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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Other Tobacco Products-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,637 94 4.7 3.6- 6.0 2,543 95.3 94.0-96.4
GENDER
Male 863 69 8.9 6.7-11.7 794 91.1 88.3-93.3
Female 1,774 25 1.5 0.9- 2.4 1,749 98.5 97.6-99.1
AGE
18-24 171 12 13.0 6.7-23.7 159 87.0 76.3-93.3
25-34 455 23 6.3 3.9- 9.9 432 93.7 90.1-96.1
35-44 514 18 2.9 1.7- 4.8 496 97.1 95.2-98.3
45-54 513 12 2.9 1.5- 5.5 501 97.1 94.5-98.5
55-64 422 15 5.1 2.8- 9.2 407 94.9 90.8-97.2
65-74 327 9 3.3 1.4- 7.5 318 96.7 92.5-98.6
75+ 219 5 2.8 1.1- 7.2 214 97.2 92.8-98.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 598 25 6.1 3.7- 9.9 573 93.9 90.1-96.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 895 31 4.6 2.9- 7.1 864 95.4 92.9-97.1
Some Post-H.S. 650 28 5.3 3.4- 8.3 622 94.7 91.7-96.6
College Graduate 488 10 2.6 1.2- 5.4 478 97.4 94.6-98.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 527 20 5.5 3.3- 9.1 507 94.5 90.9-96.7
$15,000- 24,999 601 16 3.5 2.0- 6.1 585 96.5 93.9-98.0
$25,000- 34,999 339 8 2.3 1.0- 5.5 331 97.7 94.5-99.0
$35,000- 49,999 298 10 5.0 2.5- 9.8 288 95.0 90.2-97.5
$50,000-74,999 187 7 3.2 1.4- 7.0 180 96.8 93.0-98.6
$75,000+ 143 8 7.8 3.6-16.0 135 92.2 84.0-96.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 950 36 4.9 3.2- 7.6 914 95.1 92.4-96.8
No 1,634 54 4.5 3.3- 6.2 1,580 95.5 93.8-96.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 306 15 4.5 2.5- 8.0 291 95.5 92.0-97.5
Non-Veteran 2,294 73 4.4 3.3- 5.9 2,221 95.6 94.1-96.7
Currently Serving 37 6 21.6 9.3-42.7 31 78.4 57.3-90.7

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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 (MAHEC): 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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