2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

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%)
North Carolina 1,739 61 3.4 2.6- 4.5 42 2.8 2.0- 3.9 1,636 93.8 92.3-95.0
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 221 *** *** *** *** *** *** 210 94.3 88.6-97.2
Region 3 128 12 7.0 3.7-13.0 *** *** *** 114 92.1 86.0-95.6
Region 4 365 15 3.5 2.0- 6.1 *** *** *** 344 94.9 91.9-96.8
Region 5 269 *** *** *** *** *** *** 254 93.7 89.1-96.4
Region 6 108 *** *** *** *** *** *** 100 94.2 88.2-97.3
Region 7 364 11 2.3 1.2- 4.3 *** *** *** 348 96.0 93.0-97.7
Region 8 155 *** *** *** *** *** *** 143 90.1 82.8-94.5
Region 9 & 10 129 *** *** *** *** *** *** 123 93.1 84.1-97.2
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 451 14 3.2 1.8- 5.7 16 4.5 2.6- 7.6 421 92.3 88.7-94.8
Piedmont 1,024 37 3.2 2.2- 4.6 20 2.0 1.2- 3.3 967 94.8 93.1-96.1
Western NC 264 *** *** *** *** *** *** 248 94.0 89.2-96.7
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 193 *** *** *** *** *** *** 185 94.4 87.9-97.5
Northwest 221 17 6.1 3.6-10.4 *** *** *** 201 93.2 89.0-95.9
Charlotte 303 12 3.3 1.8- 6.1 *** *** *** 285 94.9 91.6-96.9
Greensboro 194 *** *** *** *** *** *** 182 93.1 87.3-96.4
Southern Regional 132 *** *** *** *** *** *** 120 92.1 86.0-95.7
Southeast 88 *** *** *** *** *** *** 82 88.1 75.1-94.7
Wake 413 *** *** *** *** *** *** 396 96.4 93.9-97.9
Area L & Eastern 195 *** *** *** *** *** *** 185 93.8 87.9-96.9
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 221 *** *** *** *** *** *** 210 94.3 88.6-97.2
Region 2 236 13 4.9 2.5- 9.3 *** *** *** 216 92.4 87.6-95.5
Region 3 368 15 3.6 2.0- 6.1 *** *** *** 347 94.9 92.0-96.8
Region 4 516 14 2.2 1.3- 3.9 *** *** *** 492 95.7 93.3-97.2
Region 5 224 *** *** *** 11 5.9 3.1-10.8 205 91.3 86.2-94.6
Region 6 174 *** *** *** *** *** *** 166 93.7 87.1-97.0

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*Asked of respondents that were employed or self-employed.

See Technical Notes for counties in Local Health Director, State and AHEC regions.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2024 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2024 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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