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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 | 6,629 | 64 | 0.9 | 0.7- 1.3 | 2,124 | 32.7 | 31.2-34.3 | 2,051 | 31.6 | 30.1-33.1 | 1,802 | 27.4 | 26.0-28.9 | 588 | 7.3 | 6.6- 8.1 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | ||||||||||||||||
Alamance | 169 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 3.1 | 55 | 30.3 | 22.8-39.1 | 48 | 30.0 | 21.6-40.0 | 51 | 32.5 | 23.9-42.5 | 14 | 6.7 | 3.7-12.0 |
Buncombe | 199 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.8 | 50 | 27.0 | 19.6-36.1 | 62 | 31.8 | 24.6-39.9 | 71 | 35.3 | 27.7-43.8 | 15 | 5.3 | 2.9- 9.4 |
Cabarrus | 170 | 3 | 2.8 | 0.6-11.6 | 65 | 32.4 | 24.9-40.9 | 56 | 33.8 | 25.5-43.2 | 36 | 27.6 | 19.1-38.1 | 10 | 3.5 | 1.8- 6.8 |
Catawba | 161 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.2 | 57 | 34.6 | 25.9-44.5 | 50 | 32.0 | 23.3-42.1 | 38 | 26.2 | 17.9-36.6 | 15 | 6.8 | 3.9-11.5 |
Cumberland | 185 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.0 | 80 | 45.3 | 36.3-54.6 | 51 | 26.9 | 20.1-35.1 | 42 | 22.3 | 15.8-30.5 | 11 | 4.9 | 2.5- 9.1 |
Davidson | 148 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 64 | 44.7 | 34.7-55.2 | 35 | 26.2 | 17.7-36.9 | 32 | 18.5 | 12.5-26.4 | 17 | 10.6 | 5.5-19.5 |
Durham | 220 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.4 | 67 | 30.4 | 23.5-38.3 | 66 | 28.8 | 22.1-36.4 | 71 | 33.1 | 25.8-41.4 | 15 | 7.4 | 3.7-14.1 |
Forsyth | 206 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 56 | 26.5 | 19.9-34.4 | 79 | 45.8 | 36.9-54.9 | 49 | 21.1 | 15.4-28.1 | 22 | 6.7 | 4.2-10.4 |
Gaston | 142 | 2 | 1.2 | 0.3- 5.0 | 57 | 37.2 | 27.9-47.5 | 42 | 28.6 | 20.5-38.3 | 30 | 26.0 | 15.4-40.5 | 11 | 7.1 | 3.5-13.8 |
Guilford | 210 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.2- 3.4 | 68 | 32.5 | 25.1-40.9 | 56 | 27.3 | 20.0-36.0 | 66 | 32.0 | 24.7-40.2 | 18 | 7.4 | 4.4-12.0 |
Iredell | 167 | 2 | 1.6 | 0.4- 6.2 | 53 | 31.1 | 23.2-40.2 | 62 | 36.7 | 28.7-45.5 | 38 | 24.7 | 17.5-33.6 | 12 | 5.9 | 3.3-10.5 |
Johnston | 128 | 2 | 4.2 | 0.7-21.8 | 37 | 29.4 | 20.5-40.3 | 48 | 39.3 | 29.0-50.7 | 30 | 21.4 | 14.5-30.5 | 11 | 5.6 | 2.9-10.6 |
Mecklenburg | 493 | 7 | 1.5 | 0.7- 3.4 | 135 | 29.9 | 24.8-35.6 | 156 | 28.5 | 24.1-33.3 | 155 | 33.4 | 28.5-38.7 | 40 | 6.7 | 4.5- 9.7 |
New Hanover | 241 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.4 | 57 | 27.3 | 20.6-35.3 | 67 | 27.2 | 20.9-34.5 | 81 | 32.9 | 26.4-40.2 | 35 | 12.2 | 8.3-17.6 |
Onslow | 163 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.2-10.0 | 62 | 38.1 | 27.8-49.6 | 55 | 33.5 | 24.9-43.3 | 35 | 23.3 | 15.3-33.8 | 10 | 3.6 | 1.8- 7.0 |
Orange | 266 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.9 | 64 | 26.4 | 19.5-34.7 | 70 | 25.2 | 19.5-32.0 | 106 | 39.7 | 32.6-47.2 | 25 | 8.2 | 5.4-12.5 |
Pitt | 159 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.2 | 57 | 33.5 | 25.6-42.3 | 42 | 29.0 | 21.1-38.4 | 46 | 30.5 | 22.9-39.4 | 12 | 6.5 | 3.5-11.8 |
