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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 | 5,866 | 44 | 0.9 | 0.5- 1.6 | 1,800 | 31.3 | 29.6-33.0 | 1,812 | 32.0 | 30.3-33.7 | 1,670 | 28.3 | 26.8-30.0 | 540 | 7.5 | 6.7- 8.4 |
COUNTY/REGIONS | ||||||||||||||||
Alamance | 141 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.7 | 40 | 31.5 | 21.6-43.5 | 49 | 38.4 | 27.6-50.4 | 32 | 19.8 | 13.2-28.6 | 19 | 9.8 | 5.9-15.7 |
Buncombe | 160 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 3.9 | 51 | 34.4 | 25.1-44.9 | 41 | 23.7 | 16.9-32.2 | 51 | 29.4 | 21.9-38.3 | 16 | 12.0 | 6.8-20.1 |
Cabarrus | 126 | 2 | 2.1 | 0.5- 8.7 | 56 | 45.4 | 34.8-56.5 | 42 | 34.1 | 24.5-45.1 | 21 | 16.3 | 10.1-25.2 | 5 | 2.1 | 0.8- 5.4 |
Catawba | 156 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 50 | 33.5 | 23.9-44.7 | 53 | 36.6 | 27.4-46.9 | 45 | 24.8 | 17.8-33.5 | 8 | 5.1 | 2.3-11.2 |
Cumberland | 160 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 3.9 | 63 | 39.3 | 30.2-49.1 | 45 | 25.9 | 18.6-34.8 | 39 | 31.1 | 22.2-41.7 | 12 | 3.2 | 1.7- 5.9 |
Davidson | 155 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 57 | 37.0 | 28.0-47.0 | 47 | 30.1 | 22.1-39.5 | 43 | 29.5 | 21.4-39.1 | 8 | 3.4 | 1.7- 6.9 |
Durham | 211 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.4- 8.7 | 60 | 32.7 | 23.3-43.7 | 66 | 30.8 | 23.3-39.5 | 71 | 31.1 | 23.4-40.0 | 12 | 3.4 | 1.8- 6.2 |
Forsyth | 169 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.6 | 45 | 24.6 | 17.7-33.2 | 54 | 37.8 | 28.5-48.0 | 48 | 28.1 | 20.7-36.9 | 21 | 9.4 | 5.8-14.8 |
Gaston | 123 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1- 6.5 | 48 | 42.5 | 31.2-54.7 | 38 | 26.6 | 17.9-37.7 | 28 | 23.8 | 14.9-35.9 | 8 | 6.0 | 2.6-13.2 |
Guilford | 199 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.2 | 56 | 28.8 | 21.2-37.7 | 72 | 36.8 | 29.0-45.3 | 54 | 27.1 | 20.3-35.2 | 16 | 7.1 | 3.9-12.4 |
Iredell | 155 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 3.1 | 61 | 39.8 | 29.8-50.6 | 43 | 24.5 | 17.3-33.4 | 39 | 28.6 | 19.5-39.8 | 11 | 6.8 | 3.3-13.4 |
Johnston | 166 | 2 | 2.1 | 0.4-11.1 | 54 | 32.6 | 23.4-43.4 | 51 | 30.2 | 22.0-40.0 | 40 | 23.0 | 15.9-31.9 | 19 | 12.2 | 6.2-22.5 |
Mecklenburg | 462 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.3- 3.4 | 121 | 23.3 | 18.4-29.0 | 143 | 36.1 | 29.7-42.9 | 165 | 34.7 | 29.2-40.6 | 29 | 5.0 | 2.9- 8.4 |
New Hanover | 208 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 48 | 23.4 | 17.2-31.1 | 58 | 30.0 | 21.9-39.7 | 77 | 35.9 | 28.1-44.6 | 25 | 10.6 | 6.8-16.2 |
Onslow | 143 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 44 | 28.4 | 20.1-38.5 | 54 | 42.4 | 32.1-53.3 | 33 | 21.8 | 14.7-31.1 | 12 | 7.4 | 3.4-15.4 |
Orange | 220 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 42 | 15.9 | 11.1-22.2 | 55 | 29.7 | 20.8-40.6 | 101 | 45.6 | 36.9-54.5 | 22 | 8.8 | 5.4-14.1 |
Pitt | 141 | 2 | 1.2 | 0.3- 4.8 | 54 | 35.0 | 26.4-44.8 | 39 | 36.0 | 26.3-47.1 | 35 | 21.2 | 14.6-29.8 | 11 | 6.5 | 3.4-12.1 |
