5-16.8 108 8.5 6.5-11.2 145 12.5 9.5-16.3
$25,000- 34,999 817 609 74.5 70.0-78.6 69 9.1 6.7-12.3 68 8.1 5.9-11.1 71 8.2 5.9-11.3
$35,000- 49,999 960 733 75.1 70.9-79.0 76 7.0 5.2- 9.4 78 9.5 6.9-13.1 73 8.3 6.1-11.3
$50,000-74,999 1,006 795 78.4 74.2-82.1 68 7.7 5.6-10.5 52 5.9 3.7- 9.3 91 8.0 5.9-10.8
$75,000+ 1,369 1,175 86.6 84.1-88.8 73 5.1 3.8- 6.8 38 2.4 1.5- 3.7 83 5.9 4.4- 7.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,606 1,828 67.9 65.0-70.7 261 11.2 9.4-13.3 228 9.2 7.4-11.3 289 11.7 9.9-13.8
No 4,305 3,413 79.3 77.3-81.1 290 7.3 6.2- 8.6 260 5.9 4.9- 7.2 342 7.5 6.4- 8.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,007 733 75.5 71.8-78.8 72 7.0 5.1- 9.6 93 7.0 5.4- 8.9 109 10.5 8.3-13.2
Non-Veteran 5,950 4,543 75.8 74.0-77.5 483 8.7 7.6- 9.9 398 6.9 5.9- 8.1 526 8.6 7.5- 9.8

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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.

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