2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 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 4,746 111 2.2 1.7- 2.8 84 2.2 1.6- 2.9 4,551 95.6 94.7-96.4
Region 1 & 2 792 32 4.5 2.8- 7.2 17 3.1 1.7- 5.6 743 92.4 89.2-94.7
GENDER
Male 348 30 9.2 5.7-14.4 12 4.4 2.2- 8.6 306 86.4 80.5-90.8
Female 444 *** *** *** *** *** *** 437 97.9 94.0-99.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 701 31 5.0 3.1- 7.9 15 3.1 1.6- 5.9 655 91.9 88.3-94.5
Non-Hispanic Black 28 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 63 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 195 11 4.9 2.4- 9.9 *** *** *** 175 91.0 84.9-94.7
45-64 270 13 4.9 2.1-11.2 *** *** *** 251 91.1 83.8-95.3
65+ 319 *** *** *** *** *** *** 309 95.6 90.9-97.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 277 16 6.8 3.7-12.3 *** *** *** 253 89.1 82.7-93.3
Some College + 513 16 2.6 1.4- 4.8 *** *** *** 488 95.2 92.1-97.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 378 21 6.5 3.6-11.3 *** *** *** 348 89.9 84.1-93.7
$50,000+ 273 *** *** *** *** *** *** 256 93.5 88.2-96.5

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2017 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2017 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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