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YES | NO | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 4,342 | 1,578 | 38.2 | 36.1-40.5 | 2,764 | 61.8 | 59.5-63.9 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 231 | 116 | 50.9 | 41.3-60.5 | 115 | 49.1 | 39.5-58.7 |
25-34 | 589 | 271 | 48.9 | 43.2-54.7 | 318 | 51.1 | 45.3-56.8 |
35-44 | 763 | 370 | 49.4 | 44.4-54.5 | 393 | 50.6 | 45.5-55.6 |
45-54 | 837 | 358 | 40.9 | 36.1-45.8 | 479 | 59.1 | 54.2-63.9 |
55-64 | 727 | 216 | 26.6 | 22.3-31.4 | 511 | 73.4 | 68.6-77.7 |
65-74 | 634 | 141 | 21.4 | 17.3-26.2 | 493 | 78.6 | 73.8-82.7 |
75+ | 531 | 95 | 17.8 | 13.6-23.0 | 436 | 82.2 | 77.0-86.4 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 581 | 51 | 9.3 | 6.3-13.5 | 530 | 90.7 | 86.5-93.7 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,285 | 299 | 26.2 | 22.6-30.1 | 986 | 73.8 | 69.9-77.4 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,160 | 470 | 43.7 | 39.3-48.2 | 690 | 56.3 | 51.8-60.7 |
College Graduate | 1,307 | 757 | 57.9 | 53.9-61.7 | 550 | 42.1 | 38.3-46.1 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 459 | 89 | 20.1 | 15.1-26.1 | 370 | 79.9 | 73.9-84.9 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 737 | 188 | 26.6 | 21.9-31.9 | 549 | 73.4 | 68.1-78.1 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 478 | 166 | 36.1 | 29.5-43.1 | 312 | 63.9 | 56.9-70.5 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 572 | 247 | 43.3 | 37.2-49.6 | 325 | 56.7 | 50.4-62.8 |
$50,000-74,999 | 486 | 235 | 49.9 | 43.7-56.1 | 251 | 50.1 | 43.9-56.3 |
$75,000+ | 578 | 363 | 59.9 | 54.3-65.2 | 215 | 40.1 | 34.8-45.7 |
COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
Buncombe | 244 | 105 | 46.2 | 39.1-53.4 | 139 | 53.8 | 46.6-60.9 |
Guilford | 199 | 102 | 48.7 | 40.7-56.8 | 97 | 51.3 | 43.2-59.3 |
Mecklenburg | 181 | 100 | 56.4 | 48.3-64.2 | 81 | 43.6 | 35.8-51.7 |
Orange | 237 | 166 | 70.9 | 58.3-80.9 | 71 | 29.1 | 19.1-41.7 |
Wake | 197 | 119 | 61.8 | 53.9-69.1 | 78 | 38.2 | 30.9-46.1 |
Chatham/Lee | 174 | 71 | 41.6 | 33.7-49.9 | 103 | 58.4 | 50.1-66.3 |
Nash/Wilson | 149 | 37 | 23.9 | 17.2-32.2 | 112 | 76.1 | 67.8-82.8 |
Craven/Pamlico | 220 | 92 | 41.4 | 34.4-48.9 | 128 | 58.6 | 51.1-65.6 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 258 | 47 | 18.5 | 13.7-24.5 | 211 | 81.5 | 75.5-86.3 |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 274 | 75 | 26.9 | 20.4-34.5 | 199 | 73.1 | 65.5-79.6 |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 185 | 58 | 30.3 | 22.6-39.3 | 127 | 69.7 | 60.7-77.4 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 229 | 61 | 26.9 | 20.7-34.2 | 168 | 73.1 | 65.8-79.3 |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 118 | 25 | 19.4 | 12.8-28.4 | 93 | 80.6 | 71.6-87.2 |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 177 | 32 | 19.7 | 13.3-28.4 | 145 | 80.3 | 71.6-86.7 |
Northeast NC I | 138 | 40 | 32.0 | 23.8-41.4 | 98 | 68.0 | 58.6-76.2 |
Northeast NC II | 221 | 82 | 37.4 | 30.4-45.0 | 139 | 62.6 | 55.0-69.6 |
Northeastern Partnership | 359 | 122 | 35.9 | 30.3-41.9 | 237 | 64.1 | 58.1-69.7 |
Mountain AHEC | 735 | 241 | 33.3 | 29.0-37.9 | 494 | 66.7 | 62.1-71.0 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
Eastern NC | 1,319 | 417 | 35.9 | 31.8-40.2 | 902 | 64.1 | 59.8-68.2 |
Piedmont | 1,830 | 802 | 41.9 | 38.8-45.1 | 1,028 | 58.1 | 54.9-61.2 |
Western NC | 1,193 | 359 | 30.7 | 26.9-34.6 | 834 | 69.3 | 65.4-73.1 |
*Data in this table were derived from the first alcohol consumption question.
^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = 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.
** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.
*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene,
Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore,
Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.
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