BRFSS 2008 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (Do you use smokeless tobacco in situations where you can't smoke or where you would prefer not to smoke?*)

2008 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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	Total Respond.^	Often/Sometimes	Rarely/Never
North Carolina	587	73	14.8	10.2-21.0	514	85.2	79.0-89.8
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance	12	2	20.3	3.4-64.7	10	79.7	35.3-96.6
Buncombe	17	1	3.1	0.4-20.1	16	96.9	79.9-99.6
Cabarrus	11	2	29.3	7.4-68.3	9	70.7	31.7-92.6
Catawba	16	2	8.8	1.8-33.4	14	91.2	66.6-98.2
Cumberland	23	3	12.0	2.8-38.9	20	88.0	61.1-97.2
Davidson	15	0	0.0	. - .	15	100	. - .
Durham	11	1	19.4	2.9-66.4	10	80.6	33.6-97.1
Forsyth	10	2	13.9	2.9-46.5	8	86.1	53.5-97.1
Gaston	24	4	12.9	4.2-33.2	20	87.1	66.8-95.8
Guilford	12	3	47.7	10.9-87.1	9	52.3	12.9-89.1
Iredell	12	2	25.8	6.2-64.5	10	74.2	35.5-93.8
Johnston	20	1	1.3	0.2- 9.1	19	98.7	90.9-99.8
Mecklenburg	21	1	0.7	0.1- 5.3	20	99.3	94.7-99.9
New Hanover	5	0	0.0	. - .	5	100	. - .
Onslow	14	5	34.0	11.2-67.7	9	66.0	32.3-88.8
Orange	10	0	0.0	. - .	10	100	. - .
Pitt	7	0	0.0	. - .	7	100	. - .
Randolph	18	4	37.3	11.5-73.2	14	62.7	26.8-88.5
Robeson	15	1	2.7	0.4-17.9	14	97.3	82.1-99.6
Rowan	14	2	27.6	5.8-70.1	12	72.4	29.9-94.2
Union	12	1	18.8	2.8-64.8	11	81.2	35.2-97.2
Wake	11	0	0.0	. - .	11	100	. - .
Wayne	18	4	15.3	4.4-41.6	14	84.7	58.4-95.6
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC	179	22	17.3	8.8-31.2	157	82.7	68.8-91.2
Piedmont	249	28	12.9	6.9-22.6	221	87.1	77.4-93.1
Western NC	159	23	16.7	10.5-25.7	136	83.3	74.3-89.5
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC	101	13	16.0	8.6-28.0	88	84.0	72.0-91.4
Northwest	133	19	15.3	9.1-24.6	114	84.7	75.4-90.9
Charlotte	78	9	10.8	4.7-22.9	69	89.2	77.1-95.3
Greensboro	59	9	28.3	9.9-58.6	50	71.7	41.4-90.1
Southern Regional	64	5	16.7	4.4-46.5	59	83.3	53.5-95.6
Coastal	18	2	13.7	2.5-49.5	16	86.3	50.5-97.5
Wake	54	2	2.0	0.3-11.6	52	98.0	88.4-99.7
Area L	14	2	37.1	8.0-79.9	12	62.9	20.1-92.0
Eastern	66	12	15.4	6.9-30.9	54	84.6	69.1-93.1

Total
Respond.^

Often/Sometimes

Rarely/Never

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

587

14.8

10.2-21.0

514

85.2

79.0-89.8

COUNTY/REGIONS

Alamance

20.3

3.4-64.7

79.7

35.3-96.6

Buncombe

3.1

0.4-20.1

96.9

79.9-99.6

Cabarrus

29.3

7.4-68.3

70.7

31.7-92.6

Catawba

8.8

1.8-33.4

91.2

66.6-98.2

Cumberland

12.0

2.8-38.9

88.0

61.1-97.2

Davidson

0.0

. - .

100

. - .

Durham

19.4

2.9-66.4

80.6

33.6-97.1

Forsyth

13.9

2.9-46.5

86.1

53.5-97.1

Gaston

12.9

4.2-33.2

87.1

66.8-95.8

Guilford

47.7

10.9-87.1

52.3

12.9-89.1

Iredell

25.8

6.2-64.5

74.2

35.5-93.8

Johnston

1.3

0.2- 9.1

98.7

90.9-99.8

Mecklenburg

0.7

0.1- 5.3

99.3

94.7-99.9

New Hanover

0.0

. - .

100

. - .

Onslow

34.0

11.2-67.7

66.0

32.3-88.8

Orange

0.0

. - .

100

. - .

Pitt

0.0

. - .

100

. - .

Randolph

37.3

11.5-73.2

62.7

26.8-88.5

Robeson

2.7

0.4-17.9

97.3

82.1-99.6

Rowan

27.6

5.8-70.1

72.4

29.9-94.2

Union

18.8

2.8-64.8

81.2

35.2-97.2

Wake

0.0

. - .

100

. - .

Wayne

15.3

4.4-41.6

84.7

58.4-95.6

NC REGIONS

Eastern NC

179

17.3

8.8-31.2

157

82.7

68.8-91.2

Piedmont

249

12.9

6.9-22.6

221

87.1

77.4-93.1

Western NC

159

16.7

10.5-25.7

136

83.3

74.3-89.5

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)

Mountain AHEC

101

16.0

8.6-28.0

84.0

72.0-91.4

Northwest

133

15.3

9.1-24.6

114

84.7

75.4-90.9

Charlotte

10.8

4.7-22.9

89.2

77.1-95.3

Greensboro

28.3

9.9-58.6

71.7

41.4-90.1

Southern Regional

16.7

4.4-46.5

83.3

53.5-95.6

Coastal

13.7

2.5-49.5

86.3

50.5-97.5

Wake

2.0

0.3-11.6

98.0

88.4-99.7

Area L

37.1

8.0-79.9

62.9

20.1-92.0

Eastern

15.4

6.9-30.9

84.6

69.1-93.1

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*Asked only current smokers who reported ever trying smokeless tobacco.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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.

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