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Total Respond.^ |
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 |
-Wake County | 468 | 133 | 24.0 | 19.8-28.7 | 129 | 29.4 | 24.4-35.1 | 92 | 19.2 | 15.4-23.5 | 41 | 9.0 | 6.4-12.5 | 73 | 18.4 | 14.3-23.4 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 209 | 44 | 17.0 | 12.1-23.4 | 46 | 25.3 | 18.2-34.0 | 46 | 20.2 | 14.9-26.9 | 21 | 10.9 | 6.9-16.7 | 52 | 26.5 | 19.9-34.4 |
Female | 259 | 89 | 33.3 | 27.0-40.3 | 83 | 34.9 | 28.4-42.1 | 46 | 17.7 | 13.1-23.5 | 20 | 6.4 | 4.0-10.1 | 21 | 7.7 | 4.9-11.9 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 390 | 110 | 24.8 | 20.2-30.1 | 108 | 28.4 | 23.2-34.1 | 76 | 18.6 | 14.7-23.3 | 35 | 9.3 | 6.5-13.2 | 61 | 18.9 | 14.5-24.3 |
Other | 76 | 22 | 20.7 | 12.6-32.2 | 21 | 33.8 | 20.8-49.7 | 16 | 21.4 | 12.5-34.1 | 6 | 7.9 | 3.1-18.6 | 11 | 16.2 | 7.8-30.6 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-44 | 247 | 57 | 20.3 | 15.1-26.8 | 69 | 31.4 | 24.4-39.3 | 46 | 17.1 | 12.5-22.8 | 27 | 10.0 | 6.6-15.0 | 48 | 21.2 | 15.7-28.0 |
45+ | 220 | 76 | 30.6 | 24.4-37.6 | 60 | 26.0 | 20.0-33.1 | 45 | 22.7 | 16.8-29.9 | 14 | 7.1 | 4.0-12.4 | 25 | 13.5 | 8.4-21.0 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 69 | 25 | 23.6 | 14.6-36.0 | 23 | 43.6 | 28.3-60.3 | 9 | 11.4 | 5.4-22.7 | 4 | 7.5 | 2.5-20.2 | 8 | 13.8 | 6.0-28.8 |
Some College + | 399 | 108 | 24.1 | 19.6-29.3 | 106 | 26.3 | 21.5-31.6 | 83 | 20.9 | 16.7-25.8 | 37 | 9.3 | 6.5-13.1 | 65 | 19.5 | 15.0-24.9 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 142 | 47 | 25.2 | 17.5-34.9 | 34 | 29.6 | 19.5-42.1 | 20 | 12.3 | 7.1-20.3 | 13 | 8.3 | 4.2-15.7 | 28 | 24.7 | 16.1-35.8 |
$50,000+ | 272 | 64 | 21.2 | 16.2-27.3 | 78 | 28.7 | 22.8-35.5 | 65 | 24.0 | 18.8-30.1 | 27 | 10.7 | 7.2-15.7 | 38 | 15.3 | 11.0-21.0 |
*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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