2018 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 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 5 546 14 3.9 2.3- 6.6 *** *** *** 525 94.9 92.1-96.8
GENDER
Male 233 14 8.2 4.8-13.6 *** *** *** 214 89.6 83.9-93.4
Female 313 *** *** *** *** *** *** 311 99.7 98.7-99.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 337 13 5.5 3.2- 9.5 *** *** *** 319 93.0 88.8-95.7
Non-Hispanic Black 142 *** *** *** *** *** *** 140 98.9 95.8-99.7
Other 67 *** *** *** *** *** *** 66 98.2 88.0-99.7
AGE
18-44 203 *** *** *** *** *** *** 193 93.7 88.4-96.7
45-64 179 *** *** *** *** *** *** 171 95.1 89.8-97.8
65+ 154 *** *** *** *** *** *** 151 96.9 90.6-99.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 178 *** *** *** *** *** *** 167 92.2 85.9-95.8
Some Post-H.S. 148 *** *** *** *** *** *** 141 94.5 88.5-97.4
College Graduate 218 *** *** *** *** *** *** 215 98.6 95.3-99.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 226 *** *** *** *** *** *** 218 96.1 92.0-98.2
$50,000+ 220 *** *** *** *** *** *** 212 95.2 90.2-97.7
Don't know/Not Sure 100 *** *** *** *** *** *** 95 91.7 81.3-96.6

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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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