2023 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 3,130 182 5.9 4.8- 7.3 93 3.3 2.6- 4.3 2,855 90.7 89.2-92.1
GENDER
Male 1,310 81 7.4 5.4-10.0 41 3.1 2.1- 4.6 1,188 89.5 86.7-91.7
Female 1,820 101 4.7 3.6- 6.0 52 3.5 2.5- 4.8 1,667 91.8 90.0-93.3
Have Health Insurance
Yes 2,860 162 5.6 4.5- 6.9 70 2.9 2.2- 3.9 2,628 91.5 89.9-92.9
No 231 18 10.6 5.8-18.6 22 8.0 4.7-13.3 191 81.4 73.3-87.5
Body Mass Index
Underweight 57 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 739 41 7.2 4.7-10.7 19 3.1 1.8- 5.3 679 89.7 85.9-92.6
Overweight 1,028 62 5.6 3.7- 8.2 20 2.4 1.5- 4.0 946 92.0 89.1-94.2
Obese 1,092 68 5.6 4.2- 7.6 45 4.7 3.2- 6.8 979 89.7 87.0-91.8
Current Smoker
Yes 383 *** *** *** 37 9.4 6.2-14.1 332 86.1 80.5-90.3
No 2,724 168 6.2 5.0- 7.7 56 2.4 1.7- 3.3 2,500 91.4 89.7-92.8
History of CVD**
Yes 362 22 4.9 2.7- 8.6 *** *** *** 323 89.8 84.7-93.3
No 2,748 158 6.1 4.8- 7.6 76 3.1 2.3- 4.1 2,514 90.9 89.2-92.3
Binge Drinker
Yes 331 24 9.8 5.4-17.2 *** *** *** 297 87.0 79.8-91.8
No 2,670 155 5.7 4.6- 7.0 80 3.3 2.5- 4.4 2,435 91.0 89.4-92.4
Heavy Drinker
Yes 138 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 2,864 169 6.1 4.9- 7.6 85 3.2 2.5- 4.2 2,610 90.7 89.0-92.1
COPD
Yes 264 *** *** *** 21 9.9 5.7-16.7 224 84.6 77.4-89.8
No 2,858 162 6.0 4.8- 7.4 72 2.8 2.1- 3.7 2,624 91.3 89.6-92.6
Current Asthma
Yes 342 27 8.8 5.6-13.5 *** *** *** 304 87.2 81.6-91.3
No 2,777 154 5.6 4.4- 7.1 82 3.3 2.5- 4.3 2,541 91.1 89.5-92.5
Diabetes
Yes 459 23 4.2 2.5- 7.0 *** *** *** 422 91.7 87.5-94.6
No 2,667 159 6.2 5.0- 7.7 79 3.2 2.5- 4.2 2,429 90.6 88.8-92.1
Functional Disability
Yes 1,058 71 7.5 5.3-10.6 48 5.5 3.9- 7.8 939 86.9 83.5-89.8
No 2,046 111 5.2 4.1- 6.8 45 2.3 1.6- 3.4 1,890 92.4 90.7-93.8
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 921 61 6.2 4.5- 8.4 37 4.8 3.2- 7.2 823 89.0 86.0-91.4
No 2,208 121 5.9 4.5- 7.6 56 2.8 2.0- 3.9 2,031 91.3 89.4-92.9

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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 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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