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| Total Respond.^ |
1 or more/day | 1 or more/week | 1 or more/month | 1 or more/year | Never | |||||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 9,263 | 1,489 | 14.8 | 13.7-15.9 | 6,089 | 66.9 | 65.3-68.4 | 1,111 | 12.2 | 11.1-13.4 | 73 | 0.8 | 0.5- 1.1 | 501 | 5.3 | 4.7- 6.1 |
| -Northeast NC I | 446 | 59 | 12.8 | 9.4-17.3 | 254 | 57.2 | 51.0-63.2 | 84 | 19.7 | 15.4-24.8 | 6 | 1.9 | 0.8- 4.3 | 43 | 8.5 | 6.1-11.7 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 136 | 11 | 9.6 | 4.5-19.3 | 79 | 58.8 | 46.9-69.8 | 30 | 22.2 | 14.5-32.4 | 3 | 1.8 | 0.5- 6.2 | 13 | 7.6 | 4.2-13.5 |
| Female | 310 | 48 | 15.1 | 11.2-20.1 | 175 | 56.1 | 49.7-62.3 | 54 | 17.8 | 13.3-23.4 | 3 | 1.9 | 0.6- 5.8 | 30 | 9.1 | 6.1-13.2 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 203 | 33 | 14.8 | 10.4-20.8 | 123 | 60.0 | 52.0-67.6 | 28 | 16.3 | 10.5-24.3 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.4- 5.9 | 17 | 7.4 | 4.4-12.0 |
| Other | 242 | 26 | 11.3 | 6.7-18.4 | 130 | 54.8 | 45.5-63.8 | 56 | 22.4 | 16.4-29.7 | 4 | 2.2 | 0.7- 6.1 | 26 | 9.3 | 6.0-14.2 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 174 | 24 | 12.9 | 8.0-20.1 | 88 | 52.0 | 41.1-62.7 | 46 | 26.1 | 18.5-35.5 | 3 | 2.6 | 0.8- 7.9 | 13 | 6.4 | 3.5-11.3 |
| 45+ | 272 | 35 | 12.7 | 8.3-19.0 | 166 | 61.9 | 54.8-68.6 | 38 | 13.9 | 9.7-19.5 | 3 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.7 | 30 | 10.3 | 6.9-15.0 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 256 | 32 | 11.0 | 7.2-16.6 | 127 | 51.3 | 42.2-60.3 | 56 | 23.5 | 17.2-31.2 | 5 | 2.4 | 0.9- 6.1 | 36 | 11.7 | 8.0-16.8 |
| Some College + | 189 | 27 | 15.4 | 9.8-23.4 | 126 | 65.7 | 57.2-73.3 | 28 | 14.2 | 9.5-20.5 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1- 7.0 | 7 | 3.7 | 1.7- 7.8 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 295 | 39 | 13.2 | 9.0-19.1 | 160 | 51.0 | 44.3-57.7 | 62 | 24.2 | 18.5-30.9 | 5 | 2.4 | 0.9- 5.9 | 29 | 9.2 | 6.2-13.6 |
| $50,000+ | 68 | 10 | 13.2 | 6.8-24.1 | 44 | 68.5 | 55.6-79.0 | 11 | 14.2 | 7.6-24.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 4.1 | 1.3-12.3 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||||||||
| Buncombe | 446 | 91 | 19.6 | 15.6-24.4 | 285 | 64.6 | 59.2-69.8 | 49 | 10.5 | 7.6-14.3 | 3 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.9 | 18 | 4.4 | 2.5- 7.6 |
| Guilford | 439 | 79 | 17.6 | 13.6-22.3 | 299 | 68.0 | 62.5-73.1 | 43 | 9.1 | 6.4-12.8 | 5 | 1.9 | 0.7- 5.2 | 13 | 3.5 | 1.8- 6.5 |
| Mecklenburg | 446 | 78 | 14.6 | 11.4-18.5 | 309 | 71.4 | 65.9-76.4 | 41 | 10.3 | 6.7-15.4 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.9 | 17 | 3.5 | 2.1- 5.9 |
| Orange | 449 | 111 | 20.4 | 15.8-26.0 | 291 | 67.1 | 59.5-73.9 | 33 | 6.6 | 4.4- 9.7 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.5 | 13 | 5.7 | 1.7-17.0 |
