2012 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Secondhand Smoke

In indoor workplaces, do you think smoking should be allowed in all areas, only some areas,
or not allowed at all?

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  Total
Respond.^		 All areas Some areas Not allowed at all
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 10,409 162 1.7 1.4- 2.1 2,854 29.8 28.6-31.0 7,393 68.5 67.3-69.7
-Eastern NC 3,426 50 1.6 1.1- 2.3 954 30.8 28.7-33.0 2,422 67.6 65.4-69.7
GENDER
Male 1,265 30 2.5 1.7- 3.9 433 37.8 34.3-41.3 802 59.7 56.1-63.2
Female 2,161 *** *** *** 521 24.6 22.2-27.1 1,620 74.7 72.1-77.0
RACE
White 2,169 35 1.9 1.3- 2.8 586 30.3 27.8-32.9 1,548 67.8 65.2-70.4
African American 743 *** *** *** 224 31.8 27.4-36.6 511 67.2 62.5-71.7
Other minorities 489 *** *** *** 138 31.7 25.2-39.0 345 67.6 60.3-74.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 180 *** *** *** 41 24.5 17.5-33.1 138 74.7 66.1-81.8
Non-Hispanic 3,239 49 1.7 1.2- 2.4 911 31.3 29.1-33.5 2,279 67.1 64.8-69.3
AGE
18-34 526 *** *** *** 166 35.8 31.0-41.0 354 62.7 57.5-67.6
35-54 1,044 17 1.9 1.1- 3.3 304 30.8 27.3-34.5 723 67.3 63.5-70.8
55-64 757 *** *** *** 204 29.2 25.2-33.6 544 69.8 65.4-73.9
65-74 644 *** *** *** 171 24.4 20.5-28.7 468 74.9 70.5-78.8
75+ 423 *** *** *** 103 25.8 20.9-31.5 308 70.9 65.1-76.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 415 *** *** *** 148 40.1 33.8-46.7 256 57.4 50.8-63.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,021 21 2.2 1.3- 3.9 336 35.5 31.7-39.5 664 62.2 58.2-66.1
Some Post-H.S. 988 *** *** *** 280 30.1 26.5-34.1 698 68.9 65.0-72.6
College Graduate 993 *** *** *** 188 18.7 15.8-21.9 797 80.3 76.9-83.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 435 *** *** *** 170 43.4 36.9-50.1 252 53.5 46.9-60.0
$15,000- 24,999 586 *** *** *** 190 34.0 28.9-39.5 387 65.2 59.7-70.3
$25,000- 34,999 399 *** *** *** 125 33.0 27.2-39.5 271 65.7 59.3-71.7
$35,000- 49,999 447 *** *** *** 113 28.7 23.3-34.8 326 69.7 63.6-75.2
$50,000+ 999 *** *** *** 197 23.8 20.5-27.6 792 74.6 70.9-78.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,003 21 2.0 1.2- 3.5 325 34.6 30.6-38.7 657 63.4 59.2-67.4
No 2,405 29 1.5 0.9- 2.3 627 29.8 27.3-32.4 1,749 68.7 66.2-71.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 500 *** *** *** 153 31.1 26.2-36.6 338 66.6 61.0-71.7
Non-Veteran 2,926 41 1.5 1.0- 2.1 801 30.7 28.5-33.1 2,084 67.8 65.4-70.1

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2012 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2012 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^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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