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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Drinking & Driving-AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES

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 MALES 299 9 6.3 2.7-14.0 290 93.7 86.0-97.3
AGE
18-24 15 1 5.9 0.8-33.1 14 94.1 66.9-99.2
25-34 38 3 17.9 4.9-48.1 35 82.1 51.9-95.1
35-44 63 1 2.9 0.4-18.0 62 97.1 82.0-99.6
45-54 87 1 2.1 0.3-13.2 86 97.9 86.8-99.7
55-64 62 3 6.2 1.9-18.6 59 93.8 81.4-98.1
65-74 26 0 0.0 . - . 26 100 . - .
75+ 7 0 0.0 . - . 7 100 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 27 2 9.3 2.2-32.2 25 90.7 67.8-97.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 121 5 7.6 2.3-22.6 116 92.4 77.4-97.7
Some Post-H.S. 81 2 8.7 2.3-28.3 79 91.3 71.7-97.7
College Graduate 70 0 0.0 . - . 70 100 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 30 1 3.6 0.5-22.3 29 96.4 77.7-99.5
$15,000- 24,999 50 3 14.2 2.8-49.0 47 85.8 51.0-97.2
$25,000- 34,999 36 1 1.7 0.2-12.0 35 98.3 88.0-99.8
$35,000- 49,999 56 1 4.3 0.6-24.5 55 95.7 75.5-99.4
$50,000-74,999 44 2 12.3 2.9-39.9 42 87.7 60.1-97.1
$75,000+ 61 1 4.8 0.7-26.8 60 95.2 73.2-99.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 103 3 5.6 1.5-19.2 100 94.4 80.8-98.5
No 181 6 7.0 2.5-18.4 175 93.0 81.6-97.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 111 3 4.4 1.2-14.5 108 95.6 85.5-98.8
Non-Veteran 188 6 7.2 2.6-18.3 182 92.8 81.7-97.4

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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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