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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake 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
-Wake County 605 5 0.9 0.3- 2.2 5 0.7 0.3- 2.0 595 98.4 96.9-99.2
GENDER
Male 232 4 1.5 0.6- 4.2 4 1.2 0.4- 3.7 224 97.2 94.2-98.7
Female 373 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 371 99.6 98.2-99.9
RACE
White 462 3 0.8 0.3- 2.7 5 1.1 0.4- 2.9 454 98.1 96.0-99.1
Other 138 2 1.0 0.2- 4.3 0 0.0 . - . 136 99.0 95.7-99.8
AGE
18-44 221 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8 2 0.7 0.2- 3.2 218 98.9 96.4-99.6
45+ 375 4 1.6 0.6- 4.4 3 0.8 0.2- 2.4 368 97.7 94.9-98.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 130 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0 129 99.6 97.0-99.9
Some College + 475 5 1.2 0.5- 2.9 4 0.9 0.3- 2.5 466 98.0 95.9-99.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 176 2 0.8 0.2- 3.1 3 2.0 0.6- 6.8 171 97.2 92.7-99.0
$50,000+ 341 3 1.1 0.4- 3.5 2 0.3 0.1- 1.4 336 98.5 96.3-99.4

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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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