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| Total Respond.# |
Current User | Former user | Never used | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 3,091 | 117 | 4.9 | 3.9- 6.2 | 395 | 14.3 | 12.5-16.3 | 2,579 | 80.8 | 78.5-82.8 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 1,192 | 99 | 9.5 | 7.4-12.1 | 305 | 24.6 | 21.3-28.3 | 788 | 65.9 | 61.9-69.7 |
| Female | 1,899 | 18 | 0.8 | 0.4- 1.3 | 90 | 4.9 | 3.6- 6.8 | 1,791 | 94.3 | 92.5-95.7 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 2,329 | 90 | 5.3 | 4.0- 6.9 | 319 | 14.5 | 12.5-16.7 | 1,920 | 80.2 | 77.7-82.5 |
| African American | 566 | 18 | 4.2 | 2.3- 7.8 | 57 | 14.0 | 9.6-20.0 | 491 | 81.7 | 75.5-86.6 |
| Other Minorities | 150 | 6 | 2.7 | 1.1- 6.4 | 16 | 14.9 | 8.2-25.6 | 128 | 82.4 | 71.9-89.6 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Yes | 88 | 5 | 2.2 | 0.9- 5.7 | 10 | 15.7 | 7.9-28.8 | 73 | 82.1 | 69.2-90.3 |
| No | 2,997 | 111 | 5.0 | 3.9- 6.3 | 385 | 14.3 | 12.4-16.4 | 2,501 | 80.7 | 78.4-82.8 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 284 | 11 | 3.4 | 1.5- 7.2 | 45 | 15.2 | 9.8-22.8 | 228 | 81.5 | 73.6-87.4 |
| 25-34 | 568 | 34 | 7.8 | 5.0-12.0 | 78 | 16.3 | 12.3-21.3 | 456 | 75.9 | 70.2-80.8 |
| 35-44 | 651 | 20 | 4.9 | 2.8- 8.5 | 82 | 11.9 | 8.8-15.9 | 549 | 83.2 | 78.5-87.0 |
| 45-54 | 584 | 16 | 4.2 | 2.2- 7.7 | 68 | 14.5 | 10.3-20.0 | 500 | 81.3 | 75.5-86.0 |
| 55-64 | 386 | 15 | 5.7 | 2.9-11.1 | 44 | 11.1 | 7.4-16.3 | 327 | 83.2 | 76.9-88.0 |
| 65+ | 589 | 21 | 3.4 | 2.0- 5.7 | 75 | 15.3 | 11.3-20.5 | 493 | 81.3 | 76.0-85.6 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 403 | 30 | 9.1 | 5.8-14.1 | 80 | 18.3 | 13.4-24.5 | 293 | 72.6 | 65.8-78.5 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 891 | 44 | 4.7 | 3.2- 7.0 | 109 | 14.9 | 11.4-19.2 | 738 | 80.4 | 75.9-84.2 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 806 | 21 | 4.9 | 2.9- 8.1 | 91 | 12.2 | 9.1-16.0 | 694 | 83.0 | 78.5-86.6 |
| College Graduate | 981 | 22 | 2.7 | 1.5- 5.0 | 115 | 13.4 | 10.6-16.7 | 844 | 83.9 | 80.2-87.0 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 282 | 11 | 2.4 | 1.1- 5.4 | 42 | 13.7 | 8.7-21.0 | 229 | 83.8 | 76.5-89.2 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 493 | 25 | 5.4 | 3.2- 9.0 | 64 | 16.4 | 11.4-23.0 | 404 | 78.2 | 71.5-83.7 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 474 | 19 | 4.8 | 2.7- 8.6 | 61 | 16.8 | 12.4-22.5 | 394 | 78.3 | 72.3-83.3 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 488 | 26 | 9.6 | 6.0-14.9 | 71 | 15.6 | 11.1-21.5 | 391 | 74.8 | 68.2-80.5 |
| $50,000+ | 805 | 18 | 4.0 | 2.2- 6.9 | 98 | 13.4 | 10.3-17.1 | 689 | 82.7 | 78.4-86.2 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
| Buncombe | 212 | 7 | 4.5 | 2.1- 9.5 | 33 | 19.3 | 13.3-27.2 | 172 | 76.2 | 68.1-82.8 |
| Cumberland | 209 | 8 | 4.1 | 1.9- 8.6 | 31 | 17.9 | 11.9-26.0 | 170 | 78.1 | 69.8-84.6 |
| Durham | 211 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.3 | 17 | 8.1 | 4.5-14.2 | 192 | 91.3 | 85.3-95.0 |
| Forsyth | 233 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.2- 4.3 | 28 | 13.4 | 9.1-19.1 | 203 | 85.6 | 79.7-90.0 |
| Gaston | 236 | 9 | 6.6 | 3.3-12.8 | 25 | 11.3 | 7.5-16.7 | 202 | 82.1 | 75.3-87.4 |
| Guilford | 195 | 7 | 4.5 | 1.9-10.3 | 16 | 9.0 | 5.3-15.0 | 172 | 86.4 | 79.5-91.3 |
| Mecklenburg | 213 | 4 | 2.2 | 0.8- 6.0 | 31 | 17.7 | 12.4-24.7 | 178 | 80.1 | 72.9-85.7 |
| New Hanover | 197 | 7 | 3.9 | 1.7- 8.4 | 25 | 13.9 | 9.1-20.7 | 165 | 82.2 | 74.9-87.8 |
| Onslow | 216 | 15 | 7.7 | 4.3-13.4 | 41 | 24.5 | 15.9-35.8 | 160 | 67.8 | 57.0-76.9 |
| Wake | 208 | 4 | 2.3 | 0.8- 6.1 | 29 | 17.2 | 11.9-24.3 | 175 | 80.5 | 73.3-86.2 |
| Western NC | 311 | 17 | 8.4 | 5.1-13.6 | 45 | 15.9 | 11.6-21.3 | 249 | 75.7 | 69.4-81.1 |
| Piedmont NC | 324 | 22 | 7.1 | 4.5-11.0 | 28 | 8.7 | 5.7-13.3 | 274 | 84.2 | 78.9-88.4 |
| Eastern NC | 326 | 13 | 3.6 | 1.9- 6.6 | 46 | 18.2 | 13.4-24.2 | 267 | 78.3 | 72.1-83.4 |
+ Approximately half of the respondents received questions from this topic See Technical Notes for more information.
* Data in this table were derived from the smokeless tobacco use questions 1 and 2.
#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.
** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene,
Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Orange,
Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey
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