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

BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Western North Carolina**

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	Total Respond.^	Everyday	Some days	Not at all
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
-Western NC	441	77	16.1	11.5-22.0	31	5.0	3.1- 8.0	333	78.9	72.6-84.0
GENDER
Male	326	56	16.8	11.6-23.8	24	4.8	2.8- 8.0	246	78.4	71.1-84.3
Female	115	21	12.1	7.1-19.9	7	6.4	2.2-17.0	87	81.5	71.0-88.8
RACE
White	413	76	16.7	11.9-22.9	28	5.1	3.1- 8.3	309	78.1	71.6-83.5
African American	9	1	15.3	2.0-61.7	0	0.0	. - .	8	84.7	38.3-98.0
Other Minorities	18	0	0.0	. - .	3	4.7	0.9-21.7	15	95.3	78.3-99.1
AGE
18-24	31	3	15.8	3.9-46.8	1	3.8	0.5-22.9	27	80.3	52.1-93.9
25-34	80	18	21.9	10.5-40.2	4	2.1	0.6- 7.4	58	76.0	57.4-88.1
35-44	76	12	11.6	5.6-22.4	8	11.1	4.8-23.6	56	77.3	63.4-87.0
45-54	65	9	11.7	5.1-24.9	1	0.2	0.0- 1.3	55	88.1	75.0-94.8
55-64	64	9	18.1	7.2-38.8	8	8.9	3.5-20.7	47	73.0	53.9-86.2
65-74	73	14	16.7	8.7-29.5	6	6.1	1.8-19.1	53	77.2	63.0-87.0
75+	51	12	15.3	7.5-28.5	3	4.7	1.2-16.4	36	80.0	65.4-89.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	107	29	21.9	11.4-37.8	9	5.8	2.3-13.9	69	72.3	55.4-84.6
H.S. or G.E.D.	151	28	13.6	8.4-21.2	14	7.6	3.8-14.5	109	78.8	69.6-85.8
Some Post-H.S.	107	15	18.3	8.9-34.2	3	1.8	0.4- 7.2	89	79.8	64.4-89.7
College Graduate	74	5	6.8	2.3-18.8	5	2.5	0.9- 6.6	64	90.7	79.6-96.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	73	14	11.7	6.0-21.8	7	9.5	3.6-22.5	52	78.8	65.1-88.1
$15,000- 24,999	83	11	11.5	4.3-27.2	8	5.1	1.8-13.7	64	83.4	68.0-92.3
$25,000- 34,999	65	9	21.5	8.4-45.0	4	6.6	2.0-19.9	52	71.9	50.1-86.7
$35,000- 49,999	54	8	8.2	3.7-17.2	3	4.5	1.0-18.3	43	87.2	75.1-93.9
$50,000-74,999	46	11	31.2	16.4-51.2	1	1.8	0.3-12.2	34	67.0	47.2-82.1
$75,000+	29	3	6.0	1.6-19.9	2	2.8	0.6-12.9	24	91.2	77.2-97.0
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
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
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

Total
Respond.^

Everyday

Some days

Not at all

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

-Western NC

441

16.1

11.5-22.0

5.0

3.1- 8.0

333

78.9

72.6-84.0

GENDER

Male

326

16.8

11.6-23.8

4.8

2.8- 8.0

246

78.4

71.1-84.3

Female

115

12.1

7.1-19.9

6.4

2.2-17.0

81.5

71.0-88.8

RACE

White

413

16.7

11.9-22.9

5.1

3.1- 8.3

309

78.1

71.6-83.5

African American

15.3

2.0-61.7

0.0

. - .

84.7

38.3-98.0

Other Minorities

0.0

. - .

