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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 | 5,510 | 1,203 | 25.8 | 24.1-27.5 | 934 | 18.1 | 16.7-19.6 | 3,373 | 56.1 | 54.2-58.0 |
| -Eastern NC | 1,928 | 379 | 22.7 | 20.3-25.3 | 287 | 16.2 | 14.1-18.5 | 1,262 | 61.1 | 58.3-63.9 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 662 | 179 | 29.0 | 24.9-33.6 | 124 | 18.3 | 14.9-22.3 | 359 | 52.7 | 47.9-57.4 |
| Female | 1,266 | 200 | 17.2 | 14.8-19.9 | 163 | 14.3 | 12.1-16.9 | 903 | 68.5 | 65.2-71.5 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 1,222 | 237 | 21.6 | 18.8-24.7 | 228 | 20.9 | 18.0-24.1 | 757 | 57.5 | 54.0-61.0 |
| African American | 567 | 124 | 25.5 | 21.0-30.7 | 48 | 9.2 | 6.5-12.7 | 395 | 65.3 | 59.9-70.3 |
| Other Minorities | 132 | 16 | 18.0 | 10.6-28.9 | 10 | 8.3 | 4.0-16.5 | 106 | 73.7 | 62.5-82.5 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 45 | 8 | 20.6 | 9.6-38.7 | 3 | 6.2 | 1.7-20.2 | 34 | 73.2 | 55.0-85.9 |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,871 | 369 | 22.6 | 20.2-25.1 | 283 | 16.6 | 14.5-19.0 | 1,219 | 60.8 | 57.9-63.6 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 7 | 4 | 36.5 | 11.0-72.7 | 1 | 17.4 | 2.4-64.6 | 2 | 46.1 | 13.5-82.4 |
| 25-34 | 72 | 24 | 30.1 | 19.6-43.1 | 16 | 21.4 | 12.5-34.2 | 32 | 48.5 | 35.0-62.3 |
| 35-44 | 134 | 45 | 34.4 | 25.2-45.0 | 23 | 19.7 | 12.5-29.8 | 66 | 45.8 | 35.9-56.1 |
| 45-54 | 336 | 94 | 29.3 | 23.9-35.4 | 55 | 16.8 | 12.5-22.2 | 187 | 53.9 | 47.5-60.1 |
| 55-64 | 552 | 114 | 22.8 | 18.6-27.5 | 93 | 16.9 | 13.6-20.9 | 345 | 60.3 | 55.3-65.2 |
| 65-74 | 471 | 66 | 15.8 | 12.2-20.1 | 56 | 12.4 | 9.3-16.3 | 349 | 71.9 | 66.8-76.4 |
| 75+ | 348 | 29 | 7.2 | 4.8-10.9 | 43 | 14.0 | 10.1-19.2 | 276 | 78.7 | 73.1-83.5 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 402 | 43 | 13.1 | 9.1-18.4 | 34 | 8.4 | 5.7-12.2 | 325 | 78.6 | 72.8-83.4 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 679 | 139 | 24.3 | 20.2-28.8 | 80 | 13.0 | 10.1-16.6 | 460 | 62.7 | 57.9-67.3 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 458 | 103 | 24.3 | 19.7-29.5 | 72 | 17.2 | 13.0-22.5 | 283 | 58.5 | 52.7-64.1 |
| College Graduate | 385 | 94 | 27.0 | 21.6-33.1 | 101 | 26.9 | 21.6-32.9 | 190 | 46.1 | 39.9-52.4 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 315 | 37 | 15.1 | 10.2-21.9 | 17 | 6.3 | 3.6-11.0 | 261 | 78.5 | 71.4-84.3 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 387 | 86 | 28.6 | 22.9-35.1 | 37 | 9.5 | 6.5-13.8 | 264 | 61.8 | 55.2-68.0 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 240 | 45 | 20.2 | 14.3-27.7 | 38 | 18.6 | 12.4-27.0 | 157 | 61.2 | 52.7-69.1 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 247 | 54 | 22.8 | 17.0-29.9 | 44 | 14.6 | 10.3-20.4 | 149 | 62.6 | 55.0-69.6 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 217 | 52 | 22.4 | 16.7-29.4 | 49 | 24.9 | 18.4-32.9 | 116 | 52.7 | 44.7-60.5 |
| $75,000+ | 227 | 64 | 32.4 | 25.1-40.6 | 70 | 29.0 | 22.5-36.6 | 93 | 38.6 | 31.2-46.6 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 989 | 147 | 17.9 | 14.9-21.4 | 129 | 15.0 | 12.3-18.1 | 713 | 67.1 | 63.1-70.9 |
| No | 909 | 225 | 27.2 | 23.7-31.1 | 154 | 17.4 | 14.4-20.8 | 530 | 55.4 | 51.3-59.4 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 357 | 93 | 28.4 | 22.9-34.6 | 72 | 19.8 | 15.0-25.6 | 192 | 51.8 | 45.4-58.1 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,571 | 286 | 21.1 | 18.5-23.9 | 215 | 15.2 | 13.0-17.6 | 1,070 | 63.7 | 60.6-66.8 |
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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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