BRFSS 2003 - North Carolina: (Do you currently use chewing tobacco or snuff every day, some days, or not at all?*)

2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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	Total Respond.^	Everyday	Some days	Not at all
TOTAL	1,125	141	11.4	9.0-14.4	85	8.1	5.9-11.0	899	80.5	76.7-83.8
RACE
White	965	127	12.0	9.3-15.4	68	7.8	5.5-11.1	770	80.1	76.0-83.7
African American	107	7	6.3	2.2-16.3	10	9.9	4.1-22.1	90	83.8	71.0-91.6
Asian	1	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	100	. - .
Native American	32	6	23.3	7.1-54.8	6	8.2	2.2-26.5	20	68.5	37.6-88.7
Other Minorities	15	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	15	100	. - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic	20	1	1.0	0.1- 7.7	0	0.0	. - .	19	99.0	92.3-99.9
-English Speaking	11	1	2.3	0.3-16.3	0	0.0	. - .	10	97.7	83.7-99.7
-Spanish Speaking	9	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	9	100	. - .
Non-Hispanic	1,105	140	11.7	9.2-14.8	85	8.3	6.0-11.3	880	80.0	76.2-83.4
AGE
18-24	60	6	6.2	2.0-17.5	5	14.9	5.2-35.8	49	78.9	59.5-90.5
25-34	208	35	14.1	8.9-21.6	18	9.1	4.8-16.5	155	76.9	67.8-84.0
35-44	249	36	15.2	9.6-23.4	22	9.0	5.1-15.2	191	75.8	67.2-82.8
45-54	189	19	9.3	5.1-16.4	7	2.6	0.8- 8.2	163	88.1	80.4-93.0
55-64	188	19	8.8	4.5-16.5	14	5.2	2.5-10.8	155	85.9	77.7-91.4
65-74	142	20	10.6	5.7-18.7	13	9.1	4.2-18.6	109	80.4	69.9-87.8
75+	87	6	7.9	2.3-24.1	6	9.3	3.4-23.0	75	82.8	67.0-92.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	221	31	13.5	7.9-21.9	23	11.1	6.2-18.9	167	75.5	65.7-83.2
H.S. or G.E.D.	356	61	14.9	10.2-21.3	27	5.5	3.0- 9.9	268	79.5	72.7-85.0
Some Post-H.S.	285	28	8.4	5.0-13.7	23	12.3	6.8-21.1	234	79.4	70.7-86.0
College Graduate	262	21	8.2	4.5-14.4	12	4.6	2.1- 9.6	229	87.3	80.3-92.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	108	14	9.3	4.3-18.9	11	15.0	5.4-35.6	83	75.6	58.1-87.4
$15,000- 24,999	198	20	10.3	5.3-19.2	19	9.3	5.0-16.6	159	80.4	70.7-87.5
$25,000- 34,999	152	22	17.1	9.5-28.7	7	3.8	1.3-10.4	123	79.1	67.4-87.4
$35,000- 49,999	173	20	7.5	4.0-13.6	10	4.6	2.1- 9.8	143	87.9	80.9-92.6
$50,000-74,999	150	21	14.1	8.1-23.2	9	7.8	3.3-17.2	120	78.2	67.6-86.0
$75,000+	142	14	9.1	4.0-19.4	15	9.7	4.9-18.4	113	81.2	70.2-88.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	73	16	23.1	14.0-35.6	5	5.3	2.0-13.6	52	71.6	58.8-81.6
Guilford	37	1	4.2	0.6-24.6	3	8.0	2.5-22.8	33	87.8	70.7-95.5
Mecklenburg	35	2	3.8	0.8-15.7	1	5.2	0.7-29.3	32	91.0	71.7-97.6
Orange	45	2	5.5	1.1-23.0	1	1.2	0.2- 8.0	42	93.3	77.5-98.3
Wake	42	6	13.9	6.0-29.2	4	13.8	4.5-35.4	32	72.2	53.2-85.6
Chatham/Lee	47	7	14.6	5.7-32.6	0	0.0	. - .	40	85.4	67.4-94.3
Nash/Wilson	23	3	11.8	3.6-32.9	3	26.2	6.5-64.3	17	62.0	32.1-84.9
Craven/Pamlico	44	5	12.8	5.2-28.4	1	1.1	0.1- 7.3	38	86.1	70.8-94.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	69	11	13.2	7.0-23.5	8	16.4	8.0-30.5	50	70.4	56.8-81.2
Appalachian/Wilkes	68	9	11.2	5.5-21.7	6	5.8	2.3-13.9	53	83.0	71.1-90.6
Franklin/Gran./Vance	53	3	7.4	2.0-24.0	4	6.7	2.3-18.2	46	85.9	70.3-94.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson	68	11	10.0	4.3-21.6	7	5.3	2.0-13.4	50	84.7	70.2-92.9
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	57	9	14.6	7.1-27.5	7	13.0	5.5-27.7	41	72.5	57.3-83.8
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	50	6	7.9	3.4-17.6	6	14.1	6.2-28.9	38	78.0	63.5-87.8
Northeast NC I	42	5	8.3	3.2-19.9	0	0.0	. - .	37	91.7	80.1-96.8
Northeast NC II	50	2	3.3	0.7-13.7	4	5.8	2.0-15.7	44	90.9	79.7-96.2
Northeastern Partnership	92	7	4.8	2.0-11.1	4	4.1	1.4-11.2	81	91.1	83.2-95.5
Mountain AHEC	211	40	18.4	11.8-27.5	15	4.3	2.1- 8.6	156	77.3	67.8-84.6
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	335	34	5.4	3.3- 8.8	25	7.0	3.7-12.7	276	87.6	81.8-91.8
Piedmont	464	51	12.3	8.7-17.1	36	9.8	6.4-14.6	377	78.0	72.1-82.9
Western NC	326	56	16.8	11.6-23.8	24	4.8	2.8- 8.0	246	78.4	71.1-84.3

Total
Respond.^

Everyday

Some days

Not at all

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

1,125

141

11.4

9.0-14.4

8.1

5.9-11.0

899

80.5

76.7-83.8

RACE

White

965

127

12.0

9.3-15.4

7.8

5.5-11.1

770

80.1

76.0-83.7

African American

107

6.3

2.2-16.3

9.9

4.1-22.1

83.8

71.0-91.6

Asian

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

100

. - .

