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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Iredell County

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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
-Iredell County 183 5 5.1 1.8-13.4 60 32.8 23.7-43.5 118 62.1 51.0-72.1
GENDER
Male 72 5 10.3 3.7-25.6 37 43.2 27.4-60.4 30 46.5 28.8-65.2
Female 111 0 0.0 . - . 23 22.6 12.5-37.5 88 77.4 62.5-87.5
RACE
White 158 5 6.1 2.2-15.8 56 35.0 24.6-47.0 97 58.9 46.4-70.4
Other 25 0 0.0 . - . 4 21.7 7.5-48.9 21 78.3 51.1-92.5
AGE
18-44 54 2 5.7 1.4-20.8 17 29.6 16.7-46.8 35 64.8 47.0-79.2
45+ 129 3 4.3 1.2-14.3 43 37.4 28.4-47.3 83 58.3 48.3-67.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 83 3 7.4 1.9-24.5 29 38.4 24.1-55.0 51 54.2 37.8-69.7
Some College + 100 2 3.1 0.7-11.9 31 27.9 17.9-40.8 67 69.0 55.5-79.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 88 3 9.4 2.9-26.4 22 21.5 12.2-34.9 63 69.2 52.6-81.9
$50,000+ 65 1 1.8 0.2-11.7 29 46.8 31.4-62.8 35 51.4 35.6-67.0

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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.

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