2023 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 1,643 41 3.2 2.1- 4.7 50 3.5 2.4- 4.9 1,552 93.4 91.4-94.9
GENDER
Male 791 32 5.0 3.2- 7.8 35 4.5 3.0- 6.7 724 90.5 87.3-92.9
Female 852 *** *** *** *** *** *** 828 96.5 94.2-97.9
Have Health Insurance
Yes 1,485 29 2.9 1.9- 4.6 31 2.7 1.8- 4.1 1,425 94.4 92.4-95.9
No 146 *** *** *** *** *** *** 117 84.9 76.4-90.7
Body Mass Index
Underweight 25 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 381 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Overweight 551 *** *** *** 18 2.8 1.6- 4.6 514 93.1 89.4-95.6
Obese 584 *** *** *** *** *** *** 554 92.3 88.4-95.0
Current Smoker
Yes 194 *** *** *** 17 9.5 5.4-16.2 171 86.2 78.4-91.5
No 1,443 35 3.0 2.0- 4.6 33 2.5 1.6- 4.0 1,375 94.4 92.5-95.9
History of CVD**
Yes 94 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,544 41 3.4 2.3- 5.0 47 3.4 2.4- 4.9 1,456 93.2 91.2-94.8
Binge Drinker
Yes 245 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,321 32 2.8 1.9- 4.3 35 3.2 2.1- 4.9 1,254 93.9 91.9-95.5
Heavy Drinker
Yes 85 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,479 37 3.0 2.0- 4.4 41 3.3 2.2- 4.8 1,401 93.7 91.8-95.2
COPD
Yes 57 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,583 37 2.8 1.8- 4.2 45 3.1 2.1- 4.5 1,501 94.1 92.3-95.5
Current Asthma
Yes 146 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,491 37 3.0 1.9- 4.5 46 3.4 2.3- 4.9 1,408 93.7 91.7-95.2
Diabetes
Yes 146 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,496 40 3.3 2.2- 5.0 48 3.7 2.6- 5.2 1,408 93.0 90.9-94.6
Functional Disability
Yes 341 *** *** *** 16 7.6 4.3-13.0 310 84.7 77.8-89.8
No 1,287 24 1.7 1.0- 2.8 33 2.4 1.6- 3.8 1,230 95.9 94.3-97.0
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 293 *** *** *** *** *** *** 274 88.3 80.7-93.1
No 1,350 31 2.2 1.4- 3.3 41 3.4 2.3- 5.0 1,278 94.4 92.6-95.8

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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 2023 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2023 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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