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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 |
| COUNTY/REGIONS | ||||||||||
| Alamance | 139 | 26 | 23.2 | 15.7-32.9 | 38 | 27.9 | 19.5-38.2 | 75 | 48.9 | 39.3-58.6 |
| Buncombe | 120 | 23 | 23.0 | 14.7-34.0 | 43 | 36.5 | 27.0-47.1 | 54 | 40.6 | 31.0-50.8 |
| Cabarrus | 128 | 26 | 24.4 | 15.0-36.9 | 34 | 30.7 | 20.9-42.7 | 68 | 44.9 | 34.2-56.2 |
| Catawba | 149 | 21 | 16.5 | 10.6-24.6 | 50 | 38.7 | 29.9-48.3 | 78 | 44.9 | 36.1-54.0 |
| Cumberland | 165 | 39 | 28.7 | 21.0-37.9 | 36 | 20.7 | 14.5-28.5 | 90 | 50.6 | 41.5-59.6 |
| Davidson | 179 | 36 | 26.4 | 18.7-35.9 | 43 | 25.4 | 18.6-33.7 | 100 | 48.2 | 39.6-56.9 |
| Durham | 149 | 37 | 25.9 | 18.2-35.3 | 54 | 41.2 | 30.7-52.6 | 58 | 32.9 | 23.9-43.4 |
| Forsyth | 129 | 21 | 13.0 | 7.9-20.7 | 41 | 40.8 | 29.0-53.7 | 67 | 46.2 | 35.0-57.9 |
| Gaston | 145 | 25 | 22.2 | 14.5-32.4 | 39 | 26.0 | 18.5-35.1 | 81 | 51.8 | 42.0-61.6 |
| Guilford | 164 | 38 | 24.0 | 17.1-32.7 | 41 | 24.0 | 17.4-32.1 | 85 | 52.0 | 42.9-60.9 |
| Iredell | 183 | 35 | 19.5 | 13.2-27.9 | 60 | 44.2 | 32.0-57.2 | 88 | 36.3 | 27.1-46.6 |
| Johnston | 129 | 27 | 34.9 | 19.9-53.7 | 27 | 20.0 | 12.3-30.8 | 75 | 45.2 | 31.8-59.3 |
| Mecklenburg | 225 | 62 | 34.3 | 26.1-43.5 | 87 | 36.3 | 29.0-44.2 | 76 | 29.4 | 22.9-36.9 |
| New Hanover | 187 | 39 | 25.5 | 18.3-34.4 | 69 | 37.7 | 28.6-47.8 | 79 | 36.8 | 28.6-45.9 |
| Onslow | 147 | 29 | 24.4 | 16.8-34.0 | 46 | 34.7 | 25.9-44.6 | 72 | 41.0 | 32.2-50.3 |
| Orange | 108 | 24 | 23.0 | 15.1-33.4 | 41 | 30.9 | 22.3-41.1 | 43 | 46.1 | 35.1-57.5 |
| Pitt | 140 | 21 | 22.0 | 14.1-32.7 | 44 | 31.4 | 22.4-42.0 | 75 | 46.6 | 36.8-56.6 |
| Randolph | 117 | 13 | 14.7 | 8.4-24.7 | 30 | 28.9 | 19.2-40.9 | 74 | 56.4 | 44.8-67.4 |
| Robeson | 160 | 23 | 16.4 | 10.5-24.8 | 23 | 12.9 | 8.3-19.7 | 114 | 70.6 | 61.7-78.2 |
| Rowan | 178 | 34 | 25.7 | 17.6-35.8 | 43 | 22.2 | 16.0-30.0 | 101 | 52.1 | 42.8-61.3 |
| Union | 131 | 21 | 18.9 | 12.0-28.5 | 49 | 44.0 | 34.1-54.5 | 61 | 37.1 | 28.3-46.8 |
| Wake | 197 | 27 | 13.2 | 8.8-19.3 | 86 | 48.7 | 39.3-58.2 | 84 | 38.1 | 29.5-47.5 |
| Wayne | 171 | 36 | 27.3 | 19.7-36.7 | 31 | 20.2 | 13.4-29.4 | 104 | 52.4 | 43.3-61.4 |
| NC REGIONS | ||||||||||
| 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 |
| Piedmont | 2,528 | 495 | 23.7 | 21.0-26.8 | 800 | 34.8 | 31.7-38.0 | 1,233 | 41.5 | 38.4-44.5 |
| Western NC | 1,079 | 197 | 21.5 | 18.5-24.9 | 315 | 30.2 | 26.8-33.7 | 567 | 48.3 | 44.5-52.1 |
| AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC) | ||||||||||
| Mountain AHEC | 748 | 136 | 21.9 | 18.2-26.1 | 224 | 31.6 | 27.6-36.0 | 388 | 46.5 | 42.0-51.0 |
| Northwest | 1,181 | 216 | 19.6 | 16.8-22.9 | 334 | 32.4 | 28.1-37.0 | 631 | 48.0 | 43.7-52.3 |
| Charlotte | 677 | 144 | 28.4 | 23.2-34.3 | 221 | 33.9 | 28.4-39.9 | 312 | 37.7 | 32.5-43.1 |
| Greensboro | 578 | 116 | 26.5 | 19.7-34.7 | 171 | 26.5 | 20.9-32.9 | 291 | 47.0 | 39.8-54.3 |
| Southern Regional | 495 | 96 | 23.1 | 17.9-29.4 | 97 | 21.6 | 16.6-27.6 | 302 | 55.2 | 48.7-61.6 |
| Coastal | 254 | 54 | 24.1 | 16.8-33.4 | 90 | 30.6 | 22.4-40.2 | 110 | 45.3 | 35.4-55.5 |
| Wake | 526 | 102 | 21.4 | 16.4-27.5 | 183 | 41.1 | 34.5-48.0 | 241 | 37.5 | 31.5-43.9 |
| Area L | 56 | 14 | 22.9 | 12.2-38.9 | 9 | 25.1 | 8.7-54.1 | 33 | 52.0 | 32.7-70.7 |
| Eastern | 597 | 106 | 20.2 | 14.8-27.0 | 157 | 30.6 | 23.8-38.5 | 334 | 49.2 | 41.8-56.5 |
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^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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