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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 | 1,573 | 1,403 | 88.0 | 85.3-90.3 | 83 | 5.5 | 4.0- 7.5 | 29 | 2.2 | 1.3- 3.7 | 45 | 2.9 | 1.9- 4.4 | 13 | 1.4 | 0.7- 2.8 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 113 | 76 | 72.0 | 59.5-81.9 | 17 | 10.6 | 4.9-21.4 | 7 | 6.5 | 2.5-15.9 | 11 | 9.3 | 4.5-18.3 | 2 | 1.6 | 0.4- 7.0 |
25-34 | 272 | 228 | 84.4 | 77.4-89.6 | 23 | 8.8 | 5.0-15.0 | 7 | 2.6 | 1.0- 6.2 | 10 | 1.6 | 0.7- 3.9 | 4 | 2.6 | 0.8- 8.2 |
35-44 | 367 | 320 | 87.8 | 82.4-91.6 | 20 | 5.3 | 3.0- 9.0 | 10 | 2.9 | 1.2- 6.9 | 15 | 3.6 | 1.7- 7.5 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.4 |
45-54 | 356 | 330 | 92.5 | 87.1-95.8 | 17 | 3.7 | 1.8- 7.4 | 2 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.6 | 4 | 1.4 | 0.4- 4.9 | 3 | 2.2 | 0.6- 8.0 |
55-64 | 218 | 211 | 97.2 | 91.8-99.1 | 5 | 2.3 | 0.6- 8.3 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 1.1 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
65-74 | 141 | 136 | 98.4 | 96.0-99.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.9 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.4 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.8 |
75+ | 96 | 93 | 97.3 | 87.6-99.4 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 3.0 | 1 | 2.2 | 0.3-13.9 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 51 | 39 | 81.5 | 65.0-91.3 | 5 | 11.1 | 3.9-28.2 | 1 | 2.7 | 0.4-17.0 | 5 | 4.3 | 1.6-11.1 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.0- 2.6 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 297 | 255 | 83.0 | 74.8-88.9 | 21 | 7.1 | 3.4-14.4 | 7 | 2.8 | 1.1- 6.6 | 10 | 4.7 | 2.0-10.8 | 4 | 2.4 | 0.7- 7.9 |
Some Post-H.S. | 466 | 416 | 87.5 | 82.1-91.4 | 24 | 5.0 | 2.8- 8.6 | 8 | 1.9 | 0.6- 5.6 | 12 | 3.2 | 1.4- 6.8 | 6 | 2.5 | 1.0- 6.1 |
College Graduate | 758 | 692 | 90.9 | 87.4-93.5 | 33 | 4.8 | 2.9- 7.7 | 13 | 2.2 | 0.9- 4.8 | 18 | 1.8 | 1.0- 3.2 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.6 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 89 | 66 | 74.7 | 60.6-85.0 | 7 | 9.0 | 3.1-23.2 | 4 | 4.2 | 1.3-13.2 | 8 | 6.5 | 2.8-14.4 | 4 | 5.6 | 1.8-16.3 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 184 | 148 | 78.8 | 68.2-86.5 | 20 | 8.6 | 4.8-15.0 | 6 | 5.6 | 1.8-16.2 | 9 | 5.4 | 2.0-13.9 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.2- 9.9 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 164 | 137 | 82.3 | 70.4-90.1 | 11 | 4.4 | 1.9-10.0 | 4 | 1.3 | 0.4- 3.9 | 8 | 7.3 | 2.4-20.3 | 4 | 4.8 | 1.4-15.1 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 247 | 228 | 86.9 | 78.0-92.6 | 9 | 5.1 | 2.1-12.1 | 3 | 3.7 | 1.0-12.2 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.7- 5.7 | 2 | 2.3 | 0.5- 9.9 |
$50,000-74,999 | 234 | 212 | 89.7 | 83.1-93.9 | 12 | 6.3 | 3.1-12.4 | 5 | 1.7 | 0.6- 4.6 | 4 | 1.3 | 0.4- 4.3 | 1 | 1.1 | 0.1- 7.1 |
$75,000+ | 365 | 342 | 92.7 | 88.0-95.6 | 12 | 3.7 | 1.7- 7.6 | 5 | 1.6 | 0.5- 4.9 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.8- 4.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||||||||
Buncombe | 104 | 91 | 81.2 | 67.2-90.1 | 8 | 14.3 | 6.3-29.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 3.5 | 1.1-10.3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1- 7.0 |
Guilford | 103 | 95 | 87.6 | 75.2-94.3 | 2 | 2.7 | 0.7-10.5 | 3 | 4.2 | 1.1-15.0 | 2 | 4.6 | 1.0-18.8 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.1- 5.5 |
