2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 2,164 64 3.0 2.3- 4.1 78 3.8 2.9- 5.0 2,022 93.2 91.7-94.4
GENDER
Male 1,090 49 4.6 3.3- 6.4 63 5.9 4.3- 8.0 978 89.6 87.0-91.6
Female 1,074 *** *** *** *** *** *** 1,044 97.0 95.4-98.1
Have Health Insurance
Yes 1,882 37 2.1 1.5- 3.0 52 3.1 2.2- 4.3 1,793 94.8 93.4-95.9
No 257 24 7.7 4.8-12.0 24 8.7 5.2-14.1 209 83.7 77.6-88.3
Body Mass Index
Underweight 21 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 524 *** *** *** *** *** *** 494 92.8 88.8-95.4
Overweight 711 21 2.3 1.4- 3.7 27 3.8 2.4- 6.0 663 93.9 91.5-95.7
Obese 735 22 3.6 2.3- 5.7 28 3.5 2.3- 5.3 685 92.9 90.4-94.8
Current Smoker
Yes 273 *** *** *** 27 7.4 4.9-11.2 236 88.2 83.4-91.7
No 1,881 54 2.8 2.1- 3.9 50 3.2 2.3- 4.5 1,777 93.9 92.3-95.2
History of CVD**
Yes 82 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 2,070 61 3.0 2.2- 4.1 71 3.4 2.5- 4.5 1,938 93.6 92.2-94.8
Binge Drinker
Yes 394 20 4.7 2.9- 7.8 20 4.1 2.4- 7.1 354 91.1 87.4-93.9
No 1,661 40 2.6 1.8- 3.8 49 3.4 2.4- 4.9 1,572 93.9 92.2-95.3
Heavy Drinker
Yes 140 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,913 54 3.0 2.2- 4.1 63 3.6 2.6- 4.9 1,796 93.4 91.8-94.7
COPD
Yes 59 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 2,101 62 3.0 2.2- 4.1 74 3.8 2.8- 5.0 1,965 93.2 91.7-94.4
Current Asthma
Yes 151 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 2,009 58 2.9 2.1- 3.9 73 3.8 2.9- 5.1 1,878 93.3 91.8-94.5
Diabetes
Yes 159 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 2,004 59 3.1 2.3- 4.2 73 3.7 2.8- 5.0 1,872 93.2 91.6-94.4
Functional Disability
Yes 407 18 5.6 3.2- 9.5 18 5.2 2.9- 8.9 371 89.2 84.5-92.7
No 1,748 46 2.5 1.7- 3.5 60 3.5 2.5- 4.8 1,642 94.1 92.5-95.3
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 365 12 3.5 1.9- 6.2 *** *** *** 340 92.3 88.0-95.1
No 1,799 52 3.0 2.1- 4.1 65 3.7 2.7- 5.0 1,682 93.4 91.7-94.7

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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 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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