2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

Secondhand Smoke

On how many of the past 7 days, did someone smoke in your indoor workplace 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 2,164 64 3.0 2.3- 4.1 78 3.8 2.9- 5.0 2,022 93.2 91.7-94.4
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 215 *** *** *** *** *** *** 202 95.9 92.6-97.8
Region 3 228 *** *** *** 15 6.8 3.9-11.4 204 87.5 81.2-92.0
Region 4 307 *** *** *** *** *** *** 290 93.4 88.9-96.2
Region 5 332 *** *** *** *** *** *** 318 96.2 93.5-97.9
Region 6 205 *** *** *** *** *** *** 194 93.6 87.6-96.8
Region 7 348 *** *** *** *** *** *** 329 94.3 90.7-96.5
Region 8 314 17 7.0 4.3-11.2 12 5.1 2.7- 9.5 285 87.9 82.6-91.7
Region 9 & 10 215 *** *** *** 11 5.9 2.5-13.4 200 92.5 85.4-96.3
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 755 25 3.4 2.2- 5.3 32 5.3 3.4- 8.2 698 91.3 88.1-93.7
Piedmont 1,141 32 2.8 1.8- 4.2 34 3.4 2.3- 5.0 1,075 93.9 91.9-95.4
Western NC 268 *** *** *** 12 3.1 1.6- 5.8 249 93.4 88.9-96.1
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 176 *** *** *** *** *** *** 167 96.5 92.8-98.3
Northwest 336 13 4.7 2.5- 8.6 19 5.4 3.0- 9.5 304 89.9 85.0-93.4
Charlotte 241 *** *** *** *** *** *** 227 93.0 87.6-96.1
Greensboro 243 *** *** *** *** *** *** 232 95.7 91.9-97.8
Southern Regional 313 12 3.6 1.8- 7.0 11 3.9 2.0- 7.7 290 92.5 88.0-95.4
Southeast 142 *** *** *** *** *** *** 130 88.8 81.2-93.6
Wake 421 *** *** *** 14 3.9 2.2- 6.9 398 94.1 90.8-96.2
Area L & Eastern 292 *** *** *** 14 5.5 2.6-11.2 274 93.3 87.8-96.4
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 229 *** *** *** *** *** *** 216 96.1 93.0-97.9
Region 2 359 13 3.9 2.1- 7.2 18 4.8 2.9- 7.8 328 91.3 87.3-94.1
Region 3 310 11 3.7 1.9- 7.3 *** *** *** 292 93.0 88.5-95.8
Region 4 523 11 1.9 1.0- 3.7 15 3.2 1.8- 5.6 497 94.9 92.2-96.7
Region 5 461 20 5.0 3.1- 8.1 14 3.5 1.9- 6.4 427 91.5 87.7-94.2
Region 6 282 *** *** *** 16 6.7 3.4-12.7 262 92.0 86.1-95.6

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

See Technical Notes for counties in Local Health Director, State and AHEC regions.

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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