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Water | Coffee/tea sweet/unsweet | Soda sweetened | Diet soda | Other | |||||||||||
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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 | 15,091 | 7,084 | 46.3 | 45.1-47.4 | 3,595 | 22.4 | 21.5-23.4 | 1,527 | 12.2 | 11.4-13.0 | 1,727 | 10.2 | 9.6-10.9 | 1,158 | 8.9 | 8.3- 9.7 |
-Piedmont NC | 8,444 | 4,098 | 48.3 | 46.7-49.8 | 1,994 | 21.7 | 20.4-23.0 | 807 | 11.5 | 10.4-12.6 | 923 | 10.0 | 9.2-10.9 | 622 | 8.6 | 7.7- 9.6 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 3,117 | 1,366 | 44.5 | 42.0-47.0 | 782 | 22.8 | 20.7-25.0 | 335 | 12.8 | 11.1-14.7 | 332 | 9.2 | 8.0-10.6 | 302 | 10.7 | 9.3-12.3 |
Female | 5,327 | 2,732 | 51.9 | 50.1-53.7 | 1,212 | 20.6 | 19.2-22.0 | 472 | 10.1 | 9.1-11.3 | 591 | 10.8 | 9.7-11.9 | 320 | 6.6 | 5.5- 7.8 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 6,574 | 3,205 | 48.3 | 46.6-50.0 | 1,682 | 23.9 | 22.5-25.4 | 529 | 10.2 | 9.0-11.4 | 817 | 12.2 | 11.1-13.3 | 341 | 5.5 | 4.6- 6.5 |
African American | 1,262 | 567 | 43.9 | 40.2-47.7 | 228 | 18.3 | 15.4-21.7 | 191 | 13.9 | 11.7-16.5 | 89 | 6.6 | 4.8- 9.0 | 187 | 17.2 | 14.6-20.3 |
Other Minorities | 574 | 308 | 53.4 | 47.8-58.8 | 80 | 13.7 | 10.2-18.0 | 80 | 15.1 | 11.4-19.7 | 16 | 2.5 | 1.4- 4.4 | 90 | 15.4 | 12.0-19.5 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
Hispanic | 471 | 250 | 53.2 | 47.1-59.3 | 56 | 11.5 | 8.3-15.8 | 58 | 13.9 | 9.9-19.1 | 24 | 3.6 | 2.1- 5.9 | 83 | 17.8 | 13.8-22.7 |
Non-Hispanic | 7,958 | 3,837 | 47.6 | 46.1-49.2 | 1,937 | 22.9 | 21.6-24.2 | 748 | 11.2 | 10.2-12.3 | 898 | 10.8 | 9.9-11.7 | 538 | 7.6 | 6.7- 8.5 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 325 | 122 | 36.5 | 30.2-43.2 | 53 | 20.4 | 14.9-27.3 | 75 | 20.3 | 15.6-25.9 | 22 | 7.0 | 4.3-11.2 | 53 | 15.8 | 11.4-21.5 |
25-34 | 1,010 | 510 | 51.5 | 47.7-55.4 | 158 | 15.5 | 13.0-18.4 | 154 | 15.9 | 13.1-19.2 | 92 | 8.2 | 6.4-10.5 | 96 | 8.8 | 6.9-11.1 |
35-44 | 1,530 | 753 | 51.3 | 48.2-54.4 | 309 | 18.9 | 16.7-21.4 | 166 | 10.3 | 8.6-12.3 | 194 | 11.4 | 9.7-13.4 | 108 | 8.0 | 6.5-10.0 |
45-54 | 1,672 | 808 | 49.0 | 46.0-52.0 | 416 | 25.0 | 22.5-27.6 | 139 | 7.7 | 6.4- 9.4 | 202 | 11.3 | 9.7-13.2 | 107 | 6.9 | 5.6- 8.6 |
55-64 | 1,653 | 806 | 48.8 | 45.8-51.8 | 421 | 24.5 | 22.1-27.2 | 128 | 8.1 | 6.6- 9.9 | 210 | 12.6 | 10.7-14.8 | 88 | 5.9 | 4.7- 7.5 |
65-74 | 1,248 | 607 | 49.7 | 46.4-53.1 | 349 | 27.3 | 24.5-30.3 | 80 | 6.6 | 5.1- 8.5 | 136 | 10.3 | 8.4-12.5 | 76 | 6.1 | 4.7- 7.8 |
