2016 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 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 6,364 146 2.6 2.1- 3.1 93 1.5 1.2- 1.9 6,125 96.0 95.3-96.5
Region 5 687 *** *** *** *** *** *** 675 98.0 96.2-98.9
GENDER
Male 331 *** *** *** *** *** *** 322 97.1 93.9-98.6
Female 356 *** *** *** *** *** *** 353 98.8 96.2-99.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 432 *** *** *** *** *** *** 423 97.2 94.4-98.6
Non-Hispanic Black 158 *** *** *** *** *** *** 156 99.0 95.8-99.8
Other 94 *** *** *** *** *** *** 93 99.6 96.8-99.9
AGE
18-44 258 *** *** *** *** *** *** 254 98.4 95.0-99.5
45-64 226 *** *** *** *** *** *** 222 97.9 94.1-99.3
65+ 190 *** *** *** *** *** *** 187 97.7 92.2-99.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 215 *** *** *** *** *** *** 208 96.9 93.2-98.7
Some College + 472 *** *** *** *** *** *** 467 98.6 96.2-99.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 300 *** *** *** *** *** *** 294 97.8 94.4-99.1
$50,000+ 271 *** *** *** *** *** *** 266 97.9 94.7-99.2

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2016 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2016 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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