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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 | 5,124 | 1,233 | 27.8 | 25.7-30.0 | 834 | 18.8 | 16.9-21.0 | 3,057 | 53.3 | 51.0-55.7 |
| -Eastern NC | 1,506 | 362 | 23.6 | 20.4-27.1 | 204 | 18.4 | 14.3-23.5 | 940 | 58.0 | 53.4-62.5 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 534 | 171 | 29.1 | 23.4-35.6 | 106 | 27.8 | 20.0-37.1 | 257 | 43.1 | 35.9-50.6 |
| Female | 972 | 191 | 18.9 | 15.5-22.9 | 98 | 10.6 | 7.9-14.2 | 683 | 70.5 | 65.8-74.8 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 987 | 247 | 24.1 | 20.1-28.6 | 172 | 23.8 | 18.1-30.5 | 568 | 52.1 | 46.4-57.8 |
| African American | 405 | 91 | 22.5 | 17.0-29.3 | 24 | 10.1 | 5.1-19.3 | 290 | 67.3 | 59.0-74.7 |
| Other Minorities | 102 | 22 | 22.1 | 11.2-38.9 | 6 | 2.8 | 1.1- 6.7 | 74 | 75.1 | 58.5-86.6 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 24 | 10 | 38.2 | 17.6-64.1 | 2 | 3.5 | 0.8-14.1 | 12 | 58.3 | 32.6-80.2 |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,480 | 352 | 23.3 | 20.1-26.9 | 201 | 18.7 | 14.4-23.8 | 927 | 58.0 | 53.3-62.6 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 7 | 2 | 5.4 | 0.9-27.5 | 2 | 62.4 | 16.6-93.3 | 3 | 32.2 | 5.3-80.2 |
| 25-34 | 40 | 14 | 34.1 | 17.0-56.6 | 7 | 15.9 | 6.5-34.0 | 19 | 50.0 | 29.2-70.9 |
| 35-44 | 117 | 50 | 29.0 | 18.9-41.7 | 22 | 34.0 | 20.8-50.2 | 45 | 37.0 | 24.6-51.3 |
| 45-54 | 267 | 88 | 31.0 | 23.6-39.5 | 35 | 16.2 | 10.1-24.9 | 144 | 52.8 | 43.7-61.7 |
| 55-64 | 384 | 112 | 27.2 | 21.1-34.3 | 52 | 12.9 | 8.7-18.9 | 220 | 59.9 | 52.2-67.1 |
| 65+ | 679 | 93 | 13.9 | 10.5-18.1 | 83 | 12.3 | 9.0-16.7 | 503 | 73.8 | 68.5-78.5 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 256 | 31 | 11.3 | 6.7-18.2 | 15 | 14.1 | 6.1-29.2 | 210 | 74.7 | 61.8-84.3 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 496 | 102 | 20.8 | 15.4-27.5 | 45 | 12.6 | 5.6-26.0 | 349 | 66.6 | 56.7-75.2 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 416 | 127 | 31.1 | 24.7-38.2 | 56 | 19.6 | 13.4-27.8 | 233 | 49.3 | 41.8-56.9 |
| College Graduate | 335 | 101 | 28.4 | 21.9-36.1 | 88 | 30.3 | 22.7-39.1 | 146 | 41.3 | 33.3-49.8 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 248 | 43 | 17.3 | 10.8-26.6 | 14 | 8.4 | 3.2-20.0 | 191 | 74.3 | 63.0-83.0 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 294 | 53 | 16.7 | 11.3-24.0 | 19 | 11.3 | 4.7-24.8 | 222 | 71.9 | 61.0-80.7 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 152 | 37 | 17.5 | 10.1-28.4 | 21 | 23.6 | 7.4-54.4 | 94 | 59.0 | 37.9-77.2 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 176 | 37 | 18.9 | 12.0-28.5 | 31 | 21.1 | 11.9-34.6 | 108 | 60.0 | 47.6-71.2 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 184 | 56 | 31.4 | 22.1-42.4 | 37 | 28.6 | 18.2-42.1 | 91 | 40.0 | 29.3-51.7 |
| $75,000+ | 228 | 98 | 42.9 | 33.6-52.6 | 55 | 23.0 | 15.8-32.2 | 75 | 34.2 | 25.8-43.6 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 767 | 167 | 23.0 | 18.7-28.0 | 80 | 13.4 | 9.2-19.2 | 520 | 63.6 | 57.5-69.2 |
| No | 712 | 190 | 24.1 | 19.5-29.3 | 123 | 23.5 | 16.9-31.7 | 399 | 52.4 | 45.6-59.2 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 266 | 81 | 33.4 | 25.5-42.4 | 58 | 23.0 | 15.8-32.3 | 127 | 43.6 | 34.7-52.9 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,101 | 251 | 21.9 | 18.2-26.1 | 127 | 17.0 | 11.9-23.6 | 723 | 61.1 | 55.3-66.7 |
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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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