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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 | 6,537 | 3,065 | 41.3 | 39.7-42.8 | 2,041 | 32.1 | 30.6-33.7 | 726 | 12.8 | 11.6-14.0 | 286 | 4.8 | 4.1- 5.6 | 419 | 9.0 | 8.0-10.2 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | ||||||||||||||||
Alamance | 169 | 79 | 39.6 | 31.1-48.8 | 56 | 37.5 | 28.4-47.7 | 15 | 8.4 | 4.8-14.3 | 8 | 5.9 | 2.8-12.0 | 11 | 8.6 | 3.9-18.0 |
Buncombe | 200 | 101 | 42.5 | 34.6-50.8 | 62 | 31.3 | 24.1-39.5 | 25 | 16.6 | 10.1-26.2 | 6 | 4.0 | 1.7- 8.9 | 6 | 5.6 | 2.3-13.2 |
Cabarrus | 163 | 71 | 37.6 | 29.3-46.8 | 53 | 35.0 | 26.3-44.9 | 17 | 7.6 | 4.4-13.0 | 7 | 3.8 | 1.7- 8.3 | 15 | 15.9 | 8.9-26.8 |
Catawba | 158 | 84 | 43.7 | 34.4-53.6 | 43 | 31.6 | 22.5-42.3 | 14 | 12.4 | 6.5-22.4 | 6 | 2.4 | 1.0- 5.4 | 11 | 9.9 | 5.3-17.9 |
Cumberland | 184 | 90 | 45.2 | 36.4-54.2 | 55 | 29.2 | 21.9-37.7 | 25 | 15.8 | 9.1-25.9 | 5 | 3.7 | 1.1-11.2 | 9 | 6.2 | 3.1-12.3 |
Davidson | 149 | 60 | 33.0 | 24.9-42.2 | 42 | 27.8 | 19.7-37.7 | 18 | 14.0 | 8.0-23.4 | 7 | 3.3 | 1.5- 7.4 | 22 | 21.9 | 13.4-33.6 |
Durham | 215 | 107 | 43.5 | 35.7-51.6 | 71 | 35.6 | 27.8-44.2 | 22 | 13.5 | 8.6-20.3 | 10 | 3.9 | 1.9- 7.5 | 5 | 3.7 | 1.4- 9.4 |
Forsyth | 204 | 108 | 48.6 | 39.8-57.5 | 60 | 32.2 | 24.2-41.2 | 20 | 10.9 | 6.0-19.0 | 7 | 2.6 | 1.1- 6.1 | 9 | 5.7 | 2.6-12.1 |
Gaston | 141 | 66 | 39.2 | 29.6-49.6 | 37 | 22.1 | 15.5-30.6 | 14 | 11.0 | 6.1-19.0 | 6 | 3.9 | 1.6- 9.2 | 18 | 23.9 | 13.1-39.4 |
Guilford | 207 | 111 | 47.8 | 39.5-56.2 | 59 | 26.9 | 20.2-34.9 | 20 | 9.9 | 5.7-16.8 | 8 | 4.6 | 2.0-10.5 | 9 | 10.7 | 5.1-21.1 |
Iredell | 161 | 74 | 40.4 | 31.8-49.5 | 45 | 26.0 | 19.2-34.2 | 22 | 16.7 | 10.7-25.1 | 10 | 7.7 | 3.8-15.1 | 10 | 9.2 | 4.6-17.7 |
Johnston | 127 | 48 | 29.9 | 21.5-39.9 | 43 | 35.4 | 25.3-47.1 | 22 | 22.1 | 12.7-35.7 | 5 | 3.5 | 1.2- 9.6 | 9 | 9.1 | 4.6-17.0 |
Mecklenburg | 484 | 235 | 42.8 | 37.5-48.1 | 176 | 37.8 | 32.5-43.4 | 39 | 10.3 | 7.2-14.3 | 20 | 4.5 | 2.6- 7.7 | 14 | 4.7 | 2.4- 9.0 |
New Hanover | 241 | 115 | 41.4 | 34.4-48.9 | 80 | 27.9 | 22.1-34.5 | 31 | 20.4 | 14.0-28.7 | 6 | 3.2 | 1.4- 7.3 | 9 | 7.0 | 3.3-14.2 |
Onslow | 161 | 60 | 30.9 | 21.2-42.7 | 51 | 25.8 | 18.7-34.3 | 17 | 12.8 | 7.3-21.5 | 13 | 12.4 | 6.4-22.6 | 20 | 18.1 | 11.0-28.3 |
Orange | 263 | 132 | 42.1 | 35.0-49.5 | 102 | 40.8 | 33.3-48.7 | 16 | 9.3 | 5.2-16.2 | 8 | 3.4 | 1.5- 7.4 | 5 | 4.4 | 1.6-11.1 |
Pitt | 157 | 78 | 51.6 | 42.5-60.5 | 44 | 23.9 | 17.3-32.0 | 17 | 11.6 | 7.0-18.6 | 7 | 4.2 | 1.8- 9.1 | 11 | 8.9 | 4.6-16.4 |
