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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 | 6,444 | 1,995 | 26.5 | 25.1-27.9 | 1,798 | 25.9 | 24.5-27.3 | 1,082 | 18.2 | 17.0-19.6 | 445 | 7.5 | 6.7- 8.4 | 1,124 | 21.9 | 20.5-23.4 |
-Piedmont NC | 3,867 | 1,241 | 26.9 | 25.2-28.7 | 1,066 | 26.5 | 24.6-28.4 | 645 | 17.7 | 16.1-19.3 | 267 | 7.4 | 6.4- 8.5 | 648 | 21.6 | 19.8-23.5 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 1,740 | 390 | 19.3 | 17.1-21.7 | 426 | 24.9 | 22.2-27.7 | 313 | 18.0 | 15.8-20.4 | 159 | 9.0 | 7.5-10.8 | 452 | 28.9 | 26.1-31.8 |
Female | 2,127 | 851 | 36.9 | 34.3-39.5 | 640 | 28.6 | 26.3-31.1 | 332 | 17.3 | 15.2-19.6 | 108 | 5.3 | 4.1- 6.7 | 196 | 12.0 | 10.1-14.2 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 3,218 | 1,028 | 26.4 | 24.6-28.3 | 891 | 25.9 | 24.0-27.9 | 534 | 17.9 | 16.2-19.7 | 234 | 7.7 | 6.6- 9.0 | 531 | 22.1 | 20.1-24.3 |
African American | 477 | 159 | 29.1 | 24.2-34.5 | 127 | 26.1 | 21.2-31.8 | 87 | 19.6 | 15.1-25.1 | 28 | 8.2 | 5.1-12.9 | 76 | 17.0 | 13.3-21.5 |
Other Minorities | 161 | 50 | 27.2 | 19.0-37.4 | 45 | 33.3 | 23.8-44.4 | 22 | 12.4 | 7.3-20.2 | 5 | 2.7 | 1.0- 7.1 | 39 | 24.4 | 16.6-34.3 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
Hispanic | 145 | 40 | 22.7 | 14.9-32.9 | 42 | 30.6 | 21.0-42.2 | 16 | 14.7 | 8.2-24.9 | 5 | 2.8 | 1.1- 7.0 | 42 | 29.3 | 20.6-39.9 |
Non-Hispanic | 3,720 | 1,200 | 27.2 | 25.5-29.0 | 1,023 | 26.1 | 24.3-28.0 | 629 | 17.9 | 16.4-19.6 | 262 | 7.8 | 6.7- 9.0 | 606 | 21.0 | 19.2-22.9 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 194 | 35 | 16.3 | 10.5-24.2 | 40 | 22.0 | 15.4-30.3 | 33 | 17.2 | 11.6-24.7 | 12 | 5.6 | 2.9-10.6 | 74 | 39.0 | 30.9-47.8 |
25-34 | 654 | 150 | 18.8 | 15.5-22.5 | 156 | 23.7 | 19.9-28.0 | 111 | 17.9 | 14.4-21.9 | 64 | 9.2 | 6.9-12.1 | 173 | 30.5 | 26.1-35.2 |
35-44 | 934 | 242 | 23.6 | 20.6-26.9 | 278 | 29.2 | 25.5-33.2 | 155 | 17.6 | 14.8-20.8 | 74 | 9.1 | 6.9-11.8 | 185 | 20.5 | 17.5-23.8 |
45-54 | 843 | 256 | 28.2 | 24.6-32.0 | 230 | 26.6 | 23.0-30.6 | 157 | 19.6 | 16.4-23.3 | 60 | 7.2 | 5.4- 9.6 | 140 | 18.4 | 15.1-22.1 |
55-64 | 665 | 255 | 38.3 | 34.1-42.8 | 201 | 30.3 | 26.4-34.6 | 116 | 18.1 | 14.8-21.8 | 36 | 5.3 | 3.5- 7.9 | 57 | 8.0 | 5.9-10.7 |
65-74 | 325 | 159 | 49.2 | 43.0-55.5 | 92 | 25.7 | 20.8-31.3 | 48 | 16.0 | 11.8-21.4 | 13 | 4.0 | 2.2- 7.4 | 13 | 5.0 | 2.7- 9.1 |