Randolph | 105 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1- 6.9 | 41 | 52.2 | 37.6-66.4 | 26 | 18.9 | 11.5-29.5 | 28 | 24.3 | 14.7-37.5 | 9 | 3.5 | 1.7- 7.3 |
Robeson | 93 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.2- 4.0 | 32 | 35.3 | 24.3-48.0 | 33 | 36.9 | 25.1-50.4 | 15 | 18.6 | 10.6-30.5 | 11 | 8.3 | 4.3-15.2 |
Rowan | 146 | 3 | 2.7 | 0.7- 9.0 | 50 | 41.2 | 30.4-53.0 | 43 | 25.3 | 17.8-34.5 | 32 | 20.6 | 13.2-30.8 | 18 | 10.3 | 5.9-17.1 |
Union | 153 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.4 | 46 | 32.6 | 24.0-42.5 | 46 | 28.5 | 20.4-38.1 | 44 | 27.7 | 20.0-37.0 | 15 | 10.7 | 5.0-21.4 |
Wake | 361 | 1 | 2.1 | 0.3-13.2 | 98 | 27.5 | 22.2-33.5 | 119 | 33.7 | 28.0-39.9 | 114 | 29.4 | 24.2-35.3 | 29 | 7.3 | 4.8-11.1 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 184 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 42 | 27.3 | 18.9-37.5 | 63 | 33.3 | 25.4-42.3 | 63 | 34.3 | 25.7-44.2 | 16 | 5.1 | 3.0- 8.5 |
Northeast Partnership II*** | 154 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 51 | 32.4 | 24.0-42.2 | 42 | 30.6 | 21.8-40.9 | 39 | 19.7 | 13.7-27.7 | 22 | 17.3 | 10.5-27.2 |
Northeast Partnership I*** | 104 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.4- 9.9 | 30 | 26.4 | 17.4-38.0 | 29 | 30.5 | 21.1-41.9 | 36 | 33.9 | 24.2-45.3 | 7 | 7.1 | 3.0-16.2 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 131 | 4 | 3.4 | 1.3- 8.8 | 46 | 31.7 | 22.9-42.1 | 45 | 37.2 | 27.5-48.1 | 24 | 20.5 | 12.5-31.6 | 12 | 7.2 | 3.8-13.4 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 143 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.1 | 63 | 44.6 | 34.6-55.0 | 45 | 29.2 | 21.3-38.7 | 25 | 20.9 | 12.9-31.9 | 9 | 4.8 | 2.3- 9.8 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 170 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.6 | 53 | 31.6 | 23.5-41.1 | 52 | 34.7 | 24.3-46.8 | 45 | 24.4 | 17.4-33.2 | 19 | 8.9 | 5.3-14.5 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 115 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 34 | 32.4 | 20.5-47.1 | 41 | 36.0 | 24.5-49.2 | 28 | 21.5 | 13.8-32.0 | 12 | 10.2 | 4.5-21.4 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 189 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.6 | 46 | 26.6 | 19.0-35.9 | 69 | 39.1 | 29.6-49.5 | 48 | 23.3 | 16.6-31.5 | 25 | 10.8 | 6.7-17.0 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 162 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.9 | 57 | 40.9 | 30.7-52.0 | 46 | 27.8 | 20.0-37.4 | 45 | 25.5 | 17.8-35.2 | 13 | 5.3 | 2.9- 9.5 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 111 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.2- 3.1 | 36 | 27.5 | 19.1-37.8 | 32 | 31.2 | 21.8-42.4 | 28 | 32.1 | 21.8-44.7 | 13 | 8.4 | 4.7-14.8 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 132 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.1- 5.6 | 34 | 38.5 | 26.9-51.5 | 40 | 24.3 | 16.7-34.0 | 40 | 28.2 | 19.8-38.6 | 17 | 8.2 | 4.8-13.6 