| Wake | 450 | 92 | 16.7 | 13.4-20.6 | 295 | 67.5 | 62.1-72.4 | 37 | 9.1 | 6.3-13.1 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.6 | 25 | 6.5 | 3.9-10.6 |
| Chatham/Lee | 394 | 61 | 12.8 | 9.7-16.8 | 269 | 66.8 | 60.1-72.9 | 40 | 12.4 | 7.6-19.5 | 2 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.9 | 22 | 7.7 | 4.8-12.3 |
| Nash/Wilson | 368 | 45 | 9.3 | 6.7-12.8 | 256 | 70.9 | 65.1-76.0 | 45 | 12.3 | 9.0-16.6 | 5 | 1.7 | 0.5- 6.0 | 17 | 5.9 | 3.5- 9.7 |
| Craven/Pamlico | 450 | 83 | 17.5 | 13.6-22.2 | 287 | 64.8 | 59.3-69.9 | 55 | 12.4 | 9.2-16.5 | 4 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.6 | 21 | 4.4 | 2.7- 7.2 |
| Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 427 | 51 | 13.5 | 8.8-20.1 | 286 | 66.3 | 60.1-72.0 | 65 | 14.4 | 11.0-18.5 | 3 | 0.8 | 0.2- 2.9 | 22 | 5.0 | 3.1- 8.0 |
| Appalachian/Wilkes | 446 | 55 | 11.4 | 8.2-15.6 | 323 | 69.5 | 61.7-76.4 | 44 | 12.3 | 7.2-20.1 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.4 | 22 | 6.5 | 2.7-14.6 |
| Franklin/Gran./Vance | 471 | 67 | 11.6 | 8.5-15.7 | 294 | 64.1 | 56.8-70.8 | 74 | 16.4 | 12.0-22.1 | 8 | 1.1 | 0.5- 2.8 | 28 | 6.7 | 4.0-11.2 |
| Graham/Swain/Jackson | 419 | 77 | 13.9 | 10.2-18.8 | 273 | 71.2 | 63.4-77.9 | 40 | 8.1 | 5.4-11.8 | 4 | 1.3 | 0.4- 4.1 | 25 | 5.5 | 3.2- 9.4 |
| Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 466 | 72 | 16.5 | 12.7-21.1 | 264 | 55.4 | 50.0-60.6 | 92 | 19.8 | 15.9-24.4 | 3 | 0.6 | 0.2- 2.0 | 35 | 7.8 | 5.3-11.2 |
| Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 405 | 41 | 7.8 | 5.5-10.7 | 261 | 65.0 | 59.0-70.6 | 58 | 14.7 | 11.0-19.3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0.9- 5.7 | 38 | 10.2 | 7.0-14.7 |
| Northeast NC II | 503 | 93 | 17.4 | 13.9-21.5 | 316 | 60.0 | 54.6-65.3 | 67 | 16.6 | 12.5-21.5 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.7 | 26 | 5.8 | 3.4- 9.7 |
| Northeastern Partnership | 949 | 152 | 15.8 | 13.2-18.8 | 570 | 59.1 | 54.9-63.1 | 151 | 17.6 | 14.5-21.2 | 7 | 0.8 | 0.4- 1.7 | 69 | 6.7 | 4.9- 9.3 |
| Mountain AHEC | 1,284 | 244 | 19.0 | 15.0-23.6 | 835 | 66.1 | 61.6-70.3 | 130 | 9.2 | 7.4-11.5 | 8 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.1 | 67 | 5.2 | 3.7- 7.3 |
| NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||||||||
| Eastern NC | 3,233 | 477 | 13.9 | 12.0-16.0 | 2,049 | 64.3 | 61.4-67.1 | 463 | 15.1 | 12.9-17.5 | 31 | 0.8 | 0.5- 1.3 | 213 | 6.0 | 4.8- 7.4 |
| Piedmont | 3,987 | 674 | 14.8 | 13.3-16.4 | 2,672 | 68.1 | 65.9-70.2 | 429 | 11.1 | 9.7-12.8 | 31 | 0.9 | 0.5- 1.5 | 181 | 5.1 | 4.1- 6.2 |
| Western NC | 2,043 | 338 | 16.4 | 13.6-19.8 | 1,368 | 67.5 | 63.8-70.9 | 219 | 10.5 | 8.6-12.9 | 11 | 0.4 | 0.2- 0.7 | 107 | 5.2 | 3.8- 7.0 |
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^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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