2018 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 4,590 112 2.8 2.3- 3.5 83 1.9 1.4- 2.5 4,395 95.3 94.4-96.0
Region 1 & 2 749 24 4.9 3.0- 8.0 16 1.9 0.9- 3.7 709 93.2 89.9-95.5
GENDER
Male 349 22 8.9 5.2-14.6 13 3.1 1.5- 6.6 314 88.0 82.0-92.2
Female 400 *** *** *** *** *** *** 395 98.2 94.6-99.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 648 22 5.0 3.0- 8.4 15 2.1 1.0- 4.1 611 92.9 89.4-95.4
Non-Hispanic Black 29 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 72 *** *** *** *** *** *** 70 98.5 94.0-99.6
AGE
18-44 191 *** *** *** *** *** *** 178 93.3 87.0-96.6
45-64 257 11 6.1 3.0-11.9 *** *** *** 241 92.1 86.0-95.7
65+ 285 *** *** *** *** *** *** 274 93.9 86.0-97.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 263 16 7.7 4.1-14.1 *** *** *** 243 90.8 84.4-94.8
Some Post-H.S. 224 *** *** *** *** *** *** 213 93.7 87.5-96.9
College Graduate 262 *** *** *** *** *** *** 253 96.7 91.2-98.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 333 *** *** *** *** *** *** 316 93.5 87.7-96.6
$50,000+ 257 *** *** *** *** *** *** 242 92.2 85.8-95.9
Don't know/Not Sure 159 *** *** *** *** *** *** 151 94.2 86.6-97.6

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2018 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2018 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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