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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 | 5,795 | 4,554 | 73.0 | 71.2-74.7 | 502 | 11.0 | 9.8-12.3 | 265 | 5.7 | 4.8- 6.7 | 332 | 7.3 | 6.3- 8.3 | 142 | 3.1 | 2.5- 3.9 |
COUNTY/REGIONS | ||||||||||||||||
Alamance | 135 | 107 | 77.3 | 66.0-85.6 | 5 | 8.1 | 2.7-21.8 | 9 | 4.9 | 2.3-10.3 | 9 | 6.9 | 3.4-13.8 | 5 | 2.7 | 1.1- 6.7 |
Buncombe | 159 | 132 | 77.2 | 67.6-84.5 | 11 | 9.8 | 5.2-17.6 | 7 | 6.7 | 2.8-15.0 | 6 | 3.8 | 1.6- 8.6 | 3 | 2.6 | 0.8- 7.8 |
Cabarrus | 126 | 108 | 80.6 | 68.6-88.8 | 8 | 9.7 | 4.5-19.6 | 7 | 8.0 | 2.8-20.4 | 3 | 1.8 | 0.6- 5.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Catawba | 156 | 121 | 75.0 | 65.6-82.6 | 21 | 17.1 | 10.7-26.1 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.6- 6.9 | 7 | 4.1 | 1.7- 9.2 | 4 | 1.8 | 0.6- 5.0 |
Cumberland | 160 | 119 | 65.9 | 54.9-75.4 | 18 | 16.7 | 9.5-27.7 | 9 | 4.5 | 2.0-10.0 | 10 | 9.3 | 4.3-18.8 | 4 | 3.6 | 1.0-11.8 |
Davidson | 153 | 113 | 65.4 | 54.7-74.7 | 13 | 8.2 | 4.3-15.0 | 9 | 9.2 | 4.3-18.7 | 13 | 14.6 | 7.9-25.5 | 5 | 2.5 | 1.0- 6.2 |
Durham | 204 | 172 | 77.0 | 65.6-85.5 | 18 | 10.7 | 6.2-18.0 | 6 | 8.5 | 2.8-23.1 | 7 | 3.6 | 1.3- 9.4 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.2 |
Forsyth | 164 | 132 | 72.5 | 61.0-81.6 | 11 | 8.1 | 3.5-17.8 | 10 | 6.6 | 3.3-12.6 | 10 | 11.9 | 5.4-24.3 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1- 6.4 |
Gaston | 122 | 95 | 72.5 | 60.1-82.1 | 11 | 7.4 | 3.6-14.4 | 3 | 5.3 | 1.2-20.2 | 8 | 8.8 | 3.8-19.0 | 5 | 6.0 | 2.4-14.2 |
Guilford | 196 | 147 | 67.8 | 58.5-76.0 | 19 | 10.7 | 6.5-17.2 | 14 | 11.9 | 6.3-21.2 | 11 | 6.3 | 3.0-12.5 | 5 | 3.3 | 1.0-10.0 |
Iredell | 152 | 128 | 74.4 | 62.7-83.5 | 11 | 9.4 | 4.8-17.6 | 5 | 6.5 | 2.4-16.3 | 8 | 9.6 | 4.0-21.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Johnston | 163 | 118 | 71.0 | 60.3-79.8 | 19 | 11.1 | 6.1-19.3 | 8 | 5.4 | 2.4-11.6 | 15 | 6.6 | 3.7-11.6 | 3 | 5.8 | 1.5-19.7 |
Mecklenburg | 457 | 355 | 71.6 | 65.5-77.1 | 45 | 12.6 | 8.7-18.0 | 17 | 3.6 | 2.1- 6.2 | 32 | 10.8 | 7.4-15.5 | 8 | 1.4 | 0.7- 2.8 |
New Hanover | 208 | 168 | 80.6 | 73.1-86.4 | 13 | 6.7 | 3.4-12.9 | 10 | 6.2 | 3.0-12.5 | 10 | 3.8 | 1.9- 7.2 | 7 | 2.7 | 1.3- 5.7 |
Onslow | 144 | 112 | 68.9 | 57.5-78.5 | 9 | 11.5 | 5.6-22.0 | 4 | 3.6 | 1.1-10.8 | 14 | 11.2 | 5.8-20.6 | 5 | 4.8 | 1.5-13.9 |
Orange | 220 | 180 | 80.0 | 72.3-85.9 | 20 | 10.0 | 5.8-16.5 | 8 | 3.0 | 1.4- 6.4 | 9 | 5.5 | 2.6-11.1 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.5- 4.9 |
