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| Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 6,131 | 2,629 | 41.7 | 39.8-43.6 | 3,502 | 58.3 | 56.4-60.2 |
| Buncombe County | 414 | 158 | 39.4 | 34.1-44.9 | 256 | 60.6 | 55.1-65.9 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 159 | 71 | 46.5 | 38.1-55.1 | 88 | 53.5 | 44.9-61.9 |
| Female | 255 | 87 | 32.4 | 26.4-39.1 | 168 | 67.6 | 60.9-73.6 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 370 | 139 | 37.7 | 32.3-43.5 | 231 | 62.3 | 56.5-67.7 |
| Other | 41 | 16 | 45.9 | 29.5-63.3 | 25 | 54.1 | 36.7-70.5 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-44 | 176 | 92 | 53.7 | 45.1-62.2 | 84 | 46.3 | 37.8-54.9 |
| 45+ | 237 | 66 | 26.7 | 21.0-33.2 | 171 | 73.3 | 66.8-79.0 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| H.S. or Less | 172 | 41 | 27.6 | 19.9-36.8 | 131 | 72.4 | 63.2-80.1 |
| Some College + | 241 | 116 | 48.2 | 41.2-55.2 | 125 | 51.8 | 44.8-58.8 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 248 | 91 | 38.9 | 32.0-46.3 | 157 | 61.1 | 53.7-68.0 |
| $50,000+ | 93 | 47 | 51.7 | 40.6-62.6 | 46 | 48.3 | 37.4-59.4 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Cumberland | 422 | 177 | 49.5 | 41.7-57.4 | 245 | 50.5 | 42.6-58.3 |
| Durham | 399 | 180 | 47.8 | 41.2-54.6 | 219 | 52.2 | 45.4-58.8 |
| Forsyth | 455 | 203 | 47.2 | 41.8-52.6 | 252 | 52.8 | 47.4-58.2 |
| Gaston | 465 | 161 | 38.4 | 33.4-43.6 | 304 | 61.6 | 56.4-66.6 |
| Guilford | 414 | 197 | 46.9 | 41.4-52.4 | 217 | 53.1 | 47.6-58.6 |
| Mecklenburg | 424 | 235 | 55.7 | 50.4-61.0 | 189 | 44.3 | 39.0-49.6 |
| New Hanover | 397 | 221 | 57.9 | 51.4-64.1 | 176 | 42.1 | 35.9-48.6 |
| Onslow | 429 | 184 | 46.2 | 39.3-53.2 | 245 | 53.8 | 46.8-60.7 |
| Wake | 426 | 257 | 58.2 | 52.5-63.6 | 169 | 41.8 | 36.4-47.5 |
| Western NC | 611 | 200 | 34.1 | 29.9-38.5 | 411 | 65.9 | 61.5-70.1 |
| Piedmont NC | 663 | 232 | 34.9 | 30.5-39.6 | 431 | 65.1 | 60.4-69.5 |
| Eastern NC | 612 | 224 | 37.7 | 33.1-42.5 | 388 | 62.3 | 57.5-66.9 |
*Data in this table were derived from the first alcohol consumption question.
#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.
** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene,
Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Orange,
Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey
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