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2010 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption-AFRICAN AMERICANS

During the past 30 days, how many days per week or per month did you have at least one drink of any alcoholic beverage?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 No drinks 1-2 days 3-7 days 8-29 days Everyday
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,708 50 0.7 0.4- 1.1 1,286 28.9 26.8-31.0 1,394 31.4 29.2-33.7 1,484 31.1 29.0-33.3 494 7.9 6.9- 9.0
-AFRICAN AMERICANS 546 8 0.8 0.4- 1.6 202 38.1 32.0-44.6 168 29.7 24.1-35.9 126 24.6 19.2-31.0 42 6.9 4.3-10.8
GENDER
Male 212 6 1.0 0.4- 2.4 60 26.9 19.4-35.9 62 30.7 22.1-41.0 65 33.2 24.0-43.8 19 8.3 4.4-15.0
Female 334 2 0.6 0.1- 2.2 142 50.0 41.9-58.0 106 28.6 22.4-35.6 61 15.5 11.3-20.8 23 5.4 2.8-10.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 18.7 2.5-67.7 2 81.3 32.3-97.5 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 542 8 0.8 0.4- 1.6 202 38.2 32.1-44.7 166 29.7 24.2-35.9 124 24.4 19.0-30.8 42 6.9 4.3-10.8
AGE
18-24 25 0 0.0 . - . 8 35.8 16.2-61.6 6 17.7 4.8-47.8 8 31.3 14.2-55.7 3 15.2 4.6-40.1
25-34 90 0 0.0 . - . 36 40.1 27.5-54.1 37 47.8 34.3-61.7 16 11.6 6.5-19.9 1 0.5 0.1- 3.5
35-44 107 0 0.0 . - . 54 51.9 39.9-63.6 30 27.0 17.8-38.8 21 20.2 12.4-31.0 2 0.9 0.2- 4.5
45-54 136 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6 43 29.4 19.2-42.1 38 20.8 13.2-31.1 38 38.9 25.4-54.5 16 10.3 5.8-17.8
55-64 110 3 2.5 0.7- 8.5 37 29.9 20.2-41.9 33 33.6 22.8-46.5 28 23.6 15.2-34.8 9 10.4 4.0-24.5
65+ 72 4 6.2 2.1-17.0 22 31.6 19.9-46.3 22 29.7 17.4-45.8 14 20.7 11.2-35.1 10 11.8 5.2-24.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 51 1 0.6 0.1- 4.3 20 40.4 21.3-62.8 16 18.2 8.7-34.1 9 34.0 13.1-63.7 5 6.9 1.8-23.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 152 3 0.8 0.2- 2.6 57 36.3 25.2-49.0 43 28.6 18.7-41.1 32 23.4 14.4-35.8 17 10.9 5.3-21.1
Some Post-H.S. 156 3 1.1 0.3- 3.8 56 38.2 28.1-49.5 44 28.5 20.0-38.8 44 27.9 18.9-39.1 9 4.3 2.1- 8.8
College Graduate 186 1 0.5 0.1- 3.7 69 39.8 30.0-50.6 64 35.4 25.5-46.7 41 20.2 13.6-28.9 11 4.1 1.9- 8.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 70 1 0.5 0.1- 3.9 31 40.8 25.7-57.8 20 28.4 15.8-45.6 13 19.1 10.1-33.1 5 11.1 3.9-27.9
$15,000- 24,999 107 2 0.8 0.2- 3.6 40 44.1 30.0-59.3 32 28.9 18.3-42.4 23 21.3 9.7-40.5 10 4.9 2.2-10.7
$25,000- 34,999 68 3 2.4 0.7- 8.1 24 41.1 25.5-58.6 20 21.6 12.0-35.6 16 22.3 11.1-39.9 5 12.6 3.7-35.1
$35,000-49,999 78 0 0.0 . - . 24 37.8 24.3-53.5 34 40.4 26.9-55.5 13 16.6 8.0-31.2 7 5.2 2.0-13.1
$50,000- 74,999 82 0 0.0 . - . 28 22.7 13.7-35.0 29 44.8 28.8-62.0 21 29.1 16.8-45.6 4 3.4 1.1- 9.6
$75,000+ 97 0 0.0 . - . 41 42.5 29.9-56.1 25 24.7 15.2-37.7 22 22.6 13.7-34.9 9 10.2 3.9-24.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 173 3 1.0 0.3- 3.6 71 39.1 29.2-49.9 47 28.4 20.0-38.5 36 22.7 14.8-33.3 16 8.8 4.5-16.4
No 347 5 0.8 0.3- 2.0 124 38.8 31.4-46.7 111 31.2 24.1-39.4 82 22.5 16.7-29.6 25 6.7 3.5-12.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 98 3 1.8 0.5- 6.0 35 42.2 29.6-55.9 22 23.6 14.2-36.5 28 26.1 15.9-39.6 10 6.4 3.0-13.3
Non-Veteran 448 5 0.5 0.2- 1.4 167 37.2 30.4-44.5 146 31.0 24.7-38.1 98 24.3 18.2-31.6 32 7.0 4.1-11.7

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*This question asked only of respondents who reported drinking at least one drink in the last month.

^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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