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 126 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.1- 5.4 | 43 | 38.9 | 28.1-50.9 | 35 | 25.6 | 17.5-35.9 | 36 | 27.8 | 18.4-39.6 | 11 | 6.9 | 2.7-16.7 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 192 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.6 | 48 | 25.2 | 18.0-34.0 | 56 | 29.1 | 21.8-37.8 | 58 | 33.2 | 24.9-42.8 | 28 | 12.0 | 7.9-17.8 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP*** | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 336 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.4 | 100 | 28.5 | 22.6-35.2 | 92 | 29.4 | 23.5-36.1 | 105 | 29.8 | 23.6-36.8 | 37 | 11.9 | 7.9-17.4 |
No | 5,530 | 42 | 0.9 | 0.5- 1.6 | 1,700 | 31.4 | 29.7-33.2 | 1,720 | 32.1 | 30.4-33.9 | 1,565 | 28.3 | 26.6-29.9 | 503 | 7.3 | 6.5- 8.2 |
NC REGIONS** | ||||||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 1,823 | 15 | 0.8 | 0.4- 1.4 | 590 | 33.3 | 30.4-36.4 | 561 | 32.0 | 29.2-35.1 | 484 | 26.3 | 23.6-29.2 | 173 | 7.6 | 6.3- 9.2 |
Piedmont | 3,488 | 25 | 1.0 | 0.5- 2.2 | 1,050 | 30.5 | 28.4-32.8 | 1,092 | 32.9 | 30.6-35.1 | 1,023 | 28.9 | 26.9-30.9 | 298 | 6.7 | 5.8- 7.8 |
Western NC | 555 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.4 | 160 | 30.6 | 25.6-36.0 | 159 | 27.8 | 23.2-32.8 | 163 | 30.0 | 25.0-35.5 | 69 | 11.2 | 8.3-14.9 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC) | ||||||||||||||||
Mountain AHEC*** | 352 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.1- 1.8 | 99 | 28.5 | 22.6-35.2 | 97 | 27.2 | 21.7-33.5 | 109 | 31.9 | 25.7-38.7 | 44 | 12.0 | 8.6-16.5 |
Northwest | 1,061 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.0 | 347 | 33.4 | 29.6-37.5 | 324 | 31.2 | 27.5-35.2 | 284 | 27.0 | 23.5-30.8 | 99 | 7.9 | 6.1-10.3 |
Charlotte | 969 | 10 | 1.1 | 0.5- 2.4 | 300 | 29.2 | 25.3-33.5 | 300 | 33.1 | 28.7-37.8 | 291 | 31.2 | 27.3-35.5 | 68 | 5.4 | 3.8- 7.6 |
Greensboro | 800 | 4 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.1 | 216 | 29.9 | 25.3-35.0 | 248 | 33.9 | 29.3-38.8 | 253 | 28.3 | 24.2-32.7 | 79 | 7.6 | 5.6-10.2 |
Southern Regional | 505 | 5 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.0 | 192 | 42.3 | 36.5-48.4 | 155 | 28.9 | 23.8-34.5 | 103 | 22.6 | 17.9-28.1 | 50 | 5.4 | 3.9- 7.6 |
Coastal | 386 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.3 | 108 | 29.5 | 24.0-35.7 | 108 | 31.4 | 24.6-39.1 | 125 | 29.0 | 23.7-35.0 | 44 | 9.8 | 6.9-13.8 |
Wake | 915 | 7 | 1.9 | 0.5- 6.6 | 270 | 30.4 | 26.3-34.7 | 291 | 32.0 | 28.1-36.1 | 270 | 28.6 | 24.9-32.6 | 77 | 7.2 | 5.3- 9.6 |
Area L | 184 | 4 | 2.9 | 1.1- 7.5 | 60 | 27.4 | 20.6-35.4 | 63 | 38.3 | 30.0-47.3 | 42 | 22.3 | 16.1-30.1 | 15 | 9.2 | 5.1-15.8 |
Eastern | 694 | 3 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.6 | 208 | 30.1 | 25.5-35.3 | 226 | 34.5 | 29.9-39.4 | 193 | 27.5 | 22.9-32.7 | 64 | 7.6 | 5.5-10.4 |
*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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