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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan 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
-Rowan County 437 13 4.7 2.2- 9.6 5 2.1 0.6- 7.4 419 93.2 87.5-96.4
GENDER
Male 158 9 9.2 4.0-19.8 3 1.3 0.4- 4.2 146 89.5 79.3-95.0
Female 279 4 1.1 0.3- 3.4 2 2.7 0.5-13.9 273 96.2 87.3-98.9
RACE
White 384 11 4.9 2.1-11.0 5 2.6 0.7- 9.0 368 92.5 85.6-96.3
Other 51 2 3.9 0.9-15.3 0 0.0 . - . 49 96.1 84.7-99.1
AGE
18-44 104 5 6.9 2.4-18.0 2 3.3 0.6-16.4 97 89.8 77.5-95.8
45+ 330 8 2.7 1.3- 5.8 3 1.1 0.3- 3.5 319 96.1 92.8-98.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 217 9 4.7 2.1- 9.9 4 3.8 0.9-14.0 204 91.6 83.1-96.0
Some College + 220 4 4.7 1.3-15.8 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7 215 94.9 84.3-98.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 222 10 7.7 3.1-17.7 4 4.1 1.0-15.0 208 88.2 77.1-94.4
$50,000+ 130 2 2.6 0.6-10.3 1 0.6 0.1- 4.3 127 96.7 89.6-99.0

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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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