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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

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Snus is a moist, smokeless tobacco, usually sold in small pouches, that is placed under the lip against the gum.
Have you heard of snus before today?*

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  Total
Respond.^
(Yes)Used snus past 6 months (Yes)Not used snus past 6 months (No)Not heard of snus
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,519 135 3.7 2.8- 5.0 1,484 30.4 28.3-32.6 3,900 65.9 63.6-68.1
-Eastern NC 1,473 24 2.0 1.1- 3.6 412 32.7 28.5-37.2 1,037 65.3 60.7-69.6
GENDER
Male 559 14 3.4 1.7- 6.6 206 41.1 34.0-48.7 339 55.5 48.0-62.7
Female 914 10 0.7 0.3- 1.4 206 24.4 20.1-29.2 698 75.0 70.1-79.3
RACE
White 1,036 17 1.8 1.0- 3.4 316 37.2 32.1-42.7 703 61.0 55.5-66.1
African American 292 4 1.0 0.3- 3.5 65 25.5 17.6-35.4 223 73.5 63.6-81.4
Other Minorities 139 3 4.7 1.1-17.8 28 20.6 11.1-35.0 108 74.7 59.6-85.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 66 4 8.2 2.3-25.2 14 22.5 10.2-42.6 48 69.3 48.8-84.2
Non-Hispanic 1,404 20 1.4 0.8- 2.5 398 33.8 29.4-38.4 986 64.8 60.2-69.2
AGE
18-24 53 4 5.5 1.8-16.1 25 41.6 23.4-62.4 24 52.9 32.4-72.4
25-34 159 5 2.6 1.0- 6.6 61 43.0 31.1-55.7 93 54.4 41.8-66.5
35-44 225 8 3.9 1.1-12.4 83 36.0 26.1-47.2 134 60.1 48.8-70.5
45-54 272 4 0.5 0.2- 1.5 65 29.1 21.6-37.9 203 70.4 61.6-77.9
55-64 319 2 0.3 0.1- 1.1 86 27.3 20.8-35.0 231 72.4 64.8-78.9
65+ 433 1 0.7 0.1- 5.1 90 20.7 15.4-27.2 342 78.6 72.0-83.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 199 4 5.1 1.6-15.4 35 15.5 8.3-27.3 160 79.4 66.7-88.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 438 4 0.6 0.2- 1.8 111 35.8 27.1-45.5 323 63.6 54.0-72.3
Some Post-H.S. 419 8 1.7 0.6- 4.3 122 36.0 28.4-44.4 289 62.3 54.0-70.0
College Graduate 415 8 2.0 0.9- 4.6 144 36.3 29.6-43.7 263 61.6 54.3-68.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 198 3 4.0 0.8-17.0 41 28.3 18.1-41.5 154 67.7 54.3-78.6
$15,000- 24,999 256 6 3.0 1.1- 8.5 55 21.9 14.7-31.2 195 75.1 65.2-82.9
$25,000- 34,999 139 0 0.0 . - . 38 48.0 31.7-64.8 101 52.0 35.2-68.3
$35,000- 49,999 206 2 1.7 0.3- 9.1 60 27.6 19.7-37.2 144 70.7 60.9-78.9
$50,000-74,999 215 5 1.5 0.5- 4.7 76 38.5 27.9-50.4 134 59.9 48.2-70.6
$75,000+ 284 3 1.7 0.6- 5.4 105 37.2 29.0-46.3 176 61.0 51.9-69.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 555 8 1.6 0.6- 4.0 133 28.9 22.4-36.5 414 69.5 61.9-76.2
No 906 14 1.6 0.8- 3.0 275 34.6 29.2-40.3 617 63.8 58.1-69.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 262 5 3.6 1.3- 9.5 98 44.7 35.0-54.7 159 51.7 41.9-61.4
Non-Veteran 1,211 19 1.7 0.8- 3.4 314 30.2 25.6-35.2 878 68.1 63.1-72.8

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*Asked of all respondents regardless of smoking status.

^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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