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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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.
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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
-Piedmont NC 2,861 70 4.0 2.6- 6.0 754 29.6 26.8-32.6 2,037 66.4 63.3-69.4
GENDER
Male 1,087 44 6.8 4.2-11.0 369 34.8 30.3-39.6 674 58.4 53.4-63.2
Female 1,774 26 1.4 0.8- 2.4 385 24.9 21.6-28.6 1,363 73.7 70.0-77.0
RACE
White 2,333 59 4.9 3.1- 7.7 648 32.3 29.1-35.6 1,626 62.8 59.3-66.2
African American 381 7 1.7 0.6- 4.8 71 21.3 16.2-27.5 303 77.0 70.7-82.3
Other Minorities 131 3 1.4 0.3- 5.5 30 24.2 14.0-38.4 98 74.4 60.3-84.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 92 3 1.6 0.4- 6.2 22 27.2 14.8-44.6 67 71.1 54.0-83.8
Non-Hispanic 2,761 67 4.2 2.7- 6.4 732 29.9 27.1-32.8 1,962 65.9 62.8-68.9
AGE
18-24 78 8 12.3 4.8-27.7 28 33.9 22.5-47.7 42 53.8 39.7-67.3
25-34 253 10 4.9 2.3-10.0 95 40.6 32.4-49.4 148 54.5 45.9-62.8
35-44 444 15 4.4 2.2- 8.6 112 25.5 20.3-31.6 317 70.1 63.8-75.7
45-54 551 14 1.9 1.1- 3.4 137 24.9 20.2-30.4 400 73.2 67.7-78.0
55-64 620 4 0.6 0.2- 1.8 179 31.9 27.0-37.3 437 67.4 62.1-72.4
65+ 886 19 2.1 1.1- 4.1 200 22.6 19.0-26.6 667 75.3 71.1-79.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 331 8 6.4 1.4-24.5 65 24.5 16.2-35.3 258 69.1 56.7-79.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 773 19 3.7 2.0- 6.8 196 31.1 25.5-37.4 558 65.1 58.9-70.9
Some Post-H.S. 681 18 5.4 2.8-10.0 178 27.1 22.1-32.9 485 67.5 61.4-73.1
College Graduate 1,073 25 2.4 1.4- 3.9 314 32.0 27.9-36.4 734 65.6 61.2-69.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 264 8 2.4 1.1- 5.1 50 23.5 14.0-36.7 206 74.1 61.2-83.8
$15,000- 24,999 429 5 2.2 0.7- 6.3 110 34.7 26.4-44.0 314 63.1 53.9-71.5
$25,000- 34,999 257 6 2.0 0.7- 5.6 60 30.2 21.6-40.5 191 67.8 57.5-76.5
$35,000- 49,999 328 10 3.3 1.6- 6.8 79 20.8 15.3-27.5 239 75.9 68.9-81.8
$50,000-74,999 428 10 3.0 1.1- 8.0 115 31.5 24.7-39.2 303 65.5 57.7-72.5
$75,000+ 758 25 7.7 4.1-14.2 257 32.8 28.2-37.8 476 59.5 53.9-64.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 946 23 3.1 1.7- 5.4 221 25.3 20.9-30.3 702 71.6 66.5-76.2
No 1,899 46 4.4 2.6- 7.2 530 31.3 27.9-35.0 1,323 64.3 60.5-68.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 369 13 2.6 1.3- 5.1 104 29.9 23.5-37.3 252 67.5 60.1-74.1
Non-Veteran 2,489 57 4.2 2.7- 6.5 648 29.2 26.2-32.4 1,784 66.6 63.3-69.8

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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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