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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 | 5,112 | 984 | 23.1 | 21.2-25.2 | 1,486 | 31.5 | 29.2-33.8 | 2,642 | 45.4 | 43.1-47.7 |
| -Eastern NC | 1,505 | 292 | 22.7 | 19.2-26.6 | 371 | 26.0 | 21.7-30.8 | 842 | 51.3 | 46.8-55.8 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 534 | 155 | 32.5 | 26.1-39.7 | 155 | 31.8 | 24.1-40.6 | 224 | 35.7 | 29.2-42.8 |
| Female | 971 | 137 | 14.4 | 11.3-18.2 | 216 | 21.1 | 17.3-25.4 | 618 | 64.5 | 59.5-69.1 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 986 | 189 | 22.3 | 18.2-27.0 | 288 | 31.5 | 25.9-37.8 | 509 | 46.2 | 40.7-51.8 |
| African American | 405 | 88 | 22.4 | 16.7-29.3 | 56 | 15.1 | 9.3-23.6 | 261 | 62.5 | 54.1-70.1 |
| Other Minorities | 102 | 13 | 27.6 | 11.2-53.5 | 23 | 19.7 | 9.6-36.2 | 66 | 52.7 | 33.9-70.8 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 24 | 5 | 24.5 | 8.9-52.0 | 9 | 21.2 | 9.3-41.6 | 10 | 54.3 | 28.8-77.7 |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,479 | 286 | 22.7 | 19.1-26.6 | 361 | 26.1 | 21.7-30.9 | 832 | 51.3 | 46.7-55.9 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 7 | 3 | 28.3 | 4.2-78.0 | 2 | 62.4 | 16.6-93.3 | 2 | 9.2 | 1.3-44.7 |
| 25-34 | 40 | 16 | 33.7 | 18.3-53.7 | 11 | 29.9 | 13.0-55.0 | 13 | 36.4 | 18.0-59.9 |
| 35-44 | 117 | 36 | 27.6 | 17.2-41.3 | 39 | 36.7 | 23.6-52.1 | 42 | 35.7 | 23.4-50.2 |
| 45-54 | 267 | 84 | 32.1 | 24.3-41.0 | 51 | 21.6 | 14.8-30.3 | 132 | 46.3 | 37.4-55.4 |
| 55-64 | 385 | 83 | 21.2 | 15.5-28.4 | 110 | 26.2 | 20.1-33.3 | 192 | 52.6 | 44.8-60.3 |
| 65+ | 678 | 69 | 13.1 | 9.5-17.8 | 154 | 19.6 | 15.7-24.1 | 455 | 67.3 | 61.7-72.4 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 257 | 44 | 21.7 | 13.3-33.5 | 19 | 12.5 | 5.1-27.6 | 194 | 65.8 | 52.6-76.9 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 497 | 84 | 18.6 | 13.6-24.9 | 103 | 23.2 | 14.9-34.3 | 310 | 58.2 | 49.0-66.9 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 415 | 99 | 26.3 | 19.9-33.9 | 106 | 27.7 | 21.2-35.3 | 210 | 46.0 | 38.6-53.5 |
| College Graduate | 333 | 65 | 25.4 | 18.5-33.9 | 142 | 39.9 | 32.0-48.5 | 126 | 34.6 | 27.1-43.0 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 248 | 42 | 20.8 | 12.4-32.8 | 40 | 17.1 | 9.7-28.4 | 166 | 62.1 | 50.1-72.8 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 294 | 44 | 18.9 | 12.5-27.6 | 45 | 16.9 | 9.3-28.8 | 205 | 64.2 | 53.4-73.7 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 151 | 26 | 18.3 | 9.8-31.8 | 34 | 27.5 | 10.2-55.6 | 91 | 54.2 | 34.4-72.8 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 177 | 28 | 16.4 | 9.7-26.4 | 51 | 29.6 | 19.5-42.1 | 98 | 54.0 | 42.1-65.6 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 185 | 54 | 39.8 | 28.6-52.2 | 56 | 29.3 | 20.0-40.8 | 75 | 30.9 | 21.6-42.0 |
| $75,000+ | 228 | 66 | 29.6 | 21.5-39.0 | 97 | 38.7 | 29.7-48.5 | 65 | 31.8 | 23.6-41.3 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 762 | 136 | 21.4 | 16.8-26.9 | 147 | 20.3 | 15.7-25.8 | 479 | 58.3 | 52.2-64.2 |
| No | 716 | 152 | 24.4 | 19.4-30.3 | 219 | 31.1 | 24.5-38.7 | 345 | 44.5 | 38.1-51.0 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 264 | 74 | 32.6 | 24.5-41.9 | 84 | 28.9 | 21.3-38.0 | 106 | 38.4 | 29.8-47.9 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,102 | 199 | 21.2 | 17.2-26.0 | 250 | 24.9 | 19.7-31.1 | 653 | 53.8 | 48.2-59.4 |
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*Asked only of those who report having high blood pressure
^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.
**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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