2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 584 15 2.8 1.5- 5.1 43 6.9 4.8- 9.8 526 90.3 87.0-92.9
GENDER
Male 246 *** *** *** 17 7.0 4.0-11.9 222 89.4 83.8-93.2
Female 338 *** *** *** 26 6.8 4.2-10.8 304 91.2 86.7-94.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 317 *** *** *** 21 6.0 3.6- 9.8 290 91.8 87.6-94.7
Non-Hispanic Black 123 *** *** *** *** *** *** 108 89.1 80.4-94.2
Other 144 *** *** *** 13 13.4 6.9-24.4 128 85.5 74.6-92.2
AGE
18-44 155 *** *** *** 12 7.0 3.8-12.6 137 88.7 82.0-93.1
45-64 221 *** *** *** 19 8.0 4.6-13.5 194 89.0 83.0-93.0
65+ 205 *** *** *** 12 5.2 2.5-10.8 192 94.7 89.1-97.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 242 *** *** *** 23 9.6 5.9-15.3 211 88.5 82.6-92.6
Some College + 341 *** *** *** 20 4.8 2.9- 7.9 314 91.8 87.5-94.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 295 12 3.8 1.9- 7.5 28 8.5 5.3-13.3 255 87.7 82.3-91.6
$50,000+ 174 *** *** *** *** *** *** 164 94.4 89.2-97.2

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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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