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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan 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
-Rowan County 187 4 2.9 0.9- 8.7 44 25.5 17.0-36.5 139 71.6 60.6-80.6
GENDER
Male 73 4 6.0 1.9-17.7 21 29.7 16.4-47.7 48 64.3 46.5-78.9
Female 114 0 0.0 . - . 23 21.7 12.0-36.0 91 78.3 64.0-88.0
RACE
White 165 3 3.0 0.8-10.8 41 27.2 18.7-37.7 121 69.9 59.2-78.7
Other 22 1 2.4 0.3-16.6 3 20.0 4.1-59.4 18 77.6 40.2-94.7
AGE
18-44 44 2 4.2 0.9-17.5 11 27.8 13.3-49.0 31 68.1 47.3-83.5
45+ 141 2 1.6 0.4- 6.4 33 23.9 16.8-32.9 106 74.5 65.4-81.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 103 1 2.5 0.4-15.9 25 28.7 16.2-45.5 77 68.8 52.0-81.8
Some College + 84 3 3.3 1.0-10.1 19 21.0 12.6-32.9 62 75.6 63.5-84.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 101 2 4.2 0.9-17.2 23 25.1 14.2-40.4 76 70.7 55.4-82.4
$50,000+ 55 2 2.7 0.7-10.4 12 19.2 10.2-33.2 41 78.1 63.9-87.8

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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.

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