2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 Demographics

Secondhand Smoke

On how many of the past 7 days, did you smell tobacco smoke from someone else's cigarette,
cigar, or pipe drifting into your home from nearby apartments or from outside?

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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 3,770 175 4.5 3.7- 5.5 133 3.9 3.1- 4.9 3,462 91.6 90.3-92.7
Region 1 & 2 674 27 4.8 2.7- 8.5 28 4.3 2.5- 7.4 619 90.8 86.6-93.8
GENDER
Male 294 17 7.0 3.3-14.1 *** *** *** 268 89.1 81.6-93.8
Female 380 *** *** *** 19 4.8 2.5- 9.1 351 92.5 87.6-95.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 601 25 5.2 2.8- 9.3 20 3.9 2.0- 7.2 556 91.0 86.3-94.2
Non-Hispanic Black 22 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 51 *** *** *** *** *** *** 48 96.1 82.1-99.3
AGE
18-44 146 *** *** *** *** *** *** 132 90.1 80.3-95.3
45-64 243 *** *** *** 15 4.3 1.8-10.2 221 92.2 85.5-95.9
65+ 278 12 5.3 2.4-11.1 *** *** *** 259 89.4 81.3-94.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 229 *** *** *** 14 6.0 2.9-12.3 206 88.9 80.5-94.0
Some College + 445 18 4.7 2.6- 8.3 14 2.9 1.4- 6.0 413 92.4 88.2-95.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 319 *** *** *** 18 5.4 2.7-10.5 291 93.1 88.2-96.1
$50,000+ 238 11 9.0 4.0-19.0 *** *** *** 223 90.2 80.5-95.3

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2017 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2017 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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