2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

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%)
North Carolina 3,304 154 4.7 4.0- 5.7 100 3.2 2.5- 4.0 3,050 92.1 90.9-93.1
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 505 22 4.7 3.0- 7.5 16 3.8 2.2- 6.4 467 91.5 88.1-94.0
Region 3 282 12 4.5 2.1- 9.3 *** *** *** 263 93.0 87.7-96.1
Region 4 636 35 4.6 3.1- 6.7 21 3.3 2.1- 5.3 580 92.0 89.4-94.1
Region 5 484 27 4.9 3.3- 7.4 12 2.6 1.2- 5.3 445 92.5 89.3-94.8
Region 6 214 *** *** *** 11 5.3 2.8- 9.9 195 90.8 85.4-94.3
Region 7 620 32 6.0 4.1- 8.7 22 3.6 2.0- 6.2 566 90.5 87.1-93.0
Region 8 294 12 4.5 2.3- 8.4 *** *** *** 276 93.2 88.9-95.9
Region 9 & 10 269 *** *** *** *** *** *** 258 95.6 91.8-97.7
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 904 29 3.5 2.3- 5.3 28 3.6 2.3- 5.5 847 92.9 90.5-94.7
Piedmont 1,774 98 5.2 4.2- 6.5 54 3.0 2.2- 4.1 1,622 91.8 90.2-93.2
Western NC 626 27 4.7 3.0- 7.1 18 3.3 2.0- 5.5 581 92.0 89.1-94.2
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 431 19 4.9 3.0- 8.1 15 4.1 2.3- 7.0 397 91.0 87.1-93.8
Northwest 494 20 4.2 2.3- 7.6 11 2.4 1.1- 4.9 463 93.4 89.6-95.9
Charlotte 505 30 4.9 3.3- 7.4 18 3.6 2.2- 5.9 457 91.5 88.4-93.8
Greensboro 371 19 4.9 3.0- 7.8 *** *** *** 342 91.8 87.7-94.7
Southern Regional 264 *** *** *** 11 4.9 2.6- 9.0 244 91.6 86.9-94.8
Southeast 165 *** *** *** *** *** *** 155 91.6 83.9-95.8
Wake 656 38 6.4 4.5- 9.0 20 2.7 1.6- 4.6 598 90.9 87.9-93.1
Area L & Eastern 418 11 3.2 1.6- 6.1 13 2.4 1.2- 5.0 394 94.4 91.0-96.6
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 505 22 4.7 3.0- 7.5 16 3.8 2.2- 6.4 467 91.5 88.1-94.0
Region 2 490 23 4.9 3.0- 8.1 16 3.8 2.0- 7.0 451 91.3 87.3-94.1
Region 3 643 35 4.5 3.1- 6.6 21 3.2 2.0- 5.1 587 92.2 89.6-94.2
Region 4 869 46 5.4 3.9- 7.3 24 2.7 1.5- 4.6 799 91.9 89.5-93.9
Region 5 434 18 4.4 2.6- 7.3 14 3.8 2.2- 6.5 402 91.8 88.2-94.3
Region 6 363 *** *** *** *** *** *** 344 95.0 91.7-97.0

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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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