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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Tobacco Use Prevention

In the indoor dining area of restaurants, do you think that smoking should be allowed in all areas, some areas,
or not allowed at all?

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  Total
Respond.^
Allowed in all areas Allowed in some areas Not allowed at all
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,834 136 2.0 1.5- 2.5 2,038 32.3 30.6-34.1 4,660 65.7 63.9-67.4
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 165 1 0.6 0.1- 3.9 57 31.7 22.5-42.5 107 67.8 57.0-77.0
Buncombe 171 4 4.6 1.3-14.3 53 35.5 26.0-46.3 114 59.9 49.2-69.8
Cabarrus 169 4 1.6 0.5- 5.0 48 34.9 23.8-47.8 117 63.5 50.8-74.6
Catawba 192 3 1.6 0.5- 4.9 48 33.8 25.1-43.6 141 64.7 54.9-73.3
Cumberland 176 2 2.3 0.6- 8.7 58 36.9 27.7-47.1 116 60.8 50.6-70.2
Davidson 168 5 2.1 0.8- 5.2 55 26.4 19.1-35.3 108 71.5 62.5-79.1
Durham 151 0 0.0 . - . 30 21.1 11.3-35.8 121 78.9 64.2-88.7
Forsyth 176 3 2.7 0.5-12.5 59 27.2 19.9-36.1 114 70.1 60.6-78.0
Gaston 186 3 1.0 0.3- 3.5 55 34.6 25.5-45.0 128 64.4 54.1-73.6
Guilford 181 0 0.0 . - . 58 39.7 29.5-50.9 123 60.3 49.1-70.5
Iredell 171 7 3.3 1.4- 7.3 63 44.6 34.8-54.9 101 52.1 42.1-62.0
Johnston 203 3 1.2 0.4- 3.7 59 27.0 18.9-37.0 141 71.8 61.8-80.1
Mecklenburg 309 5 1.2 0.4- 3.1 75 28.1 21.0-36.4 229 70.8 62.5-77.9
New Hanover 182 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8 46 31.5 22.2-42.6 135 68.1 57.0-77.4
Onslow 172 2 0.4 0.1- 1.8 52 32.7 23.3-43.8 118 66.9 55.9-76.3
Orange 161 4 2.3 0.7- 7.2 36 30.9 20.5-43.8 121 66.8 54.2-77.3
Pitt 192 7 3.0 1.2- 7.5 47 23.7 17.3-31.6 138 73.3 65.2-80.0
Randolph 160 8 6.7 3.1-14.1 61 43.5 32.9-54.8 91 49.7 39.2-60.3
Robeson 195 6 2.9 1.2- 7.0 63 36.4 27.6-46.3 126 60.7 50.9-69.7
Rowan 206 3 2.3 0.6- 8.3 62 31.2 23.7-40.0 141 66.4 57.6-74.3
Union 168 2 5.7 1.0-27.0 50 34.2 24.5-45.6 116 60.0 48.4-70.7
Wake 278 2 1.2 0.3- 4.9 56 18.8 13.9-24.9 220 80.0 73.7-85.0
Wayne 159 2 0.7 0.2- 3.0 52 33.7 24.6-44.3 105 65.5 55.0-74.7
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 2,205 50 2.4 1.7- 3.5 657 32.3 29.5-35.3 1,498 65.3 62.3-68.2
Piedmont 3,270 56 1.5 1.0- 2.3 979 32.0 29.6-34.5 2,235 66.5 63.9-68.9
Western NC 1,359 30 2.9 1.7- 4.9 402 34.0 30.4-37.7 927 63.1 59.4-66.7
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 955 25 3.7 2.1- 6.4 274 31.7 27.5-36.2 656 64.6 60.0-69.0
Northwest 1,380 26 1.7 0.9- 3.2 448 36.2 32.1-40.4 906 62.1 57.9-66.2
Charlotte 928 15 1.6 0.7- 3.4 265 32.5 27.8-37.6 648 65.9 60.9-70.6
Greensboro 749 14 1.6 0.9- 3.0 242 37.8 32.4-43.6 493 60.5 54.8-65.9
Southern Regional 640 17 2.7 1.5- 4.7 203 35.2 29.9-41.0 420 62.1 56.3-67.6
Coastal 368 6 1.4 0.6- 3.3 99 33.0 26.3-40.4 263 65.7 58.3-72.3
Wake 740 8 1.1 0.4- 2.8 188 24.0 19.9-28.5 544 74.9 70.3-79.1
Area L 208 6 4.0 1.5-10.2 72 34.7 26.7-43.7 130 61.3 52.1-69.7
Eastern 866 19 2.2 1.1- 4.4 247 29.6 25.4-34.2 600 68.2 63.5-72.5

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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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