2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 3 & 5 Demographics

Secondhand Smoke

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 3,791 99 2.9 2.2- 3.8 283 8.4 7.3- 9.8 3,409 88.7 87.2-90.0
Region 3 & 5 726 15 2.8 1.5- 5.3 54 8.6 6.3-11.6 657 88.6 85.1-91.3
GENDER
Male 306 *** *** *** 28 10.2 6.7-15.3 269 85.5 79.4-90.0
Female 420 *** *** *** 26 7.1 4.6-10.9 388 91.4 87.4-94.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 508 *** *** *** 34 8.2 5.6-12.0 464 88.6 84.3-91.9
Non-Hispanic Black 132 *** *** *** 13 11.3 6.2-19.8 114 85.4 76.8-91.2
Other 86 *** *** *** *** *** *** 79 93.3 85.0-97.1
AGE
18-44 218 *** *** *** 20 9.6 5.8-15.4 194 86.3 79.1-91.3
45-64 280 *** *** *** 21 9.6 6.0-15.3 253 88.7 83.0-92.6
65+ 225 *** *** *** 13 5.7 3.1-10.1 207 91.7 86.6-95.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 244 *** *** *** 32 14.4 9.8-20.7 204 80.3 73.0-86.0
Some College + 482 *** *** *** 22 4.9 3.0- 8.0 453 93.8 90.6-96.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 326 11 4.3 2.0- 9.2 34 12.9 8.9-18.4 281 82.8 76.6-87.6
$50,000+ 292 *** *** *** *** *** *** 281 96.3 92.5-98.2

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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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