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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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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
-Western NC 1,185 41 6.1 4.0- 9.0 318 29.3 25.6-33.2 826 64.7 60.5-68.6
GENDER
Male 459 25 10.2 6.3-16.0 152 32.0 26.4-38.2 282 57.8 51.0-64.3
Female 726 16 2.4 1.2- 4.7 166 26.8 22.3-31.9 544 70.8 65.6-75.5
RACE
White 1,079 37 5.6 3.6- 8.6 290 29.0 25.3-33.0 752 65.4 61.1-69.5
African American 37 2 16.4 3.7-49.7 5 26.2 10.0-53.2 30 57.4 33.2-78.4
Other Minorities 65 2 6.2 1.4-24.0 21 36.4 20.1-56.5 42 57.4 38.3-74.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 22 0 0.0 . - . 6 35.8 11.6-70.4 16 64.2 29.6-88.4
Non-Hispanic 1,161 41 6.2 4.1- 9.2 312 29.1 25.5-33.1 808 64.7 60.5-68.7
AGE
18-24 44 4 12.3 4.4-30.2 24 54.1 37.9-69.4 16 33.6 20.5-49.9
25-34 81 7 12.2 5.2-26.0 30 31.7 20.6-45.4 44 56.1 41.1-70.1
35-44 132 8 5.4 2.5-11.4 36 30.1 21.0-41.0 88 64.5 53.4-74.2
45-54 194 7 4.2 1.9- 9.3 56 25.7 19.3-33.4 131 70.1 62.0-77.0
55-64 282 3 1.3 0.4- 3.9 60 19.5 14.8-25.2 219 79.3 73.4-84.1
65+ 442 11 3.8 1.5- 9.2 109 24.1 19.8-29.1 322 72.1 66.5-77.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 155 4 4.5 1.1-16.7 37 34.1 23.6-46.4 114 61.4 49.1-72.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 381 13 6.6 3.2-12.9 101 29.4 23.3-36.2 267 64.1 56.8-70.7
Some Post-H.S. 304 12 6.5 3.2-12.7 84 28.4 21.9-36.0 208 65.1 57.1-72.4
College Graduate 342 12 5.8 2.5-12.8 95 27.1 20.8-34.3 235 67.1 59.0-74.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 157 6 11.8 4.0-30.3 34 23.6 14.2-36.7 117 64.5 50.1-76.7
$15,000- 24,999 226 11 5.1 2.5-10.1 54 26.7 18.8-36.4 161 68.2 58.5-76.6
$25,000- 34,999 142 3 2.8 0.6-11.8 47 37.6 27.9-48.4 92 59.6 48.8-69.5
$35,000- 49,999 158 4 6.7 2.3-18.0 44 27.3 19.1-37.4 110 66.0 55.2-75.4
$50,000-74,999 159 2 1.9 0.4- 9.3 51 34.7 24.1-46.9 106 63.5 51.0-74.4
$75,000+ 165 13 11.8 5.9-22.1 45 26.8 19.3-35.9 107 61.5 51.4-70.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 448 17 6.5 3.5-11.7 108 25.5 20.3-31.6 323 68.0 61.5-73.8
No 729 24 5.9 3.5- 9.9 207 30.9 26.2-35.9 498 63.2 57.9-68.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 169 7 8.7 4.0-18.1 46 25.7 19.0-33.8 116 65.5 56.3-73.7
Non-Veteran 1,013 34 5.7 3.6- 9.0 269 29.4 25.5-33.7 710 64.8 60.2-69.1

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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.

Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
**Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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