2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 4,113 192 4.6 3.8- 5.4 95 2.3 1.8- 3.0 3,826 93.1 92.1-94.0
GENDER
Male 1,859 96 5.0 3.9- 6.5 40 1.9 1.3- 2.8 1,723 93.1 91.4-94.4
Female 2,254 96 4.2 3.2- 5.3 55 2.7 1.9- 3.7 2,103 93.2 91.7-94.4
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,644 166 4.5 3.7- 5.5 76 2.3 1.8- 3.1 3,402 93.2 92.0-94.2
No 403 25 5.8 3.7- 9.0 19 2.8 1.8- 4.5 359 91.3 88.0-93.8
Body Mass Index
Underweight 47 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,050 54 5.5 3.9- 7.8 29 3.0 1.9- 4.7 967 91.5 88.8-93.5
Overweight 1,301 54 3.8 2.8- 5.3 17 0.9 0.5- 1.6 1,230 95.2 93.7-96.4
Obese 1,390 64 4.4 3.3- 5.9 38 2.8 1.9- 4.1 1,288 92.8 90.9-94.3
Current Smoker
Yes 545 28 4.3 2.7- 6.5 37 7.0 4.9- 9.9 480 88.8 85.4-91.5
No 3,550 163 4.6 3.8- 5.6 56 1.5 1.1- 2.2 3,331 93.9 92.7-94.8
History of CVD**
Yes 469 20 4.5 2.6- 7.5 *** *** *** 433 91.9 88.0-94.6
No 3,602 171 4.6 3.8- 5.5 76 2.1 1.6- 2.7 3,355 93.3 92.2-94.3
Binge Drinker
Yes 538 32 4.9 3.3- 7.2 27 5.7 3.7- 8.8 479 89.4 85.9-92.1
No 3,405 156 4.4 3.6- 5.4 60 1.7 1.2- 2.3 3,189 93.9 92.8-94.9
Heavy Drinker
Yes 207 *** *** *** *** *** *** 188 92.2 87.3-95.2
No 3,732 175 4.5 3.7- 5.4 80 2.2 1.6- 2.9 3,477 93.3 92.2-94.3
COPD
Yes 321 *** *** *** 18 5.9 3.5- 9.9 287 90.5 86.0-93.7
No 3,779 176 4.7 3.9- 5.6 77 2.0 1.5- 2.7 3,526 93.3 92.2-94.3
Current Asthma
Yes 361 28 8.1 5.2-12.5 *** *** *** 326 89.0 84.2-92.5
No 3,744 163 4.2 3.4- 5.1 88 2.3 1.8- 3.0 3,493 93.5 92.4-94.5
Diabetes
Yes 584 28 5.8 3.7- 9.0 *** *** *** 544 92.4 89.1-94.8
No 3,527 164 4.4 3.6- 5.3 82 2.4 1.8- 3.1 3,281 93.2 92.1-94.2
Functional Disability
Yes 1,313 74 5.5 4.2- 7.3 45 3.7 2.6- 5.3 1,194 90.7 88.6-92.5
No 2,776 118 4.2 3.3- 5.3 46 1.6 1.1- 2.3 2,612 94.3 93.1-95.3
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,331 68 4.8 3.6- 6.4 37 3.1 2.1- 4.6 1,226 92.0 90.0-93.7
No 2,782 124 4.4 3.5- 5.6 58 2.0 1.4- 2.8 2,600 93.6 92.3-94.7

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**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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