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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Secondhand Smoke I-WHITES

Inside indoor workplaces, do you THINK 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 Don't know/Not sure
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,414 173 1.2 1.0- 1.5 3,651 24.3 23.2-25.4 11,293 73.0 71.9-74.1 297 1.4 1.2- 1.7
-WHITES 12,007 139 1.2 1.0- 1.6 2,836 24.3 23.2-25.5 8,791 72.8 71.6-74.0 241 1.6 1.3- 2.0
GENDER
Males 4,648 100 2.1 1.5- 2.8 1,382 30.6 28.6-32.6 3,038 65.2 63.1-67.2 128 2.1 1.7- 2.7
Females 7,359 39 0.5 0.3- 0.7 1,454 18.7 17.4-20.0 5,753 79.6 78.2-80.9 113 1.2 0.8- 1.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 107 0 0.0 . - . 33 28.4 17.6-42.5 72 71.0 57.0-81.9 2 0.6 0.1- 2.6
Non-Hispanic 11,878 137 1.3 1.0- 1.6 2,798 24.3 23.1-25.5 8,707 72.8 71.6-74.0 236 1.6 1.3- 2.0
AGE
18-24 268 6 1.5 0.6- 4.1 70 27.8 21.6-35.0 190 69.5 62.1-75.9 2 1.1 0.2- 5.5
25-34 971 5 1.1 0.4- 3.0 195 20.5 17.5-23.9 765 77.8 74.3-80.9 6 0.6 0.2- 1.4
35-44 1,726 21 1.2 0.7- 1.9 446 25.9 23.4-28.5 1,246 72.1 69.4-74.6 13 0.9 0.5- 1.6
45-54 2,301 32 1.5 1.0- 2.3 587 25.9 23.7-28.3 1,660 71.2 68.8-73.5 22 1.3 0.7- 2.3
55-64 2,711 29 1.0 0.7- 1.6 673 25.2 23.2-27.3 1,969 72.1 70.0-74.2 40 1.6 1.1- 2.4
65-74 2,253 22 0.9 0.6- 1.5 501 21.9 19.9-24.1 1,676 74.5 72.2-76.7 54 2.7 1.9- 3.8
75+ 1,711 22 1.5 0.8- 2.7 344 21.3 18.9-23.9 1,241 71.6 68.8-74.3 104 5.6 4.5- 7.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,346 40 4.5 2.8- 7.3 435 37.7 33.7-41.9 809 54.3 50.1-58.5 62 3.4 2.4- 4.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 3,429 34 1.1 0.7- 1.7 1,061 33.4 30.9-36.1 2,253 63.7 61.0-66.3 81 1.8 1.3- 2.4
Some Post-H.S. 3,256 40 1.0 0.7- 1.5 782 25.1 22.9-27.6 2,380 72.2 69.7-74.6 54 1.6 1.0- 2.8
College Graduate 3,958 25 0.7 0.3- 1.4 553 12.4 11.2-13.8 3,336 85.9 84.4-87.2 44 1.0 0.7- 1.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,099 24 1.8 1.1- 2.9 379 40.7 35.9-45.7 663 54.9 50.0-59.8 33 2.5 1.6- 4.1
$15,000- 24,999 1,681 22 1.6 0.9- 2.8 509 32.8 29.3-36.6 1,110 63.7 59.9-67.3 40 1.9 1.3- 2.8
$25,000- 34,999 1,208 13 1.0 0.6- 2.0 326 31.5 27.4-36.0 840 65.7 61.3-69.9 29 1.7 1.1- 2.6
$35,000- 49,999 1,739 18 0.9 0.5- 1.5 447 28.1 25.1-31.4 1,242 69.1 65.8-72.2 32 1.9 1.2- 3.1
$50,000-74,999 1,875 24 1.0 0.6- 1.7 370 20.5 17.8-23.6 1,464 77.5 74.5-80.3 17 0.9 0.5- 1.6
$75,000+ 2,833 17 1.1 0.6- 2.3 444 16.0 14.2-18.0 2,351 82.2 80.0-84.1 21 0.7 0.4- 1.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 4,478 73 1.7 1.2- 2.4 1,214 28.1 26.1-30.0 3,068 67.8 65.7-69.8 123 2.4 1.7- 3.3
No 7,430 64 1.0 0.7- 1.5 1,592 22.3 20.9-23.8 5,659 75.4 73.8-76.9 115 1.3 1.0- 1.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,942 41 1.9 1.3- 2.8 539 28.4 25.6-31.4 1,292 66.9 63.9-69.8 70 2.8 2.1- 3.8
Non-Veteran 10,061 96 1.1 0.8- 1.5 2,297 23.6 22.4-24.9 7,497 73.8 72.5-75.1 171 1.4 1.1- 1.8

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^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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