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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County 413 2 1.8 0.3- 9.9 3 0.7 0.2- 2.5 408 97.5 91.0-99.3
GENDER
Male 162 2 3.7 0.6-18.8 2 0.9 0.2- 4.5 158 95.4 82.4-98.9
Female 251 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.6 0.1- 3.9 250 99.4 96.1-99.9
RACE
White 351 1 2.0 0.3-12.7 2 0.8 0.2- 3.1 348 97.2 89.0-99.4
Other 60 1 1.1 0.1- 7.4 1 0.5 0.1- 3.5 58 98.4 93.2-99.7
AGE
18-44 88 1 3.5 0.5-20.6 1 0.7 0.1- 5.2 86 95.8 81.0-99.2
45+ 318 1 0.4 0.1- 2.5 2 0.7 0.1- 3.4 315 98.9 96.4-99.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 129 2 5.6 1.0-26.4 2 1.3 0.3- 6.7 125 93.0 75.0-98.3
Some College + 284 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9 283 99.6 97.1-99.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 172 2 5.0 0.9-24.1 2 1.2 0.2- 6.0 168 93.8 77.3-98.5
$50,000+ 177 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 177 100 . - .

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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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