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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | Do not drink | |||||||
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| 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 |
| -FEMALES | 3,170 | 620 | 22.0 | 19.8-24.4 | 387 | 13.1 | 11.3-15.0 | 2,163 | 64.9 | 62.2-67.5 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 2,390 | 457 | 21.3 | 19.0-23.9 | 344 | 16.2 | 14.1-18.6 | 1,589 | 62.5 | 59.5-65.3 |
| African American | 625 | 138 | 25.9 | 20.6-32.0 | 32 | 5.6 | 3.4- 9.0 | 455 | 68.5 | 62.2-74.2 |
| Other Minorities | 141 | 22 | 9.0 | 4.8-16.2 | 9 | 11.0 | 3.0-33.5 | 110 | 80.0 | 62.8-90.4 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 14 | 6 | 49.8 | 20.0-79.8 | 2 | 18.2 | 4.0-54.3 | 6 | 32.0 | 11.4-63.2 |
| 25-34 | 65 | 28 | 35.5 | 20.8-53.6 | 5 | 3.8 | 1.4-10.0 | 32 | 60.6 | 42.4-76.4 |
| 35-44 | 199 | 73 | 31.9 | 23.5-41.6 | 32 | 16.8 | 11.0-24.9 | 94 | 51.3 | 41.2-61.4 |
| 45-54 | 479 | 138 | 29.0 | 23.3-35.3 | 61 | 13.2 | 9.6-17.9 | 280 | 57.9 | 51.2-64.2 |
| 55-64 | 767 | 199 | 27.2 | 22.9-31.9 | 92 | 12.6 | 9.4-16.7 | 476 | 60.2 | 55.0-65.2 |
| 65+ | 1,619 | 172 | 9.8 | 8.1-11.9 | 190 | 13.0 | 10.5-16.1 | 1,257 | 77.1 | 73.8-80.2 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 567 | 52 | 10.5 | 7.2-15.1 | 22 | 5.1 | 2.6- 9.7 | 493 | 84.4 | 78.8-88.7 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,084 | 167 | 16.0 | 12.9-19.6 | 90 | 9.3 | 6.9-12.3 | 827 | 74.7 | 70.5-78.6 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 818 | 193 | 30.4 | 25.2-36.2 | 116 | 14.2 | 10.9-18.1 | 509 | 55.4 | 49.8-60.9 |
| College Graduate | 695 | 207 | 30.0 | 25.4-34.9 | 159 | 23.3 | 18.8-28.5 | 329 | 46.7 | 41.4-52.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 546 | 72 | 16.9 | 11.4-24.4 | 18 | 4.5 | 1.9-10.0 | 456 | 78.6 | 70.8-84.8 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 618 | 96 | 17.9 | 13.5-23.3 | 42 | 6.0 | 3.7- 9.6 | 480 | 76.1 | 70.2-81.1 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 352 | 61 | 15.9 | 11.5-21.7 | 53 | 17.9 | 11.6-26.6 | 238 | 66.1 | 57.7-73.7 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 369 | 92 | 27.0 | 21.1-33.8 | 46 | 13.8 | 9.5-19.5 | 231 | 59.3 | 52.0-66.2 |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 334 | 88 | 29.5 | 22.8-37.2 | 69 | 15.2 | 11.2-20.3 | 177 | 55.3 | 47.5-62.8 |
| $75,000+ | 343 | 129 | 35.6 | 29.0-42.8 | 94 | 27.8 | 21.8-34.7 | 120 | 36.6 | 29.8-44.0 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1,585 | 254 | 18.7 | 15.6-22.1 | 133 | 9.0 | 7.0-11.5 | 1,198 | 72.3 | 68.5-75.8 |
| No | 1,527 | 353 | 25.3 | 22.1-28.9 | 249 | 16.9 | 14.2-20.0 | 925 | 57.8 | 53.9-61.5 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 58 | 20 | 28.8 | 15.2-47.8 | 8 | 8.8 | 3.7-19.4 | 30 | 62.3 | 42.4-78.8 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,824 | 551 | 22.3 | 19.9-24.9 | 337 | 12.6 | 10.9-14.6 | 1,936 | 65.1 | 62.2-67.8 |
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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.
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