75+ | 944 | 462 | 47.3 | 43.5-51.2 | 276 | 29.5 | 26.0-33.1 | 57 | 6.8 | 5.0- 9.1 | 63 | 8.1 | 6.0-10.7 | 86 | 8.4 | 6.4-10.8 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 1,210 | 457 | 38.9 | 34.7-43.3 | 302 | 18.7 | 16.1-21.6 | 195 | 22.5 | 18.7-26.9 | 132 | 8.1 | 6.4-10.0 | 124 | 11.8 | 9.4-14.8 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 2,433 | 1,041 | 41.8 | 39.0-44.7 | 621 | 24.3 | 21.8-26.9 | 299 | 13.1 | 11.4-15.1 | 299 | 11.4 | 9.7-13.3 | 173 | 9.4 | 7.8-11.3 |
Some Post-H.S. | 2,053 | 981 | 45.7 | 42.5-49.0 | 527 | 25.4 | 22.4-28.6 | 179 | 11.1 | 9.1-13.5 | 205 | 9.0 | 7.5-10.8 | 161 | 8.8 | 6.7-11.3 |
College Graduate | 2,727 | 1,607 | 59.4 | 57.0-61.8 | 540 | 18.0 | 16.3-19.9 | 133 | 5.7 | 4.6- 7.0 | 286 | 10.5 | 9.1-12.1 | 161 | 6.4 | 5.2- 7.7 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 856 | 344 | 44.7 | 39.0-50.5 | 217 | 20.2 | 16.7-24.3 | 124 | 18.0 | 13.5-23.6 | 89 | 8.1 | 6.0-11.0 | 82 | 9.0 | 6.6-12.2 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 1,321 | 562 | 40.4 | 36.6-44.3 | 320 | 21.6 | 18.3-25.2 | 178 | 17.4 | 14.4-20.8 | 138 | 8.7 | 7.0-10.8 | 123 | 12.0 | 9.5-14.9 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 942 | 444 | 43.7 | 39.3-48.2 | 221 | 21.7 | 18.3-25.6 | 101 | 14.2 | 10.8-18.4 | 99 | 9.2 | 6.6-12.5 | 77 | 11.3 | 8.4-14.9 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 1,162 | 535 | 45.4 | 41.5-49.4 | 303 | 24.9 | 21.5-28.6 | 108 | 11.1 | 8.7-14.0 | 131 | 10.1 | 8.2-12.5 | 85 | 8.5 | 6.6-10.9 |
$50,000-74,999 | 1,098 | 548 | 47.2 | 43.2-51.2 | 271 | 26.7 | 23.0-30.6 | 85 | 9.3 | 7.1-12.2 | 132 | 10.5 | 8.3-13.2 | 62 | 6.4 | 4.7- 8.6 |
$75,000+ | 1,845 | 1,053 | 58.3 | 55.5-61.2 | 375 | 18.3 | 16.3-20.6 | 92 | 5.8 | 4.5- 7.3 | 234 | 12.3 | 10.6-14.2 | 91 | 5.3 | 4.0- 6.9 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 2,923 | 1,289 | 43.1 | 40.6-45.7 | 771 | 25.0 | 22.7-27.4 | 304 | 12.8 | 11.0-14.8 | 321 | 10.3 | 8.9-12.0 | 238 | 8.8 | 7.4-10.4 |
No | 5,462 | 2,769 | 50.1 | 48.3-52.0 | 1,211 | 20.3 | 18.8-21.9 | 502 | 11.0 | 9.8-12.4 | 597 | 9.9 | 8.9-11.0 | 383 | 8.6 | 7.5- 9.9 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 1,114 | 495 | 46.5 | 42.6-50.5 | 309 | 25.7 | 22.4-29.3 | 86 | 8.7 | 6.7-11.3 | 132 | 11.6 | 9.5-14.1 | 92 | 7.5 | 5.8- 9.5 |
Non-Veteran | 7,323 | 3,600 | 48.5 | 46.9-50.2 | 1,683 | 21.1 | 19.8-22.5 | 721 | 11.8 | 10.7-13.1 | 790 | 9.8 | 8.9-10.7 | 529 | 8.8 | 7.8- 9.9 |
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^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, 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.
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