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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 | 5,631 | 4,556 | 79.6 | 78.2-80.9 | 396 | 7.5 | 6.6- 8.4 | 222 | 4.0 | 3.4- 4.7 | 310 | 6.1 | 5.4- 7.0 | 147 | 2.9 | 2.4- 3.5 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | ||||||||||||||||
Alamance | 138 | 108 | 74.7 | 64.2-83.0 | 14 | 11.8 | 6.6-20.3 | 5 | 5.9 | 1.8-17.3 | 9 | 6.8 | 3.2-14.1 | 2 | 0.7 | 0.2- 3.0 |
Buncombe | 173 | 145 | 82.0 | 74.5-87.6 | 9 | 5.5 | 2.8-10.8 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.7- 5.8 | 12 | 7.9 | 4.4-13.9 | 3 | 2.6 | 0.8- 7.9 |
Cabarrus | 163 | 135 | 82.8 | 74.9-88.6 | 13 | 9.8 | 5.3-17.5 | 8 | 3.8 | 1.8- 8.2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.6- 6.2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.5- 4.8 |
Catawba | 140 | 117 | 75.2 | 62.9-84.4 | 10 | 9.3 | 4.7-17.5 | 3 | 3.2 | 0.9-10.8 | 6 | 5.4 | 2.2-12.8 | 4 | 6.9 | 1.7-24.1 |
Cumberland | 170 | 143 | 82.9 | 75.3-88.5 | 8 | 5.3 | 2.5-11.0 | 8 | 3.7 | 1.7- 8.0 | 6 | 4.4 | 1.9- 9.7 | 5 | 3.6 | 1.4- 9.4 |
Davidson | 113 | 91 | 80.1 | 70.5-87.1 | 8 | 7.8 | 3.6-16.2 | 2 | 2.5 | 0.6- 9.7 | 9 | 7.0 | 3.6-13.2 | 3 | 2.6 | 0.7- 8.7 |
Durham | 199 | 167 | 80.9 | 73.5-86.6 | 13 | 7.7 | 4.4-13.3 | 9 | 4.5 | 2.3- 8.7 | 8 | 5.5 | 2.6-11.6 | 2 | 1.4 | 0.3- 6.1 |
Forsyth | 189 | 155 | 80.3 | 73.0-86.1 | 14 | 8.8 | 5.1-14.7 | 5 | 2.3 | 0.9- 5.8 | 10 | 6.1 | 3.1-11.8 | 5 | 2.5 | 0.9- 6.5 |
Gaston | 100 | 80 | 79.0 | 68.8-86.6 | 9 | 8.7 | 4.3-16.8 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.1 | 4 | 5.9 | 2.2-14.8 | 6 | 5.8 | 2.4-13.3 |
Guilford | 181 | 146 | 80.2 | 72.7-86.0 | 15 | 8.9 | 5.1-15.1 | 7 | 4.0 | 1.8- 8.8 | 8 | 4.1 | 1.8- 8.9 | 5 | 2.8 | 1.1- 6.8 |
Iredell | 165 | 128 | 78.5 | 70.9-84.5 | 22 | 13.5 | 8.7-20.5 | 8 | 4.6 | 2.2- 9.3 | 5 | 2.3 | 0.9- 5.8 | 2 | 1.1 | 0.3- 4.7 |
Johnston | 151 | 118 | 73.6 | 64.2-81.3 | 9 | 9.3 | 4.7-17.4 | 10 | 6.7 | 3.3-12.8 | 7 | 6.3 | 2.7-13.9 | 7 | 4.1 | 1.9- 8.7 |
Mecklenburg | 356 | 281 | 77.5 | 72.2-82.1 | 23 | 7.8 | 5.1-11.8 | 19 | 5.2 | 3.1- 8.4 | 25 | 7.6 | 5.0-11.5 | 8 | 1.8 | 0.9- 3.9 |
New Hanover | 196 | 158 | 76.5 | 68.4-83.0 | 12 | 8.1 | 4.3-15.0 | 3 | 1.4 | 0.4- 4.5 | 18 | 10.3 | 6.2-16.8 | 5 | 3.7 | 1.4- 9.2 |
Onslow | 160 | 126 | 73.5 | 64.0-81.2 | 10 | 7.1 | 3.7-13.1 | 7 | 4.3 | 1.9- 9.3 | 12 | 9.7 | 4.9-18.4 | 5 | 5.4 | 2.0-13.7 |
Orange | 240 | 191 | 77.7 | 71.1-83.2 | 19 | 9.7 | 6.0-15.2 | 11 | 4.3 | 2.2- 8.1 | 15 | 6.9 | 4.0-11.6 | 4 | 1.4 | 0.5- 3.9 |
Pitt | 163 | 124 | 73.6 | 65.0-80.7 | 12 | 8.0 | 4.3-14.4 | 11 | 5.5 | 3.0-10.1 | 9 | 6.2 | 3.1-12.0 | 7 | 6.7 | 3.0-14.1 |
