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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Drinking & Driving-AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALES

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.^		 One or more times Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,273 127 3.1 2.4- 4.0 6,146 96.9 96.0-97.6
-AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALES 387 4 1.4 0.5- 3.8 383 98.6 96.2-99.5
AGE
18-24 16 0 0.0 . - . 16 100 . - .
25-34 74 1 1.4 0.2- 9.5 73 98.6 90.5-99.8
35-44 95 0 0.0 . - . 95 100 . - .
45-54 98 3 4.6 1.3-14.8 95 95.4 85.2-98.7
55-64 67 0 0.0 . - . 67 100 . - .
65-74 21 0 0.0 . - . 21 100 . - .
75+ 11 0 0.0 . - . 11 100 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 35 0 0.0 . - . 35 100 . - .
H.S. or G.E.D. 101 2 3.2 0.7-12.5 99 96.8 87.5-99.3
Some Post-H.S. 112 2 1.8 0.4- 7.5 110 98.2 92.5-99.6
College Graduate 138 0 0.0 . - . 138 100 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 47 0 0.0 . - . 47 100 . - .
$15,000- 24,999 82 3 6.0 1.9-17.8 79 94.0 82.2-98.1
$25,000- 34,999 55 1 1.3 0.2- 8.6 54 98.7 91.4-99.8
$35,000- 49,999 52 0 0.0 . - . 52 100 . - .
$50,000-74,999 60 0 0.0 . - . 60 100 . - .
$75,000+ 57 0 0.0 . - . 57 100 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 103 3 4.9 1.4-15.5 100 95.1 84.5-98.6
No 275 1 0.5 0.1- 3.4 274 99.5 96.6-99.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 26 2 9.3 2.0-34.6 24 90.7 65.4-98.0
Non-Veteran 361 2 0.7 0.2- 2.9 359 99.3 97.1-99.8

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*This question was asked only of those who had a least one drink in the past 30 days.

^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.

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