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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Drinking & Driving

During the past 30 days, how many times have you driven when you've had
perhaps too much to drink?

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  Total
Respond.^
Once More than once Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 5,871 101 2.3 1.8- 2.9 56 1.1 0.8- 1.6 5,714 96.6 95.8-97.2
GENDER
Male 2,640 61 2.8 2.1- 3.8 41 1.5 1.0- 2.3 2,538 95.7 94.5-96.6
Female 3,231 40 1.6 1.1- 2.4 15 0.6 0.3- 1.4 3,176 97.8 96.8-98.4
RACE
White 4,875 79 1.9 1.4- 2.5 45 1.2 0.8- 1.7 4,751 97.0 96.2-97.6
African American 681 13 3.0 1.6- 5.5 10 1.6 0.7- 3.5 658 95.4 92.6-97.2
Asian 40 1 5.6 0.8-31.0 0 0.0 . - . 39 94.4 69.0-99.2
Native American 83 2 4.0 0.8-18.5 1 0.5 0.1- 3.5 80 95.5 82.1-99.0
Other Minorities 164 6 6.3 2.6-14.4 0 0.0 . - . 158 93.7 85.6-97.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 158 6 6.5 2.7-14.9 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8 151 93.1 84.8-97.0
-English Speaking 110 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.7 0.1- 5.0 109 99.3 95.0-99.9
-Spanish Speaking 48 6 14.3 5.9-30.7 0 0.0 . - . 42 85.7 69.3-94.1
Non-Hispanic 5,700 94 2.1 1.6- 2.6 55 1.2 0.8- 1.7 5,551 96.8 96.0-97.4
AGE
18-24 235 11 3.4 1.7- 6.6 4 1.7 0.5- 5.2 220 94.9 91.0-97.2
25-34 816 33 4.7 3.2- 7.0 7 1.1 0.5- 2.7 776 94.1 91.7-95.9
35-44 1,260 20 1.6 0.9- 2.7 12 1.0 0.5- 1.8 1,228 97.5 96.2-98.3
45-54 1,359 21 1.8 1.1- 2.9 19 1.6 0.9- 2.9 1,319 96.6 95.1-97.7
55-64 1,145 14 1.0 0.5- 1.9 13 0.9 0.5- 1.7 1,118 98.1 97.0-98.7
65-74 630 2 0.2 0.0- 0.7 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8 627 99.6 98.4-99.9
75+ 385 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 385 100 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 349 8 4.9 2.2-10.3 2 1.0 0.2- 5.3 339 94.1 88.5-97.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,355 19 1.9 1.1- 3.1 20 1.6 0.8- 2.9 1,316 96.6 94.9-97.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,580 21 1.5 0.9- 2.7 16 1.3 0.6- 2.5 1,543 97.2 95.7-98.2
College Graduate 2,573 53 2.5 1.8- 3.5 18 0.8 0.5- 1.4 2,502 96.6 95.6-97.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 307 5 4.4 1.5-12.0 5 0.8 0.3- 2.1 297 94.8 87.7-97.9
$15,000- 24,999 614 13 3.8 2.0- 7.1 9 1.4 0.5- 3.6 592 94.8 91.3-96.9
$25,000- 34,999 610 9 1.4 0.7- 2.9 2 0.7 0.1- 3.8 599 97.9 95.6-99.0
$35,000- 49,999 915 17 2.1 1.1- 4.0 10 1.3 0.6- 2.9 888 96.6 94.5-98.0
$50,000-74,999 984 21 2.6 1.6- 4.3 10 1.5 0.6- 3.6 953 95.9 93.6-97.4
$75,000+ 1,821 29 1.9 1.2- 3.0 15 1.0 0.5- 1.7 1,777 97.1 95.9-98.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,624 30 2.5 1.6- 3.9 21 2.0 1.1- 3.5 1,573 95.5 93.6-96.9
No 4,125 69 2.2 1.6- 3.0 33 0.9 0.6- 1.3 4,023 96.9 96.1-97.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,063 13 1.5 0.7- 3.0 15 1.1 0.6- 1.9 1,035 97.5 95.9-98.4
Non-Veteran 4,799 88 2.4 1.9- 3.2 41 1.2 0.8- 1.7 4,670 96.4 95.5-97.1

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = 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.

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