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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | Do not drink | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 5,491 | 987 | 21.2 | 19.6-22.8 | 1,607 | 31.1 | 29.3-32.9 | 2,897 | 47.7 | 45.9-49.6 |
| -Eastern NC | 1,919 | 339 | 21.5 | 19.1-24.1 | 507 | 27.5 | 25.0-30.1 | 1,073 | 51.0 | 48.1-53.9 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 664 | 173 | 29.3 | 25.0-33.9 | 202 | 29.7 | 25.5-34.2 | 289 | 41.0 | 36.5-45.8 |
| Female | 1,255 | 166 | 14.7 | 12.4-17.3 | 305 | 25.5 | 22.7-28.5 | 784 | 59.8 | 56.4-63.1 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 1,217 | 192 | 19.5 | 16.7-22.7 | 389 | 33.7 | 30.4-37.1 | 636 | 46.8 | 43.3-50.3 |
| African American | 563 | 120 | 23.9 | 19.5-28.9 | 100 | 18.4 | 14.6-23.0 | 343 | 57.7 | 52.3-63.0 |
| Other Minorities | 132 | 26 | 27.9 | 17.9-40.9 | 16 | 16.3 | 9.5-26.7 | 90 | 55.7 | 44.1-66.8 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 45 | 11 | 26.0 | 11.7-48.1 | 7 | 21.2 | 9.8-39.8 | 27 | 52.9 | 34.7-70.3 |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,862 | 327 | 21.3 | 18.9-23.9 | 499 | 27.9 | 25.3-30.6 | 1,036 | 50.9 | 47.9-53.8 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 7 | 2 | 29.9 | 7.0-70.7 | 3 | 24.0 | 6.4-59.4 | 2 | 46.1 | 13.5-82.4 |
| 25-34 | 72 | 23 | 31.1 | 19.7-45.4 | 24 | 32.7 | 21.4-46.5 | 25 | 36.2 | 24.0-50.4 |
| 35-44 | 133 | 40 | 30.1 | 21.4-40.6 | 42 | 35.0 | 25.8-45.6 | 51 | 34.8 | 25.8-45.1 |
| 45-54 | 334 | 89 | 30.6 | 24.8-37.0 | 86 | 25.2 | 20.1-31.2 | 159 | 44.2 | 38.1-50.5 |
| 55-64 | 549 | 106 | 21.1 | 17.2-25.7 | 166 | 30.7 | 26.2-35.6 | 277 | 48.2 | 43.2-53.2 |
| 65-74 | 472 | 56 | 14.1 | 10.6-18.4 | 105 | 23.5 | 19.2-28.4 | 311 | 62.5 | 57.1-67.6 |
| 75+ | 345 | 23 | 7.0 | 4.4-11.0 | 80 | 23.2 | 18.3-29.0 | 242 | 69.7 | 63.6-75.2 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 401 | 53 | 14.6 | 10.5-19.9 | 60 | 15.5 | 11.6-20.3 | 288 | 69.9 | 63.7-75.4 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 676 | 132 | 26.2 | 21.8-31.2 | 151 | 23.3 | 19.5-27.5 | 393 | 50.5 | 45.7-55.4 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 455 | 102 | 25.3 | 20.4-30.8 | 128 | 29.1 | 24.2-34.6 | 225 | 45.6 | 40.0-51.3 |
| College Graduate | 383 | 52 | 15.9 | 11.7-21.3 | 168 | 43.0 | 36.8-49.4 | 163 | 41.0 | 35.0-47.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 314 | 48 | 19.5 | 13.9-26.8 | 38 | 12.8 | 8.9-18.2 | 228 | 67.6 | 60.2-74.2 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 385 | 66 | 21.4 | 16.0-27.9 | 83 | 24.8 | 19.6-30.9 | 236 | 53.8 | 47.2-60.3 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 237 | 49 | 26.4 | 19.1-35.2 | 65 | 26.1 | 19.9-33.5 | 123 | 47.5 | 39.5-55.6 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 248 | 38 | 18.3 | 12.9-25.3 | 79 | 29.7 | 23.1-37.2 | 131 | 52.0 | 44.3-59.6 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 217 | 49 | 25.0 | 18.8-32.5 | 78 | 33.9 | 26.8-41.8 | 90 | 41.1 | 33.5-49.1 |
| $75,000+ | 226 | 50 | 25.6 | 19.0-33.5 | 100 | 42.9 | 35.1-51.0 | 76 | 31.6 | 24.7-39.3 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 987 | 157 | 19.2 | 16.1-22.8 | 220 | 25.8 | 22.3-29.5 | 610 | 55.0 | 50.9-59.1 |
| No | 907 | 179 | 23.8 | 20.3-27.8 | 277 | 28.9 | 25.4-32.7 | 451 | 47.3 | 43.3-51.4 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 356 | 94 | 32.3 | 26.3-38.9 | 115 | 28.6 | 23.4-34.4 | 147 | 39.1 | 33.3-45.3 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,563 | 245 | 18.5 | 16.0-21.2 | 392 | 27.2 | 24.4-30.1 | 926 | 54.4 | 51.1-57.6 |
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*Asked only of those who report having high blood pressure
^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.
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