2013 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Secondhand Smoke-Whites

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
-Whites 5,469 147 2.8 2.3- 3.5 496 11.4 10.2-12.7 4,826 85.8 84.4-87.1
GENDER
Male 2,108 57 3.1 2.2- 4.3 193 11.6 9.7-13.7 1,858 85.4 83.1-87.4
Female 3,361 90 2.6 2.0- 3.5 303 11.2 9.7-12.9 2,968 86.2 84.3-87.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 127 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 5,333 141 2.7 2.2- 3.4 492 11.7 10.4-13.0 4,700 85.6 84.2-87.0
AGE
18-34 619 21 3.1 1.8- 5.0 77 14.6 11.4-18.4 521 82.4 78.3-85.8
35-44 623 *** *** *** 74 14.0 10.8-18.0 534 83.8 79.7-87.2
45-54 913 31 3.5 2.2- 5.3 127 13.7 11.0-17.0 755 82.8 79.3-85.8
55-64 1,170 34 3.0 1.9- 4.8 114 9.9 8.0-12.3 1,022 87.1 84.3-89.4
65-74 1,145 30 2.8 1.6- 4.8 77 6.7 5.1- 8.7 1,038 90.5 87.9-92.5
75+ 961 *** *** *** *** *** *** 920 93.6 89.8-96.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 544 29 6.3 4.0-10.0 92 25.3 20.2-31.1 423 68.4 62.5-73.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,491 48 2.7 1.9- 3.9 199 16.6 14.0-19.5 1,244 80.7 77.6-83.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,536 41 3.0 2.1- 4.4 133 8.7 7.0-10.7 1,362 88.3 86.0-90.3
College Graduate 1,894 29 1.1 0.7- 1.7 72 3.2 2.3- 4.6 1,793 95.7 94.3-96.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 538 36 7.6 4.9-11.7 104 28.5 23.1-34.6 398 63.9 57.7-69.7
$15,000- 24,999 826 32 3.7 2.3- 6.0 135 22.5 18.4-27.2 659 73.8 69.0-78.0
$25,000- 34,999 490 17 2.8 1.5- 4.9 51 12.7 8.9-17.9 422 84.5 79.3-88.6
$35,000- 49,999 673 13 2.6 1.4- 4.6 61 11.2 8.1-15.2 599 86.3 82.1-89.6
$50,000- 74,999 653 *** *** *** 31 5.0 3.2- 7.7 616 93.3 90.0-95.6
$75,000+ 1,210 *** *** *** 42 4.1 2.8- 6.0 1,153 94.9 92.9-96.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,655 66 4.5 3.3- 6.2 245 19.9 17.1-22.9 1,344 75.7 72.4-78.6
No 3,786 81 2.3 1.7- 3.0 248 8.3 7.1- 9.8 3,457 89.4 87.8-90.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 766 *** *** *** 62 9.0 6.5-12.2 689 88.6 85.0-91.5
Non-Veteran 4,702 132 2.9 2.3- 3.6 434 11.7 10.4-13.2 4,136 85.4 83.8-86.8
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 2,792 91 3.6 2.8- 4.7 276 12.3 10.7-14.2 2,425 84.0 82.0-85.9
No 2,677 56 1.9 1.3- 2.8 220 10.3 8.6-12.2 2,401 87.8 85.8-89.6

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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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