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No drinks | 1-2 days | 3-7 days | 8-29 days | Everyday | |||||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 4,342 | 2,764 | 61.8 | 59.5-63.9 | 526 | 13.3 | 11.8-15.0 | 504 | 13.3 | 11.8-15.0 | 415 | 9.5 | 8.3-10.9 | 133 | 2.1 | 1.7- 2.7 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 231 | 115 | 49.1 | 39.5-58.7 | 40 | 17.9 | 11.5-27.0 | 45 | 21.4 | 14.4-30.6 | 29 | 11.2 | 6.7-18.1 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.5 |
25-34 | 589 | 318 | 51.1 | 45.3-56.8 | 101 | 18.0 | 13.9-23.0 | 92 | 17.5 | 13.4-22.5 | 69 | 11.9 | 8.7-16.1 | 9 | 1.5 | 0.6- 3.9 |
35-44 | 763 | 393 | 50.6 | 45.5-55.6 | 146 | 18.5 | 15.0-22.6 | 127 | 19.2 | 15.4-23.5 | 85 | 10.6 | 7.9-14.0 | 12 | 1.2 | 0.6- 2.4 |
45-54 | 837 | 479 | 59.1 | 54.2-63.9 | 109 | 13.6 | 10.5-17.5 | 108 | 12.4 | 9.7-15.9 | 121 | 13.0 | 10.1-16.5 | 20 | 1.9 | 1.1- 3.3 |
55-64 | 727 | 511 | 73.4 | 68.6-77.7 | 67 | 7.5 | 5.2-10.7 | 65 | 8.7 | 6.4-11.7 | 59 | 7.7 | 5.3-11.1 | 25 | 2.7 | 1.6- 4.7 |
65-74 | 634 | 493 | 78.6 | 73.8-82.7 | 27 | 4.3 | 2.6- 7.1 | 39 | 5.8 | 3.8- 8.9 | 36 | 6.0 | 3.9- 9.3 | 39 | 5.2 | 3.4- 8.1 |
75+ | 531 | 436 | 82.2 | 77.0-86.4 | 34 | 9.2 | 6.0-13.8 | 22 | 3.0 | 1.7- 5.4 | 14 | 2.6 | 1.4- 5.0 | 25 | 3.0 | 1.6- 5.7 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 581 | 530 | 90.7 | 86.5-93.7 | 22 | 4.3 | 2.5- 7.4 | 13 | 2.4 | 0.9- 6.0 | 9 | 1.8 | 0.8- 4.1 | 7 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.8 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,285 | 986 | 73.8 | 69.9-77.4 | 129 | 10.8 | 8.5-13.7 | 100 | 9.9 | 7.5-12.9 | 46 | 4.1 | 2.8- 6.2 | 24 | 1.3 | 0.7- 2.4 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,160 | 690 | 56.3 | 51.8-60.7 | 158 | 15.3 | 12.1-19.2 | 149 | 14.8 | 11.7-18.5 | 125 | 11.4 | 9.0-14.4 | 38 | 2.2 | 1.4- 3.4 |
College Graduate | 1,307 | 550 | 42.1 | 38.3-46.1 | 216 | 17.8 | 14.9-21.0 | 242 | 20.2 | 17.3-23.6 | 235 | 16.4 | 13.7-19.5 | 64 | 3.5 | 2.4- 4.9 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 459 | 370 | 79.9 | 73.9-84.9 | 28 | 8.0 | 4.6-13.6 | 30 | 6.2 | 3.8- 9.9 | 23 | 4.8 | 2.9- 7.9 | 8 | 1.1 | 0.4- 2.9 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 737 | 549 | 73.4 | 68.1-78.1 | 58 | 6.9 | 4.7- 9.9 | 72 | 12.1 | 8.6-16.8 | 41 | 6.2 | 4.0- 9.4 | 17 | 1.5 | 0.7- 2.9 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 478 | 312 | 63.9 | 56.9-70.5 | 74 | 16.6 | 11.8-22.8 | 41 | 10.2 | 6.6-15.5 | 40 | 7.4 | 4.7-11.3 | 11 | 1.9 | 0.8- 4.3 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 572 | 325 | 56.7 | 50.4-62.8 | 99 | 17.7 | 13.4-23.0 | 68 | 13.7 | 9.9-18.6 | 64 | 9.6 | 6.7-13.7 | 16 | 2.3 | 1.1- 4.9 |
$50,000-74,999 | 486 | 251 | 50.1 | 43.9-56.3 | 82 | 20.3 | 15.3-26.4 | 83 | 17.0 | 12.9-21.9 | 55 | 10.8 | 7.5-15.3 | 15 | 1.8 | 0.9- 3.5 |
$75,000+ | 578 | 215 | 40.1 | 34.8-45.7 | 93 | 14.0 | 10.8-17.9 | 121 | 21.8 | 17.4-26.9 | 123 | 20.5 | 16.4-25.3 | 26 | 3.6 | 2.1- 6.1 |
COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||||||||
Buncombe | 244 | 139 | 53.8 | 46.6-60.9 | 29 | 12.7 | 8.6-18.3 | 29 | 16.0 | 10.5-23.6 | 34 | 13.0 | 9.0-18.2 | 13 | 4.5 | 2.5- 8.0 |