4.7

0.9-21.7

95.3

78.3-99.1

AGE

18-24

15.8

3.9-46.8

3.8

0.5-22.9

80.3

52.1-93.9

25-34

21.9

10.5-40.2

2.1

0.6- 7.4

76.0

57.4-88.1

35-44

11.6

5.6-22.4

11.1

4.8-23.6

77.3

63.4-87.0

45-54

11.7

5.1-24.9

0.2

0.0- 1.3

88.1

75.0-94.8

55-64

18.1

7.2-38.8

8.9

3.5-20.7

73.0

53.9-86.2

65-74

16.7

8.7-29.5

6.1

1.8-19.1

77.2

63.0-87.0

75+

15.3

7.5-28.5

4.7

1.2-16.4

80.0

65.4-89.5

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

107

21.9

11.4-37.8

5.8

2.3-13.9

72.3

55.4-84.6

H.S. or G.E.D.

151

13.6

8.4-21.2

7.6

3.8-14.5

109

78.8

69.6-85.8

Some Post-H.S.

107

18.3

8.9-34.2

1.8

0.4- 7.2

79.8

64.4-89.7

College Graduate

6.8

2.3-18.8

2.5

0.9- 6.6

90.7

79.6-96.1

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

11.7

6.0-21.8

9.5

3.6-22.5

78.8

65.1-88.1

$15,000- 24,999

11.5

4.3-27.2

5.1

1.8-13.7

83.4

68.0-92.3

$25,000- 34,999

21.5

8.4-45.0

6.6

2.0-19.9

71.9

50.1-86.7

$35,000- 49,999

8.2

3.7-17.2

4.5

1.0-18.3

87.2

75.1-93.9

$50,000-74,999

31.2

16.4-51.2

1.8

0.3-12.2

67.0

47.2-82.1

$75,000+

6.0

1.6-19.9

2.8

0.6-12.9

91.2

77.2-97.0

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

21.2

12.8-32.9

4.9

1.8-12.5

73.9

62.0-83.2

Guilford

5.1

1.3-17.2

5.9

1.8-17.3

89.0

76.2-95.4

Mecklenburg

6.3

2.1-17.2

4.4

0.6-25.2

89.4

73.7-96.2

Orange

4.6

0.9-19.8

4.3

0.9-18.3

91.1

76.0-97.0

Wake

14.3

6.5-28.4

13.2

4.5-33.2

72.5

54.8-85.2

Chatham/Lee

12.1

4.8-27.4

0.0

. - .

87.9

72.6-95.2

Nash/Wilson

11.0

4.4-24.9

16.6

3.9-49.5

72.4

47.6-88.4

Craven/Pamlico

14.5

7.1-27.5

0.8

0.1- 5.5

84.7

71.8-92.3

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

100

17.5

10.9-26.7

14.8

7.8-26.3

67.7

56.3-77.3

Appalachian/Wilkes

12.0

6.5-20.9

5.4

2.3-12.2

82.6

72.5-89.6

Franklin/Gran./Vance

9.4

3.5-22.7

7.0

2.7-17.1

83.6

70.0-91.7

Graham/Swain/Jackson

12.6

6.2-23.9

5.7

2.5-12.6

81.7

67.9-90.5

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

118

12.7

7.2-21.4

12.1

6.4-21.7

75.2

64.7-83.4

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

13.1

7.9-20.9

10.5

5.1-20.4

76.4

66.2-84.3

Northeast NC I

9.4

4.1-20.1

5.9

2.3-14.4

84.6

73.3-91.7

Northeast NC II

7.1

3.2-15.2

4.6

1.6-12.5

88.3

78.9-93.9

Northeastern Partnership

151

7.9

4.4-13.8

5.1

2.4-10.2

128

87.0

80.2-91.7

Mountain AHEC

272

17.0

11.2-24.9

5.2

2.8- 9.3

203

77.8

69.5-84.4

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

579

6.8

4.8- 9.5

7.1

4.3-11.6

471

86.1

81.3-89.7

Piedmont

617

12.4

9.2-16.6

8.5

5.7-12.6

504

79.1

74.0-83.4

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available for Western North Carolina**. 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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