2015 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 5,690 170 2.9 2.5- 3.5 456 9.7 8.7-10.8 5,064 87.4 86.2-88.5
-MALES 2,408 90 3.6 2.9- 4.6 219 10.5 9.0-12.2 2,099 85.9 84.1-87.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,643 41 2.2 1.5- 3.1 134 9.4 7.7-11.5 1,468 88.4 86.2-90.2
Non-Hispanic Black 400 27 6.4 4.1- 9.6 57 15.9 12.0-20.9 316 77.7 72.4-82.2
Other 329 20 6.7 4.2-10.8 27 8.6 5.5-13.2 282 84.7 79.3-88.8
AGE
18-34 435 26 5.0 3.3- 7.6 37 10.3 7.3-14.4 372 84.6 80.2-88.2
35-44 343 *** *** *** 36 11.9 8.3-16.8 297 85.3 80.2-89.3
45-54 441 17 4.2 2.5- 7.1 46 11.9 8.5-16.2 378 83.9 79.2-87.7
55-64 545 22 4.0 2.5- 6.3 67 12.0 9.2-15.5 456 84.0 80.1-87.2
65-74 399 11 2.1 1.1- 3.9 26 8.5 5.2-13.7 362 89.4 84.3-93.0
75+ 224 *** *** *** *** *** *** 215 95.0 90.0-97.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 271 16 5.2 3.0- 9.1 50 21.8 16.3-28.6 205 73.0 66.0-78.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 688 43 5.5 4.0- 7.6 82 13.1 10.3-16.5 563 81.4 77.7-84.6
Some Post-H.S. 614 19 2.7 1.6- 4.5 62 7.9 6.0-10.4 533 89.4 86.5-91.7
College Graduate 819 12 1.6 0.9- 2.9 24 3.0 1.9- 4.7 783 95.5 93.5-96.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 180 20 11.6 7.1-18.3 37 24.3 17.1-33.2 123 64.2 55.1-72.3
$15,000- 24,999 373 27 6.2 4.1- 9.2 46 12.5 8.9-17.1 300 81.3 76.3-85.5
$25,000- 34,999 216 *** *** *** 23 15.2 9.6-23.3 185 82.4 74.4-88.4
$35,000- 49,999 294 *** *** *** 22 9.2 5.4-15.2 262 87.4 81.1-91.8
$50,000- 74,999 354 *** *** *** 28 7.2 4.7-10.8 319 90.1 85.9-93.1
$75,000+ 601 *** *** *** 23 5.3 3.4- 8.3 572 93.8 90.8-95.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 611 32 4.7 3.2- 7.0 83 15.5 12.1-19.8 496 79.7 75.3-83.5
No 1,787 58 3.3 2.5- 4.4 135 8.9 7.4-10.8 1,594 87.8 85.7-89.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 646 27 4.4 2.9- 6.8 45 6.9 5.0- 9.5 574 88.6 85.4-91.2
Non-Veteran 1,751 63 3.4 2.6- 4.5 173 11.5 9.7-13.6 1,515 85.1 82.8-87.1
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY
Urban 687 22 3.0 1.9- 4.7 53 9.4 7.0-12.6 612 87.5 84.2-90.2
Regional City or Suburban 544 23 3.5 2.2- 5.6 51 9.3 6.8-12.5 470 87.2 83.7-90.1
Rural 1,177 45 4.1 2.9- 5.8 115 11.9 9.5-14.7 1,017 84.0 80.9-86.6

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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.

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