2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

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 3,606 87 2.4 1.9- 3.2 275 8.1 7.0- 9.3 3,244 89.5 88.1-90.7
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 644 14 2.1 1.0- 4.3 40 8.1 5.2-12.4 590 89.9 85.4-93.1
Region 3 328 14 5.5 2.9-10.0 24 7.0 4.2-11.3 290 87.5 82.1-91.5
Region 4 475 *** *** *** 41 9.4 6.7-13.1 424 88.6 84.8-91.6
Region 5 414 16 4.2 2.3- 7.7 23 5.3 3.3- 8.5 375 90.5 86.3-93.5
Region 6 330 *** *** *** 30 10.8 7.2-16.1 290 86.6 81.3-90.6
Region 7 438 *** *** *** 28 6.8 4.6-10.0 406 92.5 89.3-94.8
Region 8 395 *** *** *** 40 9.1 6.4-12.9 349 89.2 85.2-92.3
Region 9 & 10 584 13 2.1 1.1- 3.9 49 9.1 6.3-13.0 522 88.8 84.8-91.9
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,332 27 1.8 1.1- 2.7 119 9.4 7.5-11.7 1,186 88.8 86.4-90.8
Piedmont 1,532 42 2.8 2.0- 4.1 108 7.6 6.2- 9.4 1,382 89.5 87.5-91.3
Western NC 744 18 2.4 1.3- 4.4 48 7.5 5.1-11.0 678 90.1 86.4-92.8
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 572 12 1.8 0.8- 3.9 31 5.7 3.6- 9.1 529 92.5 88.9-95.0
Northwest 521 20 4.6 2.7- 7.5 45 9.6 6.7-13.7 456 85.8 81.3-89.4
Charlotte 362 *** *** *** 31 8.9 6.0-12.8 325 89.7 85.6-92.8
Greensboro 352 14 3.8 1.9- 7.2 23 6.4 4.0-10.2 315 89.8 85.3-93.0
Southern Regional 416 13 3.0 1.7- 5.4 45 10.3 7.1-14.8 358 86.7 82.0-90.3
Southeast 210 *** *** *** 15 9.0 5.0-15.7 193 90.3 83.8-94.4
Wake 462 *** *** *** 27 6.2 4.1- 9.2 430 92.2 88.5-94.8
Area L & Eastern 713 15 1.7 0.9- 3.1 58 8.6 6.2-11.7 640 89.7 86.5-92.3
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 644 14 2.1 1.0- 4.3 40 8.1 5.2-12.4 590 89.9 85.4-93.1
Region 2 531 23 4.8 2.9- 7.7 42 7.9 5.5-11.1 466 87.3 83.5-90.4
Region 3 483 *** *** *** 43 9.9 7.1-13.6 430 88.2 84.3-91.2
Region 4 623 11 1.9 0.8- 4.5 31 5.2 3.5- 7.6 581 92.9 89.9-95.0
Region 5 644 14 2.0 1.1- 3.5 65 10.0 7.5-13.4 565 88.0 84.5-90.7
Region 6 683 15 2.0 1.1- 3.6 54 8.2 5.9-11.4 614 89.8 86.4-92.4

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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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