2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

Secondhand Smoke

On how many of the past 7 days, did anyone smoke in your home 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 3,323 63 1.9 1.4- 2.5 149 4.9 4.0- 5.9 3,111 93.2 92.1-94.2
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 512 *** *** *** 28 5.3 3.4- 8.1 477 93.5 90.6-95.6
Region 3 281 *** *** *** 14 5.9 3.2-10.7 258 90.8 85.2-94.4
Region 4 641 11 1.7 0.9- 3.3 33 6.3 4.2- 9.3 597 92.0 88.8-94.3
Region 5 486 *** *** *** 15 3.1 1.8- 5.3 466 95.5 92.5-97.4
Region 6 213 *** *** *** *** *** *** 200 94.3 89.5-96.9
Region 7 622 17 2.5 1.4- 4.3 15 3.5 1.9- 6.6 590 94.0 90.8-96.1
Region 8 296 *** *** *** 19 6.8 4.1-11.1 273 91.6 87.0-94.7
Region 9 & 10 272 *** *** *** 17 5.5 3.3- 9.1 250 92.6 88.6-95.3
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 910 22 2.5 1.6- 4.1 51 6.0 4.3- 8.2 837 91.5 89.0-93.5
Piedmont 1,780 28 1.5 0.9- 2.4 65 4.4 3.3- 5.8 1,687 94.1 92.6-95.4
Western NC 633 13 2.5 1.2- 5.2 33 5.3 3.6- 7.8 587 92.2 89.0-94.5
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 438 *** *** *** 24 5.6 3.5- 8.7 409 93.2 89.9-95.5
Northwest 496 16 3.0 1.6- 5.7 26 5.8 3.6- 9.4 454 91.2 87.2-94.0
Charlotte 507 *** *** *** 25 6.1 4.0- 9.2 476 92.7 89.4-95.0
Greensboro 373 *** *** *** 15 4.0 2.3- 6.9 354 94.3 90.3-96.8
Southern Regional 264 *** *** *** 14 4.7 2.6- 8.4 245 93.5 89.3-96.1
Southeast 166 *** *** *** *** *** *** 153 89.4 81.8-94.0
Wake 657 11 1.3 0.7- 2.4 11 2.1 1.1- 4.0 635 96.7 94.7-97.9
Area L & Eastern 422 13 3.1 1.6- 5.9 24 5.8 3.5- 9.5 385 91.1 87.0-94.0
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 512 *** *** *** 28 5.3 3.4- 8.1 477 93.5 90.6-95.6
Region 2 490 13 3.1 1.5- 6.5 25 5.6 3.6- 8.7 452 91.3 87.4-94.1
Region 3 648 11 1.7 0.9- 3.2 33 6.2 4.2- 9.2 604 92.1 89.0-94.4
Region 4 871 16 1.6 0.9- 2.8 17 2.7 1.5- 4.8 838 95.7 93.5-97.2
Region 5 436 *** *** *** 24 5.6 3.6- 8.5 404 92.6 89.2-94.9
Region 6 366 *** *** *** 22 5.3 3.3- 8.3 336 92.6 89.1-95.0

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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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