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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wayne 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
-Wayne County 387 13 4.9 2.2-10.6 12 4.1 1.6- 9.7 362 91.0 84.4-95.0
GENDER
Male 125 8 8.7 3.4-20.6 8 7.6 2.7-19.4 109 83.7 70.7-91.6
Female 262 5 1.6 0.6- 4.4 4 1.0 0.4- 2.7 253 97.4 94.6-98.8
RACE
White 238 11 7.6 3.2-16.8 8 5.9 2.1-15.4 219 86.5 76.1-92.8
Other 148 2 0.9 0.2- 4.3 4 1.3 0.5- 3.6 142 97.8 94.7-99.1
AGE
18-44 113 5 7.2 2.5-18.8 3 5.0 1.3-17.8 105 87.7 74.8-94.5
45+ 271 8 2.5 1.2- 5.3 9 3.1 1.5- 6.4 254 94.4 90.6-96.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 194 7 5.8 1.8-17.4 5 2.5 0.9- 6.7 182 91.7 81.5-96.5
Some College + 193 6 3.9 1.6- 9.1 7 5.8 1.7-18.1 180 90.3 79.8-95.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 218 7 5.2 1.4-17.5 10 7.1 2.6-18.0 201 87.6 75.3-94.2
$50,000+ 97 5 7.0 2.7-16.7 2 1.7 0.4- 7.6 90 91.3 81.6-96.1

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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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