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| Total Respond.# |
No | Yes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 6,099 | 5,546 | 90.2 | 89.0-91.3 | 553 | 9.8 | 8.7-11.0 |
| Buncombe County | 413 | 384 | 89.3 | 84.5-92.8 | 29 | 10.7 | 7.2-15.5 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 158 | 135 | 81.4 | 72.8-87.8 | 23 | 18.6 | 12.2-27.2 |
| Female | 255 | 249 | 97.0 | 92.9-98.8 | 6 | 3.0 | 1.2- 7.1 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 369 | 346 | 91.0 | 86.0-94.3 | 23 | 9.0 | 5.7-14.0 |
| Other | 41 | 36 | 81.3 | 62.2-92.0 | 5 | 18.7 | 8.0-37.8 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-44 | 175 | 150 | 79.6 | 70.6-86.3 | 25 | 20.4 | 13.7-29.4 |
| 45+ | 237 | 233 | 97.9 | 94.3-99.3 | 4 | 2.1 | 0.7- 5.7 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| H.S. or Less | 171 | 160 | 88.7 | 79.6-94.0 | 11 | 11.3 | 6.0-20.4 |
| Some College + | 241 | 223 | 89.7 | 83.7-93.7 | 18 | 10.3 | 6.3-16.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 247 | 226 | 86.7 | 79.6-91.6 | 21 | 13.3 | 8.4-20.4 |
| $50,000+ | 93 | 89 | 92.9 | 80.9-97.6 | 4 | 7.1 | 2.4-19.1 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Cumberland | 417 | 375 | 87.8 | 82.3-91.8 | 42 | 12.2 | 8.2-17.7 |
| Durham | 397 | 359 | 86.4 | 78.9-91.5 | 38 | 13.6 | 8.5-21.1 |
| Forsyth | 455 | 419 | 91.5 | 88.1-94.0 | 36 | 8.5 | 6.0-11.9 |
| Gaston | 464 | 427 | 90.0 | 86.1-92.8 | 37 | 10.0 | 7.2-13.9 |
| Guilford | 411 | 373 | 89.4 | 85.3-92.4 | 38 | 10.6 | 7.6-14.7 |
| Mecklenburg | 422 | 375 | 89.4 | 85.7-92.3 | 47 | 10.6 | 7.7-14.3 |
| New Hanover | 394 | 337 | 83.3 | 78.2-87.4 | 57 | 16.7 | 12.6-21.8 |
| Onslow | 428 | 389 | 84.9 | 76.0-90.8 | 39 | 15.1 | 9.2-24.0 |
| Wake | 423 | 358 | 84.0 | 79.4-87.8 | 65 | 16.0 | 12.2-20.6 |
| Western NC | 609 | 575 | 94.0 | 91.4-95.8 | 34 | 6.0 | 4.2- 8.6 |
| Piedmont NC | 660 | 611 | 91.8 | 88.8-94.0 | 49 | 8.2 | 6.0-11.2 |
| Eastern NC | 606 | 564 | 91.0 | 87.5-93.6 | 42 | 9.0 | 6.4-12.5 |
*Data in this table were derived from the alcohol consumption questions.
No = Respondents who report they did not drink in the past 30 days and who did not have five or more drinks on an occasion.
Yes = Respondents who report they did drink in t
he past 30 days and had five or more drinks on one or more occasions in the past month.
#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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