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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 | 5,701 | 1,802 | 28.0 | 26.4-29.6 | 1,672 | 27.3 | 25.8-28.9 | 876 | 15.4 | 14.1-16.7 | 470 | 8.4 | 7.5- 9.4 | 881 | 20.9 | 19.3-22.6 |
COUNTY/REGIONS | ||||||||||||||||
Alamance | 134 | 36 | 21.7 | 14.3-31.5 | 40 | 30.8 | 20.8-42.9 | 19 | 12.6 | 7.4-20.6 | 18 | 18.1 | 9.8-31.1 | 21 | 16.8 | 10.0-26.8 |
Buncombe | 156 | 56 | 31.2 | 22.7-41.1 | 45 | 28.3 | 20.1-38.2 | 20 | 12.5 | 7.7-19.7 | 20 | 13.2 | 8.2-20.6 | 15 | 14.8 | 8.6-24.2 |
Cabarrus | 125 | 43 | 31.2 | 22.0-42.1 | 41 | 28.4 | 20.4-37.9 | 17 | 12.4 | 7.3-20.4 | 8 | 7.5 | 3.3-16.2 | 16 | 20.5 | 12.0-32.8 |
Catawba | 154 | 43 | 22.8 | 15.9-31.4 | 52 | 31.5 | 23.1-41.4 | 28 | 22.7 | 13.7-35.0 | 9 | 6.5 | 3.1-13.3 | 22 | 16.6 | 10.4-25.4 |
Cumberland | 155 | 58 | 32.2 | 24.1-41.5 | 39 | 22.1 | 15.5-30.5 | 23 | 14.1 | 8.8-21.8 | 11 | 6.1 | 2.9-12.4 | 24 | 25.4 | 16.8-36.6 |
Davidson | 151 | 52 | 26.6 | 19.7-34.9 | 45 | 31.4 | 23.0-41.3 | 15 | 9.6 | 5.3-16.9 | 12 | 9.9 | 5.2-18.0 | 27 | 22.5 | 14.5-33.0 |
Durham | 205 | 71 | 30.4 | 22.3-39.9 | 63 | 28.7 | 21.1-37.7 | 35 | 18.1 | 12.6-25.5 | 15 | 8.9 | 5.1-15.2 | 21 | 13.8 | 8.3-22.1 |
Forsyth | 163 | 48 | 24.4 | 17.7-32.7 | 46 | 25.8 | 18.6-34.6 | 31 | 19.7 | 13.5-27.8 | 14 | 6.9 | 3.9-12.1 | 24 | 23.1 | 14.3-35.2 |
Gaston | 120 | 51 | 31.8 | 23.0-42.3 | 30 | 24.0 | 14.8-36.4 | 15 | 16.2 | 8.1-29.8 | 6 | 5.4 | 2.3-12.3 | 18 | 22.5 | 13.4-35.3 |
Guilford | 191 | 69 | 32.0 | 24.5-40.5 | 49 | 24.0 | 17.6-31.8 | 25 | 11.1 | 7.2-16.9 | 14 | 7.2 | 4.0-12.8 | 34 | 25.7 | 17.9-35.4 |
Iredell | 154 | 59 | 29.1 | 21.2-38.5 | 39 | 25.2 | 17.4-35.0 | 29 | 20.6 | 12.7-31.6 | 7 | 3.3 | 1.5- 6.9 | 20 | 21.8 | 13.4-33.5 |
Johnston | 158 | 52 | 27.6 | 19.8-37.0 | 35 | 19.8 | 13.0-28.9 | 23 | 18.6 | 10.9-30.0 | 15 | 8.4 | 4.7-14.6 | 33 | 25.6 | 16.8-37.0 |
Mecklenburg | 447 | 121 | 23.9 | 18.5-30.3 | 142 | 31.4 | 25.5-38.0 | 72 | 15.1 | 11.2-20.1 | 51 | 9.6 | 7.1-13.0 | 61 | 19.9 | 15.2-25.6 |
New Hanover | 205 | 58 | 31.1 | 22.8-40.7 | 62 | 26.4 | 20.1-33.8 | 47 | 21.6 | 15.7-28.8 | 14 | 6.0 | 3.2-10.8 | 24 | 15.0 | 8.9-24.2 |
Onslow | 140 | 34 | 18.3 | 12.2-26.6 | 45 | 29.3 | 20.9-39.4 | 20 | 16.6 | 9.4-27.6 | 13 | 7.7 | 3.9-14.6 | 28 | 28.1 | 19.0-39.4 |
Orange | 217 | 63 | 25.5 | 19.1-33.0 | 70 | 28.1 | 21.5-35.7 | 39 | 23.3 | 14.6-35.1 | 15 | 6.9 | 3.5-12.9 | 30 | 16.3 | 11.1-23.4 |
Pitt | 134 | 44 | 32.4 | 23.3-42.9 | 38 | 24.2 | 16.9-33.5 | 18 | 13.6 | 7.9-22.3 | 15 | 12.7 | 7.1-21.7 | 19 | 17.1 | 10.0-27.7 |
Randolph | 100 | 30 | 23.7 | 14.8-35.8 | 30 | 21.7 | 13.7-32.7 | 17 | 17.7 | 9.6-30.5 | 4 | 4.5 | 1.6-12.4 | 19 | 32.3 | 18.2-50.6 |
