2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

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
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 434 *** *** *** 22 4.4 2.6- 7.3 407 94.7 91.6-96.7
Region 3 445 13 3.1 1.7- 5.6 36 9.2 6.5-13.0 396 87.7 83.6-90.9
Region 4 548 *** *** *** 24 4.9 3.1- 7.6 518 93.6 90.5-95.7
Region 5 568 17 3.8 2.0- 7.1 29 5.3 3.5- 7.9 522 91.0 87.3-93.6
Region 6 446 18 5.0 2.9- 8.5 23 5.8 3.4- 9.8 405 89.2 84.6-92.5
Region 7 565 *** *** *** 19 3.6 2.2- 5.9 540 95.2 92.8-96.8
Region 8 708 17 2.0 1.2- 3.5 34 6.1 4.0- 9.3 657 91.8 88.6-94.2
Region 9 & 10 423 11 3.3 1.7- 6.2 19 6.8 3.9-11.6 393 89.9 84.9-93.4
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,590 43 2.7 1.9- 3.8 78 6.2 4.7- 8.2 1,469 91.1 88.9-92.8
Piedmont 2,001 42 2.5 1.7- 3.6 96 5.2 4.1- 6.5 1,863 92.3 90.7-93.7
Western NC 546 *** *** *** 32 5.1 3.4- 7.6 506 93.7 90.9-95.6
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 350 *** *** *** 15 3.8 2.0- 7.0 331 95.7 92.5-97.6
Northwest 661 17 3.1 1.7- 5.5 52 8.7 6.3-11.8 592 88.2 84.6-91.1
Charlotte 428 *** *** *** 16 3.5 2.0- 6.1 409 95.7 93.1-97.4
Greensboro 439 13 4.2 2.1- 8.3 25 5.5 3.5- 8.4 401 90.3 86.0-93.4
Southern Regional 689 25 3.9 2.4- 6.3 37 6.5 4.1-10.1 627 89.6 85.7-92.5
Southeast 328 *** *** *** 15 6.7 3.8-11.5 305 90.9 86.0-94.2
Wake 663 *** *** *** 20 3.7 2.3- 6.0 633 94.5 91.9-96.3
Area L & Eastern 579 13 2.6 1.4- 4.7 26 5.9 3.7- 9.4 540 91.5 87.8-94.1
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 456 *** *** *** 22 4.1 2.5- 6.9 429 95.0 92.1-96.9
Region 2 667 20 3.9 2.1- 7.0 51 7.9 5.8-10.6 596 88.2 84.6-91.1
Region 3 560 *** *** *** 25 4.8 3.1- 7.4 529 93.6 90.7-95.7
Region 4 864 15 1.8 1.0- 3.1 33 4.2 2.9- 6.1 816 94.0 91.9-95.6
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
Region 6 553 13 2.8 1.6- 5.2 27 6.3 3.9-10.1 513 90.9 86.9-93.7

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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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