2014 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 2,845 242 9.7 8.5-11.2 2,603 90.3 88.8-91.5
-Whites 1,986 145 8.8 7.4-10.6 1,841 91.2 89.4-92.6
GENDER
Male 1,008 108 12.6 10.2-15.4 900 87.4 84.6-89.8
Female 978 37 4.1 2.9- 5.9 941 95.9 94.1-97.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 102 21 25.0 16.2-36.4 81 75.0 63.6-83.8
Non-Hispanic 1,881 124 8.1 6.6- 9.8 1,757 91.9 90.2-93.4
AGE
18-34 369 41 12.2 8.7-16.7 328 87.8 83.3-91.3
35-44 369 24 7.3 4.8-11.1 345 92.7 88.9-95.2
45-54 480 35 8.0 5.7-11.1 445 92.0 88.9-94.3
55-64 521 30 6.5 4.4- 9.5 491 93.5 90.5-95.6
65-74 185 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 103 21 21.3 13.6-31.7 82 78.7 68.3-86.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 429 42 9.8 7.1-13.5 387 90.2 86.5-92.9
Some Post-H.S. 548 48 10.3 7.5-14.0 500 89.7 86.0-92.5
College Graduate 900 34 4.0 2.8- 5.8 866 96.0 94.2-97.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 189 32 17.7 12.2-24.9 157 82.3 75.1-87.8
$25,000- 34,999 150 20 15.3 9.4-23.8 130 84.7 76.2-90.6
$35,000- 49,999 266 22 10.9 7.0-16.7 244 89.1 83.3-93.0
$50,000- 74,999 299 17 5.5 3.2- 9.3 282 94.5 90.7-96.8
$75,000+ 716 25 4.7 2.9- 7.7 691 95.3 92.3-97.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 247 19 9.9 6.1-15.8 228 90.1 84.2-93.9
No 1,736 126 8.7 7.1-10.6 1,610 91.3 89.4-92.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 238 19 7.5 4.6-12.1 219 92.5 87.9-95.4
Non-Veteran 1,748 126 9.0 7.4-10.9 1,622 91.0 89.1-92.6
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,008 82 9.1 7.2-11.4 926 90.9 88.6-92.8
No 978 63 8.6 6.4-11.3 915 91.4 88.7-93.6

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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 2014 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2014 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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