2013 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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Workplace Secondhand Smoke Exposure Indicator for Healthy North Carolina 2020*

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  Total
Respond.^		 1-7 days No days
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,360 266 9.9 8.6-11.4 3,094 90.1 88.6-91.4
-Whites 2,339 153 8.1 6.6- 9.8 2,186 91.9 90.2-93.4
GENDER
Male 1,029 101 11.5 9.1-14.5 928 88.5 85.5-90.9
Female 1,310 52 4.3 3.1- 6.0 1,258 95.7 94.0-96.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 2,263 143 7.7 6.2- 9.4 2,120 92.3 90.6-93.8
AGE
18-34 395 38 11.6 8.0-16.5 357 88.4 83.5-92.0
35-44 468 33 8.7 6.0-12.5 435 91.3 87.5-94.0
45-54 614 41 7.5 5.2-10.8 573 92.5 89.2-94.8
55-64 594 34 4.4 2.9- 6.8 560 95.6 93.2-97.1
65-74 204 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 98 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 533 69 14.4 10.6-19.2 464 85.6 80.8-89.4
Some Post-H.S. 686 40 6.2 4.3- 8.8 646 93.8 91.2-95.7
College Graduate 1,021 28 3.4 2.2- 5.3 993 96.6 94.7-97.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 223 24 13.1 8.2-20.2 199 86.9 79.8-91.8
$25,000- 34,999 199 27 15.3 9.5-23.6 172 84.7 76.4-90.5
$35,000- 49,999 329 25 9.2 5.5-15.0 304 90.8 85.0-94.5
$50,000- 74,999 382 18 4.5 2.6- 7.5 364 95.5 92.5-97.4
$75,000+ 820 25 3.8 2.3- 6.2 795 96.2 93.8-97.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 320 32 11.0 7.4-16.1 288 89.0 83.9-92.6
No 2,005 121 7.7 6.2- 9.6 1,884 92.3 90.4-93.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 239 15 7.3 4.1-12.6 224 92.7 87.4-95.9
Non-Veteran 2,099 138 8.2 6.6-10.1 1,961 91.8 89.9-93.4
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,157 80 8.4 6.5-10.9 1,077 91.6 89.1-93.5
No 1,182 73 7.8 5.7-10.4 1,109 92.2 89.6-94.3

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*This question was asked of respondents that were employed or self-employed.

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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