Randolph | 120 | 46 | 29.8 | 21.8-39.2 | 40 | 34.9 | 25.4-45.8 | 9 | 11.4 | 5.7-21.5 | 13 | 12.3 | 6.4-22.2 | 12 | 11.6 | 6.2-20.5 |
Robeson | 109 | 34 | 24.6 | 16.2-35.4 | 31 | 26.1 | 17.4-37.2 | 16 | 16.9 | 9.6-28.1 | 12 | 11.6 | 6.0-21.5 | 16 | 20.8 | 11.8-33.9 |
Rowan | 141 | 66 | 36.9 | 26.8-48.4 | 43 | 34.8 | 24.9-46.2 | 13 | 7.6 | 3.9-14.3 | 7 | 5.4 | 2.5-11.5 | 12 | 15.3 | 8.1-27.2 |
Union | 137 | 72 | 46.2 | 36.7-56.0 | 41 | 28.0 | 20.3-37.3 | 18 | 19.7 | 12.1-30.2 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.2- 3.4 | 4 | 5.3 | 2.0-13.5 |
Wake | 475 | 239 | 44.0 | 38.8-49.4 | 150 | 35.5 | 30.2-41.2 | 53 | 10.9 | 8.0-14.6 | 11 | 3.4 | 1.8- 6.5 | 22 | 6.2 | 3.7-10.2 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 220 | 99 | 35.2 | 28.5-42.6 | 70 | 33.9 | 26.9-41.7 | 26 | 13.7 | 8.6-21.0 | 10 | 7.5 | 3.4-16.1 | 15 | 9.7 | 5.5-16.5 |
Northeast Partnership II | 154 | 73 | 40.0 | 31.2-49.5 | 49 | 36.1 | 26.7-46.7 | 16 | 12.7 | 7.3-21.2 | 7 | 3.3 | 1.5- 7.1 | 9 | 7.9 | 3.7-15.8 |
Northeast Partnership I | 143 | 66 | 41.9 | 31.2-53.5 | 41 | 29.4 | 21.1-39.3 | 12 | 9.8 | 5.5-17.1 | 11 | 9.1 | 4.4-18.0 | 13 | 9.7 | 5.4-17.0 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 137 | 54 | 32.8 | 24.5-42.3 | 55 | 44.7 | 34.7-55.1 | 13 | 8.7 | 4.8-15.3 | 6 | 5.0 | 2.1-11.5 | 9 | 8.8 | 4.3-17.2 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 143 | 53 | 37.0 | 26.6-48.7 | 45 | 27.8 | 19.6-37.8 | 23 | 17.4 | 8.3-32.8 | 7 | 3.6 | 1.5- 8.1 | 15 | 14.3 | 7.3-26.2 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 165 | 71 | 37.1 | 29.4-45.5 | 51 | 31.8 | 23.9-41.0 | 21 | 13.3 | 8.3-20.5 | 12 | 8.9 | 4.9-15.5 | 10 | 8.9 | 4.6-16.7 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 143 | 74 | 47.7 | 37.7-58.0 | 44 | 32.3 | 23.1-43.1 | 8 | 4.0 | 1.8- 8.5 | 10 | 8.1 | 4.0-15.7 | 7 | 7.8 | 3.4-16.9 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 232 | 118 | 48.9 | 41.5-56.5 | 76 | 30.7 | 24.5-37.7 | 26 | 12.7 | 8.2-19.2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.7- 5.2 | 8 | 5.6 | 2.5-12.0 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 194 | 89 | 41.6 | 32.6-51.1 | 35 | 16.7 | 11.1-24.3 | 38 | 17.6 | 12.3-24.7 | 8 | 4.8 | 2.2-10.3 | 24 | 19.3 | 11.9-29.7 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 130 | 63 | 41.7 | 32.0-52.1 | 40 | 35.3 | 25.6-46.3 | 12 | 13.0 | 6.9-23.2 | 6 | 4.6 | 1.8-11.3 | 9 | 5.4 | 2.6-10.8 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 121 | 56 | 37.0 | 26.8-48.4 | 34 | 24.9 | 16.7-35.4 | 18 | 20.1 | 10.3-35.4 | 4 | 3.4 | 1.1-10.6 | 9 | 14.7 | 6.9-28.6 