2024 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 3,304 154 4.7 4.0- 5.7 100 3.2 2.5- 4.0 3,050 92.1 90.9-93.1
GENDER
Male 1,453 68 4.4 3.4- 5.8 56 4.2 3.1- 5.7 1,329 91.3 89.5-92.9
Female 1,851 86 5.0 3.9- 6.3 44 2.3 1.6- 3.2 1,721 92.8 91.2-94.1
Have Health Insurance
Yes 2,942 128 4.6 3.8- 5.6 73 2.5 1.9- 3.2 2,741 92.9 91.7-94.0
No 329 24 5.5 3.6- 8.5 24 8.1 5.0-13.0 281 86.3 81.3-90.2
Body Mass Index
Underweight 36 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 836 37 4.9 3.4- 6.9 32 4.1 2.7- 6.1 767 91.1 88.4-93.2
Overweight 1,038 42 3.9 2.7- 5.5 25 3.2 2.0- 5.0 971 93.0 90.8-94.7
Obese 1,113 58 5.4 4.0- 7.3 38 3.0 2.1- 4.4 1,017 91.6 89.4-93.3
Current Smoker
Yes 347 *** *** *** 28 9.5 6.1-14.5 307 86.8 81.5-90.8
No 2,935 140 4.8 4.0- 5.8 71 2.3 1.8- 3.1 2,724 92.8 91.7-93.9
History of CVD**
Yes 369 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 2,910 143 5.0 4.2- 6.1 93 3.4 2.6- 4.3 2,674 91.6 90.3-92.7
Binge Drinker
Yes 372 30 7.4 5.0-10.8 19 5.1 2.9- 8.9 323 87.5 83.1-90.9
No 2,851 122 4.4 3.6- 5.4 76 2.8 2.1- 3.6 2,653 92.8 91.5-93.8
Heavy Drinker
Yes 130 *** *** *** *** *** *** 118 89.7 81.9-94.3
No 3,096 145 4.8 4.0- 5.7 90 3.0 2.3- 3.8 2,861 92.3 91.0-93.3
COPD
Yes 240 *** *** *** *** *** *** 220 91.0 85.7-94.4
No 3,056 142 4.7 3.9- 5.6 89 3.0 2.4- 3.9 2,825 92.3 91.1-93.3
Current Asthma
Yes 319 *** *** *** *** *** *** 293 89.7 84.3-93.3
No 2,968 142 4.8 4.0- 5.8 85 2.8 2.2- 3.7 2,741 92.3 91.1-93.4
Diabetes
Yes 489 14 2.7 1.5- 4.8 *** *** *** 465 95.6 93.2-97.2
No 2,814 139 5.1 4.2- 6.1 90 3.4 2.7- 4.4 2,585 91.5 90.2-92.7
Functional Disability
Yes 1,066 60 5.2 3.9- 6.9 38 3.7 2.6- 5.4 968 91.1 88.9-92.9
No 2,202 91 4.4 3.5- 5.5 60 2.7 2.0- 3.7 2,051 92.9 91.5-94.1
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,095 36 3.2 2.2- 4.8 30 3.0 1.9- 4.7 1,029 93.7 91.7-95.3
No 2,209 118 5.4 4.4- 6.6 70 3.2 2.4- 4.3 2,021 91.4 89.9-92.7

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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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