Randolph | 103 | 82 | 75.0 | 62.9-84.1 | 5 | 4.7 | 1.9-11.3 | 5 | 4.5 | 1.7-11.7 | 9 | 13.1 | 6.1-25.8 | 2 | 2.7 | 0.6-10.9 |
Robeson | 88 | 64 | 74.5 | 63.1-83.4 | 9 | 11.8 | 6.0-21.8 | 6 | 3.8 | 1.6- 9.0 | 7 | 8.6 | 3.8-18.5 | 2 | 1.3 | 0.3- 5.8 |
Rowan | 143 | 113 | 71.9 | 61.4-80.4 | 8 | 5.6 | 2.5-11.8 | 5 | 5.6 | 1.9-15.0 | 14 | 13.7 | 7.8-23.0 | 3 | 3.3 | 0.9-11.8 |
Union | 166 | 141 | 84.6 | 77.3-89.9 | 8 | 3.3 | 1.6- 6.9 | 8 | 5.1 | 2.4-10.4 | 7 | 5.8 | 2.6-12.5 | 2 | 1.2 | 0.3- 4.7 |
Wake | 333 | 278 | 82.9 | 77.7-87.0 | 21 | 6.5 | 4.1-10.2 | 11 | 3.3 | 1.7- 6.4 | 15 | 5.7 | 3.4- 9.6 | 8 | 1.6 | 0.7- 3.4 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 159 | 127 | 79.6 | 71.6-85.8 | 13 | 8.9 | 4.7-16.1 | 5 | 2.9 | 1.1- 7.2 | 10 | 6.5 | 3.5-12.0 | 4 | 2.1 | 0.7- 5.9 |
Northeast Partnership II | 125 | 105 | 83.4 | 74.8-89.5 | 8 | 6.3 | 3.0-12.8 | 2 | 2.1 | 0.5- 8.1 | 8 | 6.3 | 3.0-12.8 | 2 | 1.9 | 0.4- 9.1 |
Northeast Partnership I | 97 | 85 | 88.9 | 80.2-94.1 | 4 | 3.9 | 1.4-11.0 | 4 | 3.4 | 1.1- 9.9 | 2 | 1.9 | 0.5- 7.4 | 2 | 1.9 | 0.5- 7.4 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 109 | 89 | 78.3 | 67.8-86.1 | 10 | 9.5 | 4.9-17.7 | 5 | 4.7 | 1.9-11.2 | 3 | 3.7 | 1.1-11.7 | 2 | 3.8 | 0.9-14.1 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 137 | 111 | 81.1 | 72.3-87.6 | 6 | 4.3 | 1.8- 9.8 | 7 | 6.8 | 2.9-15.1 | 10 | 5.3 | 2.7-10.2 | 3 | 2.5 | 0.7- 8.7 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 159 | 130 | 76.9 | 67.4-84.2 | 7 | 4.1 | 1.9- 8.5 | 5 | 3.4 | 1.4- 8.2 | 10 | 10.7 | 5.2-20.8 | 7 | 4.9 | 2.2-10.5 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 130 | 108 | 84.7 | 76.8-90.2 | 11 | 9.1 | 4.8-16.5 | 3 | 2.2 | 0.7- 6.8 | 2 | 1.3 | 0.3- 5.7 | 6 | 2.7 | 1.2- 6.1 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 201 | 169 | 79.2 | 70.3-86.0 | 17 | 12.0 | 6.5-21.0 | 7 | 4.2 | 1.8- 9.3 | 7 | 4.3 | 1.9- 9.7 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.0 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 165 | 115 | 70.0 | 60.8-77.8 | 21 | 11.3 | 6.7-18.3 | 9 | 6.4 | 3.0-13.2 | 11 | 5.5 | 2.7-10.6 | 9 | 6.9 | 3.0-15.0 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 97 | 78 | 77.7 | 67.0-85.7 | 7 | 7.9 | 3.5-16.7 | 3 | 3.2 | 1.0- 9.8 | 5 | 5.1 | 2.1-12.2 | 4 | 6.1 | 2.2-15.4 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes | 107 | 89 | 79.1 | 67.0-87.6 | 5 | 4.9 | 2.0-11.7 | 2 | 1.2 | 0.3- 4.7 | 5 | 6.5 | 2.1-18.6 | 6 | 8.3 | 3.2-20.0 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 121 | 93 | 74.3 | 64.2-82.4 | 8 | 6.1 | 2.8-12.8 | 8 | 6.9 | 3.3-13.8 | 8 | 9.2 | 4.4-18.0 | 4 | 3.4 | 1.0-11.4 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 194 | 166 | 85.8 | 78.6-90.8 | 8 | 4.4 | 2.0- 9.2 | 6 | 3.8 | 1.5- 9.2 | 10 | 3.1 | 1.3- 7.4 | 4 | 2.9 | 0.9- 8.7 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 289 | 239 | 80.7 | 74.6-85.7 | 18 | 7.5 | 4.4-12.7 | 9 | 3.3 | 1.6- 6.6 | 17 | 6.4 | 3.8-10.4 | 6 | 2.1 | 0.9- 5.0 |
No | 5,342 | 4,317 | 79.5 | 78.1-80.9 | 378 | 7.5 | 6.6- 8.4 | 213 | 4.0 | 3.4- 4.7 | 293 | 6.1 | 5.3- 7.0 | 141 | 2.9 | 2.4- 3.6 |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 1,747 | 1,387 | 78.0 | 75.5-80.3 | 120 | 7.2 | 5.9- 8.8 | 76 | 4.2 | 3.2- 5.5 | 108 | 6.9 | 5.5- 8.6 | 56 | 3.7 | 2.7- 5.0 |
Piedmont | 3,324 | 2,704 | 79.8 | 78.0-81.5 | 248 | 8.1 | 7.0- 9.4 | 130 | 4.0 | 3.2- 4.9 | 169 | 5.9 | 4.9- 7.0 | 73 | 2.2 | 1.7- 3.0 |
Western NC | 560 | 465 | 81.5 | 77.1-85.2 | 28 | 5.1 | 3.4- 7.8 | 16 | 3.4 | 1.9- 6.1 | 33 | 5.8 | 3.8- 8.6 | 18 | 4.2 | 2.4- 7.2 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | ||||||||||||||||
Mountain AHEC | 361 | 306 | 84.8 | 79.7-88.8 | 17 | 4.9 | 2.9- 8.3 | 10 | 3.3 | 1.5- 6.9 | 21 | 4.2 | 2.5- 6.8 | 7 | 2.9 | 1.2- 6.7 |
Northwest | 983 | 791 | 77.3 | 73.7-80.6 | 77 | 8.5 | 6.6-11.0 | 29 | 3.2 | 2.1- 4.9 | 56 | 6.6 | 4.8- 9.0 | 30 | 4.4 | 2.8- 6.9 |
Charlotte | 888 | 721 | 79.1 | 75.5-82.3 | 60 | 7.4 | 5.5- 9.9 | 41 | 4.6 | 3.2- 6.6 | 45 | 6.7 | 4.8- 9.2 | 21 | 2.2 | 1.3- 3.7 |
Greensboro | 785 | 625 | 77.8 | 73.7-81.4 | 64 | 9.0 | 6.6-12.0 | 32 | 4.4 | 2.9- 6.8 | 48 | 6.2 | 4.4- 8.8 | 16 | 2.6 | 1.4- 4.7 |
Southern Regional | 521 | 408 | 78.2 | 73.5-82.3 | 40 | 7.2 | 5.0-10.4 | 30 | 5.3 | 3.5- 8.0 | 29 | 6.6 | 4.1-10.4 | 14 | 2.7 | 1.4- 5.1 |
Coastal | 349 | 285 | 78.4 | 72.6-83.3 | 18 | 5.7 | 3.4- 9.4 | 9 | 3.7 | 1.6- 8.1 | 25 | 7.9 | 5.2-12.0 | 12 | 4.3 | 2.3- 7.8 |
Wake | 874 | 726 | 82.0 | 78.5-85.1 | 58 | 7.5 | 5.5-10.1 | 34 | 3.6 | 2.3- 5.4 | 33 | 5.1 | 3.4- 7.6 | 23 | 1.8 | 1.1- 2.9 |
Area L | 158 | 127 | 76.7 | 68.0-83.7 | 14 | 9.2 | 5.2-15.7 | 7 | 5.4 | 2.5-11.0 | 5 | 3.7 | 1.4- 9.7 | 5 | 5.0 | 1.9-12.4 |
Eastern | 680 | 544 | 79.4 | 75.4-82.9 | 44 | 6.8 | 4.8- 9.5 | 27 | 3.3 | 2.2- 5.1 | 46 | 7.3 | 5.2-10.2 | 19 | 3.2 | 1.9- 5.2 |
* 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, Edgecombe, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
*** 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.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson,
Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.
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