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| Total Respond.^ |
Everyday | Some days | Not at all | |||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 2,613 | 323 | 11.0 | 9.4-12.9 | 218 | 10.0 | 8.3-12.0 | 2,072 | 79.0 | 76.5-81.2 |
| -Eastern NC | 929 | 102 | 10.1 | 7.9-12.9 | 82 | 10.0 | 7.3-13.7 | 745 | 79.8 | 75.8-83.3 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 601 | 57 | 9.7 | 7.1-13.2 | 51 | 10.9 | 7.6-15.6 | 493 | 79.3 | 74.2-83.6 |
| Female | 328 | 45 | 11.5 | 8.2-15.9 | 31 | 7.0 | 4.5-10.5 | 252 | 81.5 | 76.4-85.8 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 607 | 62 | 10.4 | 7.6-14.0 | 46 | 9.7 | 6.4-14.5 | 499 | 79.9 | 74.7-84.3 |
| African American | 237 | 32 | 11.0 | 7.1-16.6 | 26 | 12.4 | 7.7-19.2 | 179 | 76.6 | 69.1-82.8 |
| Other Minorities | 83 | 8 | 5.8 | 2.7-12.0 | 10 | 7.0 | 3.1-14.9 | 65 | 87.2 | 78.4-92.8 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 17 | 1 | 3.4 | 0.5-21.2 | 1 | 4.0 | 0.5-24.3 | 15 | 92.6 | 73.5-98.2 |
| Non-Hispanic | 911 | 101 | 10.3 | 8.0-13.2 | 81 | 10.2 | 7.4-13.9 | 729 | 79.5 | 75.3-83.1 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 29 | 2 | 4.4 | 1.0-16.9 | 3 | 14.4 | 3.8-41.5 | 24 | 81.2 | 56.5-93.5 |
| 25-34 | 89 | 9 | 14.8 | 7.4-27.3 | 7 | 9.9 | 4.4-20.9 | 73 | 75.3 | 62.3-84.9 |
| 35-44 | 169 | 16 | 9.2 | 5.3-15.7 | 7 | 4.4 | 2.0- 9.5 | 146 | 86.3 | 79.3-91.3 |
| 45-54 | 177 | 18 | 8.9 | 5.2-14.9 | 15 | 10.1 | 5.2-18.7 | 144 | 81.0 | 72.2-87.5 |
| 55-64 | 196 | 20 | 9.1 | 5.5-14.6 | 19 | 11.3 | 6.2-19.7 | 157 | 79.6 | 71.3-86.0 |
| 65-74 | 138 | 19 | 11.3 | 6.9-18.0 | 17 | 14.2 | 8.4-23.2 | 102 | 74.5 | 65.1-82.0 |
| 75+ | 128 | 18 | 15.2 | 8.9-24.8 | 14 | 12.7 | 6.8-22.7 | 96 | 72.0 | 61.1-80.8 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 227 | 38 | 14.1 | 9.7-20.1 | 29 | 16.7 | 10.4-25.8 | 160 | 69.2 | 60.4-76.7 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 289 | 41 | 13.6 | 9.3-19.6 | 25 | 9.0 | 5.3-14.9 | 223 | 77.4 | 70.2-83.3 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 204 | 12 | 6.8 | 3.2-13.7 | 11 | 7.2 | 2.4-19.7 | 181 | 86.0 | 75.0-92.7 |
| College Graduate | 208 | 11 | 5.7 | 3.0-10.6 | 16 | 9.7 | 5.4-16.9 | 181 | 84.6 | 77.1-90.0 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 149 | 22 | 12.5 | 7.4-20.3 | 21 | 11.8 | 7.2-18.8 | 106 | 75.7 | 66.6-82.9 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 155 | 15 | 8.8 | 4.7-16.0 | 17 | 17.8 | 7.9-35.4 | 123 | 73.3 | 58.2-84.4 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 111 | 13 | 12.8 | 6.4-23.9 | 8 | 8.8 | 3.7-19.4 | 90 | 78.4 | 66.3-87.1 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 123 | 8 | 6.4 | 2.8-13.9 | 14 | 15.1 | 7.9-26.9 | 101 | 78.5 | 66.7-87.0 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 117 | 12 | 10.9 | 5.5-20.4 | 4 | 4.1 | 1.4-11.7 | 101 | 85.0 | 74.8-91.5 |
| $75,000+ | 151 | 12 | 6.4 | 3.3-12.1 | 8 | 5.1 | 2.4-10.5 | 131 | 88.5 | 81.7-93.0 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 431 | 51 | 10.9 | 7.6-15.3 | 47 | 11.6 | 8.1-16.5 | 333 | 77.5 | 71.7-82.4 |
| No | 486 | 48 | 9.2 | 6.4-13.0 | 33 | 9.1 | 5.4-14.7 | 405 | 81.8 | 75.9-86.4 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 280 | 22 | 10.5 | 6.4-16.7 | 18 | 8.0 | 4.7-13.4 | 240 | 81.5 | 74.5-86.9 |
| Non-Veteran | 648 | 80 | 10.0 | 7.5-13.2 | 64 | 11.0 | 7.5-15.9 | 504 | 79.0 | 73.9-83.4 |
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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.
** 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.
***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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.
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