2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Secondhand Smoke

Workplace Secondhand Smoke Exposure Indicator for Healthy North Carolina 2020*

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  Total
Respond.^
1-7 days No days
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,591 115 8.1 6.7- 9.9 1,476 91.9 90.1-93.3
GENDER
Male 785 83 11.0 8.7-13.8 702 89.0 86.2-91.3
Female 806 32 5.1 3.5- 7.4 774 94.9 92.6-96.5
Have Health Insurance
Yes 1,341 74 6.0 4.7- 7.7 1,267 94.0 92.3-95.3
No 248 41 19.2 14.0-25.8 207 80.8 74.2-86.0
Body Mass Index
Underweight 19 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 363 26 8.9 5.9-13.4 337 91.1 86.6-94.1
Overweight 574 37 6.4 4.5- 9.0 537 93.6 91.0-95.5
Obese 510 33 7.5 5.1-10.9 477 92.5 89.1-94.9
Current Smoker
Yes 247 27 10.4 6.9-15.3 220 89.6 84.7-93.1
No 1,337 88 7.7 6.1- 9.7 1,249 92.3 90.3-93.9
History of CVD**
Yes 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,511 103 7.5 6.1- 9.3 1,408 92.5 90.7-93.9
Binge Drinker
Yes 249 22 9.6 6.1-14.7 227 90.4 85.3-93.9
No 1,268 83 7.7 6.1- 9.7 1,185 92.3 90.3-93.9
COPD
Yes 59 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,531 105 7.9 6.4- 9.7 1,426 92.1 90.3-93.6
Current Asthma
Yes 109 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,478 107 8.3 6.8-10.2 1,371 91.7 89.8-93.2
Functional Disability
Yes 278 30 13.5 9.2-19.5 248 86.5 80.5-90.8
No 1,304 84 7.0 5.6- 8.8 1,220 93.0 91.2-94.4
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 287 21 9.1 5.7-14.1 266 90.9 85.9-94.3
No 1,304 94 8.0 6.4- 9.9 1,210 92.0 90.1-93.6

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

**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

†Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2019 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2019 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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