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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 |
-Piedmont NC | 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 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 1,785 | 10 | 0.4 | 0.2- 0.8 | 455 | 26.8 | 24.2-29.7 | 554 | 32.3 | 29.5-35.3 | 578 | 32.6 | 29.8-35.4 | 188 | 7.8 | 6.6- 9.4 |
Female | 2,191 | 30 | 1.8 | 1.2- 2.7 | 789 | 37.2 | 34.6-39.9 | 698 | 31.9 | 29.5-34.5 | 521 | 23.3 | 21.2-25.6 | 153 | 5.7 | 4.8- 6.9 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 3,298 | 25 | 0.7 | 0.5- 1.2 | 970 | 28.8 | 26.8-30.9 | 1,043 | 32.5 | 30.4-34.7 | 956 | 30.4 | 28.4-32.5 | 304 | 7.5 | 6.5- 8.6 |
African American | 496 | 8 | 1.1 | 0.5- 2.5 | 200 | 42.1 | 36.4-48.0 | 145 | 29.0 | 24.1-34.6 | 116 | 23.2 | 18.8-28.2 | 27 | 4.6 | 2.8- 7.3 |
Other Minorities | 169 | 6 | 3.1 | 1.3- 7.3 | 68 | 38.2 | 29.0-48.3 | 62 | 34.4 | 25.6-44.5 | 23 | 18.7 | 10.9-30.1 | 10 | 5.6 | 2.6-11.7 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
Hispanic | 155 | 7 | 3.9 | 1.7- 8.5 | 68 | 43.1 | 33.1-53.6 | 51 | 31.4 | 22.5-41.8 | 26 | 19.5 | 11.7-30.8 | 3 | 2.2 | 0.5- 8.7 |
Non-Hispanic | 3,818 | 32 | 0.7 | 0.5- 1.1 | 1,174 | 30.4 | 28.5-32.4 | 1,201 | 32.2 | 30.3-34.2 | 1,073 | 29.3 | 27.5-31.2 | 338 | 7.3 | 6.4- 8.3 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 203 | 3 | 1.4 | 0.4- 4.2 | 81 | 39.9 | 31.8-48.5 | 69 | 36.5 | 28.6-45.1 | 47 | 20.3 | 14.7-27.4 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.6- 6.9 |
25-34 | 665 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.1- 1.4 | 248 | 34.6 | 30.3-39.2 | 217 | 32.6 | 28.3-37.2 | 180 | 29.1 | 25.0-33.6 | 17 | 3.3 | 1.9- 5.6 |
35-44 | 969 | 14 | 1.5 | 0.8- 2.7 | 312 | 29.8 | 26.4-33.3 | 327 | 32.9 | 29.4-36.6 | 269 | 31.2 | 27.4-35.1 | 47 | 4.7 | 3.4- 6.5 |
45-54 | 863 | 7 | 0.8 | 0.3- 1.8 | 261 | 28.4 | 24.7-32.3 | 276 | 32.5 | 28.7-36.6 | 249 | 30.7 | 26.9-34.7 | 70 | 7.7 | 5.8-10.0 |
55-64 | 677 | 3 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.5 | 192 | 29.6 | 25.6-33.9 | 208 | 29.4 | 25.5-33.6 | 191 | 27.7 | 23.9-31.8 | 83 | 13.0 | 10.3-16.3 |
65-74 | 341 | 7 | 2.3 | 1.0- 5.5 | 92 | 27.2 | 22.1-33.0 | 94 | 27.7 | 22.6-33.5 | 96 | 27.0 | 22.0-32.7 | 52 | 15.7 | 11.7-20.8 |
75+ | 243 | 3 | 1.7 | 0.5- 5.2 | 56 | 22.4 | 16.8-29.1 | 56 | 22.5 | 17.1-29.0 | 62 | 29.3 | 22.9-36.6 | 66 | 24.1 | 18.8-30.4 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 274 | 6 | 1.7 | 0.7- 4.1 | 99 | 38.5 | 30.5-47.3 | 91 | 32.3 | 24.6-41.2 | 59 | 22.7 | 15.6-31.8 | 19 | 4.8 | 2.4- 9.4 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 861 | 12 | 1.4 | 0.7- 2.9 | 318 | 36.0 | 31.8-40.5 | 273 | 33.2 | 29.0-37.7 | 168 | 20.2 | 16.8-24.2 | 90 | 9.1 | 7.1-11.6 |
Some Post-H.S. | 973 | 11 | 1.2 | 0.6- 2.3 | 340 | 35.2 | 31.2-39.4 | 294 | 29.4 | 25.7-33.4 | 244 | 27.5 | 23.9-31.3 | 84 | 6.8 | 5.1- 9.0 |
College Graduate | 1,867 | 11 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.2 | 487 | 25.8 | 23.3-28.4 | 593 | 33.1 | 30.4-35.9 | 628 | 34.1 | 31.5-36.8 | 148 | 6.4 | 5.4- 7.7 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 224 | 4 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.1 | 96 | 46.1 | 36.6-55.9 | 65 | 25.2 | 18.1-34.0 | 42 | 17.4 | 11.7-25.1 | 17 | 10.6 | 5.4-19.8 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 486 | 10 | 1.9 | 0.9- 3.9 | 187 | 38.4 | 31.9-45.3 | 139 | 28.6 | 22.6-35.3 | 101 | 24.3 | 18.3-31.4 | 49 | 6.9 | 4.8- 9.9 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 400 | 5 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.4 | 141 | 37.9 | 31.6-44.8 | 123 | 31.0 | 25.3-37.3 | 94 | 23.9 | 18.8-29.8 | 37 | 6.1 | 4.1- 9.0 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 563 | 3 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.4 | 190 | 34.6 | 29.7-39.8 | 175 | 31.3 | 26.7-36.4 | 144 | 25.5 | 21.3-30.2 | 51 | 7.8 | 5.7-10.6 |
$50,000-74,999 | 674 | 5 | 0.8 | 0.3- 2.0 | 214 | 30.8 | 26.6-35.4 | 229 | 36.9 | 32.1-42.0 | 178 | 25.7 | 21.8-29.9 | 48 | 5.8 | 4.1- 8.2 |
$75,000+ | 1,186 | 5 | 0.3 | 0.1- 0.8 | 295 | 23.4 | 20.6-26.4 | 384 | 33.9 | 30.7-37.3 | 413 | 36.3 | 33.1-39.7 | 89 | 6.2 | 4.9- 7.7 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 872 | 8 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.1 | 305 | 37.0 | 32.7-41.5 | 263 | 29.1 | 25.3-33.3 | 203 | 24.0 | 20.4-28.0 | 93 | 9.4 | 7.3-12.0 |
No | 3,010 | 30 | 1.1 | 0.7- 1.6 | 914 | 30.3 | 28.2-32.6 | 961 | 33.1 | 30.9-35.4 | 869 | 29.2 | 27.2-31.3 | 236 | 6.3 | 5.4- 7.3 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 526 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.6 | 118 | 21.4 | 17.5-26.0 | 159 | 34.2 | 28.7-40.2 | 164 | 30.2 | 25.6-35.2 | 82 | 13.6 | 10.6-17.3 |
Non-Veteran | 3,446 | 37 | 1.1 | 0.7- 1.6 | 1,125 | 32.7 | 30.6-34.9 | 1,091 | 31.8 | 29.8-33.9 | 934 | 28.3 | 26.3-30.4 | 259 | 6.0 | 5.2- 7.0 |
*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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