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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 369 11 4.7 2.1- 9.8 7 1.7 0.7- 3.9 351 93.6 88.6-96.5
GENDER
Male 118 9 10.0 4.3-21.8 3 2.5 0.8- 7.6 106 87.5 76.2-93.9
Female 251 2 1.2 0.3- 4.8 4 1.2 0.4- 3.9 245 97.6 94.1-99.1
RACE
White 319 10 4.0 2.0- 7.8 6 1.9 0.7- 4.5 303 94.2 90.1-96.6
Other 49 1 7.7 1.1-38.1 1 1.2 0.2- 8.3 47 91.1 63.8-98.4
AGE
18-44 145 7 7.1 3.0-15.9 2 1.4 0.3- 5.5 136 91.6 82.9-96.0
45+ 221 4 1.4 0.5- 4.0 5 2.2 0.8- 5.6 212 96.5 92.8-98.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 133 9 9.0 4.5-17.2 5 3.8 1.4- 9.6 119 87.3 78.6-92.8
Some College + 235 2 2.4 0.4-13.8 2 0.6 0.1- 3.0 231 97.0 87.5-99.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 142 6 5.5 2.1-13.4 3 2.2 0.6- 7.3 133 92.3 84.4-96.4
$50,000+ 179 4 4.9 1.5-15.2 2 1.4 0.3- 5.5 173 93.7 84.2-97.7

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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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