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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 | 5,112 | 984 | 23.1 | 21.2-25.2 | 1,486 | 31.5 | 29.2-33.8 | 2,642 | 45.4 | 43.1-47.7 |
| -Piedmont NC | 2,528 | 495 | 23.7 | 21.0-26.8 | 800 | 34.8 | 31.7-38.0 | 1,233 | 41.5 | 38.4-44.5 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 975 | 267 | 29.4 | 24.9-34.4 | 371 | 40.5 | 35.5-45.7 | 337 | 30.1 | 25.9-34.5 |
| Female | 1,553 | 228 | 18.3 | 15.3-21.9 | 429 | 29.4 | 26.0-33.0 | 896 | 52.3 | 48.4-56.2 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 1,978 | 364 | 21.6 | 18.9-24.6 | 677 | 39.1 | 35.6-42.6 | 937 | 39.4 | 36.2-42.7 |
| African American | 458 | 117 | 31.6 | 24.6-39.6 | 100 | 22.9 | 17.5-29.4 | 241 | 45.5 | 38.4-52.8 |
| Other Minorities | 81 | 13 | 13.9 | 7.1-25.4 | 17 | 35.7 | 19.0-56.9 | 51 | 50.3 | 33.1-67.5 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 57 | 15 | 37.3 | 20.8-57.4 | 12 | 16.7 | 7.9-32.0 | 30 | 46.0 | 28.8-64.2 |
| Non-Hispanic | 2,462 | 480 | 23.3 | 20.5-26.3 | 782 | 35.4 | 32.3-38.7 | 1,200 | 41.3 | 38.3-44.5 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 16 | 5 | 33.9 | 12.6-64.6 | 9 | 60.3 | 31.5-83.4 | 2 | 5.8 | 1.3-21.9 |
| 25-34 | 66 | 19 | 16.4 | 9.1-27.6 | 27 | 50.1 | 32.6-67.5 | 20 | 33.5 | 18.7-52.6 |
| 35-44 | 167 | 52 | 30.2 | 21.6-40.5 | 71 | 42.0 | 31.2-53.6 | 44 | 27.8 | 19.2-38.3 |
| 45-54 | 411 | 124 | 32.7 | 25.5-40.9 | 131 | 31.3 | 25.4-37.9 | 156 | 36.0 | 29.5-43.0 |
| 55-64 | 636 | 164 | 29.0 | 24.0-34.5 | 208 | 34.9 | 29.8-40.3 | 264 | 36.2 | 31.3-41.3 |
| 65+ | 1,208 | 127 | 12.5 | 9.5-16.3 | 346 | 28.7 | 25.1-32.7 | 735 | 58.7 | 54.4-63.0 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 431 | 71 | 21.7 | 15.2-29.9 | 58 | 15.3 | 10.3-22.1 | 302 | 63.0 | 54.7-70.6 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 790 | 145 | 23.9 | 18.5-30.3 | 203 | 30.1 | 24.1-36.7 | 442 | 46.0 | 39.9-52.3 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 620 | 125 | 24.8 | 19.6-31.0 | 205 | 36.2 | 30.2-42.7 | 290 | 38.9 | 33.4-44.8 |
| College Graduate | 683 | 154 | 23.9 | 19.7-28.6 | 332 | 48.8 | 43.4-54.1 | 197 | 27.4 | 22.9-32.5 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 306 | 54 | 21.0 | 13.9-30.4 | 45 | 18.0 | 11.9-26.2 | 207 | 61.0 | 51.6-69.7 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 426 | 95 | 28.8 | 21.6-37.3 | 89 | 23.4 | 15.8-33.2 | 242 | 47.8 | 39.2-56.5 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 289 | 54 | 28.3 | 18.0-41.5 | 76 | 26.5 | 18.4-36.6 | 159 | 45.2 | 35.0-55.9 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 319 | 68 | 24.3 | 18.0-31.9 | 111 | 36.1 | 28.6-44.4 | 140 | 39.6 | 32.3-47.5 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 314 | 56 | 18.9 | 13.4-25.9 | 135 | 44.3 | 36.0-52.9 | 123 | 36.8 | 29.7-44.6 |
| $75,000+ | 430 | 109 | 25.9 | 20.8-31.7 | 228 | 52.9 | 46.2-59.4 | 93 | 21.3 | 16.1-27.6 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1,143 | 202 | 23.1 | 18.7-28.3 | 274 | 27.0 | 22.8-31.7 | 667 | 49.8 | 44.9-54.8 |
| No | 1,332 | 284 | 23.9 | 20.6-27.7 | 507 | 41.0 | 36.7-45.4 | 541 | 35.1 | 31.3-39.1 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 374 | 98 | 29.9 | 23.4-37.4 | 139 | 35.0 | 28.5-42.1 | 137 | 35.1 | 28.5-42.2 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,937 | 354 | 22.9 | 19.7-26.5 | 594 | 34.6 | 31.0-38.4 | 989 | 42.4 | 38.9-46.1 |
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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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