Randolph | 124 | 3 | 2.8 | 0.6-11.4 | 41 | 33.9 | 24.5-44.7 | 38 | 26.7 | 18.9-36.2 | 26 | 25.8 | 17.3-36.5 | 16 | 10.8 | 6.3-18.0 |
Robeson | 109 | 2 | 2.2 | 0.5- 8.3 | 42 | 33.1 | 23.3-44.6 | 44 | 43.5 | 32.1-55.6 | 14 | 15.1 | 8.2-26.1 | 7 | 6.2 | 2.5-14.5 |
Rowan | 143 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 5.0 | 56 | 35.5 | 26.1-46.2 | 47 | 40.5 | 29.4-52.6 | 31 | 18.9 | 12.5-27.5 | 8 | 4.5 | 2.1- 9.4 |
Union | 139 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 39 | 26.9 | 19.2-36.2 | 60 | 45.2 | 35.7-55.0 | 32 | 22.4 | 15.2-31.7 | 8 | 5.6 | 2.6-11.7 |
Wake | 487 | 6 | 0.9 | 0.4- 2.2 | 140 | 31.1 | 26.2-36.4 | 149 | 32.0 | 27.2-37.3 | 149 | 29.2 | 24.6-34.4 | 43 | 6.7 | 4.8- 9.3 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 223 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.5 | 64 | 29.1 | 22.6-36.5 | 73 | 38.0 | 30.2-46.5 | 60 | 24.8 | 18.9-31.8 | 24 | 7.5 | 4.9-11.3 |
Northeast Partnership II | 156 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 51 | 37.8 | 28.4-48.2 | 49 | 29.1 | 21.2-38.4 | 42 | 24.2 | 17.4-32.6 | 14 | 9.0 | 4.9-15.9 |
Northeast Partnership I | 149 | 3 | 1.4 | 0.4- 4.7 | 51 | 35.1 | 24.7-47.1 | 39 | 24.4 | 16.8-34.0 | 42 | 31.3 | 22.7-41.3 | 14 | 7.9 | 4.5-13.6 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 138 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 3.1 | 52 | 36.7 | 27.7-46.8 | 41 | 34.3 | 24.9-45.1 | 38 | 25.6 | 18.2-34.8 | 6 | 2.9 | 1.3- 6.5 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 142 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.8 | 62 | 44.9 | 33.6-56.9 | 34 | 28.0 | 17.4-42.0 | 27 | 16.8 | 9.6-27.8 | 18 | 9.9 | 5.6-17.1 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 168 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1- 6.3 | 44 | 26.8 | 19.7-35.4 | 58 | 37.3 | 29.1-46.2 | 48 | 27.6 | 20.7-35.7 | 17 | 7.4 | 4.4-12.2 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 146 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.4 | 57 | 36.0 | 27.0-46.2 | 49 | 39.3 | 29.5-50.1 | 29 | 18.4 | 12.4-26.5 | 10 | 5.9 | 2.9-11.5 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 233 | 2 | 1.4 | 0.3- 6.2 | 56 | 25.1 | 19.0-32.5 | 72 | 29.7 | 23.5-36.9 | 67 | 29.6 | 23.2-37.0 | 36 | 14.1 | 9.6-20.2 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 198 | 5 | 2.5 | 0.8- 7.1 | 66 | 32.9 | 24.5-42.6 | 65 | 31.9 | 24.3-40.7 | 50 | 26.5 | 18.8-35.8 | 12 | 6.2 | 3.0-12.4 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 133 | 2 | 1.6 | 0.3- 6.9 | 46 | 38.2 | 28.2-49.2 | 48 | 33.3 | 24.7-43.3 | 29 | 21.0 | 14.2-29.9 | 8 | 6.0 | 2.7-12.6 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 121 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 5.1 | 40 | 29.0 | 20.2-39.7 | 46 | 39.7 | 28.5-52.2 | 26 | 24.5 | 14.2-38.9 | 8 | 6.1 | 2.1-16.2 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 141 