75+ | 238 | 137 | 56.7 | 49.3-63.7 | 69 | 29.5 | 23.3-36.5 | 22 | 9.2 | 5.9-14.3 | 5 | 2.5 | 1.0- 6.2 | 5 | 2.1 | 0.8- 5.7 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 258 | 68 | 20.6 | 14.3-28.6 | 56 | 28.2 | 20.1-37.8 | 37 | 14.2 | 9.0-21.7 | 18 | 4.6 | 2.5- 8.3 | 79 | 32.5 | 24.8-41.2 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 828 | 281 | 28.4 | 24.7-32.4 | 209 | 25.6 | 21.7-30.0 | 131 | 17.5 | 14.1-21.6 | 50 | 6.8 | 4.8- 9.6 | 157 | 21.7 | 18.1-25.7 |
Some Post-H.S. | 948 | 329 | 29.0 | 25.6-32.6 | 248 | 22.7 | 19.4-26.4 | 154 | 17.6 | 14.6-21.2 | 62 | 6.3 | 4.7- 8.4 | 155 | 24.3 | 20.3-28.9 |
College Graduate | 1,832 | 563 | 26.3 | 24.0-28.9 | 553 | 28.5 | 26.0-31.1 | 323 | 18.4 | 16.4-20.7 | 137 | 8.8 | 7.2-10.8 | 256 | 17.9 | 15.6-20.4 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 213 | 72 | 25.4 | 18.6-33.7 | 51 | 24.8 | 17.0-34.8 | 30 | 16.5 | 9.7-26.8 | 13 | 4.5 | 2.2- 8.9 | 47 | 28.8 | 20.5-38.8 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 462 | 177 | 27.6 | 22.1-33.8 | 103 | 24.3 | 18.4-31.5 | 78 | 16.8 | 12.3-22.6 | 25 | 5.7 | 3.3- 9.7 | 79 | 25.5 | 19.4-32.8 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 382 | 110 | 27.1 | 21.6-33.6 | 93 | 20.7 | 15.9-26.6 | 68 | 18.5 | 13.9-24.2 | 29 | 6.9 | 4.4-10.7 | 82 | 26.8 | 21.0-33.5 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 547 | 154 | 24.7 | 20.7-29.2 | 162 | 27.3 | 22.7-32.4 | 90 | 16.3 | 12.9-20.5 | 42 | 8.3 | 5.8-11.6 | 99 | 23.4 | 18.9-28.7 |
$50,000-74,999 | 663 | 216 | 27.7 | 23.7-32.1 | 196 | 31.1 | 26.6-36.0 | 95 | 14.8 | 11.6-18.7 | 47 | 8.9 | 6.2-12.6 | 109 | 17.5 | 14.2-21.4 |
$75,000+ | 1,174 | 335 | 23.8 | 21.2-26.6 | 347 | 27.1 | 24.2-30.2 | 228 | 21.9 | 19.1-25.0 | 89 | 8.7 | 6.9-11.0 | 175 | 18.5 | 15.7-21.6 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 843 | 311 | 33.0 | 29.0-37.2 | 228 | 26.8 | 23.0-30.9 | 135 | 15.7 | 12.7-19.2 | 45 | 5.4 | 3.7- 7.6 | 124 | 19.1 | 15.4-23.6 |
No | 2,935 | 902 | 25.5 | 23.6-27.5 | 814 | 26.1 | 24.1-28.3 | 496 | 18.4 | 16.6-20.3 | 220 | 8.1 | 6.9- 9.5 | 503 | 21.9 | 19.8-24.1 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 513 | 158 | 27.1 | 22.8-31.9 | 141 | 28.0 | 22.8-33.9 | 96 | 19.0 | 15.2-23.4 | 36 | 8.9 | 5.9-13.1 | 82 | 16.9 | 13.1-21.7 |
Non-Veteran | 3,350 | 1,082 | 26.8 | 25.0-28.8 | 923 | 26.2 | 24.3-28.3 | 549 | 17.5 | 15.8-19.3 | 231 | 7.2 | 6.2- 8.4 | 565 | 22.2 | 20.2-24.4 |
*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, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, 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.
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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