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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 | 6,537 | 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 |
-Piedmont NC | 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 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 1,764 | 670 | 34.4 | 31.7-37.2 | 592 | 35.7 | 32.7-38.7 | 236 | 13.5 | 11.6-15.7 | 94 | 5.0 | 3.8- 6.4 | 172 | 11.5 | 9.5-13.8 |
Female | 2,143 | 1,233 | 54.0 | 51.2-56.7 | 634 | 29.7 | 27.3-32.3 | 155 | 8.4 | 6.9-10.1 | 67 | 3.5 | 2.6- 4.8 | 54 | 4.4 | 3.1- 6.2 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 3,252 | 1,603 | 43.6 | 41.4-45.8 | 1,018 | 32.2 | 30.1-34.3 | 325 | 12.0 | 10.5-13.7 | 129 | 4.2 | 3.3- 5.3 | 177 | 8.0 | 6.6- 9.7 |
African American | 483 | 228 | 42.7 | 37.0-48.5 | 148 | 34.1 | 28.5-40.3 | 53 | 10.0 | 7.2-13.6 | 25 | 6.1 | 3.7- 9.9 | 29 | 7.1 | 4.7-10.7 |
Other Minorities | 161 | 65 | 33.9 | 25.1-44.1 | 58 | 42.2 | 32.0-53.0 | 11 | 5.5 | 2.7-11.2 | 7 | 2.8 | 1.2- 6.6 | 20 | 15.5 | 9.1-25.3 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
Hispanic | 147 | 53 | 29.1 | 20.6-39.4 | 50 | 40.0 | 29.5-51.5 | 13 | 7.6 | 4.0-13.7 | 5 | 2.5 | 0.9- 6.7 | 26 | 20.8 | 13.3-31.2 |
Non-Hispanic | 3,758 | 1,848 | 43.9 | 41.9-45.9 | 1,176 | 32.6 | 30.6-34.6 | 378 | 11.6 | 10.2-13.1 | 156 | 4.5 | 3.7- 5.5 | 200 | 7.4 | 6.2- 8.9 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 197 | 49 | 20.8 | 14.7-28.5 | 64 | 36.5 | 28.4-45.3 | 30 | 13.8 | 9.1-20.5 | 11 | 5.4 | 2.7-10.5 | 43 | 23.6 | 17.0-31.7 |
25-34 | 657 | 240 | 34.0 | 29.8-38.6 | 219 | 33.1 | 28.8-37.7 | 92 | 15.4 | 12.2-19.3 | 42 | 6.6 | 4.6- 9.4 | 64 | 10.9 | 8.1-14.5 |
35-44 | 946 | 412 | 41.2 | 37.4-45.1 | 334 | 37.5 | 33.6-41.6 | 106 | 11.1 | 8.9-13.7 | 44 | 4.6 | 3.2- 6.6 | 50 | 5.6 | 4.1- 7.7 |
45-54 | 859 | 394 | 45.5 | 41.4-49.8 | 310 | 35.1 | 31.2-39.2 | 77 | 9.8 | 7.6-12.6 | 40 | 4.0 | 2.8- 5.6 | 38 | 5.5 | 3.4- 8.8 |
55-64 | 667 | 397 | 60.5 | 56.1-64.8 | 179 | 26.9 | 23.1-31.1 | 53 | 7.8 | 5.8-10.5 | 18 | 1.9 | 1.1- 3.3 | 20 | 2.9 | 1.7- 4.8 |
65-74 | 331 | 227 | 69.5 | 63.5-74.8 | 73 | 20.7 | 16.3-26.1 | 24 | 7.4 | 4.8-11.2 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.8 | 4 | 1.9 | 0.6- 5.5 |
