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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Tobacco Use

Do you currently use chewing tobacco or snuff every day, some days, or not at all?

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  Total
Respond.^
Every day Some days Not at all
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 13,272 312 2.3 1.9- 2.9 229 2.0 1.6- 2.5 12,731 95.7 95.0-96.3
-Mecklenburg County 617 4 0.6 0.2- 2.1 5 0.7 0.3- 2.0 608 98.6 97.1-99.4
GENDER
Male 232 3 1.3 0.3- 4.5 2 0.8 0.1- 3.7 227 98.0 94.6-99.3
Female 385 1 0.1 0.0- 0.5 3 0.7 0.2- 2.4 381 99.2 97.6-99.8
RACE
White 428 4 1.1 0.3- 3.6 3 0.8 0.2- 2.9 421 98.1 95.5-99.2
Other 178 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.6 0.1- 3.0 176 99.4 97.0-99.9
AGE
18-44 191 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.6 0.1- 3.9 190 99.4 96.1-99.9
45+ 418 4 1.3 0.4- 4.4 4 0.9 0.3- 2.6 410 97.8 94.9-99.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 149 3 2.0 0.5- 7.7 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6 145 97.8 92.4-99.4
Some College + 465 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 4 0.9 0.3- 2.7 460 98.9 97.2-99.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 232 1 1.0 0.1- 6.8 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4 230 98.8 93.9-99.8
$50,000+ 283 2 0.5 0.1- 2.1 3 1.3 0.4- 4.1 278 98.2 95.5-99.3

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^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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