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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Secondhand Smoke Policy

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 No offical poliy
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,730 2,362 84.4 82.0-86.5 202 9.1 7.4-11.3 43 2.1 1.3- 3.3 123 4.5 3.5- 5.6
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 75 66 88.8 75.5-95.3 5 8.2 2.8-22.1 0 0.0 . - . 4 3.0 0.9- 9.4
Buncombe 59 51 84.6 70.0-92.9 3 7.0 1.8-23.3 1 1.4 0.2- 9.3 4 7.0 2.5-17.9
Cabarrus 65 59 91.8 80.1-96.9 3 2.9 0.7-10.9 1 1.5 0.2- 9.9 2 3.9 0.8-17.2
Catawba 87 75 88.0 78.9-93.5 7 8.2 3.7-17.0 0 0.0 . - . 5 3.8 1.4- 9.4
Cumberland 66 57 86.1 73.4-93.3 6 10.0 4.0-22.9 0 0.0 . - . 3 3.9 1.2-12.1
Davidson 63 51 76.7 55.7-89.6 8 9.3 4.1-19.8 2 3.3 0.7-14.7 2 10.7 2.0-40.8
Durham 71 66 93.1 82.4-97.5 4 6.3 2.1-17.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.6 0.1- 4.4
Forsyth 59 49 83.8 65.8-93.3 6 8.3 2.9-21.7 2 6.3 1.0-30.0 2 1.6 0.4- 6.6
Gaston 78 65 80.3 66.5-89.4 5 6.1 2.2-15.7 0 0.0 . - . 8 13.6 6.2-27.1
Guilford 88 75 77.8 58.4-89.7 8 18.9 7.5-39.8 1 0.6 0.1- 4.4 4 2.7 0.9- 7.9
Iredell 74 66 89.8 80.2-95.1 5 6.1 2.4-14.7 3 4.1 1.3-12.1 0 0.0 . - .
Johnston 86 79 85.2 67.2-94.2 4 7.0 2.3-19.4 1 1.4 0.2- 9.8 2 6.4 1.1-29.7
Mecklenburg 148 136 91.2 84.4-95.2 7 4.8 2.2-10.2 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6 4 3.8 1.4- 9.9
New Hanover 70 66 91.6 75.5-97.5 2 3.8 0.9-14.2 0 0.0 . - . 2 4.6 0.7-24.8
Onslow 78 68 88.9 76.9-95.1 7 6.2 2.7-13.4 0 0.0 . - . 3 4.9 1.0-20.1
Orange 89 83 91.8 81.9-96.5 2 3.5 0.9-13.1 2 3.1 0.8-11.8 2 1.6 0.4- 6.4
Pitt 72 64 89.2 78.4-95.0 4 6.8 2.5-17.5 2 1.8 0.4- 7.4 2 2.2 0.4-10.8
Randolph 69 52 68.2 52.7-80.5 10 22.2 11.4-38.8 3 5.5 1.6-17.6 4 4.0 1.4-10.9
Robeson 72 57 69.9 53.0-82.8 9 21.2 10.0-39.4 3 5.1 1.6-15.1 3 3.8 0.9-15.1
Rowan 79 66 84.4 73.4-91.4 9 11.2 5.4-21.8 3 3.3 1.0-10.1 1 1.1 0.1- 7.2
Union 79 70 88.0 76.8-94.2 2 1.9 0.4- 8.6 0 0.0 . - . 7 10.0 4.4-21.3
Wake 137 129 94.6 88.2-97.6 3 2.2 0.7- 7.2 1 1.6 0.2-10.6 4 1.6 0.6- 4.4
Wayne 70 59 87.1 74.8-93.8 6 7.8 2.8-19.9 1 2.3 0.3-14.4 4 2.9 0.9- 8.9
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 833 715 83.2 79.2-86.6 67 8.9 6.6-11.8 15 3.1 1.5- 6.2 36 4.8 3.2- 7.3
Piedmont 1,434 1,251 85.0 81.6-87.9 100 9.1 6.6-12.3 21 1.8 0.9- 3.6 62 4.2 3.0- 5.8
Western NC 463 396 83.3 77.9-87.5 35 10.0 6.5-15.2 7 1.4 0.6- 3.3 25 5.3 3.3- 8.3
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 314 272 86.2 80.3-90.5 20 6.6 3.6-11.7 5 1.3 0.5- 3.5 17 5.9 3.4-10.2
Northwest 538 449 78.8 71.0-84.9 56 15.3 9.7-23.3 13 2.6 1.1- 5.9 20 3.4 1.7- 6.5
Charlotte 408 366 88.2 83.1-92.0 18 4.8 2.6- 8.7 2 0.3 0.1- 1.1 22 6.7 3.9-11.2
Greensboro 349 298 78.5 69.2-85.6 27 15.9 9.3-25.9 6 1.4 0.6- 3.3 18 4.1 2.3- 7.3
Southern Regional 243 200 81.7 74.7-87.1 29 12.5 8.2-18.5 5 3.5 1.1-10.0 9 2.4 1.1- 4.9
Coastal 108 98 81.2 65.0-90.9 5 6.8 2.6-16.4 2 8.0 1.8-29.5 3 4.0 1.0-14.7
Wake 344 313 89.9 84.5-93.5 15 4.0 2.2- 7.0 4 2.8 0.8- 9.1 12 3.3 1.7- 6.3
Area L 81 72 89.0 77.3-95.1 5 7.8 2.7-20.5 1 1.0 0.1- 6.8 3 2.1 0.6- 6.9
Eastern 345 294 84.6 78.8-89.0 27 7.3 4.4-11.9 5 1.2 0.5- 3.0 19 6.9 4.0-11.7

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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.

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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