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Only one | Two | Three | Four | Five or more | |||||||||||
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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 | 5,642 | 2,572 | 43.5 | 41.9-45.2 | 1,842 | 32.5 | 31.0-34.0 | 637 | 12.1 | 11.1-13.3 | 257 | 5.1 | 4.4- 6.0 | 334 | 6.7 | 5.9- 7.7 |
-Buncombe County | 171 | 79 | 42.8 | 34.9-51.1 | 55 | 33.3 | 25.8-41.6 | 23 | 14.3 | 9.3-21.3 | 8 | 5.1 | 2.5-10.3 | 6 | 4.6 | 2.0-10.0 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 75 | 24 | 29.6 | 19.8-41.8 | 29 | 39.5 | 28.3-51.9 | 14 | 18.7 | 10.9-30.1 | 4 | 6.1 | 2.3-15.4 | 4 | 6.1 | 2.3-15.4 |
Female | 96 | 55 | 58.6 | 47.7-68.8 | 26 | 25.7 | 17.5-36.2 | 9 | 8.9 | 4.5-16.9 | 4 | 3.9 | 1.5-10.1 | 2 | 2.8 | 0.7-10.7 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 158 | 71 | 41.5 | 33.3-50.1 | 53 | 34.2 | 26.6-42.8 | 20 | 13.7 | 8.6-21.1 | 8 | 5.6 | 2.7-11.2 | 6 | 5.0 | 2.2-11.0 |
Other | 13 | 8 | 56.6 | 26.0-82.8 | 2 | 23.3 | 4.6-65.5 | 3 | 20.1 | 5.9-50.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-44 | 75 | 31 | 37.5 | 26.9-49.4 | 21 | 29.1 | 19.1-41.7 | 11 | 17.5 | 9.7-29.5 | 7 | 8.1 | 3.8-16.5 | 5 | 7.8 | 3.2-17.9 |
45+ | 96 | 48 | 47.9 | 36.8-59.2 | 34 | 37.3 | 27.0-48.8 | 12 | 11.1 | 6.1-19.4 | 1 | 2.2 | 0.3-13.9 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.2- 9.6 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 35 | 12 | 30.9 | 16.9-49.6 | 12 | 32.6 | 17.3-52.7 | 9 | 29.1 | 15.2-48.6 | 1 | 1.9 | 0.3-12.5 | 1 | 5.5 | 0.8-30.3 |
Some College + | 136 | 67 | 45.8 | 36.8-55.0 | 43 | 33.4 | 25.3-42.7 | 14 | 10.5 | 5.9-18.0 | 7 | 5.9 | 2.7-12.3 | 5 | 4.4 | 1.8-10.1 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 85 | 35 | 35.9 | 25.7-47.5 | 27 | 31.6 | 21.5-43.7 | 15 | 20.1 | 12.0-31.8 | 5 | 7.6 | 3.1-17.5 | 3 | 4.8 | 1.5-14.6 |
$50,000+ | 61 | 32 | 46.7 | 33.9-60.0 | 19 | 36.8 | 24.7-50.9 | 6 | 9.8 | 4.1-21.3 | 2 | 2.7 | 0.7-10.3 | 2 | 4.0 | 1.0-14.6 |
* 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 (MAHEC): 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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