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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 |
| -MALES | 1,954 | 613 | 34.1 | 30.6-37.8 | 447 | 25.1 | 21.7-28.9 | 894 | 40.8 | 37.2-44.5 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 1,576 | 483 | 33.4 | 29.7-37.5 | 404 | 27.8 | 24.0-32.0 | 689 | 38.7 | 34.9-42.7 |
| African American | 278 | 105 | 40.5 | 31.4-50.2 | 25 | 13.5 | 7.4-23.5 | 148 | 46.0 | 36.9-55.4 |
| Other Minorities | 87 | 22 | 21.2 | 11.1-36.7 | 15 | 30.0 | 13.2-54.7 | 50 | 48.7 | 30.3-67.5 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 14 | 6 | 32.3 | 11.2-64.3 | 5 | 50.0 | 19.3-80.7 | 3 | 17.7 | 4.1-52.2 |
| 25-34 | 60 | 25 | 39.4 | 23.5-58.0 | 18 | 34.2 | 18.9-53.6 | 17 | 26.4 | 14.2-43.8 |
| 35-44 | 155 | 63 | 34.9 | 25.1-46.2 | 43 | 32.0 | 21.7-44.5 | 49 | 33.1 | 22.4-45.9 |
| 45-54 | 353 | 151 | 44.2 | 36.2-52.6 | 82 | 23.3 | 17.6-30.2 | 120 | 32.5 | 25.7-40.1 |
| 55-64 | 532 | 202 | 39.9 | 34.0-46.2 | 102 | 19.2 | 14.8-24.5 | 228 | 40.9 | 35.1-46.9 |
| 65+ | 827 | 158 | 19.5 | 16.0-23.6 | 196 | 22.2 | 18.5-26.4 | 473 | 58.2 | 53.3-63.0 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 322 | 61 | 20.7 | 14.0-29.5 | 39 | 16.7 | 9.6-27.3 | 222 | 62.6 | 52.5-71.8 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 602 | 193 | 37.7 | 30.4-45.6 | 99 | 19.1 | 12.7-27.8 | 310 | 43.2 | 36.0-50.8 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 467 | 159 | 35.0 | 28.8-41.8 | 98 | 22.9 | 16.5-30.9 | 210 | 42.0 | 35.5-48.9 |
| College Graduate | 560 | 199 | 36.5 | 30.8-42.6 | 211 | 38.4 | 32.7-44.5 | 150 | 25.1 | 20.1-30.8 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 201 | 55 | 27.2 | 18.9-37.4 | 18 | 10.9 | 4.8-23.1 | 128 | 61.9 | 50.3-72.3 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 311 | 91 | 27.4 | 20.2-36.0 | 43 | 16.9 | 10.2-26.8 | 177 | 55.7 | 45.7-65.2 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 234 | 69 | 36.0 | 24.0-50.1 | 42 | 22.5 | 10.9-40.8 | 123 | 41.5 | 29.7-54.3 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 248 | 80 | 33.8 | 25.2-43.6 | 52 | 20.8 | 13.8-30.3 | 116 | 45.3 | 36.1-54.9 |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 295 | 102 | 31.0 | 24.0-39.0 | 86 | 38.6 | 29.5-48.7 | 107 | 30.4 | 23.7-37.9 |
| $75,000+ | 438 | 158 | 41.6 | 35.0-48.5 | 167 | 34.0 | 28.1-40.3 | 113 | 24.4 | 19.0-30.8 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 881 | 262 | 36.9 | 31.3-42.7 | 149 | 17.1 | 13.3-21.8 | 470 | 46.0 | 40.7-51.4 |
| No | 1,029 | 340 | 31.7 | 27.4-36.4 | 285 | 31.2 | 26.0-36.8 | 404 | 37.1 | 32.2-42.3 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 754 | 229 | 34.4 | 29.5-39.6 | 171 | 21.9 | 17.6-26.8 | 354 | 43.8 | 38.6-49.0 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,042 | 339 | 34.8 | 29.9-40.1 | 235 | 26.4 | 21.5-31.9 | 468 | 38.8 | 33.9-43.9 |
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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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