2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

Secondhand Smoke

On how many of the past 7 days, did you smell tobacco smoke from someone else's cigarette,
cigar, or pipe drifting into your home from nearby apartments or from outside?

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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 4,113 192 4.6 3.8- 5.4 95 2.3 1.8- 3.0 3,826 93.1 92.1-94.0
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 430 19 3.3 1.9- 5.6 13 2.9 1.5- 5.5 398 93.8 90.7-95.9
Region 3 443 19 5.9 3.3-10.5 *** *** *** 415 92.2 87.6-95.1
Region 4 544 25 4.5 2.9- 6.9 *** *** *** 509 93.0 90.1-95.1
Region 5 569 35 5.8 3.7- 9.0 14 2.5 1.3- 4.7 520 91.7 88.1-94.2
Region 6 441 26 5.0 3.1- 7.7 *** *** *** 405 92.5 88.8-95.0
Region 7 564 22 4.1 2.5- 6.7 12 1.7 0.9- 3.2 530 94.1 91.4-96.0
Region 8 702 23 3.3 2.0- 5.4 17 2.4 1.3- 4.5 662 94.3 91.6-96.1
Region 9 & 10 420 23 4.3 2.7- 6.7 *** *** *** 387 93.6 90.5-95.7
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,576 71 4.2 3.2- 5.5 42 2.8 1.9- 4.2 1,463 92.9 91.2-94.4
Piedmont 1,996 97 4.9 3.8- 6.2 38 2.0 1.4- 3.0 1,861 93.1 91.6-94.4
Western NC 541 24 4.0 2.4- 6.6 15 2.7 1.4- 4.9 502 93.4 90.2-95.5
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 348 17 3.8 2.1- 6.9 *** *** *** 323 94.1 90.6-96.4
Northwest 656 24 4.1 2.4- 6.8 18 3.2 1.8- 5.6 614 92.8 89.5-95.1
Charlotte 425 22 5.2 3.3- 8.1 *** *** *** 397 92.9 89.5-95.2
Greensboro 439 25 5.4 3.1- 9.2 13 3.0 1.5- 5.9 401 91.6 87.4-94.5
Southern Regional 682 33 5.1 3.4- 7.6 16 2.9 1.3- 6.3 633 92.0 88.5-94.5
Southeast 325 12 3.8 1.9- 7.2 *** *** *** 306 93.7 89.5-96.3
Wake 663 33 4.8 3.2- 7.1 *** *** *** 621 94.1 91.7-95.8
Area L & Eastern 575 26 3.8 2.4- 5.8 18 2.7 1.5- 4.6 531 93.6 91.0-95.5
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 452 19 3.1 1.8- 5.3 13 2.8 1.4- 5.4 420 94.1 91.0-96.2
Region 2 665 34 6.3 4.0- 9.8 18 2.9 1.6- 4.9 613 90.8 87.1-93.6
Region 3 556 25 4.4 2.9- 6.7 *** *** *** 521 93.1 90.3-95.2
Region 4 864 42 4.7 3.3- 6.7 16 1.6 0.9- 2.7 806 93.7 91.6-95.3
Region 5 1,027 47 4.5 3.2- 6.4 23 2.6 1.5- 4.7 957 92.8 90.4-94.7
Region 6 549 25 3.5 2.3- 5.4 15 2.2 1.2- 4.1 509 94.3 91.9-96.0

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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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