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 1.8 | 47 | 38.8 | 29.6-49.0 | 33 | 22.6 | 15.6-31.6 | 43 | 28.2 | 20.7-37.1 | 17 | 10.1 | 5.7-17.4 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 252 | 4 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.6 | 86 | 33.7 | 26.7-41.5 | 61 | 25.5 | 18.6-33.8 | 72 | 28.4 | 21.8-36.1 | 29 | 11.2 | 7.2-17.0 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 384 | 3 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.5 | 116 | 31.9 | 25.9-38.5 | 116 | 29.7 | 24.2-35.9 | 111 | 29.5 | 24.2-35.3 | 38 | 8.5 | 5.9-12.0 |
No | 6,245 | 61 | 1.0 | 0.7- 1.3 | 2,008 | 32.8 | 31.2-34.4 | 1,935 | 31.7 | 30.1-33.3 | 1,691 | 27.3 | 25.9-28.8 | 550 | 7.3 | 6.5- 8.1 |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 1,991 | 18 | 0.9 | 0.5- 1.7 | 670 | 35.4 | 32.6-38.4 | 612 | 32.0 | 29.1-35.0 | 509 | 24.2 | 21.9-26.8 | 182 | 7.4 | 6.2- 8.8 |
Piedmont | 3,976 | 40 | 1.0 | 0.7- 1.5 | 1,244 | 31.4 | 29.5-33.4 | 1,252 | 32.1 | 30.2-34.1 | 1,099 | 28.5 | 26.7-30.4 | 341 | 6.9 | 6.1- 7.9 |
Western NC | 662 | 6 | 0.8 | 0.3- 1.8 | 210 | 33.6 | 29.0-38.5 | 187 | 27.9 | 23.7-32.6 | 194 | 28.8 | 24.6-33.4 | 65 | 9.0 | 6.6-12.1 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | ||||||||||||||||
Mountain AHEC | 451 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.4- 2.5 | 136 | 31.1 | 25.8-36.9 | 123 | 28.0 | 22.8-33.8 | 143 | 31.1 | 26.0-36.8 | 44 | 8.9 | 6.2-12.6 |
Northwest | 1,112 | 7 | 0.7 | 0.3- 1.6 | 380 | 33.4 | 29.8-37.2 | 369 | 35.7 | 31.9-39.7 | 255 | 22.5 | 19.5-25.9 | 101 | 7.7 | 6.0- 9.9 |
Charlotte | 1,066 | 14 | 1.4 | 0.7- 2.6 | 326 | 30.2 | 26.7-34.0 | 358 | 31.5 | 28.2-35.0 | 290 | 31.0 | 27.4-34.8 | 78 | 6.0 | 4.5- 7.9 |
Greensboro | 918 | 10 | 1.2 | 0.6- 2.3 | 281 | 32.9 | 28.7-37.4 | 253 | 27.2 | 23.2-31.5 | 283 | 30.8 | 26.9-35.0 | 91 | 8.0 | 6.2-10.2 |
Southern Regional | 613 | 6 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.1 | 228 | 39.0 | 33.2-45.2 | 191 | 31.8 | 25.9-38.3 | 137 | 21.0 | 16.6-26.3 | 51 | 7.3 | 5.2-10.3 |
Coastal | 408 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.8 | 99 | 26.3 | 21.3-32.0 | 124 | 32.0 | 26.8-37.8 | 130 | 30.6 | 25.7-36.0 | 53 | 10.4 | 7.5-14.3 |
Wake | 1,065 | 11 | 1.0 | 0.5- 2.1 | 324 | 31.1 | 27.6-34.9 | 338 | 32.7 | 29.1-36.5 | 309 | 28.7 | 25.3-32.4 | 83 | 6.5 | 5.0- 8.3 |
Area L | 210 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.2- 3.1 | 78 | 37.9 | 29.7-46.9 | 63 | 31.3 | 23.6-40.1 | 51 | 23.1 | 17.0-30.5 | 16 | 7.0 | 4.0-11.9 |
Eastern | 786 | 7 | 0.7 | 0.3- 1.8 | 272 | 36.5 | 32.2-41.1 | 232 | 30.9 | 26.8-35.3 | 204 | 24.9 | 21.4-28.7 | 71 | 7.0 | 5.4- 9.2 |
*This question 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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
*** 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.
****Learn about the NC Area Health Education Centers Program
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