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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 | 5,112 | 984 | 23.1 | 21.2-25.2 | 1,486 | 31.5 | 29.2-33.8 | 2,642 | 45.4 | 43.1-47.7 |
| -MALES | 1,951 | 531 | 30.0 | 26.6-33.5 | 673 | 36.8 | 33.0-40.7 | 747 | 33.2 | 30.0-36.6 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 1,571 | 421 | 29.4 | 25.9-33.1 | 578 | 39.8 | 35.6-44.2 | 572 | 30.8 | 27.4-34.4 |
| African American | 279 | 88 | 34.6 | 25.8-44.6 | 64 | 24.1 | 16.7-33.4 | 127 | 41.3 | 32.7-50.5 |
| Other Minorities | 87 | 21 | 23.7 | 10.7-44.6 | 25 | 41.9 | 23.7-62.5 | 41 | 34.4 | 20.4-51.9 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 14 | 3 | 23.4 | 6.3-58.1 | 10 | 74.0 | 40.2-92.3 | 1 | 2.7 | 0.3-18.1 |
| 25-34 | 60 | 22 | 22.6 | 13.2-35.8 | 25 | 52.5 | 35.0-69.5 | 13 | 24.9 | 12.7-43.1 |
| 35-44 | 157 | 62 | 33.7 | 24.1-44.8 | 57 | 43.9 | 32.1-56.4 | 38 | 22.4 | 14.9-32.3 |
| 45-54 | 351 | 138 | 42.3 | 34.2-50.8 | 109 | 30.0 | 23.6-37.3 | 104 | 27.7 | 21.4-35.1 |
| 55-64 | 531 | 161 | 34.1 | 28.3-40.5 | 182 | 32.5 | 27.2-38.4 | 188 | 33.3 | 28.0-39.1 |
| 65+ | 826 | 142 | 18.6 | 14.8-23.2 | 284 | 31.8 | 27.6-36.2 | 400 | 49.6 | 44.6-54.6 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 323 | 79 | 30.0 | 21.7-39.9 | 55 | 20.5 | 12.9-31.0 | 189 | 49.5 | 40.0-59.0 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 601 | 165 | 30.6 | 24.1-38.1 | 172 | 32.9 | 25.1-41.8 | 264 | 36.5 | 30.0-43.4 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 466 | 141 | 32.2 | 26.1-39.1 | 152 | 34.4 | 27.6-42.0 | 173 | 33.3 | 27.5-39.7 |
| College Graduate | 558 | 146 | 27.4 | 22.4-33.1 | 292 | 52.0 | 45.9-58.1 | 120 | 20.5 | 15.9-26.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 201 | 50 | 30.5 | 20.2-43.2 | 38 | 20.8 | 12.6-32.3 | 113 | 48.7 | 37.4-60.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 310 | 85 | 31.7 | 23.6-41.2 | 77 | 28.8 | 19.0-41.1 | 148 | 39.5 | 31.0-48.7 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 234 | 59 | 32.2 | 20.5-46.5 | 66 | 28.0 | 15.9-44.4 | 109 | 39.9 | 28.3-52.7 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 249 | 63 | 28.0 | 20.3-37.1 | 84 | 32.1 | 23.5-42.1 | 102 | 39.9 | 31.1-49.4 |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 293 | 91 | 34.4 | 26.5-43.4 | 118 | 43.3 | 34.4-52.6 | 84 | 22.3 | 16.9-28.8 |
| $75,000+ | 437 | 130 | 29.2 | 23.7-35.5 | 222 | 51.0 | 44.2-57.7 | 85 | 19.8 | 14.7-26.1 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 878 | 227 | 30.9 | 25.7-36.7 | 242 | 29.1 | 24.2-34.6 | 409 | 40.0 | 34.9-45.2 |
| No | 1,031 | 296 | 29.3 | 25.0-34.0 | 415 | 42.6 | 37.3-48.1 | 320 | 28.1 | 24.0-32.6 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 750 | 201 | 30.9 | 26.1-36.3 | 264 | 33.5 | 28.8-38.7 | 285 | 35.5 | 30.7-40.7 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,044 | 290 | 30.1 | 25.5-35.1 | 354 | 38.6 | 33.2-44.2 | 400 | 31.3 | 27.0-35.9 |
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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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