75+ | 236 | 176 | 72.4 | 65.4-78.5 | 44 | 20.7 | 15.3-27.3 | 9 | 4.1 | 1.9- 8.4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.3 | 5 | 2.3 | 0.9- 5.8 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 258 | 82 | 23.2 | 16.8-31.1 | 72 | 35.6 | 27.0-45.4 | 42 | 16.0 | 10.6-23.5 | 18 | 5.0 | 2.8- 8.6 | 44 | 20.2 | 13.7-28.8 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 843 | 395 | 42.3 | 38.0-46.8 | 242 | 30.2 | 26.0-34.9 | 100 | 12.0 | 9.4-15.2 | 39 | 4.2 | 2.7- 6.5 | 67 | 11.2 | 8.4-14.8 |
Some Post-H.S. | 956 | 465 | 41.5 | 37.5-45.6 | 298 | 33.0 | 29.0-37.2 | 87 | 10.2 | 7.9-13.2 | 49 | 5.3 | 3.7- 7.6 | 57 | 10.0 | 7.1-13.8 |
College Graduate | 1,849 | 961 | 47.6 | 44.8-50.5 | 614 | 34.0 | 31.3-36.8 | 162 | 10.6 | 8.9-12.6 | 55 | 3.8 | 2.7- 5.3 | 57 | 4.0 | 2.9- 5.5 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 214 | 92 | 30.2 | 22.8-38.8 | 57 | 32.9 | 23.6-43.8 | 32 | 14.2 | 8.9-21.9 | 10 | 8.0 | 3.4-17.7 | 23 | 14.6 | 8.8-23.2 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 468 | 218 | 36.9 | 30.6-43.6 | 125 | 30.4 | 23.8-37.9 | 56 | 11.9 | 8.5-16.3 | 19 | 3.4 | 1.8- 6.5 | 50 | 17.4 | 12.1-24.4 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 388 | 166 | 40.6 | 34.2-47.3 | 110 | 26.7 | 21.2-33.1 | 52 | 13.1 | 9.6-17.8 | 24 | 6.2 | 3.7-10.3 | 36 | 13.4 | 9.1-19.3 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 556 | 249 | 40.9 | 36.0-46.1 | 187 | 34.4 | 29.4-39.7 | 60 | 12.2 | 9.0-16.4 | 32 | 6.0 | 4.0- 9.0 | 28 | 6.4 | 4.2- 9.8 |
$50,000-74,999 | 669 | 328 | 45.9 | 41.1-50.8 | 224 | 34.8 | 30.1-39.9 | 53 | 8.3 | 5.9-11.5 | 29 | 5.2 | 3.3- 8.1 | 35 | 5.8 | 4.0- 8.4 |
$75,000+ | 1,182 | 613 | 46.0 | 42.7-49.5 | 401 | 35.9 | 32.7-39.3 | 107 | 11.1 | 9.0-13.6 | 30 | 2.9 | 1.9- 4.5 | 31 | 4.0 | 2.5- 6.2 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 849 | 445 | 47.6 | 43.2-52.1 | 236 | 30.0 | 25.9-34.4 | 82 | 11.3 | 8.4-14.9 | 37 | 4.1 | 2.7- 6.2 | 49 | 7.0 | 4.8-10.0 |
No | 2,967 | 1,416 | 42.0 | 39.8-44.3 | 960 | 33.6 | 31.3-35.9 | 301 | 11.4 | 10.0-13.0 | 120 | 4.3 | 3.4- 5.4 | 170 | 8.7 | 7.2-10.5 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 520 | 260 | 45.3 | 39.9-50.8 | 156 | 32.5 | 27.2-38.3 | 48 | 10.1 | 7.2-14.0 | 25 | 5.1 | 3.1- 8.4 | 31 | 6.9 | 4.4-10.7 |
Non-Veteran | 3,383 | 1,641 | 42.4 | 40.3-44.6 | 1,068 | 33.2 | 31.1-35.4 | 343 | 11.5 | 10.1-13.0 | 136 | 4.2 | 3.4- 5.3 | 195 | 8.6 | 7.2-10.3 |
* 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, 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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