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Only one | Two | Three | Four | Five or more | |||||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 5,972 | 1,813 | 25.5 | 24.0-27.2 | 1,661 | 24.7 | 23.2-26.3 | 965 | 15.3 | 14.1-16.6 | 504 | 9.2 | 8.1-10.4 | 1,029 | 25.2 | 23.3-27.3 |
-MALES | 2,819 | 595 | 18.1 | 16.1-20.3 | 655 | 19.6 | 17.7-21.7 | 559 | 18.1 | 16.3-20.2 | 238 | 8.5 | 7.1-10.0 | 772 | 35.7 | 32.9-38.6 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 2,353 | 499 | 17.4 | 15.4-19.5 | 541 | 19.3 | 17.3-21.4 | 488 | 19.8 | 17.7-22.1 | 196 | 8.6 | 7.2-10.3 | 629 | 35.0 | 32.1-37.9 |
African American | 278 | 50 | 17.4 | 10.9-26.8 | 77 | 24.3 | 18.2-31.7 | 48 | 15.7 | 10.7-22.4 | 23 | 6.6 | 3.9-11.0 | 80 | 35.9 | 27.6-45.2 |
Other Minorities | 182 | 45 | 23.7 | 16.3-33.1 | 35 | 15.4 | 9.9-23.3 | 22 | 10.7 | 6.4-17.4 | 19 | 10.1 | 5.6-17.6 | 61 | 40.0 | 28.9-52.3 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 89 | 10 | 15.8 | 7.5-30.3 | 14 | 13.1 | 6.8-23.7 | 9 | 7.9 | 3.7-16.3 | 8 | 6.2 | 2.8-13.2 | 48 | 57.0 | 43.3-69.6 |
25-34 | 333 | 40 | 12.6 | 8.9-17.6 | 53 | 14.8 | 10.8-19.9 | 56 | 16.1 | 12.0-21.2 | 30 | 9.0 | 5.8-13.7 | 154 | 47.5 | 41.0-54.1 |
35-44 | 533 | 80 | 14.6 | 11.3-18.7 | 106 | 18.6 | 15.0-22.8 | 96 | 18.9 | 15.0-23.5 | 42 | 8.6 | 6.0-12.0 | 209 | 39.4 | 34.4-44.6 |
45-54 | 600 | 114 | 19.5 | 15.7-24.0 | 119 | 18.0 | 14.6-22.0 | 128 | 21.9 | 17.9-26.6 | 51 | 7.9 | 5.7-11.0 | 188 | 32.6 | 27.9-37.5 |
55-64 | 631 | 139 | 20.3 | 16.8-24.3 | 175 | 29.2 | 24.9-33.8 | 132 | 21.3 | 17.6-25.5 | 66 | 11.6 | 8.6-15.3 | 119 | 17.7 | 14.4-21.6 |
65-74 | 417 | 124 | 27.4 | 22.7-32.8 | 116 | 29.1 | 24.2-34.6 | 96 | 23.5 | 19.0-28.5 | 35 | 8.7 | 6.0-12.5 | 46 | 11.3 | 8.0-15.6 |
75+ | 207 | 83 | 45.7 | 37.8-53.9 | 70 | 32.0 | 25.1-39.8 | 42 | 17.7 | 12.7-24.2 | 5 | 1.9 | 0.8- 4.7 | 7 | 2.7 | 1.2- 5.9 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 223 | 55 | 20.4 | 14.2-28.4 | 45 | 17.2 | 11.2-25.6 | 30 | 10.9 | 6.4-17.9 | 16 | 6.3 | 3.1-12.6 | 77 | 45.1 | 35.4-55.2 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 664 | 141 | 18.0 | 13.2-24.0 | 113 | 13.6 | 10.5-17.6 | 98 | 12.8 | 9.7-16.6 | 55 | 9.2 | 6.4-13.0 | 257 | 46.4 | 39.8-53.1 |
Some Post-H.S. | 659 | 123 | 15.3 | 12.1-19.2 | 161 | 21.7 | 17.5-26.6 | 138 | 19.6 | 15.7-24.3 | 51 | 6.6 | 4.5- 9.5 | 186 | 36.8 | 31.2-42.7 |
College Graduate | 1,267 | 272 | 19.1 | 16.4-22.1 | 335 | 22.8 | 20.1-25.8 | 293 | 22.5 | 19.6-25.7 | 115 | 9.5 | 7.6-11.9 | 252 | 26.1 | 22.8-29.7 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 134 | 26 | 11.5 | 6.4-19.8 | 17 | 10.4 | 4.6-21.8 | 18 | 11.4 | 5.8-21.3 | 17 | 16.2 | 8.8-27.8 | 56 | 50.5 | 37.9-63.1 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 297 | 72 | 24.6 | 16.4-35.3 | 64 | 15.9 | 10.8-22.9 | 41 | 8.8 | 5.6-13.4 | 24 | 6.5 | 3.5-11.6 | 96 | 44.2 | 33.0-55.9 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 247 | 54 | 14.2 | 9.8-20.2 | 49 | 17.3 | 11.8-24.6 | 50 | 15.7 | 10.7-22.5 | 18 | 9.0 | 4.6-16.8 | 76 | 43.8 | 33.8-54.4 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 395 | 106 | 21.4 | 16.8-26.9 | 80 | 19.9 | 14.9-26.1 | 67 | 17.1 | 12.5-23.0 | 38 | 9.9 | 6.4-14.9 | 104 | 31.7 | 25.3-38.8 |
$50,000-74,999 | 530 | 111 | 20.6 | 16.1-26.1 | 131 | 22.0 | 17.3-27.6 | 115 | 19.5 | 15.6-24.0 | 40 | 7.3 | 4.8-10.8 | 133 | 30.6 | 25.3-36.5 |
$75,000+ | 1,030 | 174 | 14.7 | 12.0-17.8 | 260 | 21.0 | 18.1-24.2 | 240 | 22.8 | 19.5-26.5 | 85 | 7.7 | 5.9-10.0 | 271 | 33.7 | 29.7-38.0 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 802 | 208 | 20.0 | 16.7-23.9 | 189 | 21.4 | 17.8-25.6 | 156 | 17.4 | 14.0-21.4 | 62 | 8.4 | 5.9-11.8 | 187 | 32.7 | 27.4-38.5 |
No | 1,946 | 372 | 17.3 | 14.8-20.1 | 451 | 19.2 | 16.9-21.6 | 396 | 18.6 | 16.3-21.0 | 169 | 8.5 | 7.0-10.3 | 558 | 36.5 | 33.1-40.0 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 1,039 | 259 | 21.6 | 18.4-25.2 | 281 | 25.2 | 21.5-29.4 | 199 | 17.0 | 14.2-20.1 | 95 | 9.4 | 7.2-12.1 | 205 | 26.8 | 22.4-31.8 |
Non-Veteran | 1,778 | 336 | 16.7 | 14.2-19.5 | 373 | 17.4 | 15.2-19.8 | 360 | 18.6 | 16.2-21.2 | 142 | 8.1 | 6.5-10.0 | 567 | 39.2 | 35.7-42.8 |
*This question asked only of respondents who reported drinking at least one drink in the last month.
^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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.
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