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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 | 6,536 | 5,206 | 74.9 | 73.3-76.4 | 582 | 10.3 | 9.4-11.4 | 297 | 5.8 | 5.0- 6.7 | 312 | 6.2 | 5.4- 7.2 | 139 | 2.8 | 2.2- 3.5 |
-Piedmont NC | 3,917 | 3,134 | 75.4 | 73.4-77.3 | 355 | 10.7 | 9.4-12.2 | 172 | 5.4 | 4.5- 6.5 | 166 | 5.7 | 4.6- 6.9 | 90 | 2.8 | 2.1- 3.7 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 1,759 | 1,237 | 68.0 | 65.0-70.9 | 208 | 13.0 | 11.0-15.2 | 121 | 7.1 | 5.7- 8.8 | 118 | 7.7 | 6.2- 9.6 | 75 | 4.2 | 3.0- 5.7 |
Female | 2,158 | 1,897 | 85.1 | 82.8-87.1 | 147 | 7.8 | 6.4- 9.5 | 51 | 3.3 | 2.3- 4.6 | 48 | 2.9 | 1.9- 4.4 | 15 | 0.9 | 0.5- 1.7 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 3,263 | 2,629 | 75.6 | 73.4-77.7 | 295 | 11.1 | 9.7-12.8 | 136 | 5.2 | 4.2- 6.4 | 128 | 5.0 | 4.0- 6.2 | 75 | 3.0 | 2.2- 4.2 |
African American | 480 | 378 | 76.6 | 71.1-81.3 | 40 | 8.5 | 5.9-11.9 | 21 | 4.3 | 2.6- 7.0 | 28 | 8.1 | 4.9-13.1 | 13 | 2.5 | 1.4- 4.5 |
Other Minorities | 163 | 118 | 70.9 | 60.8-79.2 | 19 | 10.5 | 5.8-18.4 | 15 | 10.1 | 5.4-18.0 | 9 | 8.0 | 3.9-15.9 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.5 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
Hispanic | 147 | 87 | 55.9 | 45.0-66.4 | 26 | 16.4 | 10.2-25.4 | 16 | 12.1 | 6.7-21.0 | 16 | 14.6 | 8.2-24.8 | 2 | 0.9 | 0.2- 3.5 |
Non-Hispanic | 3,768 | 3,045 | 76.9 | 75.0-78.7 | 329 | 10.3 | 9.0-11.7 | 156 | 4.9 | 4.1- 5.9 | 150 | 5.0 | 4.1- 6.1 | 88 | 2.9 | 2.2- 3.9 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 198 | 119 | 59.1 | 50.4-67.3 | 34 | 16.5 | 11.2-23.7 | 17 | 8.5 | 5.0-14.1 | 18 | 10.0 | 5.7-17.0 | 10 | 5.9 | 2.8-12.1 |
25-34 | 655 | 472 | 67.2 | 62.4-71.7 | 79 | 13.2 | 10.2-16.8 | 47 | 8.7 | 6.2-12.1 | 36 | 7.3 | 5.0-10.6 | 21 | 3.6 | 2.1- 6.1 |
35-44 | 942 | 715 | 76.0 | 72.6-79.1 | 107 | 11.5 | 9.2-14.2 | 46 | 4.2 | 3.0- 5.8 | 52 | 6.1 | 4.5- 8.3 | 22 | 2.3 | 1.4- 3.6 |
45-54 | 857 | 694 | 79.6 | 75.8-82.9 | 64 | 8.6 | 6.2-11.8 | 40 | 5.2 | 3.6- 7.4 | 40 | 4.8 | 3.4- 6.8 | 19 | 1.8 | 1.1- 3.1 |
55-64 | 672 | 584 | 87.1 | 83.9-89.7 | 45 | 6.9 | 5.0- 9.5 | 12 | 2.0 | 1.0- 3.9 | 16 | 2.0 | 1.1- 3.5 | 15 | 2.0 | 1.2- 3.4 |
65-74 | 335 | 307 | 90.3 | 85.7-93.6 | 15 | 4.0 | 2.2- 6.9 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.8- 4.8 | 4 | 2.1 | 0.8- 5.7 | 3 | 1.6 | 0.5- 5.4 |
