2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 Demographics

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 6,529 143 2.6 2.1- 3.2 123 2.3 1.8- 2.8 6,263 95.1 94.4-95.8
Region 6 498 7 1.7 0.8- 3.8 10 2.6 1.3- 5.2 481 95.6 92.7-97.4
GENDER
Male 217 *** *** *** *** *** *** 202 91.8 86.1-95.3
Female 281 *** *** *** *** *** *** 279 99.3 97.1-99.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 279 *** *** *** *** *** *** 268 95.4 91.5-97.6
Non-Hispanic Black 143 *** *** *** *** *** *** 139 97.0 91.3-99.0
Other 69 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 182 *** *** *** *** *** *** 175 95.1 89.6-97.8
44-64 190 *** *** *** *** *** *** 183 95.4 90.1-97.9
65+ 121 *** *** *** *** *** *** 118 97.2 91.5-99.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 202 *** *** *** *** *** *** 193 94.7 89.8-97.4
Some College + 295 *** *** *** *** *** *** 287 96.3 92.0-98.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 229 *** *** *** *** *** *** 224 96.6 91.4-98.7
$50,000+ 164 *** *** *** *** *** *** 155 92.9 86.2-96.5

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2015 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2015 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^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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