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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 | 5,124 | 1,233 | 27.8 | 25.7-30.0 | 834 | 18.8 | 16.9-21.0 | 3,057 | 53.3 | 51.0-55.7 |
| -Western NC | 1,084 | 218 | 22.8 | 19.7-26.3 | 195 | 20.6 | 17.7-23.9 | 671 | 56.5 | 52.7-60.3 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 445 | 114 | 26.1 | 21.4-31.4 | 109 | 24.5 | 20.1-29.5 | 222 | 49.5 | 43.8-55.1 |
| Female | 639 | 104 | 19.5 | 15.5-24.1 | 86 | 16.6 | 12.9-21.1 | 449 | 63.9 | 58.7-68.8 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 996 | 198 | 23.0 | 19.7-26.6 | 188 | 21.4 | 18.4-24.9 | 610 | 55.6 | 51.6-59.5 |
| African American | 39 | 7 | 20.7 | 9.3-40.0 | 2 | 11.5 | 2.6-39.1 | 30 | 67.7 | 46.2-83.6 |
| Other Minorities | 45 | 11 | 18.1 | 7.9-36.2 | 5 | 9.0 | 3.3-22.2 | 29 | 72.9 | 54.6-85.8 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 7 | 100 | . - . |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,076 | 218 | 23.0 | 19.8-26.5 | 195 | 20.8 | 17.8-24.1 | 663 | 56.2 | 52.4-60.0 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 5 | 2 | 46.7 | 10.3-87.1 | 1 | 22.5 | 2.9-73.9 | 2 | 30.8 | 5.2-78.4 |
| 25-34 | 18 | 9 | 49.6 | 25.5-73.8 | 1 | 5.6 | 0.8-31.1 | 8 | 44.9 | 21.9-70.3 |
| 35-44 | 70 | 21 | 27.1 | 17.3-39.6 | 12 | 21.1 | 11.9-34.7 | 37 | 51.8 | 38.6-64.7 |
| 45-54 | 154 | 45 | 29.3 | 21.6-38.4 | 29 | 22.5 | 15.2-32.1 | 80 | 48.2 | 39.1-57.4 |
| 55-64 | 276 | 72 | 26.5 | 20.5-33.5 | 39 | 15.9 | 11.3-21.8 | 165 | 57.6 | 50.3-64.6 |
| 65+ | 556 | 67 | 12.9 | 10.0-16.6 | 111 | 23.8 | 19.6-28.7 | 378 | 63.2 | 58.1-68.1 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 198 | 22 | 14.0 | 8.3-22.6 | 13 | 9.3 | 4.7-17.3 | 163 | 76.7 | 67.1-84.2 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 399 | 83 | 24.0 | 19.1-29.8 | 47 | 14.8 | 10.6-20.3 | 269 | 61.2 | 54.8-67.1 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 250 | 54 | 25.5 | 18.8-33.5 | 49 | 19.5 | 14.2-26.1 | 147 | 55.0 | 47.3-62.5 |
| College Graduate | 235 | 59 | 25.7 | 19.2-33.5 | 86 | 40.6 | 33.2-48.3 | 90 | 33.7 | 27.2-41.0 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 191 | 27 | 20.7 | 13.1-31.0 | 9 | 6.9 | 2.9-15.9 | 155 | 72.4 | 61.5-81.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 207 | 41 | 22.7 | 16.3-30.6 | 18 | 7.4 | 4.4-12.3 | 148 | 69.9 | 61.7-77.0 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 143 | 22 | 16.7 | 10.6-25.4 | 28 | 17.5 | 11.7-25.2 | 93 | 65.8 | 56.4-74.2 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 124 | 34 | 32.5 | 22.2-44.8 | 20 | 15.4 | 9.5-24.0 | 70 | 52.1 | 41.0-62.9 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 128 | 38 | 27.9 | 19.1-38.9 | 38 | 27.9 | 19.9-37.5 | 52 | 44.2 | 34.1-54.9 |
| $75,000+ | 123 | 32 | 22.1 | 15.3-30.8 | 56 | 52.0 | 41.8-62.1 | 35 | 25.8 | 18.4-35.1 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 551 | 92 | 19.9 | 15.8-24.7 | 70 | 15.4 | 11.8-19.9 | 389 | 64.7 | 59.4-69.8 |
| No | 512 | 122 | 25.9 | 21.3-31.2 | 118 | 24.8 | 20.5-29.8 | 272 | 49.3 | 43.8-54.7 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 171 | 47 | 28.7 | 21.6-37.2 | 43 | 24.5 | 17.9-32.6 | 81 | 46.8 | 38.3-55.4 |
| Non-Veteran | 823 | 159 | 21.8 | 18.3-25.8 | 130 | 19.0 | 15.7-22.8 | 534 | 59.2 | 54.7-63.5 |
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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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