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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 |
| -Piedmont NC | 2,534 | 653 | 31.3 | 28.2-34.5 | 435 | 18.7 | 16.3-21.3 | 1,446 | 50.0 | 46.9-53.2 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 975 | 328 | 38.5 | 33.5-43.8 | 232 | 23.9 | 19.8-28.4 | 415 | 37.6 | 32.9-42.6 |
| Female | 1,559 | 325 | 24.4 | 21.2-28.0 | 203 | 13.8 | 11.4-16.6 | 1,031 | 61.8 | 58.0-65.5 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 1,983 | 495 | 30.4 | 27.2-33.9 | 388 | 21.3 | 18.8-24.1 | 1,100 | 48.2 | 44.8-51.7 |
| African American | 459 | 145 | 38.0 | 30.9-45.7 | 31 | 7.9 | 4.6-13.5 | 283 | 54.1 | 46.5-61.4 |
| Other Minorities | 81 | 11 | 10.6 | 5.0-20.9 | 13 | 33.7 | 16.9-56.0 | 57 | 55.7 | 37.0-72.9 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 57 | 16 | 27.5 | 13.6-47.7 | 7 | 14.4 | 5.1-34.2 | 34 | 58.1 | 39.0-75.1 |
| Non-Hispanic | 2,468 | 636 | 31.5 | 28.4-34.8 | 425 | 18.7 | 16.3-21.4 | 1,407 | 49.8 | 46.5-53.0 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 16 | 8 | 57.6 | 29.7-81.4 | 4 | 28.6 | 9.5-60.5 | 4 | 13.8 | 4.6-34.5 |
| 25-34 | 67 | 30 | 37.6 | 22.5-55.6 | 15 | 27.4 | 13.8-46.9 | 22 | 35.0 | 20.1-53.6 |
| 35-44 | 167 | 65 | 38.1 | 28.3-49.0 | 41 | 19.3 | 13.4-27.0 | 61 | 42.6 | 31.6-54.4 |
| 45-54 | 411 | 156 | 40.7 | 33.3-48.5 | 79 | 18.3 | 14.0-23.5 | 176 | 41.1 | 34.2-48.3 |
| 55-64 | 639 | 217 | 38.2 | 32.9-43.8 | 103 | 17.3 | 13.4-22.1 | 319 | 44.5 | 39.3-49.8 |
| 65+ | 1,211 | 170 | 13.9 | 11.4-16.7 | 192 | 17.2 | 14.0-20.8 | 849 | 69.0 | 64.9-72.8 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 435 | 60 | 18.1 | 12.3-25.9 | 33 | 8.3 | 4.9-13.6 | 342 | 73.6 | 65.6-80.3 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 791 | 175 | 29.7 | 23.7-36.5 | 97 | 14.4 | 10.7-19.1 | 519 | 55.9 | 49.3-62.2 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 619 | 171 | 35.0 | 29.0-41.4 | 109 | 17.0 | 12.2-23.1 | 339 | 48.1 | 41.9-54.3 |
| College Graduate | 685 | 246 | 36.7 | 31.7-42.0 | 196 | 30.2 | 25.4-35.4 | 243 | 33.1 | 28.3-38.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 308 | 57 | 23.4 | 15.9-32.9 | 13 | 5.1 | 2.0-12.6 | 238 | 71.5 | 61.7-79.6 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 428 | 93 | 25.2 | 18.9-32.8 | 48 | 11.2 | 7.4-16.5 | 287 | 63.6 | 55.4-71.1 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 291 | 71 | 33.9 | 23.4-46.2 | 46 | 19.5 | 12.0-30.0 | 174 | 46.6 | 36.3-57.3 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 317 | 101 | 36.2 | 28.5-44.7 | 47 | 15.6 | 10.8-21.9 | 169 | 48.2 | 40.3-56.2 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 317 | 96 | 30.3 | 23.7-37.8 | 80 | 27.5 | 19.5-37.2 | 141 | 42.2 | 34.6-50.2 |
| $75,000+ | 430 | 157 | 40.4 | 34.0-47.1 | 150 | 32.4 | 26.7-38.6 | 123 | 27.2 | 21.6-33.7 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1,148 | 257 | 30.9 | 26.0-36.3 | 132 | 11.6 | 9.1-14.7 | 759 | 57.5 | 52.3-62.4 |
| No | 1,332 | 381 | 31.4 | 27.6-35.4 | 293 | 24.2 | 20.5-28.2 | 658 | 44.5 | 40.3-48.7 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 375 | 121 | 35.9 | 29.2-43.2 | 78 | 18.5 | 13.5-24.9 | 176 | 45.6 | 38.4-52.9 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,942 | 480 | 31.1 | 27.5-34.9 | 315 | 18.4 | 15.7-21.4 | 1,147 | 50.6 | 46.8-54.3 |
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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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