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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Graham/Swain/Jackson Counties

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Do you currently use chewing tobacco or snuff every day, some days, or not at all?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Everyday Some days Not at all
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,637 214 11.6 9.4-14.1 115 7.5 5.6- 9.9 1,308 80.9 77.8-83.7
-Graham/Swain/Jackson 98 17 12.6 6.2-23.9 10 5.7 2.5-12.6 71 81.7 67.9-90.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 83 16 21.2 12.8-32.9 5 4.9 1.8-12.5 62 73.9 62.0-83.2
Guilford 59 3 5.1 1.3-17.2 3 5.9 1.8-17.3 53 89.0 76.2-95.4
Mecklenburg 48 4 6.3 2.1-17.2 1 4.4 0.6-25.2 43 89.4 73.7-96.2
Orange 56 2 4.6 0.9-19.8 2 4.3 0.9-18.3 52 91.1 76.0-97.0
Wake 50 7 14.3 6.5-28.4 5 13.2 4.5-33.2 38 72.5 54.8-85.2
Chatham/Lee 60 7 12.1 4.8-27.4 0 0.0 . - . 53 87.9 72.6-95.2
Nash/Wilson 52 5 11.0 4.4-24.9 3 16.6 3.9-49.5 44 72.4 47.6-88.4
Craven/Pamlico 65 8 14.5 7.1-27.5 1 0.8 0.1- 5.5 56 84.7 71.8-92.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 100 20 17.5 10.9-26.7 10 14.8 7.8-26.3 70 67.7 56.3-77.3
Appalachian/Wilkes 97 14 12.0 6.5-20.9 7 5.4 2.3-12.2 76 82.6 72.5-89.6
Franklin/Gran./Vance 67 6 9.4 3.5-22.7 5 7.0 2.7-17.1 56 83.6 70.0-91.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 118 16 12.7 7.2-21.4 13 12.1 6.4-21.7 89 75.2 64.7-83.4
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 98 17 13.1 7.9-20.9 9 10.5 5.1-20.4 72 76.4 66.2-84.3
Northeast NC I 74 7 9.4 4.1-20.1 5 5.9 2.3-14.4 62 84.6 73.3-91.7
Northeast NC II 77 7 7.1 3.2-15.2 4 4.6 1.6-12.5 66 88.3 78.9-93.9
Northeastern Partnership 151 14 7.9 4.4-13.8 9 5.1 2.4-10.2 128 87.0 80.2-91.7
Mountain AHEC 272 48 17.0 11.2-24.9 21 5.2 2.8- 9.3 203 77.8 69.5-84.4
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 579 67 6.8 4.8- 9.5 41 7.1 4.3-11.6 471 86.1 81.3-89.7
Piedmont 617 70 12.4 9.2-16.6 43 8.5 5.7-12.6 504 79.1 74.0-83.4
Western NC 441 77 16.1 11.5-22.0 31 5.0 3.1- 8.0 333 78.9 72.6-84.0

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available for Graham/Swain/Jackson Counties. Please refer to the North Carolina table for statewide breakdowns.

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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported ever using any smokeless tobacco products.

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = 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.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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