Robeson | 89 | 30 | 33.3 | 21.7-47.3 | 23 | 22.5 | 14.4-33.3 | 9 | 10.3 | 5.1-19.6 | 7 | 7.8 | 3.1-18.6 | 20 | 26.2 | 15.9-39.8 |
Rowan | 139 | 37 | 23.8 | 16.4-33.2 | 54 | 41.4 | 30.2-53.5 | 16 | 13.4 | 6.7-24.9 | 13 | 8.3 | 4.4-15.0 | 19 | 13.2 | 8.0-21.0 |
Union | 149 | 54 | 32.1 | 23.8-41.7 | 45 | 26.3 | 18.9-35.3 | 22 | 17.2 | 10.4-26.9 | 9 | 8.1 | 3.0-20.1 | 19 | 16.3 | 10.0-25.5 |
Wake | 362 | 117 | 28.5 | 23.5-34.1 | 116 | 30.6 | 25.4-36.4 | 61 | 18.4 | 13.8-24.1 | 29 | 9.1 | 6.1-13.3 | 39 | 13.4 | 9.3-18.8 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 178 | 53 | 29.8 | 22.1-38.9 | 52 | 25.8 | 18.5-34.8 | 26 | 11.9 | 7.8-17.7 | 15 | 9.2 | 5.3-15.6 | 32 | 23.3 | 16.3-32.1 |
Northeast Partnership II*** | 151 | 45 | 22.9 | 16.3-31.2 | 44 | 27.5 | 19.8-37.0 | 22 | 13.6 | 8.4-21.3 | 18 | 13.3 | 7.3-23.0 | 22 | 22.6 | 14.4-33.7 |
Northeast Partnership I*** | 103 | 28 | 24.5 | 16.0-35.4 | 29 | 23.7 | 15.9-33.9 | 18 | 19.1 | 11.6-30.0 | 11 | 12.0 | 6.0-22.8 | 17 | 20.7 | 12.6-32.1 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 121 | 37 | 23.5 | 16.1-33.0 | 31 | 21.4 | 14.2-31.1 | 11 | 7.8 | 4.0-14.8 | 10 | 8.4 | 4.2-15.8 | 32 | 38.9 | 27.9-51.2 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 135 | 53 | 37.0 | 27.5-47.7 | 33 | 21.6 | 14.5-31.0 | 19 | 9.3 | 5.6-14.9 | 9 | 8.6 | 3.8-18.3 | 21 | 23.6 | 14.6-35.7 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 170 | 43 | 20.9 | 14.9-28.5 | 61 | 32.5 | 24.3-42.0 | 28 | 15.5 | 10.3-22.8 | 13 | 6.0 | 3.2-10.7 | 25 | 25.1 | 14.8-39.2 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 113 | 31 | 25.5 | 14.6-40.6 | 29 | 22.8 | 14.8-33.4 | 21 | 18.7 | 11.1-29.9 | 7 | 7.8 | 3.4-16.8 | 25 | 25.2 | 14.8-39.5 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 186 | 59 | 24.6 | 18.2-32.4 | 61 | 32.1 | 23.3-42.5 | 32 | 16.2 | 10.4-24.4 | 14 | 9.0 | 4.6-16.6 | 20 | 18.1 | 10.9-28.5 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 153 | 47 | 25.6 | 18.2-34.7 | 38 | 18.6 | 12.3-27.1 | 23 | 16.4 | 10.2-25.3 | 14 | 8.2 | 4.6-14.2 | 31 | 31.2 | 21.4-43.2 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 108 | 37 | 27.9 | 19.6-38.1 | 23 | 22.2 | 14.6-32.3 | 18 | 17.0 | 10.7-26.0 | 9 | 9.4 | 4.6-18.2 | 21 | 23.4 | 15.0-34.7 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 124 | 38 | 32.5 | 22.3-44.7 | 28 | 18.1 | 11.7-26.9 | 13 | 7.3 | 3.9-13.1 | 15 | 13.6 | 7.5-23.3 | 30 | 28.5 | 19.2-40.1 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 124 | 42 | 28.7 | 20.0-39.4 | 35 | 30.7 | 20.8-42.9 | 16 | 12.5 | 7.0-21.4 | 5 | 2.8 | 1.0- 7.7 | 26 | 25.2 | 15.7-37.9 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 187 | 63 | 32.4 | 24.9-40.9 | 59 | 28.4 | 21.4-36.6 | 28 | 15.3 | 9.5-23.6 | 11 | 6.8 | 3.3-13.5 | 26 | 17.2 | 11.2-25.4 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP*** | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 326 | 94 | 25.5 | 20.0-31.8 | 87 | 23.2 | 18.2-29.0 | 51 | 14.5 | 10.7-19.5 | 38 | 12.1 | 8.1-17.7 | 56 | 24.7 | 18.8-31.6 |
