2018 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 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 6 418 12 3.0 1.6- 5.3 *** *** *** 396 94.8 92.0-96.6
GENDER
Male 202 *** *** *** *** *** *** 183 90.7 85.5-94.2
Female 216 *** *** *** *** *** *** 213 98.7 95.7-99.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 243 *** *** *** *** *** *** 228 93.5 89.3-96.2
Non-Hispanic Black 105 *** *** *** *** *** *** 102 97.3 91.1-99.2
Other 70 *** *** *** *** *** *** 66 94.4 85.4-98.0
AGE
18-44 175 *** *** *** *** *** *** 157 90.8 85.5-94.3
45-64 134 *** *** *** *** *** *** 134 100 . - .
65+ 100 *** *** *** *** *** *** 96 96.2 89.9-98.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 151 *** *** *** *** *** *** 143 94.9 89.6-97.6
Some Post-H.S. 131 *** *** *** *** *** *** 123 94.2 88.5-97.1
College Graduate 136 *** *** *** *** *** *** 130 95.5 90.1-98.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 209 *** *** *** *** *** *** 197 93.5 88.5-96.4
$50,000+ 135 *** *** *** *** *** *** 128 95.3 90.3-97.8
Don't know/Not Sure 74 *** *** *** *** *** *** 71 96.9 90.4-99.0

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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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