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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 |
| -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 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 442 | 109 | 26.6 | 21.7-32.1 | 147 | 31.9 | 27.1-37.2 | 186 | 41.5 | 36.0-47.2 |
| Female | 637 | 88 | 16.3 | 12.9-20.2 | 168 | 28.3 | 23.8-33.3 | 381 | 55.4 | 50.4-60.4 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 990 | 176 | 21.7 | 18.6-25.3 | 298 | 31.1 | 27.6-34.8 | 516 | 47.2 | 43.3-51.1 |
| African American | 39 | 6 | 17.2 | 7.2-35.7 | 7 | 17.3 | 7.6-34.7 | 26 | 65.5 | 46.2-80.7 |
| Other Minorities | 45 | 14 | 23.6 | 11.6-42.0 | 8 | 14.1 | 5.6-31.3 | 23 | 62.3 | 43.3-78.2 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 5.6 | 0.7-34.0 | 7 | 94.4 | 66.0-99.3 |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,070 | 197 | 21.7 | 18.6-25.1 | 314 | 30.4 | 27.0-33.9 | 559 | 48.0 | 44.2-51.8 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 73.8 | 22.3-96.5 | 1 | 26.2 | 3.5-77.7 |
| 25-34 | 18 | 12 | 66.4 | 38.3-86.3 | 2 | 7.5 | 1.5-29.4 | 4 | 26.1 | 8.7-56.8 |
| 35-44 | 70 | 23 | 33.4 | 22.3-46.7 | 21 | 28.3 | 18.0-41.6 | 26 | 38.3 | 26.2-52.0 |
| 45-54 | 152 | 47 | 32.7 | 24.6-41.9 | 43 | 30.0 | 21.9-39.5 | 62 | 37.3 | 28.9-46.6 |
| 55-64 | 273 | 50 | 19.8 | 14.5-26.6 | 78 | 28.4 | 22.5-35.1 | 145 | 51.8 | 44.5-59.1 |
| 65+ | 557 | 64 | 10.9 | 8.4-14.1 | 165 | 32.3 | 27.7-37.2 | 328 | 56.9 | 51.8-61.8 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 197 | 21 | 13.9 | 8.1-22.6 | 33 | 18.7 | 12.5-27.1 | 143 | 67.5 | 57.7-75.9 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 398 | 82 | 23.9 | 19.0-29.7 | 87 | 21.1 | 16.5-26.5 | 229 | 55.0 | 48.7-61.1 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 249 | 50 | 25.8 | 19.1-33.9 | 78 | 31.0 | 24.5-38.4 | 121 | 43.1 | 36.0-50.6 |
| College Graduate | 233 | 44 | 19.8 | 14.3-26.8 | 117 | 53.8 | 46.1-61.3 | 72 | 26.4 | 20.5-33.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 191 | 33 | 23.3 | 15.4-33.6 | 22 | 12.2 | 6.9-20.8 | 136 | 64.5 | 53.8-73.8 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 207 | 39 | 22.2 | 15.8-30.2 | 38 | 15.7 | 10.9-22.0 | 130 | 62.2 | 53.9-69.9 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 142 | 22 | 18.7 | 12.0-27.9 | 50 | 29.7 | 22.2-38.5 | 70 | 51.6 | 42.0-61.0 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 124 | 21 | 21.4 | 12.2-34.7 | 39 | 31.7 | 22.9-42.2 | 64 | 46.9 | 36.3-57.7 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 126 | 38 | 29.3 | 21.0-39.4 | 46 | 33.8 | 24.3-44.7 | 42 | 36.9 | 27.2-47.7 |
| $75,000+ | 121 | 29 | 24.1 | 16.5-33.9 | 70 | 61.1 | 50.9-70.4 | 22 | 14.8 | 9.4-22.5 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 550 | 87 | 18.2 | 14.3-22.8 | 134 | 25.4 | 21.1-30.3 | 329 | 56.4 | 51.0-61.6 |
| No | 509 | 106 | 24.9 | 20.3-30.1 | 172 | 33.9 | 28.9-39.2 | 231 | 41.3 | 36.0-46.7 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 171 | 42 | 25.4 | 18.6-33.6 | 61 | 34.7 | 27.0-43.2 | 68 | 39.9 | 31.8-48.6 |
| Non-Veteran | 819 | 140 | 21.4 | 17.8-25.4 | 227 | 28.3 | 24.6-32.3 | 452 | 50.4 | 45.9-54.8 |
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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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