No | 5,375 | 1,708 | 28.1 | 26.5-29.7 | 1,585 | 27.5 | 25.9-29.2 | 825 | 15.4 | 14.1-16.8 | 432 | 8.3 | 7.3- 9.3 | 825 | 20.7 | 19.1-22.5 |
NC REGIONS** | ||||||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 1,765 | 540 | 28.3 | 25.6-31.2 | 503 | 25.0 | 22.5-27.6 | 267 | 13.9 | 12.1-15.9 | 158 | 8.9 | 7.2-10.9 | 297 | 23.9 | 20.9-27.2 |
Piedmont | 3,398 | 1,078 | 27.0 | 25.0-29.1 | 1,018 | 28.5 | 26.4-30.6 | 541 | 16.6 | 14.9-18.4 | 261 | 8.0 | 6.9- 9.3 | 500 | 19.9 | 17.9-22.1 |
Western NC | 538 | 184 | 32.2 | 27.4-37.5 | 151 | 26.3 | 21.9-31.2 | 68 | 12.2 | 9.0-16.4 | 51 | 9.6 | 6.9-13.2 | 84 | 19.7 | 15.4-24.8 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC) | ||||||||||||||||
Mountain AHEC*** | 343 | 119 | 31.9 | 26.1-38.4 | 104 | 28.4 | 22.9-34.6 | 48 | 14.3 | 10.0-20.0 | 31 | 9.1 | 6.0-13.7 | 41 | 16.3 | 11.7-22.3 |
Northwest | 1,032 | 329 | 27.3 | 24.0-30.9 | 296 | 26.8 | 23.4-30.5 | 155 | 15.8 | 13.0-18.9 | 80 | 7.7 | 5.9- 9.9 | 172 | 22.4 | 18.7-26.7 |
Charlotte | 940 | 299 | 25.6 | 21.7-29.8 | 287 | 30.6 | 26.3-35.2 | 140 | 15.3 | 12.3-18.9 | 81 | 8.2 | 6.4-10.6 | 133 | 20.3 | 16.7-24.5 |
Greensboro | 772 | 232 | 27.4 | 23.3-31.9 | 234 | 25.9 | 22.0-30.2 | 124 | 15.1 | 12.0-18.8 | 57 | 7.8 | 5.6-10.9 | 125 | 23.9 | 19.2-29.3 |
Southern Regional | 492 | 176 | 33.0 | 27.7-38.8 | 131 | 22.6 | 18.2-27.7 | 69 | 12.9 | 9.8-16.9 | 37 | 7.1 | 4.7-10.5 | 79 | 24.3 | 18.9-30.7 |
Coastal | 382 | 108 | 28.1 | 22.5-34.5 | 122 | 28.8 | 23.6-34.8 | 76 | 18.2 | 14.1-23.2 | 27 | 5.6 | 3.6- 8.6 | 49 | 19.2 | 12.8-27.7 |
Wake | 895 | 292 | 28.7 | 25.0-32.7 | 255 | 27.8 | 24.1-31.7 | 143 | 17.6 | 14.4-21.4 | 71 | 9.0 | 6.8-11.7 | 134 | 16.9 | 13.7-20.7 |
Area L | 174 | 52 | 22.7 | 16.8-30.0 | 47 | 25.2 | 18.4-33.4 | 19 | 10.3 | 6.2-16.6 | 18 | 12.0 | 7.1-19.5 | 38 | 29.8 | 21.5-39.8 |
Eastern | 671 | 195 | 26.4 | 22.3-31.1 | 196 | 25.7 | 21.6-30.4 | 102 | 13.6 | 10.9-17.0 | 68 | 10.8 | 7.8-14.9 | 110 | 23.4 | 18.8-28.7 |
*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.
**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.
***Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Edgecombe, 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.
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