2013 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Secondhand Smoke-MALES

On how many of the past 7 days, did anyone smoke in your home while you were there?

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  Total
Respond.^		 1-6 days All 7 days No days
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 7,778 243 3.2 2.7- 3.8 711 11.2 10.2-12.3 6,824 85.6 84.4-86.7
-MALES 2,988 87 3.2 2.4- 4.2 302 11.9 10.3-13.6 2,599 85.0 83.1-86.7
RACE
White 2,108 57 3.1 2.2- 4.3 193 11.6 9.7-13.7 1,858 85.4 83.1-87.4
African American 511 21 4.1 2.3- 7.2 69 15.8 11.9-20.6 421 80.1 75.0-84.4
Other Minorities 342 *** *** *** *** *** *** 296 91.7 86.6-94.9
AGE
18-34 441 17 3.9 2.2- 6.6 65 16.5 12.6-21.4 359 79.6 74.5-83.9
35-44 437 *** *** *** 44 11.3 8.1-15.6 382 86.6 82.1-90.1
45-54 513 24 4.1 2.4- 6.9 62 12.0 8.8-16.1 427 83.9 79.4-87.6
55-64 646 *** *** *** 75 12.2 9.4-15.7 555 85.3 81.4-88.4
65-74 553 *** *** *** 43 7.1 5.0-10.1 496 89.5 85.5-92.4
75+ 381 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 453 *** *** *** 79 20.1 15.7-25.3 358 75.4 69.8-80.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 834 35 3.6 2.5- 5.2 99 13.6 10.5-17.4 700 82.8 78.9-86.1
Some Post-H.S. 744 25 3.8 2.4- 6.2 85 11.3 8.7-14.7 634 84.8 81.1-87.9
College Graduate 953 *** *** *** 39 3.6 2.2- 5.8 903 95.6 93.4-97.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 321 23 8.0 4.8-13.2 68 27.7 21.5-34.8 230 64.3 57.0-71.0
$15,000- 24,999 511 18 3.9 2.3- 6.6 75 19.2 14.9-24.5 418 76.9 71.5-81.5
$25,000- 34,999 275 *** *** *** 28 9.0 5.5-14.2 238 89.1 83.7-92.8
$35,000- 49,999 349 *** *** *** 46 13.3 9.1-19.0 294 84.3 78.5-88.8
$50,000- 74,999 347 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 679 *** *** *** 21 3.7 2.1- 6.2 653 95.6 92.9-97.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 856 39 5.2 3.4- 7.9 140 19.1 15.7-23.0 677 75.7 71.5-79.5
No 2,115 47 2.5 1.8- 3.6 159 9.4 7.7-11.4 1,909 88.1 85.9-90.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 896 19 2.6 1.5- 4.6 77 9.5 7.1-12.5 800 87.9 84.6-90.6
Non-Veteran 2,089 68 3.3 2.5- 4.6 225 12.6 10.7-14.7 1,796 84.1 81.8-86.1
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,515 51 3.7 2.6- 5.2 172 12.6 10.4-15.1 1,292 83.7 81.0-86.2
No 1,473 36 2.6 1.7- 4.0 130 11.1 8.9-13.7 1,307 86.3 83.5-88.6

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2013 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2013 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.

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