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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 | 5,797 | 2,816 | 43.6 | 41.8-45.3 | 1,796 | 31.4 | 29.7-33.1 | 611 | 11.8 | 10.7-13.1 | 237 | 4.4 | 3.7- 5.1 | 337 | 8.9 | 7.7-10.2 |
COUNTY/REGIONS | ||||||||||||||||
Alamance | 137 | 59 | 41.6 | 30.6-53.5 | 41 | 24.3 | 17.0-33.4 | 19 | 16.1 | 9.8-25.4 | 5 | 7.0 | 1.7-24.2 | 13 | 11.0 | 5.5-21.1 |
Buncombe | 160 | 87 | 46.1 | 36.7-55.8 | 51 | 36.8 | 27.7-47.0 | 15 | 9.3 | 5.4-15.7 | 4 | 4.5 | 1.7-11.6 | 3 | 3.2 | 1.0- 9.8 |
Cabarrus | 126 | 52 | 40.0 | 29.7-51.4 | 47 | 33.2 | 24.4-43.4 | 15 | 14.5 | 7.5-26.2 | 5 | 4.0 | 1.5-10.4 | 7 | 8.2 | 3.7-17.3 |
Catawba | 156 | 73 | 43.7 | 33.7-54.2 | 51 | 30.9 | 22.6-40.8 | 15 | 11.3 | 5.8-20.9 | 8 | 7.8 | 3.6-16.0 | 9 | 6.3 | 3.0-12.6 |
Cumberland | 160 | 78 | 40.4 | 31.6-49.8 | 51 | 31.9 | 23.5-41.6 | 15 | 12.9 | 7.6-21.0 | 7 | 3.1 | 1.3- 7.5 | 9 | 11.7 | 5.8-22.3 |
Davidson | 152 | 68 | 38.2 | 29.4-47.8 | 52 | 34.4 | 25.8-44.1 | 9 | 8.5 | 4.1-17.0 | 7 | 4.4 | 2.0- 9.3 | 16 | 14.6 | 8.4-24.2 |
Durham | 206 | 114 | 48.0 | 39.0-57.2 | 63 | 35.1 | 26.7-44.4 | 17 | 9.5 | 5.5-15.9 | 6 | 3.4 | 1.3- 8.5 | 6 | 4.0 | 1.7- 9.5 |
Forsyth | 166 | 81 | 43.9 | 34.8-53.3 | 54 | 28.0 | 20.8-36.6 | 18 | 12.9 | 7.7-20.8 | 5 | 2.9 | 1.1- 7.9 | 8 | 12.3 | 5.4-25.7 |
Gaston | 120 | 61 | 39.8 | 29.3-51.5 | 36 | 33.7 | 22.8-46.5 | 10 | 12.4 | 5.8-24.3 | 5 | 4.1 | 1.5-11.3 | 8 | 10.0 | 4.5-20.8 |
Guilford | 196 | 106 | 49.7 | 41.1-58.4 | 57 | 30.2 | 22.4-39.4 | 15 | 8.3 | 4.6-14.3 | 4 | 2.3 | 0.8- 6.1 | 14 | 9.5 | 5.3-16.6 |
Iredell | 155 | 89 | 47.1 | 36.9-57.5 | 38 | 23.1 | 15.7-32.8 | 19 | 17.6 | 10.1-28.9 | 4 | 4.6 | 1.5-13.7 | 5 | 7.5 | 2.6-20.1 |
Johnston | 162 | 68 | 34.4 | 25.9-44.1 | 47 | 31.4 | 22.1-42.5 | 25 | 13.5 | 8.7-20.4 | 10 | 4.6 | 2.3- 9.0 | 12 | 16.0 | 8.3-28.9 |
Mecklenburg | 460 | 216 | 41.8 | 35.8-48.2 | 166 | 36.6 | 30.6-43.0 | 38 | 9.4 | 6.1-14.2 | 22 | 5.2 | 3.1- 8.5 | 18 | 7.0 | 4.2-11.5 |
New Hanover | 210 | 111 | 53.8 | 45.3-62.2 | 60 | 25.1 | 18.9-32.5 | 29 | 15.2 | 10.0-22.3 | 4 | 2.7 | 0.9- 7.5 | 6 | 3.1 | 1.3- 7.7 |
Onslow | 143 | 50 | 25.1 | 18.0-33.8 | 54 | 42.0 | 31.9-52.9 | 18 | 12.7 | 7.4-21.0 | 12 | 8.6 | 4.4-15.9 | 9 | 11.5 | 5.5-22.7 |
Orange | 219 | 122 | 51.5 | 42.3-60.6 | 67 | 34.0 | 24.9-44.5 | 21 | 9.7 | 5.8-15.8 | 4 | 1.7 | 0.6- 5.3 | 5 | 3.1 | 1.1- 8.2 |
Pitt | 139 | 60 | 41.5 | 31.9-51.8 | 47 | 36.1 | 26.6-46.7 | 16 | 12.8 | 7.3-21.5 | 9 | 5.7 | 2.8-11.2 | 7 | 4.0 | 1.8- 8.8 |