Guilford | 199 | 97 | 51.3 | 43.2-59.3 | 35 | 17.5 | 12.1-24.6 | 35 | 16.1 | 11.2-22.5 | 24 | 12.2 | 7.3-19.5 | 8 | 2.9 | 1.4- 6.2 |
Mecklenburg | 181 | 81 | 43.6 | 35.8-51.7 | 25 | 14.8 | 9.8-21.7 | 34 | 19.4 | 13.8-26.7 | 36 | 19.7 | 14.0-27.0 | 5 | 2.5 | 1.0- 6.2 |
Orange | 237 | 71 | 29.1 | 19.1-41.7 | 42 | 20.1 | 12.7-30.3 | 55 | 27.0 | 17.8-38.9 | 58 | 21.1 | 15.0-28.9 | 11 | 2.6 | 1.4- 4.9 |
Wake | 197 | 78 | 38.2 | 30.9-46.1 | 35 | 18.6 | 13.4-25.3 | 43 | 22.3 | 16.3-29.8 | 34 | 17.5 | 12.3-24.1 | 7 | 3.4 | 1.6- 7.1 |
Chatham/Lee | 174 | 103 | 58.4 | 50.1-66.3 | 21 | 11.0 | 7.0-16.8 | 25 | 17.3 | 11.7-25.0 | 15 | 7.6 | 4.5-12.6 | 10 | 5.7 | 2.9-10.7 |
Nash/Wilson | 149 | 112 | 76.1 | 67.8-82.8 | 13 | 9.3 | 5.0-16.7 | 11 | 6.6 | 3.6-11.9 | 10 | 6.2 | 3.3-11.6 | 3 | 1.7 | 0.5- 5.3 |
Craven/Pamlico | 220 | 128 | 58.6 | 51.1-65.6 | 33 | 16.3 | 11.4-22.6 | 21 | 10.0 | 6.2-15.6 | 18 | 8.0 | 4.8-13.2 | 20 | 7.2 | 4.5-11.2 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 258 | 211 | 81.5 | 75.5-86.3 | 22 | 8.1 | 5.2-12.5 | 17 | 7.9 | 4.7-13.0 | 4 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.2 | 4 | 1.3 | 0.4- 3.6 |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 274 | 199 | 73.1 | 65.5-79.6 | 27 | 7.7 | 5.1-11.5 | 23 | 9.7 | 6.1-15.1 | 18 | 7.2 | 3.7-13.6 | 7 | 2.3 | 0.9- 5.5 |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 185 | 127 | 69.7 | 60.7-77.4 | 19 | 9.6 | 5.6-16.1 | 23 | 12.7 | 8.1-19.3 | 12 | 6.9 | 3.1-14.6 | 4 | 1.1 | 0.4- 3.0 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 229 | 168 | 73.1 | 65.8-79.3 | 23 | 11.3 | 7.1-17.6 | 11 | 4.2 | 2.2- 7.8 | 21 | 9.4 | 5.8-14.7 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.8- 4.7 |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 118 | 93 | 80.6 | 71.6-87.2 | 13 | 9.9 | 5.5-17.3 | 7 | 6.5 | 2.8-14.3 | 5 | 3.0 | 1.2- 7.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 177 | 145 | 80.3 | 71.6-86.7 | 14 | 6.9 | 3.9-12.1 | 8 | 3.5 | 1.6- 7.4 | 10 | 9.3 | 4.4-18.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Northeast NC I | 138 | 98 | 68.0 | 58.6-76.2 | 19 | 16.1 | 10.1-24.7 | 12 | 9.1 | 4.8-16.6 | 4 | 3.1 | 1.2- 8.0 | 5 | 3.7 | 1.4- 9.4 |
Northeast NC II | 221 | 139 | 62.6 | 55.0-69.6 | 26 | 11.6 | 7.7-17.1 | 29 | 14.4 | 9.6-21.0 | 22 | 9.0 | 5.5-14.2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0.9- 6.7 |
Northeastern Partnership | 359 | 237 | 64.1 | 58.1-69.7 | 45 | 12.9 | 9.4-17.3 | 41 | 12.9 | 9.1-18.0 | 26 | 7.3 | 4.7-11.2 | 10 | 2.8 | 1.3- 5.8 |
Mountain AHEC | 735 | 494 | 66.7 | 62.1-71.0 | 72 | 9.2 | 6.8-12.2 | 69 | 12.5 | 9.5-16.3 | 76 | 9.1 | 6.9-12.0 | 24 | 2.5 | 1.5- 4.1 |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 1,319 | 902 | 64.1 | 59.8-68.2 | 153 | 12.2 | 9.3-15.7 | 130 | 14.0 | 11.1-17.5 | 95 | 7.9 | 5.9-10.5 | 39 | 1.8 | 1.1- 2.9 |
Piedmont | 1,830 | 1,028 | 58.1 | 54.9-61.2 | 259 | 15.1 | 13.0-17.5 | 265 | 13.4 | 11.3-15.8 | 220 | 11.1 | 9.3-13.2 | 58 | 2.3 | 1.6- 3.2 |
Western NC | 1,193 | 834 | 69.3 | 65.4-73.1 | 114 | 9.3 | 6.9-12.5 | 109 | 11.9 | 9.4-15.1 | 100 | 7.2 | 5.6- 9.3 | 36 | 2.1 | 1.4- 3.2 |
^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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