2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

Secondhand Smoke

On how many of the past 7 days, did someone smoke in your indoor workplace
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 1,711 70 4.1 3.1- 5.4 76 5.5 4.2- 7.2 1,565 90.4 88.5-92.1
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 276 13 7.3 3.2-15.6 *** *** *** 253 87.0 77.6-92.8
Region 3 155 *** *** *** *** *** *** 142 91.6 84.9-95.5
Region 4 249 *** *** *** 12 5.7 3.1-10.3 228 90.9 85.9-94.2
Region 5 210 *** *** *** *** *** *** 201 95.4 91.2-97.7
Region 6 153 *** *** *** *** *** *** 142 91.8 85.3-95.5
Region 7 247 *** *** *** *** *** *** 231 93.7 89.6-96.3
Region 8 186 12 4.1 2.1- 7.5 17 14.1 7.8-24.3 157 81.8 72.2-88.6
Region 9 & 10 237 13 8.0 4.4-14.1 12 6.5 3.1-13.0 212 85.5 78.0-90.7
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 593 32 5.6 3.8- 8.2 33 7.9 5.2-11.9 528 86.5 82.3-89.9
Piedmont 800 23 2.6 1.6- 4.0 34 4.7 3.2- 6.7 743 92.8 90.5-94.5
Western NC 320 15 7.1 3.5-13.8 *** *** *** 295 88.2 80.4-93.2
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 240 *** *** *** *** *** *** 223 93.2 87.8-96.3
Northwest 248 12 5.2 2.6-10.1 *** *** *** 226 89.4 83.0-93.5
Charlotte 198 *** *** *** 12 7.1 3.9-12.6 180 90.4 84.6-94.1
Greensboro 175 *** *** *** *** *** *** 165 94.5 89.7-97.1
Southern Regional 196 *** *** *** *** *** *** 178 89.3 82.8-93.5
Southeast 95 *** *** *** *** *** *** 79 81.6 70.4-89.2
Wake 266 *** *** *** *** *** *** 252 95.0 91.4-97.2
Area L & Eastern 295 16 6.6 3.8-11.2 16 8.1 4.0-15.9 263 85.3 77.8-90.6
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 276 13 7.3 3.2-15.6 *** *** *** 253 87.0 77.6-92.8
Region 2 250 *** *** *** *** *** *** 235 93.9 89.4-96.5
Region 3 255 *** *** *** 12 5.7 3.1-10.2 234 90.9 86.0-94.3
Region 4 352 11 3.1 1.7- 5.7 12 3.3 1.8- 6.0 329 93.6 90.3-95.8
Region 5 302 14 3.8 2.1- 6.7 20 8.5 5.4-13.1 268 87.7 82.8-91.4
Region 6 278 17 7.4 4.4-12.3 14 8.3 3.8-17.0 247 84.3 76.2-90.0

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*Asked of respondents that were employed or self-employed.

See Technical Notes for counties in Local Health Director, State and AHEC regions.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2018 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2018 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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