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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%) | ||
North Carolina | 14,948 | 9,273 | 58.9 | 57.9-59.9 | 1,774 | 12.3 | 11.6-13.0 | 1,868 | 13.8 | 13.0-14.5 | 1,537 | 11.5 | 10.8-12.2 | 496 | 3.6 | 3.2- 4.0 |
-Eastern NC | 5,007 | 3,243 | 63.5 | 61.9-65.1 | 577 | 11.7 | 10.7-12.8 | 562 | 11.5 | 10.4-12.6 | 452 | 9.8 | 8.8-10.9 | 173 | 3.6 | 3.0- 4.2 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 1,801 | 964 | 54.6 | 51.8-57.4 | 204 | 11.1 | 9.5-12.8 | 276 | 14.8 | 12.9-17.0 | 255 | 14.2 | 12.4-16.3 | 102 | 5.2 | 4.2- 6.5 |
Female | 3,206 | 2,279 | 71.5 | 69.6-73.3 | 373 | 12.2 | 10.9-13.6 | 286 | 8.4 | 7.4- 9.6 | 197 | 5.8 | 5.0- 6.8 | 71 | 2.1 | 1.6- 2.7 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 3,300 | 1,950 | 58.2 | 56.2-60.2 | 418 | 13.0 | 11.7-14.5 | 424 | 12.6 | 11.3-13.9 | 361 | 11.3 | 10.1-12.7 | 147 | 4.8 | 4.0- 5.8 |
African American | 1,264 | 965 | 73.7 | 70.3-76.8 | 129 | 10.2 | 8.4-12.4 | 93 | 8.5 | 6.4-11.2 | 59 | 6.2 | 4.6- 8.4 | 18 | 1.4 | 0.8- 2.3 |
Other Minorities | 14 | 12 | 89.4 | 61.4-97.8 | 1 | 7.7 | 1.0-39.9 | 1 | 2.9 | 0.4-18.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 332 | 190 | 60.2 | 53.2-66.8 | 61 | 15.3 | 11.5-20.0 | 45 | 13.1 | 9.3-18.2 | 33 | 11.0 | 7.1-16.7 | 3 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.4 |
25-34 | 818 | 449 | 55.1 | 51.0-59.1 | 144 | 17.5 | 14.6-20.8 | 137 | 16.6 | 13.7-19.9 | 81 | 9.9 | 7.8-12.5 | 7 | 0.9 | 0.4- 2.0 |
35-44 | 887 | 493 | 55.0 | 50.9-59.0 | 143 | 15.6 | 13.0-18.6 | 118 | 14.0 | 11.1-17.7 | 109 | 12.8 | 10.4-15.8 | 24 | 2.5 | 1.6- 3.9 |
45-54 | 914 | 571 | 62.0 | 58.1-65.7 | 96 | 9.6 | 7.6-12.1 | 114 | 12.3 | 10.1-15.0 | 93 | 11.2 | 8.9-14.2 | 40 | 4.8 | 3.4- 6.8 |
55-64 | 872 | 608 | 70.9 | 67.2-74.3 | 77 | 9.1 | 7.1-11.7 | 77 | 7.6 | 5.9- 9.7 | 71 | 7.7 | 5.9- 9.9 | 39 | 4.8 | 3.3- 6.9 |
65-74 | 677 | 517 | 72.6 | 68.3-76.5 | 38 | 6.3 | 4.4- 9.0 | 44 | 6.6 | 4.8- 9.1 | 43 | 7.7 | 5.5-10.6 | 35 | 6.8 | 4.6- 9.7 |
75+ | 489 | 403 | 81.1 | 76.7-84.8 | 16 | 3.4 | 2.0- 5.6 | 25 | 5.5 | 3.6- 8.3 | 20 | 4.6 | 2.8- 7.5 | 25 | 5.4 | 3.5- 8.2 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 861 | 702 | 76.1 | 71.8-79.9 | 52 | 6.9 | 5.0- 9.4 | 52 | 7.6 | 5.4-10.7 | 34 | 6.8 | 4.5-10.2 | 21 | 2.6 | 1.6- 4.2 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,612 | 1,162 | 71.0 | 68.1-73.7 | 168 | 10.4 | 8.8-12.2 | 137 | 9.2 | 7.4-11.5 | 111 | 7.7 | 6.2- 9.5 | 34 | 1.7 | 1.2- 2.5 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,314 | 819 | 62.0 | 58.9-65.1 | 166 | 13.4 | 11.3-15.8 | 166 | 12.3 | 10.4-14.4 | 121 | 8.7 | 7.1-10.6 | 42 | 3.6 | 2.5- 5.0 |
