2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 580 25 4.6 2.8- 7.5 20 3.1 1.7- 5.4 535 92.3 89.0-94.7
GENDER
Male 246 *** *** *** *** *** *** 229 91.9 86.5-95.3
Female 334 16 4.9 2.5- 9.5 12 2.4 1.1- 5.0 306 92.7 88.0-95.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 316 14 3.7 1.9- 6.9 *** *** *** 292 93.3 89.2-95.9
Non-Hispanic Black 118 *** *** *** *** *** *** 110 91.1 79.8-96.3
Other 146 *** *** *** *** *** *** 133 90.1 81.1-95.0
AGE
18-44 153 *** *** *** *** *** *** 140 90.5 83.5-94.7
45-64 220 *** *** *** 11 4.3 2.1- 8.6 199 91.2 84.9-95.0
65+ 204 *** *** *** *** *** *** 193 96.7 92.7-98.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 238 11 5.3 2.4-11.3 *** *** *** 218 91.3 85.1-95.1
Some College + 341 14 4.1 2.2- 7.4 11 2.8 1.2- 6.4 316 93.2 89.0-95.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 293 13 4.5 2.3- 8.6 14 3.7 1.9- 7.3 266 91.8 87.0-94.9
$50,000+ 174 *** *** *** *** *** *** 164 94.2 88.0-97.3

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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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