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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 |
| -Piedmont NC | 2,490 | 592 | 28.0 | 25.4-30.7 | 455 | 19.3 | 17.2-21.7 | 1,443 | 52.6 | 49.8-55.5 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 909 | 299 | 36.3 | 31.8-41.0 | 212 | 22.7 | 18.9-26.9 | 398 | 41.0 | 36.5-45.7 |
| Female | 1,581 | 293 | 20.6 | 18.1-23.4 | 243 | 16.4 | 14.2-18.9 | 1,045 | 63.0 | 59.8-66.1 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 1,962 | 449 | 28.1 | 25.1-31.2 | 410 | 23.2 | 20.6-26.1 | 1,103 | 48.7 | 45.6-51.8 |
| African American | 459 | 122 | 29.2 | 23.9-35.1 | 37 | 9.9 | 6.7-14.3 | 300 | 61.0 | 54.8-66.8 |
| Other Minorities | 64 | 20 | 20.4 | 11.4-33.7 | 6 | 14.2 | 4.5-36.8 | 38 | 65.5 | 47.5-79.9 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 44 | 8 | 12.8 | 5.1-28.8 | 5 | 21.8 | 7.3-49.8 | 31 | 65.3 | 41.8-83.2 |
| Non-Hispanic | 2,442 | 584 | 28.6 | 26.0-31.4 | 449 | 19.3 | 17.2-21.6 | 1,409 | 52.1 | 49.3-54.9 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 15 | 7 | 47.4 | 20.3-76.1 | 4 | 21.9 | 7.0-51.2 | 4 | 30.7 | 10.4-62.9 |
| 25-34 | 54 | 18 | 32.4 | 18.3-50.6 | 14 | 26.0 | 13.3-44.6 | 22 | 41.6 | 24.5-60.9 |
| 35-44 | 190 | 75 | 38.5 | 29.8-48.1 | 39 | 23.4 | 15.4-33.9 | 76 | 38.0 | 29.6-47.2 |
| 45-54 | 447 | 162 | 36.2 | 30.8-42.1 | 65 | 15.7 | 11.8-20.6 | 220 | 48.0 | 42.1-54.0 |
| 55-64 | 612 | 157 | 28.8 | 24.2-33.8 | 126 | 21.2 | 17.5-25.5 | 329 | 50.0 | 44.9-55.1 |
| 65-74 | 632 | 105 | 17.5 | 14.1-21.6 | 128 | 20.0 | 16.4-24.1 | 399 | 62.5 | 57.6-67.1 |
| 75+ | 523 | 64 | 14.0 | 10.0-19.2 | 74 | 15.1 | 11.6-19.3 | 385 | 71.0 | 65.4-76.0 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 434 | 71 | 22.8 | 17.0-29.8 | 35 | 7.3 | 4.9-10.7 | 328 | 70.0 | 63.0-76.1 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 801 | 177 | 28.9 | 24.0-34.4 | 98 | 13.0 | 10.0-16.7 | 526 | 58.1 | 52.8-63.2 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 629 | 147 | 25.3 | 20.8-30.4 | 125 | 20.1 | 16.0-25.1 | 357 | 54.5 | 48.9-60.0 |
| College Graduate | 625 | 197 | 33.0 | 28.3-38.2 | 196 | 33.6 | 28.5-39.1 | 232 | 33.4 | 28.8-38.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 332 | 52 | 18.8 | 12.9-26.5 | 34 | 11.1 | 7.4-16.4 | 246 | 70.1 | 62.2-76.9 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 427 | 87 | 23.9 | 18.2-30.8 | 44 | 9.7 | 6.8-13.6 | 296 | 66.4 | 59.6-72.6 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 269 | 58 | 19.1 | 13.5-26.3 | 38 | 18.5 | 10.9-29.7 | 173 | 62.4 | 52.2-71.5 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 351 | 108 | 34.0 | 27.2-41.5 | 72 | 20.8 | 15.3-27.6 | 171 | 45.3 | 38.3-52.5 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 314 | 103 | 38.6 | 30.5-47.4 | 69 | 17.5 | 12.9-23.3 | 142 | 43.9 | 36.3-51.7 |
| $75,000+ | 408 | 118 | 33.2 | 27.6-39.3 | 145 | 35.1 | 29.6-41.1 | 145 | 31.7 | 26.5-37.4 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1,185 | 240 | 24.1 | 20.8-27.8 | 179 | 16.2 | 13.6-19.1 | 766 | 59.7 | 55.8-63.5 |
| No | 1,261 | 344 | 31.3 | 27.5-35.3 | 267 | 21.8 | 18.6-25.4 | 650 | 46.9 | 42.9-50.9 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 426 | 122 | 31.5 | 25.6-38.2 | 113 | 26.4 | 20.8-32.8 | 191 | 42.1 | 35.9-48.5 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,063 | 470 | 27.3 | 24.4-30.3 | 341 | 17.8 | 15.5-20.4 | 1,252 | 54.9 | 51.8-58.1 |
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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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