Randolph | 105 | 49 | 37.4 | 25.5-51.0 | 23 | 21.2 | 12.3-34.1 | 17 | 18.1 | 8.7-33.8 | 5 | 4.2 | 1.5-11.5 | 11 | 19.1 | 7.5-40.5 |
Robeson | 88 | 40 | 42.2 | 29.8-55.7 | 22 | 22.4 | 14.2-33.5 | 10 | 10.7 | 5.4-19.9 | 6 | 9.1 | 3.6-21.2 | 10 | 15.7 | 7.4-30.1 |
Rowan | 141 | 67 | 44.8 | 33.9-56.2 | 44 | 33.3 | 23.6-44.7 | 19 | 14.6 | 7.9-25.4 | 6 | 3.1 | 1.2- 7.6 | 5 | 4.3 | 1.7-10.4 |
Union | 149 | 83 | 51.5 | 41.4-61.5 | 38 | 24.0 | 16.9-32.8 | 15 | 12.5 | 6.8-21.7 | 4 | 4.2 | 1.4-11.6 | 9 | 7.9 | 3.7-16.0 |
Wake | 364 | 191 | 48.3 | 42.2-54.4 | 116 | 33.5 | 27.9-39.4 | 35 | 10.1 | 7.0-14.4 | 15 | 4.8 | 2.6- 8.6 | 7 | 3.3 | 1.3- 8.3 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 181 | 85 | 40.3 | 31.6-49.7 | 50 | 26.2 | 18.7-35.4 | 16 | 11.9 | 6.8-19.9 | 10 | 5.5 | 2.7-10.7 | 20 | 16.2 | 9.0-27.4 |
Northeast Partnership II*** | 152 | 68 | 36.3 | 27.8-45.8 | 49 | 33.6 | 24.7-44.0 | 16 | 12.1 | 6.9-20.1 | 7 | 6.8 | 2.5-17.2 | 12 | 11.1 | 5.9-20.0 |
Northeast Partnership I*** | 103 | 54 | 48.3 | 37.1-59.7 | 32 | 29.3 | 20.3-40.3 | 9 | 10.2 | 4.9-20.0 | 5 | 7.1 | 2.7-17.6 | 3 | 5.1 | 1.6-15.2 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 126 | 60 | 39.0 | 29.4-49.7 | 27 | 15.7 | 10.2-23.3 | 17 | 20.0 | 11.8-31.9 | 6 | 4.4 | 1.9- 9.7 | 16 | 20.9 | 12.3-33.2 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 140 | 68 | 44.5 | 34.6-55.0 | 40 | 26.6 | 18.5-36.7 | 14 | 13.0 | 7.2-22.3 | 6 | 2.6 | 1.1- 6.0 | 12 | 13.3 | 6.6-24.8 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 173 | 75 | 42.2 | 32.1-53.0 | 64 | 34.7 | 26.2-44.2 | 20 | 11.4 | 6.9-18.3 | 7 | 3.4 | 1.5- 7.5 | 7 | 8.4 | 3.6-18.0 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 115 | 49 | 37.8 | 25.6-51.8 | 38 | 37.1 | 25.3-50.6 | 16 | 13.2 | 7.6-22.0 | 7 | 8.3 | 3.6-18.3 | 5 | 3.5 | 1.4- 8.8 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 189 | 100 | 47.5 | 37.9-57.2 | 59 | 27.1 | 20.1-35.4 | 16 | 10.7 | 6.0-18.3 | 5 | 3.6 | 1.4- 9.0 | 9 | 11.1 | 5.2-22.1 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 156 | 65 | 34.2 | 25.5-44.1 | 49 | 29.9 | 20.9-40.7 | 17 | 12.9 | 7.5-21.4 | 10 | 5.8 | 2.8-11.5 | 15 | 17.2 | 9.5-29.2 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 106 | 46 | 34.4 | 24.9-45.3 | 32 | 36.3 | 25.5-48.7 | 17 | 16.1 | 9.8-25.3 | 1 | 1.7 | 0.2-11.3 | 10 | 11.5 | 5.6-22.1 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 128 | 58 | 39.9 | 29.8-50.8 | 45 | 37.8 | 27.4-49.4 | 9 | 8.2 | 4.0-16.1 | 4 | 3.0 | 1.0- 8.6 | 12 | 11.2 | 5.4-21.7 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 125 | 59 | 38.3 | 28.3-49.3 | 39 | 31.6 | 21.5-43.9 | 16 | 