College Graduate | 1,212 | 557 | 44.7 | 41.4-48.0 | 188 | 15.3 | 13.1-17.8 | 206 | 16.8 | 14.5-19.4 | 185 | 16.3 | 14.0-18.9 | 76 | 7.0 | 5.4- 9.0 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 663 | 524 | 76.2 | 71.2-80.6 | 57 | 8.5 | 6.1-11.7 | 40 | 7.5 | 4.8-11.5 | 31 | 6.1 | 3.7- 9.7 | 11 | 1.7 | 0.9- 3.3 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 941 | 704 | 72.7 | 68.6-76.5 | 79 | 7.9 | 6.1-10.1 | 78 | 9.2 | 6.6-12.7 | 65 | 8.6 | 6.4-11.6 | 15 | 1.5 | 0.8- 2.8 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 591 | 367 | 64.2 | 59.6-68.5 | 79 | 14.0 | 11.1-17.6 | 68 | 9.7 | 7.5-12.6 | 55 | 8.5 | 6.3-11.4 | 22 | 3.5 | 2.1- 5.7 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 666 | 365 | 54.5 | 50.0-58.9 | 95 | 13.6 | 10.9-16.8 | 106 | 16.5 | 13.4-20.2 | 69 | 11.4 | 8.7-14.8 | 31 | 4.1 | 2.8- 5.9 |
$50,000-74,999 | 536 | 278 | 52.0 | 47.1-56.9 | 80 | 15.5 | 12.1-19.5 | 92 | 15.1 | 12.2-18.7 | 63 | 11.7 | 8.9-15.3 | 23 | 5.7 | 3.5- 9.0 |
$75,000+ | 545 | 228 | 42.1 | 37.4-46.9 | 83 | 13.7 | 10.8-17.2 | 101 | 18.9 | 15.5-23.0 | 103 | 19.2 | 15.7-23.2 | 30 | 6.1 | 4.1- 9.0 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 1,738 | 1,289 | 70.9 | 68.1-73.4 | 146 | 9.5 | 7.9-11.4 | 134 | 8.0 | 6.6- 9.7 | 106 | 7.5 | 6.0- 9.4 | 63 | 4.0 | 3.1- 5.3 |
No | 3,103 | 1,844 | 59.7 | 57.5-61.7 | 411 | 12.8 | 11.5-14.2 | 414 | 13.2 | 11.8-14.7 | 329 | 11.0 | 9.8-12.5 | 105 | 3.4 | 2.7- 4.2 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 707 | 402 | 57.0 | 52.7-61.1 | 74 | 10.9 | 8.5-13.9 | 99 | 13.2 | 10.7-16.2 | 84 | 12.5 | 9.9-15.6 | 48 | 6.5 | 4.7- 8.8 |
Non-Veteran | 4,155 | 2,785 | 65.9 | 64.1-67.7 | 478 | 11.5 | 10.4-12.7 | 436 | 10.9 | 9.7-12.2 | 333 | 8.7 | 7.7- 9.9 | 123 | 3.0 | 2.5- 3.7 |
Currently Serving | 135 | 52 | 38.5 | 29.4-48.5 | 24 | 20.6 | 13.5-30.2 | 26 | 17.2 | 11.3-25.4 | 32 | 22.1 | 15.0-31.4 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.2-10.1 |
^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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