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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 |
| -Piedmont NC | 2,484 | 457 | 21.6 | 19.3-24.0 | 776 | 33.2 | 30.5-36.0 | 1,251 | 45.2 | 42.4-48.0 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 907 | 233 | 27.5 | 23.5-31.8 | 340 | 38.5 | 33.9-43.4 | 334 | 34.0 | 29.7-38.5 |
| Female | 1,577 | 224 | 16.3 | 14.0-19.0 | 436 | 28.5 | 25.7-31.5 | 917 | 55.2 | 51.9-58.4 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 1,956 | 344 | 20.1 | 17.7-22.8 | 657 | 38.2 | 35.1-41.5 | 955 | 41.7 | 38.7-44.7 |
| African American | 460 | 99 | 25.4 | 20.3-31.1 | 101 | 21.8 | 17.2-27.2 | 260 | 52.9 | 46.7-58.9 |
| Other Minorities | 63 | 13 | 21.2 | 10.3-38.6 | 16 | 24.0 | 11.4-43.5 | 34 | 54.8 | 37.1-71.4 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 44 | 3 | 4.8 | 1.3-16.4 | 12 | 35.0 | 17.1-58.4 | 29 | 60.3 | 37.9-79.0 |
| Non-Hispanic | 2,436 | 454 | 22.3 | 19.9-24.8 | 761 | 33.0 | 30.4-35.8 | 1,221 | 44.7 | 42.0-47.5 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 15 | 4 | 26.6 | 8.9-57.5 | 7 | 48.8 | 21.3-77.0 | 4 | 24.6 | 7.9-55.5 |
| 25-34 | 54 | 13 | 16.7 | 8.7-29.8 | 21 | 43.7 | 26.7-62.3 | 20 | 39.6 | 22.8-59.3 |
| 35-44 | 188 | 58 | 26.2 | 19.1-34.8 | 68 | 40.4 | 30.9-50.6 | 62 | 33.4 | 25.4-42.5 |
| 45-54 | 446 | 129 | 31.9 | 26.5-37.9 | 140 | 29.6 | 24.6-35.2 | 177 | 38.4 | 32.8-44.4 |
| 55-64 | 614 | 110 | 21.3 | 17.1-26.2 | 218 | 36.8 | 32.2-41.8 | 286 | 41.9 | 37.0-46.9 |
| 65-74 | 626 | 96 | 15.5 | 12.2-19.6 | 189 | 30.9 | 26.6-35.6 | 341 | 53.5 | 48.5-58.5 |
| 75+ | 524 | 44 | 11.3 | 7.6-16.6 | 127 | 24.3 | 20.0-29.2 | 353 | 64.4 | 58.7-69.7 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 431 | 68 | 22.4 | 16.5-29.7 | 76 | 17.4 | 13.3-22.3 | 287 | 60.2 | 53.2-66.8 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 799 | 148 | 22.7 | 18.5-27.4 | 186 | 27.2 | 22.4-32.6 | 465 | 50.1 | 45.0-55.3 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 627 | 116 | 20.0 | 16.1-24.5 | 210 | 33.5 | 28.4-39.0 | 301 | 46.6 | 41.0-52.2 |
| College Graduate | 626 | 125 | 21.5 | 17.5-26.1 | 303 | 49.8 | 44.5-55.1 | 198 | 28.7 | 24.4-33.4 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 330 | 48 | 17.8 | 11.8-26.0 | 58 | 18.7 | 13.9-24.7 | 224 | 63.5 | 55.5-70.7 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 425 | 76 | 24.4 | 18.4-31.5 | 93 | 21.5 | 16.8-27.1 | 256 | 54.1 | 47.4-60.7 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 270 | 40 | 16.8 | 10.9-25.0 | 74 | 30.9 | 22.1-41.4 | 156 | 52.3 | 42.4-62.0 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 353 | 74 | 22.5 | 16.9-29.4 | 130 | 35.0 | 28.3-42.4 | 149 | 42.4 | 35.6-49.6 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 315 | 77 | 23.7 | 18.1-30.4 | 122 | 38.5 | 30.5-47.1 | 116 | 37.8 | 30.7-45.5 |
| $75,000+ | 406 | 85 | 23.1 | 18.4-28.6 | 203 | 50.4 | 44.4-56.4 | 118 | 26.5 | 21.6-32.0 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1,179 | 207 | 22.5 | 19.0-26.3 | 308 | 27.4 | 24.1-30.9 | 664 | 50.2 | 46.3-54.0 |
| No | 1,263 | 243 | 20.9 | 17.9-24.2 | 457 | 38.0 | 34.0-42.2 | 563 | 41.1 | 37.2-45.1 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 425 | 96 | 25.4 | 19.8-31.9 | 166 | 39.2 | 33.0-45.9 | 163 | 35.4 | 29.6-41.6 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,058 | 361 | 20.8 | 18.3-23.4 | 609 | 31.9 | 29.0-35.0 | 1,088 | 47.3 | 44.2-50.4 |
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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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