16.8 | 9.1-29.1 | 3 | 2.9 | 0.8-10.3 | 8 | 10.4 | 4.7-21.6 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 189 | 104 | 51.3 | 42.4-60.1 | 47 | 26.7 | 19.3-35.7 | 18 | 10.6 | 6.0-18.0 | 9 | 4.7 | 2.0-11.0 | 11 | 6.7 | 3.4-12.9 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP*** | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 330 | 159 | 40.7 | 34.1-47.6 | 96 | 27.6 | 21.9-34.2 | 30 | 10.1 | 6.8-14.9 | 20 | 7.8 | 4.5-13.2 | 25 | 13.8 | 8.5-21.7 |
No | 5,467 | 2,657 | 43.7 | 41.9-45.5 | 1,700 | 31.6 | 29.9-33.3 | 581 | 11.9 | 10.7-13.2 | 217 | 4.2 | 3.5- 5.0 | 312 | 8.6 | 7.5- 9.9 |
NC REGIONS** | ||||||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 1,803 | 820 | 40.5 | 37.5-43.6 | 557 | 30.0 | 27.2-32.9 | 210 | 13.2 | 11.2-15.5 | 92 | 4.7 | 3.7- 6.0 | 124 | 11.6 | 9.3-14.4 |
Piedmont | 3,446 | 1,710 | 44.2 | 41.9-46.5 | 1,075 | 31.8 | 29.7-34.1 | 353 | 11.8 | 10.3-13.4 | 127 | 4.3 | 3.4- 5.4 | 181 | 7.9 | 6.5- 9.6 |
Western NC | 548 | 286 | 46.9 | 41.6-52.4 | 164 | 32.0 | 26.9-37.5 | 48 | 9.2 | 6.5-12.9 | 18 | 3.9 | 2.2- 6.9 | 32 | 8.0 | 5.2-12.2 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC) | ||||||||||||||||
Mountain AHEC*** | 349 | 191 | 49.4 | 42.8-56.0 | 98 | 30.4 | 24.4-37.1 | 33 | 10.1 | 6.6-15.1 | 13 | 4.6 | 2.4- 8.8 | 14 | 5.5 | 3.0- 9.7 |
Northwest | 1,042 | 501 | 41.5 | 37.6-45.5 | 326 | 31.2 | 27.5-35.1 | 111 | 12.7 | 10.2-15.7 | 37 | 3.7 | 2.5- 5.4 | 67 | 10.9 | 7.9-15.0 |
Charlotte | 960 | 460 | 41.5 | 37.1-46.0 | 321 | 34.6 | 30.3-39.2 | 95 | 12.2 | 9.2-15.9 | 39 | 4.7 | 3.2- 6.9 | 45 | 7.0 | 4.9- 9.8 |
Greensboro | 789 | 395 | 45.7 | 40.8-50.7 | 236 | 29.9 | 25.3-34.9 | 84 | 10.9 | 8.2-14.3 | 20 | 2.9 | 1.6- 5.3 | 54 | 10.6 | 7.4-14.8 |
Southern Regional | 496 | 242 | 42.7 | 37.0-48.7 | 145 | 28.1 | 23.2-33.6 | 48 | 13.4 | 9.5-18.5 | 24 | 3.8 | 2.4- 6.0 | 37 | 12.0 | 8.1-17.2 |
Coastal | 391 | 194 | 50.3 | 43.6-57.1 | 124 | 29.0 | 23.7-34.9 | 47 | 11.5 | 8.3-15.9 | 13 | 3.4 | 1.9- 6.0 | 13 | 5.7 | 2.9-11.0 |
Wake | 906 | 453 | 46.1 | 41.8-50.4 | 276 | 32.1 | 28.3-36.3 | 97 | 10.7 | 8.4-13.6 | 43 | 5.2 | 3.6- 7.6 | 37 | 5.8 | 3.7- 8.8 |
Area L | 179 | 82 | 36.6 | 29.0-44.9 | 50 | 26.3 | 19.4-34.5 | 22 | 18.4 | 11.5-28.0 | 9 | 4.2 | 2.1- 8.3 | 16 | 14.6 | 8.7-23.3 |
Eastern | 685 | 298 | 37.3 | 32.6-42.3 | 220 | 32.1 | 27.4-37.2 | 74 | 11.7 | 8.9-15.2 | 39 | 5.6 | 3.8- 8.4 | 54 | 13.2 | 9.2-18.7 |
* 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.
**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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