75+ | 242 | 228 | 94.2 | 89.6-96.8 | 11 | 4.8 | 2.4- 9.3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.3- 3.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 259 | 169 | 64.0 | 55.1-72.1 | 27 | 11.4 | 6.9-18.3 | 25 | 10.1 | 6.0-16.7 | 22 | 9.5 | 5.6-15.8 | 16 | 4.9 | 2.4- 9.8 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 839 | 649 | 72.8 | 68.2-76.9 | 71 | 10.4 | 7.7-13.8 | 38 | 5.2 | 3.5- 7.9 | 45 | 6.8 | 4.6-10.1 | 36 | 4.8 | 3.1- 7.3 |
Some Post-H.S. | 963 | 773 | 74.2 | 69.8-78.2 | 96 | 12.4 | 9.5-16.1 | 37 | 4.5 | 3.1- 6.6 | 40 | 5.7 | 3.8- 8.5 | 17 | 3.1 | 1.6- 6.0 |
College Graduate | 1,855 | 1,543 | 79.5 | 76.9-81.8 | 161 | 9.8 | 8.2-11.7 | 72 | 5.1 | 3.8- 6.7 | 58 | 4.3 | 3.1- 5.9 | 21 | 1.3 | 0.8- 2.1 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 217 | 162 | 70.3 | 60.3-78.7 | 17 | 6.5 | 3.5-11.8 | 12 | 7.1 | 3.2-15.1 | 19 | 11.6 | 6.4-20.0 | 7 | 4.4 | 1.4-12.7 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 469 | 351 | 64.5 | 57.1-71.3 | 40 | 10.4 | 6.6-15.9 | 33 | 10.4 | 6.6-16.1 | 24 | 8.7 | 4.9-15.0 | 21 | 6.0 | 3.3-10.6 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 392 | 297 | 70.1 | 63.5-76.0 | 38 | 13.3 | 9.2-19.0 | 23 | 7.3 | 4.5-11.5 | 20 | 6.2 | 3.5-10.8 | 14 | 3.1 | 1.6- 6.0 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 561 | 444 | 74.6 | 69.4-79.1 | 48 | 10.7 | 7.6-15.0 | 28 | 6.0 | 3.8- 9.2 | 27 | 6.1 | 3.8- 9.5 | 14 | 2.6 | 1.4- 4.8 |
$50,000-74,999 | 668 | 537 | 79.1 | 75.0-82.7 | 65 | 9.7 | 7.2-12.8 | 31 | 5.4 | 3.6- 8.1 | 24 | 4.4 | 2.8- 7.0 | 11 | 1.4 | 0.7- 2.6 |
$75,000+ | 1,181 | 987 | 80.4 | 77.3-83.2 | 106 | 10.3 | 8.2-12.9 | 32 | 3.0 | 2.0- 4.4 | 40 | 4.7 | 3.3- 6.5 | 16 | 1.7 | 0.9- 2.9 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 858 | 700 | 78.4 | 74.1-82.1 | 67 | 9.3 | 6.8-12.7 | 28 | 3.8 | 2.2- 6.5 | 38 | 5.6 | 3.6- 8.7 | 25 | 2.8 | 1.8- 4.3 |
No | 2,970 | 2,366 | 74.8 | 72.5-76.9 | 280 | 11.2 | 9.7-12.9 | 139 | 5.8 | 4.7- 7.1 | 121 | 5.4 | 4.3- 6.8 | 64 | 2.9 | 2.0- 4.0 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 516 | 422 | 80.0 | 75.1-84.1 | 44 | 9.5 | 6.4-13.8 | 18 | 3.2 | 1.9- 5.4 | 20 | 4.7 | 2.8- 7.6 | 12 | 2.6 | 1.5- 4.8 |
Non-Veteran | 3,397 | 2,709 | 74.8 | 72.6-76.8 | 311 | 10.9 | 9.5-12.5 | 154 | 5.7 | 4.7- 7.0 | 145 | 5.8 | 4.7- 7.1 | 78 | 2.8 | 2.1- 3.8 |
* 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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