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| Total Respond.# |
Every day | Some days | Not at all | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 512 | 65 | 12.3 | 8.9-16.8 | 52 | 13.2 | 9.4-18.2 | 395 | 74.5 | 68.7-79.5 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 404 | 51 | 13.0 | 9.1-18.1 | 48 | 14.8 | 10.4-20.6 | 305 | 72.2 | 65.6-77.9 |
| Female | 108 | 14 | 8.8 | 4.4-16.8 | 4 | 4.4 | 1.5-12.6 | 90 | 86.8 | 77.2-92.7 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 409 | 52 | 14.4 | 10.1-20.0 | 38 | 12.4 | 8.3-18.0 | 319 | 73.2 | 66.5-79.0 |
| African American | 75 | 10 | 6.4 | 2.9-13.4 | 8 | 16.8 | 7.5-33.5 | 57 | 76.8 | 60.9-87.5 |
| Other Minorities | 22 | 2 | 5.1 | 0.9-23.4 | 4 | 10.1 | 3.4-26.6 | 16 | 84.8 | 65.7-94.2 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Yes | 15 | 4 | 9.1 | 2.9-25.4 | 1 | 3.4 | 0.4-21.6 | 10 | 87.5 | 69.0-95.7 |
| No | 496 | 61 | 12.5 | 9.0-17.1 | 50 | 13.4 | 9.5-18.5 | 385 | 74.2 | 68.2-79.3 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 56 | 3 | 4.9 | 1.2-17.2 | 8 | 13.3 | 5.1-30.5 | 45 | 81.9 | 64.5-91.8 |
| 25-34 | 112 | 20 | 21.3 | 12.5-33.9 | 14 | 11.2 | 5.5-21.6 | 78 | 67.5 | 54.7-78.2 |
| 35-44 | 102 | 10 | 12.3 | 5.4-25.8 | 10 | 16.8 | 8.0-31.9 | 82 | 70.9 | 55.8-82.5 |
| 45-54 | 84 | 8 | 5.5 | 2.1-13.6 | 8 | 16.9 | 7.9-32.4 | 68 | 77.6 | 62.4-87.8 |
| 55-64 | 59 | 8 | 13.9 | 5.1-32.7 | 7 | 20.2 | 8.4-41.3 | 44 | 65.9 | 46.1-81.4 |
| 65+ | 96 | 16 | 13.1 | 7.1-22.9 | 5 | 5.1 | 1.7-14.2 | 75 | 81.8 | 70.7-89.3 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 110 | 17 | 12.9 | 6.7-23.3 | 13 | 20.4 | 11.2-34.1 | 80 | 66.8 | 53.2-78.1 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 153 | 27 | 12.8 | 7.6-20.8 | 17 | 11.3 | 6.2-19.9 | 109 | 75.9 | 65.8-83.7 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 112 | 10 | 14.4 | 7.1-26.9 | 11 | 14.3 | 6.8-27.7 | 91 | 71.4 | 57.4-82.2 |
| College Graduate | 137 | 11 | 9.2 | 4.0-20.0 | 11 | 7.8 | 3.3-17.1 | 115 | 83.0 | 71.6-90.4 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 53 | 9 | 10.6 | 4.3-23.9 | 2 | 4.5 | 0.8-21.9 | 42 | 85.0 | 69.1-93.4 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 89 | 9 | 10.9 | 4.5-23.9 | 16 | 13.8 | 7.0-25.5 | 64 | 75.3 | 61.1-85.6 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 80 | 12 | 10.7 | 5.3-20.2 | 7 | 11.6 | 4.6-26.5 | 61 | 77.7 | 63.7-87.3 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 97 | 15 | 19.4 | 10.3-33.5 | 11 | 18.6 | 9.3-33.7 | 71 | 62.0 | 47.0-75.0 |
| $50,000+ | 116 | 10 | 13.2 | 6.4-25.4 | 8 | 9.6 | 4.1-20.6 | 98 | 77.2 | 64.3-86.4 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
| Buncombe | 40 | 6 | 17.2 | 7.6-34.5 | 1 | 1.7 | 0.2-11.2 | 33 | 81.2 | 64.0-91.3 |
| Cumberland | 39 | 6 | 12.8 | 5.1-28.7 | 2 | 5.7 | 1.3-21.6 | 31 | 81.5 | 64.4-91.4 |
| Durham | 19 | 1 | 3.1 | 0.4-19.7 | 1 | 3.4 | 0.5-21.6 | 17 | 93.5 | 76.0-98.5 |
| Forsyth | 30 | 2 | 7.2 | 1.7-25.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 28 | 92.8 | 74.3-98.3 |
| Gaston | 34 | 5 | 17.9 | 7.4-37.3 | 4 | 19.0 | 6.9-42.7 | 25 | 63.1 | 42.7-79.7 |
| Guilford | 23 | 5 | 22.2 | 7.9-48.7 | 2 | 11.3 | 2.8-36.1 | 16 | 66.5 | 41.7-84.7 |
| Mecklenburg | 35 | 2 | 4.8 | 1.1-18.8 | 2 | 6.1 | 1.4-22.9 | 31 | 89.1 | 72.7-96.2 |
| New Hanover | 32 | 4 | 10.3 | 3.6-26.0 | 3 | 11.5 | 3.6-31.3 | 25 | 78.2 | 59.3-89.9 |
| Onslow | 56 | 8 | 11.2 | 4.8-24.0 | 7 | 12.7 | 5.3-27.1 | 41 | 76.1 | 59.5-87.3 |
| Wake | 33 | 1 | 3.2 | 0.4-19.6 | 3 | 8.4 | 2.5-24.4 | 29 | 88.4 | 71.8-95.8 |
| Western NC | 62 | 7 | 11.9 | 5.6-23.5 | 10 | 22.8 | 12.2-38.6 | 45 | 65.3 | 50.3-77.8 |
| Piedmont NC | 50 | 12 | 25.3 | 14.2-40.9 | 10 | 19.4 | 9.7-35.0 | 28 | 55.3 | 39.4-70.3 |
| Eastern NC | 59 | 6 | 5.8 | 2.3-14.2 | 7 | 10.6 | 4.6-22.4 | 46 | 83.6 | 71.4-91.2 |
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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported ever using or trying any smokeless tobacco products.
#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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