2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

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
Region 8 395 *** *** *** 40 9.1 6.4-12.9 349 89.2 85.2-92.3
GENDER
Male 181 *** *** *** 12 5.5 2.6-11.1 167 93.6 88.0-96.7
Female 214 *** *** *** 28 12.5 8.3-18.4 182 85.2 78.9-89.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 254 *** *** *** 27 10.5 6.9-15.6 224 88.1 82.8-91.9
Non-Hispanic Black 59 *** *** *** *** *** *** 54 91.2 78.4-96.8
Other 82 *** *** *** *** *** *** 71 91.0 83.2-95.4
AGE
18-44 113 *** *** *** 13 9.1 4.8-16.7 99 89.7 81.8-94.4
45-64 141 *** *** *** 21 12.5 7.6-19.8 116 84.8 77.1-90.2
65+ 137 *** *** *** *** *** *** 130 94.6 88.4-97.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 153 *** *** *** 25 14.4 9.1-22.1 125 83.7 75.7-89.4
Some Post-H.S. 126 *** *** *** 11 7.2 3.8-13.4 112 90.5 83.7-94.6
College Graduate 115 *** *** *** *** *** *** 111 97.5 93.0-99.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 213 *** *** *** 35 15.7 10.8-22.3 174 81.9 75.0-87.3
$50,000+ 117 *** *** *** *** *** *** 116 99.7 97.6- 100
Don't know/Not Sure 65 *** *** *** *** *** *** 59 91.9 81.0-96.8

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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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