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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 |
| Piedmont NC | 660 | 611 | 91.8 | 88.8-94.0 | 49 | 8.2 | 6.0-11.2 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 237 | 204 | 85.6 | 79.5-90.2 | 33 | 14.4 | 9.8-20.5 |
| Female | 423 | 407 | 96.5 | 94.2-97.9 | 16 | 3.5 | 2.1- 5.8 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 549 | 504 | 90.7 | 87.3-93.3 | 45 | 9.3 | 6.7-12.7 |
| Other | 101 | 97 | 96.5 | 89.6-98.9 | 4 | 3.5 | 1.1-10.4 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-44 | 282 | 248 | 86.5 | 80.8-90.7 | 34 | 13.5 | 9.3-19.2 |
| 45+ | 374 | 359 | 96.4 | 93.6-98.0 | 15 | 3.6 | 2.0- 6.4 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| H.S. or Less | 344 | 325 | 93.5 | 89.2-96.2 | 19 | 6.5 | 3.8-10.8 |
| Some College + | 313 | 283 | 89.7 | 85.0-93.1 | 30 | 10.3 | 6.9-15.0 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 378 | 351 | 92.1 | 88.3-94.7 | 27 | 7.9 | 5.3-11.7 |
| $50,000+ | 158 | 144 | 89.5 | 80.9-94.5 | 14 | 10.5 | 5.5-19.1 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 413 | 384 | 89.3 | 84.5-92.8 | 29 | 10.7 | 7.2-15.5 |
| 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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