2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

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 4,137 93 2.4 1.8- 3.1 206 5.4 4.6- 6.4 3,838 92.2 91.1-93.2
Medicaid Region 5 1,037 34 3.8 2.5- 5.7 48 5.9 4.0- 8.5 955 90.3 87.4-92.6
GENDER
Male 444 18 4.0 2.4- 6.8 30 9.3 5.9-14.4 396 86.6 81.5-90.5
Female 593 16 3.6 1.9- 6.6 18 2.8 1.5- 5.1 559 93.6 90.3-95.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 561 13 2.9 1.5- 5.7 27 6.5 4.0-10.5 521 90.5 86.2-93.6
Non-Hispanic Black 248 18 8.2 4.8-13.8 *** *** *** 221 87.2 80.7-91.7
Other 217 *** *** *** 11 6.1 2.6-13.6 203 93.1 85.8-96.7
AGE
18-44 296 11 4.4 2.2- 8.6 16 7.3 4.0-13.1 269 88.3 82.2-92.5
45-64 330 15 4.6 2.6- 8.1 19 5.9 3.4-10.0 296 89.5 84.8-92.9
65+ 389 *** *** *** 12 3.9 1.8- 8.1 369 94.0 89.6-96.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 382 19 4.3 2.3- 7.8 27 9.8 6.1-15.5 336 85.9 80.1-90.2
Some Post-H.S. 307 14 5.4 3.1- 9.5 14 4.2 2.2- 8.2 279 90.3 85.4-93.7
College Graduate 347 *** *** *** *** *** *** 339 98.3 96.1-99.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 406 21 6.3 4.0- 9.9 20 5.3 3.0- 9.2 365 88.4 83.8-91.8
$50,000+ 385 *** *** *** 18 6.5 3.4-12.1 365 92.4 86.7-95.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 246 11 4.6 1.8-11.2 *** *** *** 225 89.7 82.6-94.1

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2021 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2021 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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