BRFSS 2004 - North Carolina: (Have you ever used or tried any smokeless tobacco products such as chewing tobacco or snuff?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
TOTAL	14,808	2,331	17.5	16.8-18.4	12,477	82.5	81.6-83.2
Have Health Insurance
Yes	12,608	1,947	17.5	16.7-18.4	10,661	82.5	81.6-83.3
No	2,179	378	17.5	15.5-19.6	1,801	82.5	80.4-84.5
Body Mass Index
Underweight	240	13	4.8	2.4- 9.3	227	95.2	90.7-97.6
Recommended Range	5,027	628	14.3	13.0-15.6	4,399	85.7	84.4-87.0
Overweight	5,110	949	20.5	19.1-21.9	4,161	79.5	78.1-80.9
Obese	3,638	672	20.6	19.0-22.4	2,966	79.4	77.6-81.0
Current Smoker
No	11,490	1,628	15.4	14.6-16.3	9,862	84.6	83.7-85.4
Yes	3,272	691	24.8	22.9-26.8	2,581	75.2	73.2-77.1
Binge Drinker
No	13,570	1,918	15.5	14.7-16.3	11,652	84.5	83.7-85.3
Yes	1,046	370	38.9	35.2-42.7	676	61.1	57.3-64.8
Heavy Drinker
No	14,215	2,188	17.2	16.4-18.0	12,027	82.8	82.0-83.6
Yes	465	111	25.8	21.0-31.2	354	74.2	68.8-79.0
Fair/Poor Health Status
Yes	3,155	586	20.7	18.8-22.6	2,569	79.3	77.4-81.2
No	11,601	1,740	16.8	16.0-17.7	9,861	83.2	82.3-84.0
Current Asthma
Yes	1,175	170	16.6	13.9-19.7	1,005	83.4	80.3-86.1
No	13,549	2,138	17.6	16.7-18.4	11,411	82.4	81.6-83.3
Diabetes
Yes	1,541	283	20.1	17.6-22.8	1,258	79.9	77.2-82.4
Yes, During Pregnancy	136	7	5.0	2.2-10.8	129	95.0	89.2-97.8
No	12,951	2,011	17.4	16.6-18.3	10,940	82.6	81.7-83.4
No, Bordeline Diabetes	174	30	15.9	10.5-23.3	144	84.1	76.7-89.5

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^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.

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
TOTAL	14,808	2,331	17.5	16.8-18.4	12,477	82.5	81.6-83.2
Have Health Insurance
Yes	12,608	1,947	17.5	16.7-18.4	10,661	82.5	81.6-83.3
No	2,179	378	17.5	15.5-19.6	1,801	82.5	80.4-84.5
Body Mass Index
Underweight	240	13	4.8	2.4- 9.3	227	95.2	90.7-97.6
Recommended Range	5,027	628	14.3	13.0-15.6	4,399	85.7	84.4-87.0
Overweight	5,110	949	20.5	19.1-21.9	4,161	79.5	78.1-80.9
Obese	3,638	672	20.6	19.0-22.4	2,966	79.4	77.6-81.0
Current Smoker
No	11,490	1,628	15.4	14.6-16.3	9,862	84.6	83.7-85.4
Yes	3,272	691	24.8	22.9-26.8	2,581	75.2	73.2-77.1
Binge Drinker
No	13,570	1,918	15.5	14.7-16.3	11,652	84.5	83.7-85.3
Yes	1,046	370	38.9	35.2-42.7	676	61.1	57.3-64.8
Heavy Drinker
No	14,215	2,188	17.2	16.4-18.0	12,027	82.8	82.0-83.6
Yes	465	111	25.8	21.0-31.2	354	74.2	68.8-79.0
Fair/Poor Health Status
Yes	3,155	586	20.7	18.8-22.6	2,569	79.3	77.4-81.2
No	11,601	1,740	16.8	16.0-17.7	9,861	83.2	82.3-84.0
Current Asthma
Yes	1,175	170	16.6	13.9-19.7	1,005	83.4	80.3-86.1
No	13,549	2,138	17.6	16.7-18.4	11,411	82.4	81.6-83.3
Diabetes
Yes	1,541	283	20.1	17.6-22.8	1,258	79.9	77.2-82.4
Yes, During Pregnancy	136	7	5.0	2.2-10.8	129	95.0	89.2-97.8
No	12,951	2,011	17.4	16.6-18.3	10,940	82.6	81.7-83.4
No, Bordeline Diabetes	174	30	15.9	10.5-23.3	144	84.1	76.7-89.5