2015 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Secondhand Smoke-Males

Workplace Secondhand Smoke Exposure Indicator for Healthy North Carolina 2020*

View results for a demographic group:
 Select a different topic:
View results for a different geographical area:
  Total
Respond.^		 1-7 days No days
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,714 197 8.3 7.0- 9.7 2,517 91.7 90.3-93.0
-MALES 1,319 151 12.3 10.3-14.6 1,168 87.7 85.4-89.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 875 73 9.3 7.1-12.0 802 90.7 88.0-92.9
Non-Hispanic Black 195 23 11.6 7.4-17.6 172 88.4 82.4-92.6
Other 234 53 24.8 18.8-32.0 181 75.2 68.0-81.2
AGE
18-34 296 47 16.1 11.8-21.6 249 83.9 78.4-88.2
35-44 286 36 12.2 8.5-17.2 250 87.8 82.8-91.5
45-54 333 36 11.2 7.7-15.9 297 88.8 84.1-92.3
55-64 312 28 9.3 6.3-13.5 284 90.7 86.5-93.7
65-74 65 *** *** *** 63 97.3 89.2-99.4
75+ 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 115 37 32.5 23.5-43.0 78 67.5 57.0-76.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 347 57 16.3 12.2-21.5 290 83.7 78.5-87.8
Some Post-H.S. 323 32 8.5 5.8-12.4 291 91.5 87.6-94.2
College Graduate 528 24 4.5 2.9- 6.9 504 95.5 93.1-97.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 156 37 28.5 20.7-37.8 119 71.5 62.2-79.3
$25,000- 34,999 115 23 21.8 14.0-32.4 92 78.2 67.6-86.0
$35,000- 49,999 172 25 14.1 9.0-21.2 147 85.9 78.8-91.0
$50,000- 74,999 221 12 5.5 2.8-10.3 209 94.5 89.7-97.2
$75,000+ 451 18 3.6 2.1- 6.1 433 96.4 93.9-97.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 146 *** *** *** 136 93.1 85.9-96.7
No 1,169 141 12.9 10.8-15.4 1,028 87.1 84.6-89.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 226 19 7.6 4.6-12.1 207 92.4 87.9-95.4
Non-Veteran 1,088 131 13.1 10.9-15.8 957 86.9 84.2-89.1
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY
Urban 441 47 12.0 8.9-16.0 394 88.0 84.0-91.1
Regional City or Suburban 298 24 8.5 5.5-12.9 274 91.5 87.1-94.5
Rural 580 80 14.7 11.4-18.8 500 85.3 81.2-88.6

Back to Secondhand Smoke.

*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 2015 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2015 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.

BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 20SEP16.

SCHS Home | FAQs | Contacts