Pitt | 135 | 103 | 71.6 | 60.8-80.4 | 16 | 15.3 | 8.7-25.7 | 5 | 4.1 | 1.7- 9.6 | 7 | 6.8 | 2.7-15.9 | 4 | 2.2 | 0.8- 6.1 |
Randolph | 102 | 79 | 66.2 | 48.5-80.2 | 10 | 11.1 | 5.2-22.0 | 4 | 13.1 | 3.1-41.5 | 6 | 5.9 | 2.2-14.8 | 3 | 3.8 | 1.2-11.4 |
Robeson | 89 | 66 | 71.5 | 57.9-82.0 | 10 | 14.0 | 6.4-28.1 | 2 | 1.9 | 0.5- 7.6 | 9 | 10.7 | 5.1-21.1 | 2 | 1.8 | 0.4- 7.3 |
Rowan | 140 | 119 | 85.7 | 77.9-91.1 | 13 | 7.8 | 4.2-13.9 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.3- 6.4 | 4 | 2.9 | 1.0- 8.0 | 2 | 2.1 | 0.5- 8.5 |
Union | 153 | 122 | 74.4 | 63.5-82.9 | 12 | 10.2 | 5.4-18.6 | 8 | 7.6 | 2.7-19.7 | 8 | 6.0 | 2.7-12.9 | 3 | 1.8 | 0.5- 5.9 |
Wake | 361 | 301 | 80.3 | 74.6-85.0 | 30 | 10.9 | 7.3-16.0 | 14 | 3.3 | 1.9- 5.7 | 13 | 5.1 | 2.8- 9.2 | 3 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.4 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 184 | 140 | 67.1 | 56.5-76.2 | 13 | 8.1 | 4.6-13.9 | 6 | 4.8 | 1.8-12.3 | 12 | 9.1 | 4.7-17.0 | 13 | 10.9 | 4.8-22.8 |
Northeast Partnership II*** | 155 | 124 | 72.7 | 61.5-81.6 | 8 | 5.1 | 2.2-11.7 | 5 | 3.2 | 1.1- 9.0 | 12 | 10.5 | 5.1-20.4 | 6 | 8.5 | 3.4-19.7 |
Northeast Partnership I*** | 103 | 80 | 73.4 | 61.7-82.5 | 10 | 12.2 | 6.0-23.3 | 7 | 6.9 | 3.0-15.2 | 5 | 6.5 | 2.6-15.5 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1- 6.3 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 126 | 88 | 58.9 | 47.1-69.7 | 16 | 19.2 | 10.4-32.9 | 9 | 9.9 | 4.8-19.1 | 7 | 7.1 | 3.2-15.0 | 6 | 4.9 | 2.1-11.3 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 143 | 116 | 74.7 | 63.2-83.4 | 7 | 7.9 | 3.4-17.3 | 10 | 7.8 | 3.6-16.1 | 5 | 3.3 | 1.4- 7.9 | 5 | 6.3 | 1.9-18.7 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 171 | 134 | 68.5 | 55.7-79.0 | 13 | 10.5 | 5.5-19.1 | 16 | 9.3 | 5.1-16.5 | 6 | 10.3 | 3.0-29.8 | 2 | 1.4 | 0.3- 5.7 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 116 | 83 | 66.5 | 52.4-78.2 | 12 | 15.1 | 6.7-30.8 | 9 | 5.7 | 2.8-11.4 | 8 | 7.0 | 3.1-15.1 | 4 | 5.6 | 1.4-19.6 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 189 | 156 | 79.7 | 70.6-86.5 | 18 | 7.9 | 4.6-13.3 | 5 | 4.0 | 1.5-10.4 | 5 | 5.5 | 1.9-15.2 | 5 | 2.8 | 1.0- 7.5 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 161 | 119 | 61.2 | 49.7-71.6 | 16 | 20.4 | 11.5-33.5 | 11 | 7.5 | 3.7-14.6 | 11 | 6.3 | 3.2-12.0 | 4 | 4.6 | 1.3-15.1 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 106 | 85 | 79.6 | 69.2-87.2 | 9 | 9.6 | 4.6-19.0 | 4 | 4.1 | 1.4-11.4 | 3 | 3.5 | 1.0-11.1 | 5 | 3.1 | 1.2- 7.8 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 129 | 89 | 61.9 | 49.4-73.0 | 10 | 9.2 | 3.9-20.0 | 11 | 13.0 | 5.6-27.4 | 