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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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Smokeless Tobacco Use Status*

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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 3,405 226 6.4 5.3- 7.8 899 26.6 24.3-29.0 2,280 66.9 64.4-69.4
RACE
White 2,537 195 7.7 6.3- 9.5 770 31.2 28.4-34.1 1,572 61.1 58.0-64.0
African American 586 17 3.3 1.7- 6.3 90 16.8 12.6-22.2 479 79.9 74.3-84.5
Asian 23 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.7 0.2-11.7 22 98.3 88.3-99.8
Native American 80 12 12.4 5.1-27.2 20 27.0 11.5-51.2 48 60.6 39.5-78.3
Other Minorities 162 0 0.0 . - . 15 9.2 4.4-18.0 147 90.8 82.0-95.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 169 1 0.1 0.0- 0.8 19 10.6 5.6-19.4 149 89.3 80.5-94.4
-English Speaking 53 1 0.5 0.1- 3.7 10 21.9 9.5-42.9 42 77.6 56.7-90.1
-Spanish Speaking 116 0 0.0 . - . 9 7.4 2.8-18.3 107 92.6 81.7-97.2
Non-Hispanic 3,233 225 7.0 5.8- 8.5 880 28.0 25.6-30.6 2,128 65.0 62.3-67.5
AGE
18-24 213 11 4.9 2.1-10.9 49 18.4 12.4-26.6 153 76.6 67.9-83.6
25-34 522 53 8.5 5.9-12.2 155 28.4 22.7-34.9 314 63.1 56.6-69.2
35-44 677 58 9.4 6.5-13.3 191 29.4 24.7-34.6 428 61.2 55.7-66.4
45-54 680 26 3.4 2.0- 5.7 163 25.0 20.3-30.3 491 71.6 66.2-76.5
55-64 576 33 5.0 3.0- 8.2 155 30.7 25.3-36.6 388 64.3 58.4-69.9
65-74 452 33 6.1 3.7- 9.7 109 24.9 19.4-31.3 310 69.0 62.5-74.9
75+ 270 12 6.2 2.8-13.1 75 29.9 22.7-38.3 183 63.9 55.2-71.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 593 54 9.3 6.3-13.5 167 28.5 22.8-35.1 372 62.2 55.5-68.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,005 88 7.4 5.4-10.1 268 28.7 24.3-33.5 649 64.0 59.0-68.6
Some Post-H.S. 797 51 6.7 4.4-10.0 234 25.7 21.4-30.6 512 67.6 62.4-72.4
College Graduate 1,001 33 3.6 2.2- 5.7 229 24.3 20.7-28.4 739 72.1 67.9-76.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 296 25 9.8 4.8-18.9 83 30.4 22.5-39.7 188 59.8 49.9-68.9
$15,000- 24,999 605 39 6.0 3.8- 9.4 159 24.7 19.6-30.6 407 69.3 63.2-74.9
$25,000- 34,999 361 29 8.3 4.9-13.7 123 31.5 24.6-39.3 209 60.2 52.1-67.7
$35,000- 49,999 516 30 3.7 2.3- 6.0 143 27.1 22.0-32.8 343 69.2 63.4-74.5
$50,000-74,999 432 30 8.4 5.2-13.1 120 29.9 23.9-36.7 282 61.7 54.6-68.3
$75,000+ 498 29 6.1 3.6-10.2 113 26.4 20.8-32.8 356 67.5 60.9-73.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 177 21 11.5 7.2-17.7 52 28.9 21.7-37.3 104 59.7 51.0-67.8
Guilford 164 4 2.6 1.0- 7.1 33 18.9 13.1-26.5 127 78.5 70.6-84.7
Mecklenburg 166 3 2.0 0.5- 6.9 32 19.9 12.8-29.4 131 78.2 68.6-85.5
Orange 169 3 1.6 0.4- 6.2 42 22.8 16.0-31.3 124 75.6 66.8-82.6
Wake 170 10 6.5 3.2-12.9 32 17.0 11.6-24.3 128 76.5 68.3-83.0
Chatham/Lee 148 7 4.6 1.9-11.0 40 27.0 17.6-39.0 101 68.4 56.7-78.1
Nash/Wilson 134 6 7.6 2.5-20.6 17 12.4 7.5-19.7 111 80.0 69.2-87.7
Craven/Pamlico 167 6 3.3 1.4- 7.7 38 20.7 14.4-28.7 123 76.0 67.7-82.7
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 158 19 12.9 7.8-20.4 50 30.6 22.8-39.7 89 56.5 46.7-65.8
Appalachian/Wilkes 165 15 8.0 4.6-13.5 53 39.0 28.5-50.6 97 53.0 42.3-63.4
Franklin/Gran./Vance 173 7 4.2 1.8- 9.9 46 25.8 16.9-37.2 120 70.0 58.0-79.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson 161 18 7.6 4.2-13.5 50 42.2 24.6-62.0 93 50.2 32.3-68.1
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 173 16 9.2 5.3-15.6 41 24.3 17.5-32.7 116 66.4 57.7-74.2
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 123 12 7.7 4.1-14.0 38 27.2 19.2-36.9 73 65.2 54.7-74.4
Northeast NC I 139 5 2.0 0.8- 5.1 37 21.8 14.8-31.0 97 76.2 66.8-83.6
Northeast NC II 180 6 2.4 1.0- 5.6 44 24.1 17.5-32.2 130 73.5 65.4-80.4
Northeastern Partnership 319 11 2.3 1.1- 4.4 81 23.4 18.2-29.5 227 74.4 68.1-79.8
Mountain AHEC 488 55 10.9 7.5-15.6 156 37.2 29.8-45.2 277 51.9 44.5-59.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,137 59 3.6 2.3- 5.4 276 25.2 21.3-29.5 802 71.3 66.9-75.3
Piedmont 1,499 87 7.1 5.4- 9.3 377 25.1 22.0-28.4 1,035 67.8 64.3-71.2
Western NC 769 80 9.8 7.2-13.2 246 35.6 29.8-41.9 443 54.6 48.5-60.4

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*Data in this table were derived from the smokeless tobacco use questions 1 and 2.

^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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