2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 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 4 475 29 6.1 4.1- 8.9 18 4.1 2.5- 6.8 428 89.8 86.2-92.4
GENDER
Male 217 14 7.2 4.2-12.1 *** *** *** 198 90.6 85.2-94.1
Female 258 15 5.2 3.0- 8.9 13 5.7 3.1-10.2 230 89.1 83.9-92.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 311 15 4.3 2.5- 7.5 *** *** *** 288 92.4 88.4-95.1
Non-Hispanic Black 88 *** *** *** *** *** *** 77 86.7 76.5-92.9
Other 76 *** *** *** *** *** *** 63 82.6 71.6-89.9
AGE
18-44 162 11 6.0 3.2-11.0 *** *** *** 141 88.3 81.9-92.7
45-64 160 13 8.2 4.6-14.2 *** *** *** 140 87.2 80.4-91.9
65+ 146 *** *** *** *** *** *** 140 95.8 90.5-98.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 167 15 7.5 4.4-12.7 11 6.9 3.6-12.9 141 85.5 78.7-90.4
Some Post-H.S. 153 *** *** *** *** *** *** 140 91.5 85.4-95.2
College Graduate 152 *** *** *** *** *** *** 144 94.4 88.3-97.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 192 17 8.5 5.1-13.8 13 7.4 4.0-13.3 162 84.1 77.3-89.1
$50,000+ 180 *** *** *** *** *** *** 169 93.5 88.2-96.5
Don't know/Not Sure 103 *** *** *** *** *** *** 97 93.8 85.9-97.4

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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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