Native American

23.3

7.1-54.8

8.2

2.2-26.5

68.5

37.6-88.7

Other Minorities

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

100

. - .

HISPANIC

Hispanic

1.0

0.1- 7.7

0.0

. - .

99.0

92.3-99.9

-English Speaking

2.3

0.3-16.3

0.0

. - .

97.7

83.7-99.7

-Spanish Speaking

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

100

. - .

Non-Hispanic

1,105

140

11.7

9.2-14.8

8.3

6.0-11.3

880

80.0

76.2-83.4

AGE

18-24

6.2

2.0-17.5

14.9

5.2-35.8

78.9

59.5-90.5

25-34

208

14.1

8.9-21.6

9.1

4.8-16.5

155

76.9

67.8-84.0

35-44

249

15.2

9.6-23.4

9.0

5.1-15.2

191

75.8

67.2-82.8

45-54

189

9.3

5.1-16.4

2.6

0.8- 8.2

163

88.1

80.4-93.0

55-64

188

8.8

4.5-16.5

5.2

2.5-10.8

155

85.9

77.7-91.4

65-74

142

10.6

5.7-18.7

9.1

4.2-18.6

109

80.4

69.9-87.8

75+

7.9

2.3-24.1

9.3

3.4-23.0

82.8

67.0-92.0

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

221

13.5

7.9-21.9

11.1

6.2-18.9

167

75.5

65.7-83.2

H.S. or G.E.D.

356

14.9

10.2-21.3

5.5

3.0- 9.9

268

79.5

72.7-85.0

Some Post-H.S.

285

8.4

5.0-13.7

12.3

6.8-21.1

234

79.4

70.7-86.0

College Graduate

262

8.2

4.5-14.4

4.6

2.1- 9.6

229

87.3

80.3-92.0

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

108

9.3

4.3-18.9

15.0

5.4-35.6

75.6

58.1-87.4

$15,000- 24,999

198

10.3

5.3-19.2

9.3

5.0-16.6

159

80.4

70.7-87.5

$25,000- 34,999

152

17.1

9.5-28.7

3.8

1.3-10.4

123

79.1

67.4-87.4

$35,000- 49,999

173

7.5

4.0-13.6

4.6

2.1- 9.8

143

87.9

80.9-92.6

$50,000-74,999

150

14.1

8.1-23.2

7.8

3.3-17.2

120

78.2

67.6-86.0

$75,000+

142

9.1

4.0-19.4

9.7

4.9-18.4

113

81.2

70.2-88.8

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

23.1

14.0-35.6

5.3

2.0-13.6

71.6

58.8-81.6

Guilford

4.2

0.6-24.6

8.0

2.5-22.8

87.8

70.7-95.5

Mecklenburg

3.8

0.8-15.7

5.2

0.7-29.3

91.0

71.7-97.6

Orange

5.5

1.1-23.0

1.2

0.2- 8.0

93.3

77.5-98.3

Wake

13.9

6.0-29.2

13.8

4.5-35.4

72.2

53.2-85.6

Chatham/Lee

14.6

5.7-32.6

0.0

. - .

85.4

67.4-94.3

Nash/Wilson

11.8

3.6-32.9

26.2

6.5-64.3

62.0

32.1-84.9

Craven/Pamlico

12.8

5.2-28.4

1.1

0.1- 7.3

86.1

70.8-94.1

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

13.2

7.0-23.5

16.4

8.0-30.5

70.4

56.8-81.2

Appalachian/Wilkes

11.2

5.5-21.7

5.8

2.3-13.9

83.0

71.1-90.6

Franklin/Gran./Vance

7.4

2.0-24.0

6.7

2.3-18.2

85.9

70.3-94.0

Graham/Swain/Jackson

10.0

4.3-21.6

5.3

2.0-13.4

84.7

70.2-92.9

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

14.6

7.1-27.5

13.0

5.5-27.7

72.5

57.3-83.8

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

7.9

3.4-17.6

14.1

6.2-28.9

78.0

63.5-87.8

Northeast NC I

8.3

3.2-19.9

0.0

. - .

91.7

80.1-96.8

Northeast NC II

3.3

0.7-13.7

5.8

2.0-15.7

90.9

79.7-96.2

Northeastern Partnership

4.8

2.0-11.1

4.1

1.4-11.2

91.1

83.2-95.5

Mountain AHEC

211

18.4

11.8-27.5

4.3

2.1- 8.6

156

77.3

67.8-84.6

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

335

5.4

3.3- 8.8

7.0

3.7-12.7

276

87.6

81.8-91.8

Piedmont

464

12.3

8.7-17.1

9.8

6.4-14.6

377

78.0

72.1-82.9

Western NC

326

16.8

11.6-23.8

4.8

2.8- 8.0

246

78.4

71.1-84.3

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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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