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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 |
| COUNTY/REGIONS | ||||||||||
| Alamance | 119 | 19 | 19.0 | 11.5-29.7 | 33 | 27.2 | 18.8-37.7 | 67 | 53.8 | 42.5-64.7 |
| Buncombe | 124 | 19 | 17.1 | 10.8-26.2 | 43 | 34.4 | 25.4-44.6 | 62 | 48.5 | 38.4-58.7 |
| Cabarrus | 124 | 11 | 8.8 | 4.4-16.7 | 42 | 44.0 | 33.3-55.4 | 71 | 47.2 | 36.7-58.0 |
| Catawba | 153 | 25 | 21.9 | 14.3-32.0 | 42 | 30.1 | 22.0-39.6 | 86 | 48.0 | 38.1-58.0 |
| Cumberland | 151 | 42 | 30.5 | 21.8-40.8 | 39 | 27.8 | 20.1-37.1 | 70 | 41.7 | 32.7-51.3 |
| Davidson | 140 | 22 | 16.1 | 10.2-24.4 | 33 | 28.3 | 19.5-39.1 | 85 | 55.7 | 45.2-65.6 |
| Durham | 121 | 23 | 16.4 | 10.4-25.0 | 39 | 31.1 | 21.9-42.0 | 59 | 52.5 | 41.9-62.9 |
| Forsyth | 136 | 25 | 20.1 | 13.2-29.4 | 44 | 32.8 | 23.8-43.4 | 67 | 47.0 | 37.2-57.1 |
| Gaston | 151 | 34 | 26.4 | 17.3-38.0 | 30 | 18.0 | 11.8-26.5 | 87 | 55.6 | 44.1-66.6 |
| Guilford | 149 | 34 | 19.6 | 13.3-28.0 | 47 | 33.6 | 23.9-44.8 | 68 | 46.8 | 36.3-57.6 |
| Iredell | 139 | 19 | 16.8 | 10.2-26.3 | 46 | 37.9 | 26.8-50.4 | 74 | 45.3 | 34.9-56.2 |
| Johnston | 157 | 23 | 15.6 | 9.6-24.4 | 35 | 28.7 | 19.4-40.3 | 99 | 55.6 | 44.9-65.9 |
| Mecklenburg | 215 | 47 | 25.3 | 18.3-33.8 | 87 | 37.9 | 29.8-46.7 | 81 | 36.8 | 28.9-45.6 |
| New Hanover | 149 | 26 | 28.7 | 19.1-40.9 | 59 | 32.2 | 23.8-41.9 | 64 | 39.1 | 29.5-49.5 |
| Onslow | 132 | 29 | 27.8 | 17.6-40.9 | 38 | 29.9 | 20.6-41.3 | 65 | 42.3 | 32.1-53.2 |
| Orange | 105 | 18 | 22.3 | 13.1-35.4 | 42 | 38.4 | 27.3-50.9 | 45 | 39.3 | 28.0-51.8 |
| Pitt | 156 | 25 | 15.9 | 10.5-23.2 | 46 | 35.6 | 26.5-45.8 | 85 | 48.5 | 39.2-58.0 |
| Randolph | 142 | 30 | 22.0 | 15.0-31.1 | 34 | 30.7 | 22.1-40.9 | 78 | 47.3 | 37.9-56.9 |
| Robeson | 185 | 32 | 24.9 | 17.6-34.1 | 30 | 15.0 | 10.1-21.6 | 123 | 60.1 | 51.1-68.6 |
| Rowan | 152 | 27 | 24.1 | 15.5-35.5 | 49 | 30.5 | 22.3-40.2 | 76 | 45.4 | 35.8-55.3 |
| Union | 118 | 25 | 31.4 | 20.4-44.8 | 36 | 26.7 | 18.3-37.0 | 57 | 42.0 | 31.2-53.6 |
| Wake | 181 | 39 | 25.2 | 18.2-33.8 | 68 | 38.6 | 30.5-47.3 | 74 | 36.2 | 28.5-44.7 |
| Wayne | 156 | 22 | 19.0 | 11.4-30.0 | 39 | 25.1 | 18.0-33.8 | 95 | 55.9 | 45.9-65.5 |
| NC REGIONS | ||||||||||
| 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 |
| Piedmont | 2,484 | 457 | 21.6 | 19.3-24.0 | 776 | 33.2 | 30.5-36.0 | 1,251 | 45.2 | 42.4-48.0 |
| Western NC | 1,088 | 191 | 18.8 | 16.1-21.8 | 324 | 30.5 | 27.2-34.0 | 573 | 50.7 | 47.0-54.4 |
| AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC) | ||||||||||
| Mountain AHEC | 709 | 124 | 18.3 | 15.1-22.1 | 222 | 33.7 | 29.5-38.2 | 363 | 47.9 | 43.5-52.4 |
| Northwest | 1,148 | 193 | 19.6 | 16.7-22.9 | 334 | 29.8 | 26.4-33.6 | 621 | 50.6 | 46.7-54.4 |
| Charlotte | 706 | 133 | 21.9 | 17.8-26.6 | 225 | 34.6 | 29.3-40.3 | 348 | 43.5 | 38.3-48.8 |
| Greensboro | 583 | 115 | 21.4 | 17.0-26.6 | 179 | 32.5 | 26.9-38.7 | 289 | 46.0 | 40.0-52.2 |
| Southern Regional | 549 | 107 | 22.5 | 17.9-27.9 | 122 | 25.3 | 20.8-30.4 | 320 | 52.3 | 46.6-57.8 |
| Coastal | 313 | 48 | 20.9 | 15.4-27.8 | 107 | 31.8 | 26.1-38.1 | 158 | 47.3 | 40.7-54.0 |
| Wake | 541 | 101 | 23.0 | 18.3-28.5 | 164 | 33.8 | 28.6-39.4 | 276 | 43.2 | 37.8-48.8 |
| Area L | 175 | 30 | 20.5 | 13.8-29.5 | 37 | 22.5 | 15.6-31.3 | 108 | 57.0 | 47.4-66.1 |
| Eastern | 767 | 136 | 21.3 | 17.6-25.4 | 217 | 28.8 | 25.0-32.9 | 414 | 49.9 | 45.5-54.3 |
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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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