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 141 | 58 | 37.7 | 28.8-47.5 | 42 | 32.0 | 23.6-41.8 | 21 | 14.1 | 8.7-22.0 | 8 | 7.5 | 3.6-14.9 | 12 | 8.7 | 4.8-15.4 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 248 | 115 | 42.6 | 35.2-50.4 | 75 | 28.7 | 22.2-36.1 | 29 | 13.1 | 8.3-20.0 | 9 | 5.7 | 2.5-12.2 | 20 | 10.0 | 5.3-18.1 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 375 | 168 | 36.9 | 31.0-43.1 | 116 | 34.3 | 28.3-40.8 | 35 | 10.2 | 7.1-14.5 | 23 | 6.3 | 3.8-10.3 | 33 | 12.3 | 8.3-17.8 |
No | 6,162 | 2,897 | 41.5 | 39.9-43.1 | 1,925 | 32.0 | 30.5-33.6 | 691 | 12.9 | 11.7-14.2 | 263 | 4.7 | 4.1- 5.5 | 386 | 8.8 | 7.8-10.0 |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 1,969 | 848 | 37.6 | 34.8-40.5 | 612 | 30.7 | 28.1-33.4 | 255 | 15.3 | 12.9-18.1 | 102 | 5.9 | 4.6- 7.6 | 152 | 10.5 | 8.6-12.7 |
Piedmont | 3,907 | 1,903 | 42.8 | 40.8-44.9 | 1,226 | 33.1 | 31.1-35.2 | 391 | 11.3 | 10.0-12.7 | 161 | 4.3 | 3.6- 5.3 | 226 | 8.4 | 7.1- 9.9 |
Western NC | 661 | 314 | 41.6 | 37.0-46.4 | 203 | 30.6 | 26.3-35.3 | 80 | 14.4 | 10.9-18.8 | 23 | 4.7 | 2.9- 7.6 | 41 | 8.6 | 5.8-12.7 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | ||||||||||||||||
Mountain AHEC | 448 | 216 | 42.6 | 37.1-48.3 | 137 | 29.7 | 24.8-35.2 | 54 | 14.5 | 10.4-19.9 | 15 | 5.0 | 2.7- 9.0 | 26 | 8.2 | 4.8-13.6 |
Northwest | 1,102 | 523 | 41.4 | 37.6-45.3 | 321 | 31.0 | 27.4-34.9 | 122 | 12.9 | 10.2-16.1 | 49 | 4.2 | 3.0- 5.9 | 87 | 10.5 | 8.2-13.4 |
Charlotte | 1,044 | 498 | 40.9 | 37.2-44.6 | 333 | 33.8 | 30.2-37.7 | 110 | 11.7 | 9.4-14.5 | 41 | 4.6 | 3.1- 6.7 | 62 | 9.0 | 6.5-12.2 |
Greensboro | 906 | 449 | 44.7 | 40.3-49.1 | 292 | 30.8 | 26.9-35.0 | 77 | 10.8 | 8.1-14.4 | 42 | 4.9 | 3.3- 7.3 | 46 | 8.8 | 5.9-13.1 |
Southern Regional | 607 | 261 | 39.5 | 33.8-45.6 | 171 | 26.4 | 21.9-31.5 | 91 | 16.6 | 11.3-23.7 | 28 | 4.3 | 2.6- 6.9 | 56 | 13.2 | 9.1-18.7 |
Coastal | 405 | 183 | 38.6 | 33.3-44.2 | 134 | 31.4 | 26.2-37.2 | 52 | 17.1 | 12.8-22.5 | 17 | 5.6 | 3.4- 9.1 | 19 | 7.3 | 4.5-11.7 |
Wake | 1,043 | 504 | 42.4 | 38.6-46.2 | 345 | 36.2 | 32.3-40.2 | 110 | 11.2 | 9.0-13.9 | 38 | 3.9 | 2.6- 5.9 | 46 | 6.3 | 4.4- 8.9 |
Area L | 205 | 87 | 38.2 | 30.1-47.2 | 69 | 35.1 | 27.1-44.0 | 24 | 13.7 | 8.9-20.6 | 11 | 5.3 | 2.6-10.5 | 14 | 7.6 | 4.1-13.8 |
Eastern | 777 | 344 | 38.2 | 34.0-42.6 | 239 | 31.2 | 27.2-35.5 | 86 | 12.4 | 9.6-15.8 | 45 | 7.5 | 5.1-11.0 | 63 | 10.6 | 8.0-14.0 |
* 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: 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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