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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Secondhand Smoke I

Which statement best describes the rules about smoking inside your home?
Do not include decks, garages, or porches.)

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Not allowed anywhere inside home Allowed in some places/some times Allowed anywhere inside home No rules about smoking inside home
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,443 11,591 77.0 76.0-78.0 1,064 7.0 6.5- 7.7 387 2.4 2.0- 2.8 2,401 13.5 12.7-14.4
-Western NC 2,846 2,054 72.7 70.2-75.0 213 8.0 6.8- 9.5 91 3.1 2.4- 4.1 488 16.1 14.1-18.3
GENDER
Male 1,131 805 72.1 68.1-75.9 68 6.4 4.7- 8.5 40 3.3 2.2- 4.8 218 18.2 14.9-22.1
Female 1,715 1,249 73.2 70.3-75.9 145 9.6 7.8-11.7 51 3.0 2.1- 4.4 270 14.2 12.2-16.5
RACE
White 2,629 1,909 72.6 70.0-75.0 187 7.7 6.5- 9.2 79 3.0 2.3- 4.1 454 16.6 14.5-19.0
African American 80 50 68.0 54.0-79.3 11 11.4 5.5-22.3 6 6.4 2.0-18.6 13 14.2 7.4-25.4
Other Minorities 127 89 76.6 64.7-85.4 14 10.9 5.0-22.2 5 2.8 1.0- 7.8 19 9.7 5.2-17.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 60 52 88.5 72.9-95.7 4 7.5 1.9-25.2 0 0.0 . - . 4 4.0 1.3-11.5
Non-Hispanic 2,778 1,999 72.0 69.5-74.4 209 8.1 6.8- 9.5 91 3.3 2.5- 4.3 479 16.6 14.5-18.9
AGE
18-24 75 53 70.6 54.2-82.9 7 5.2 2.2-11.9 3 3.6 1.1-11.2 12 20.6 9.6-38.9
25-34 223 168 74.7 67.1-81.0 25 10.7 7.0-16.2 5 2.8 1.1- 6.7 25 11.8 7.2-18.6
35-44 364 259 71.7 66.0-76.8 32 8.4 5.7-12.2 14 3.5 1.9- 6.2 59 16.4 12.4-21.5
45-54 515 363 72.5 67.8-76.9 51 10.4 7.4-14.4 25 4.6 2.9- 7.3 76 12.4 9.7-15.7
55-64 680 502 74.1 70.2-77.8 42 6.0 4.3- 8.4 17 2.8 1.6- 5.0 119 17.0 14.0-20.5
65-74 546 390 70.0 64.9-74.7 40 8.4 5.9-11.8 18 2.5 1.5- 4.2 98 19.1 15.0-24.0
75+ 431 309 73.2 67.9-77.9 15 2.7 1.5- 4.8 9 1.4 0.7- 2.8 98 22.7 18.2-27.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 437 249 55.3 48.1-62.4 43 9.6 6.3-14.5 26 6.5 3.9-10.7 119 28.5 22.7-35.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 868 574 66.2 61.1-71.0 66 8.1 6.0-10.8 37 4.2 2.8- 6.3 191 21.5 17.2-26.6
Some Post-H.S. 735 537 75.0 70.5-79.0 65 10.4 7.7-13.7 23 2.7 1.6- 4.4 110 11.9 9.0-15.7
College Graduate 801 690 87.6 84.5-90.1 39 5.1 3.4- 7.4 5 0.5 0.2- 1.6 67 6.9 5.1- 9.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 378 219 56.3 48.8-63.6 41 11.7 7.5-17.8 29 7.9 4.7-12.9 89 24.1 18.4-30.9
$15,000- 24,999 502 321 66.6 60.5-72.1 45 9.2 6.4-13.1 25 4.8 2.9- 7.9 111 19.4 15.3-24.4
$25,000- 34,999 339 236 67.7 61.2-73.6 32 10.0 6.5-14.9 14 4.4 2.5- 7.9 57 17.9 13.3-23.6
$35,000- 49,999 430 328 76.8 71.1-81.6 37 10.6 7.2-15.4 7 1.7 0.7- 4.1 58 11.0 7.9-15.0
$50,000-74,999 398 330 83.9 78.1-88.4 17 4.8 2.7- 8.4 6 1.3 0.5- 3.2 45 10.0 6.3-15.4
$75,000+ 413 348 81.4 73.0-87.6 20 5.0 3.1- 8.0 3 1.2 0.3- 4.7 42 12.3 6.7-21.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,173 783 67.8 64.1-71.2 102 8.5 6.7-10.7 51 4.3 3.0- 6.2 237 19.4 16.6-22.5
No 1,638 1,246 75.5 72.1-78.5 107 7.6 6.0- 9.6 39 2.5 1.7- 3.7 246 14.4 11.8-17.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 415 308 74.6 68.0-80.2 28 7.8 5.1-12.0 11 2.2 1.0- 4.5 68 15.4 10.6-21.8
Non-Veteran 2,430 1,746 72.4 69.8-74.9 185 8.1 6.7- 9.7 80 3.3 2.5- 4.4 419 16.2 14.1-18.6

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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.

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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