14 | 12.3 | 6.6-21.7 | 5 | 3.6 | 1.3- 9.3 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 125 | 94 | 69.7 | 56.9-80.0 | 11 | 13.6 | 6.2-27.1 | 5 | 2.4 | 0.9- 6.1 | 10 | 8.6 | 4.2-16.6 | 5 | 5.8 | 1.8-17.6 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 188 | 149 | 75.2 | 66.3-82.5 | 16 | 10.7 | 6.1-18.2 | 3 | 2.8 | 0.7-10.9 | 15 | 6.1 | 3.3-10.9 | 5 | 5.1 | 2.1-12.2 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP*** | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 335 | 256 | 68.1 | 60.3-75.0 | 25 | 8.2 | 5.3-12.7 | 15 | 4.5 | 2.5- 8.0 | 23 | 9.0 | 5.5-14.5 | 16 | 10.2 | 5.3-18.8 |
No | 5,460 | 4,298 | 73.2 | 71.4-75.0 | 477 | 11.1 | 9.9-12.5 | 250 | 5.7 | 4.8- 6.8 | 309 | 7.2 | 6.2- 8.3 | 126 | 2.7 | 2.1- 3.5 |
NC REGIONS** | ||||||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 1,807 | 1,394 | 70.7 | 67.4-73.8 | 153 | 10.6 | 8.6-13.0 | 89 | 5.7 | 4.3- 7.4 | 114 | 7.8 | 6.0-10.1 | 57 | 5.3 | 3.6- 7.7 |
Piedmont | 3,441 | 2,735 | 73.8 | 71.5-76.0 | 307 | 11.4 | 9.8-13.2 | 153 | 5.8 | 4.6- 7.1 | 178 | 7.1 | 5.9- 8.6 | 68 | 1.9 | 1.4- 2.6 |
Western NC | 547 | 425 | 73.5 | 68.1-78.3 | 42 | 9.9 | 6.9-13.9 | 23 | 5.2 | 3.0- 8.9 | 40 | 6.7 | 4.7- 9.6 | 17 | 4.7 | 2.6- 8.6 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC) | ||||||||||||||||
Mountain AHEC*** | 347 | 281 | 75.9 | 69.4-81.4 | 27 | 10.4 | 6.8-15.6 | 10 | 4.2 | 1.9- 9.0 | 21 | 5.3 | 3.2- 8.5 | 8 | 4.2 | 2.0- 8.7 |
Northwest | 1,039 | 815 | 72.8 | 68.5-76.7 | 91 | 9.5 | 7.2-12.3 | 46 | 6.1 | 4.2- 8.6 | 63 | 8.9 | 6.4-12.4 | 24 | 2.8 | 1.5- 5.1 |
Charlotte | 961 | 758 | 72.4 | 67.9-76.5 | 85 | 12.3 | 9.2-16.2 | 44 | 4.8 | 3.3- 6.9 | 58 | 9.0 | 6.6-12.0 | 16 | 1.5 | 0.9- 2.6 |
Greensboro | 786 | 614 | 70.2 | 64.9-75.1 | 67 | 11.0 | 8.0-14.8 | 39 | 8.3 | 5.1-13.1 | 43 | 6.8 | 4.6- 9.9 | 23 | 3.7 | 2.1- 6.5 |
Southern Regional | 504 | 392 | 70.3 | 63.9-76.0 | 53 | 16.4 | 11.7-22.6 | 21 | 4.6 | 2.7- 7.7 | 25 | 5.3 | 3.1- 9.0 | 13 | 3.4 | 1.7- 6.9 |
Coastal | 387 | 310 | 75.4 | 67.5-81.9 | 25 | 8.0 | 4.9-12.8 | 25 | 6.4 | 4.0-10.0 | 17 | 7.5 | 3.0-17.2 | 10 | 2.8 | 1.2- 6.1 |
Wake | 904 | 715 | 76.9 | 72.8-80.6 | 88 | 11.4 | 8.7-14.7 | 43 | 5.4 | 3.5- 8.1 | 45 | 5.1 | 3.4- 7.5 | 13 | 1.2 | 0.6- 2.5 |
Area L | 179 | 135 | 68.3 | 58.7-76.6 | 17 | 13.4 | 7.2-23.5 | 9 | 5.9 | 2.9-11.9 | 13 | 9.1 | 5.0-15.8 | 5 | 3.3 | 1.3- 8.0 |
Eastern | 688 | 534 | 70.1 | 64.5-75.1 | 49 | 7.6 | 5.5-10.4 | 28 | 5.7 | 3.4- 9.2 | 47 | 8.7 | 6.1-12.2 | 30 | 7.9 | 4.6-13.4 |
* 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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