2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 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 3,588 158 4.7 3.9- 5.6 112 3.3 2.6- 4.1 3,318 92.1 90.9-93.1
Region 1 & 2 638 24 4.4 2.6- 7.3 13 2.3 1.1- 4.6 601 93.3 90.0-95.6
GENDER
Male 293 14 7.0 3.7-12.8 *** *** *** 274 91.1 84.8-94.9
Female 345 *** *** *** *** *** *** 327 95.3 91.9-97.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 549 15 3.1 1.6- 5.7 *** *** *** 524 94.6 91.3-96.7
Non-Hispanic Black 28 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 61 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 156 13 9.5 5.1-16.9 *** *** *** 138 87.0 78.8-92.3
45-64 231 *** *** *** *** *** *** 221 97.7 95.5-98.8
65+ 242 *** *** *** *** *** *** 233 96.1 91.4-98.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 218 *** *** *** *** *** *** 201 89.0 81.6-93.6
Some Post-H.S. 195 *** *** *** *** *** *** 190 97.7 93.5-99.2
College Graduate 225 *** *** *** *** *** *** 210 94.4 90.0-96.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 281 13 6.3 3.1-12.4 *** *** *** 262 92.3 86.3-95.7
$50,000+ 228 *** *** *** *** *** *** 217 95.7 91.4-97.9
Don't know/Not Sure 129 *** *** *** *** *** *** 122 91.5 81.4-96.3

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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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