Mecklenburg | 101 | 87 | 85.8 | 75.8-92.1 | 10 | 7.4 | 3.8-13.8 | 2 | 3.9 | 0.9-15.5 | 2 | 3.0 | 0.7-11.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Orange | 166 | 143 | 72.3 | 56.6-84.0 | 12 | 9.8 | 4.8-19.1 | 4 | 10.5 | 2.6-34.2 | 7 | 7.3 | 3.1-16.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Wake | 119 | 107 | 89.9 | 81.7-94.7 | 3 | 2.6 | 0.8- 8.2 | 6 | 4.8 | 1.7-12.8 | 3 | 2.7 | 0.9- 8.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Chatham/Lee | 71 | 61 | 82.7 | 69.4-91.0 | 3 | 7.9 | 2.5-22.6 | 3 | 3.6 | 1.1-11.3 | 4 | 5.8 | 2.1-15.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Nash/Wilson | 39 | 37 | 97.1 | 88.9-99.3 | 2 | 2.9 | 0.7-11.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Craven/Pamlico | 93 | 85 | 89.4 | 78.5-95.1 | 6 | 9.1 | 3.8-20.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 1.5 | 0.4- 6.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 47 | 44 | 94.9 | 85.2-98.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 3.4 | 0.8-12.6 | 1 | 1.7 | 0.2-11.2 |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 74 | 66 | 86.9 | 73.7-94.0 | 3 | 3.6 | 1.1-11.0 | 2 | 3.8 | 0.7-17.7 | 2 | 2.6 | 0.5-11.2 | 1 | 3.2 | 0.4-19.2 |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 58 | 51 | 88.5 | 73.7-95.5 | 6 | 10.7 | 3.9-25.9 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.1- 5.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 58 | 51 | 80.7 | 62.9-91.2 | 4 | 6.9 | 2.5-17.5 | 2 | 7.9 | 1.8-28.4 | 1 | 4.5 | 0.6-25.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 26 | 23 | 91.6 | 74.7-97.6 | 1 | 4.4 | 0.6-25.5 | 1 | 2.3 | 0.3-14.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 1.7 | 0.2-11.5 |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 32 | 26 | 78.7 | 52.5-92.5 | 3 | 13.7 | 3.0-45.3 | 1 | 1.7 | 0.2-11.5 | 2 | 5.9 | 1.4-21.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Northeast NC I | 40 | 33 | 79.7 | 60.9-90.8 | 2 | 4.8 | 1.0-19.9 | 1 | 5.7 | 0.8-30.9 | 4 | 9.7 | 3.3-25.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Northeast NC II | 79 | 67 | 76.5 | 61.2-87.0 | 4 | 6.2 | 2.3-15.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 6 | 11.7 | 4.8-25.9 | 2 | 5.6 | 1.0-25.6 |
Northeastern Partnership | 119 | 100 | 77.3 | 65.2-86.1 | 6 | 5.9 | 2.5-13.2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.2- 9.8 | 10 | 11.2 | 5.4-21.8 | 2 | 4.1 | 0.7-20.0 |
Mountain AHEC | 237 | 216 | 89.8 | 82.5-94.3 | 12 | 6.0 | 2.7-12.8 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.3 | 6 | 3.3 | 1.1- 9.4 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.8 |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 417 | 364 | 83.9 | 77.2-88.9 | 24 | 6.3 | 3.4-11.3 | 5 | 1.4 | 0.5- 4.4 | 17 | 4.8 | 2.3- 9.8 | 7 | 3.5 | 1.5- 8.3 |
Piedmont | 803 | 716 | 88.9 | 85.4-91.7 | 44 | 5.4 | 3.5- 8.2 | 20 | 2.8 | 1.5- 5.2 | 19 | 2.1 | 1.2- 3.8 | 4 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.4 |
Western NC | 353 | 323 | 91.2 | 86.0-94.6 | 15 | 4.5 | 2.2- 9.0 | 4 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.8 | 9 | 2.7 | 1.1- 6.6 | 2 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.9 |
* This question was asked only of respondents who reported drinking at least one drink in the last month.
^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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