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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 |
| COUNTY/REGIONS | ||||||||||
| Alamance | 119 | 28 | 28.4 | 19.3-39.8 | 16 | 10.9 | 6.4-17.9 | 75 | 60.7 | 49.4-70.9 |
| Buncombe | 125 | 27 | 27.6 | 19.0-38.2 | 29 | 19.4 | 13.2-27.6 | 69 | 53.0 | 42.9-63.0 |
| Cabarrus | 123 | 27 | 28.3 | 18.9-40.0 | 16 | 13.9 | 7.9-23.3 | 80 | 57.8 | 46.5-68.4 |
| Catawba | 156 | 34 | 33.1 | 23.3-44.5 | 28 | 20.3 | 13.9-28.8 | 94 | 46.6 | 37.2-56.3 |
| Cumberland | 150 | 28 | 23.0 | 15.4-32.8 | 32 | 24.9 | 16.9-35.0 | 90 | 52.2 | 42.4-61.8 |
| Davidson | 139 | 28 | 23.2 | 15.6-33.0 | 17 | 11.7 | 6.9-19.2 | 94 | 65.2 | 54.9-74.2 |
| Durham | 120 | 29 | 24.5 | 16.1-35.5 | 27 | 18.4 | 11.9-27.5 | 64 | 57.0 | 46.2-67.2 |
| Forsyth | 136 | 33 | 24.7 | 17.2-34.1 | 26 | 21.1 | 13.5-31.5 | 77 | 54.2 | 44.0-64.0 |
| Gaston | 153 | 30 | 22.9 | 14.4-34.4 | 22 | 14.9 | 9.2-23.1 | 101 | 62.3 | 50.7-72.6 |
| Guilford | 149 | 37 | 25.9 | 18.2-35.5 | 29 | 20.4 | 12.3-31.9 | 83 | 53.7 | 42.9-64.1 |
| Iredell | 139 | 38 | 31.7 | 22.4-42.7 | 21 | 19.6 | 10.2-34.5 | 80 | 48.7 | 37.8-59.6 |
| Johnston | 158 | 24 | 17.8 | 11.4-26.8 | 16 | 15.2 | 7.7-27.8 | 118 | 67.0 | 55.5-76.7 |
| Mecklenburg | 215 | 59 | 26.6 | 20.1-34.3 | 53 | 25.6 | 18.4-34.5 | 103 | 47.8 | 39.2-56.6 |
| New Hanover | 149 | 39 | 27.5 | 19.4-37.5 | 35 | 21.8 | 14.6-31.3 | 75 | 50.7 | 40.2-61.1 |
| Onslow | 134 | 34 | 35.1 | 24.0-48.1 | 24 | 13.9 | 8.8-21.4 | 76 | 50.9 | 39.6-62.1 |
| Orange | 106 | 28 | 33.0 | 21.7-46.6 | 28 | 23.8 | 15.5-34.8 | 50 | 43.2 | 31.6-55.6 |
| Pitt | 157 | 32 | 25.8 | 18.0-35.6 | 27 | 18.6 | 11.7-28.3 | 98 | 55.5 | 45.8-64.9 |
| Randolph | 142 | 27 | 25.6 | 17.5-35.8 | 24 | 18.4 | 12.0-27.3 | 91 | 56.0 | 46.1-65.5 |
| Robeson | 184 | 28 | 19.2 | 13.0-27.3 | 19 | 14.3 | 8.5-23.0 | 137 | 66.5 | 57.2-74.7 |
| Rowan | 152 | 37 | 29.6 | 20.5-40.6 | 23 | 16.1 | 9.8-25.2 | 92 | 54.3 | 44.0-64.3 |
| Union | 119 | 36 | 40.1 | 28.7-52.7 | 18 | 12.9 | 7.6-20.8 | 65 | 47.0 | 35.8-58.6 |
| Wake | 182 | 44 | 26.3 | 19.4-34.7 | 51 | 30.3 | 22.8-39.0 | 87 | 43.4 | 35.2-52.0 |
| Wayne | 158 | 34 | 25.5 | 18.1-34.8 | 15 | 11.7 | 5.7-22.5 | 109 | 62.7 | 52.5-71.9 |
| NC REGIONS | ||||||||||
| 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 |
| Piedmont | 2,490 | 592 | 28.0 | 25.4-30.7 | 455 | 19.3 | 17.2-21.7 | 1,443 | 52.6 | 49.8-55.5 |
| Western NC | 1,092 | 232 | 23.6 | 20.5-27.0 | 192 | 17.3 | 14.8-20.3 | 668 | 59.1 | 55.4-62.6 |
| AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC) | ||||||||||
| Mountain AHEC | 711 | 160 | 26.2 | 22.3-30.6 | 130 | 18.0 | 14.8-21.6 | 421 | 55.8 | 51.2-60.2 |
| Northwest | 1,152 | 253 | 25.1 | 21.8-28.6 | 182 | 17.0 | 14.2-20.3 | 717 | 57.9 | 54.0-61.7 |
| Charlotte | 710 | 173 | 29.1 | 24.0-34.7 | 128 | 19.2 | 15.3-23.7 | 409 | 51.8 | 46.3-57.2 |
| Greensboro | 584 | 136 | 27.4 | 22.4-33.2 | 112 | 18.6 | 14.0-24.2 | 336 | 54.0 | 47.8-60.0 |
| Southern Regional | 547 | 90 | 20.1 | 15.7-25.5 | 76 | 16.4 | 12.7-21.0 | 381 | 63.4 | 57.7-68.8 |
| Coastal | 316 | 66 | 22.2 | 17.1-28.3 | 69 | 22.0 | 17.1-27.9 | 181 | 55.8 | 49.2-62.3 |
| Wake | 541 | 119 | 27.0 | 22.0-32.7 | 102 | 22.0 | 17.6-27.3 | 320 | 51.0 | 45.3-56.6 |
| Area L | 176 | 34 | 22.6 | 15.6-31.6 | 15 | 8.5 | 4.9-14.5 | 127 | 68.9 | 59.6-76.9 |
| Eastern | 773 | 172 | 26.3 | 22.4-30.6 | 120 | 15.8 | 12.8-19.3 | 481 | 57.9 | 53.5-62.3 |
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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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