2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 511 15 3.1 1.7- 5.4 15 2.8 1.5- 5.1 481 94.1 91.2-96.1
GENDER
Male 241 12 5.0 2.6- 9.4 *** *** *** 219 90.1 84.6-93.8
Female 270 *** *** *** *** *** *** 262 97.8 94.8-99.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 348 *** *** *** *** *** *** 331 93.8 89.8-96.2
Non-Hispanic Black 68 *** *** *** *** *** *** 65 97.2 91.5-99.1
Other 95 *** *** *** *** *** *** 85 91.6 81.8-96.4
AGE
18-44 171 *** *** *** *** *** *** 158 92.2 86.6-95.6
45-64 158 *** *** *** *** *** *** 148 93.9 88.0-97.0
65+ 173 *** *** *** *** *** *** 166 97.6 94.3-99.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 196 *** *** *** *** *** *** 178 91.6 86.1-95.1
Some Post-H.S. 161 *** *** *** *** *** *** 152 94.4 88.5-97.3
College Graduate 153 *** *** *** *** *** *** 150 98.4 95.0-99.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 264 *** *** *** *** *** *** 246 93.9 89.9-96.4
$50,000+ 157 *** *** *** *** *** *** 150 94.8 88.7-97.7
Don't know/Not Sure 90 *** *** *** *** *** *** 85 93.2 82.0-97.7

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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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