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2010 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption-MALES

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
-MALES 2,141 17 0.7 0.3- 1.5 458 23.9 21.2-26.9 607 31.1 27.9-34.5 773 35.0 31.8-38.3 286 9.4 7.9-11.0
RACE
White 1,784 9 0.2 0.1- 0.5 355 22.3 19.5-25.5 496 29.4 26.2-33.0 677 37.9 34.4-41.5 247 10.1 8.4-12.0
African American 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
Other Minorities 131 2 3.1 0.7-12.5 40 31.0 20.0-44.6 43 42.7 29.6-56.9 26 16.8 9.2-28.7 20 6.4 3.6-11.1
AGE
18-24 79 0 0.0 . - . 23 28.9 17.9-43.2 26 34.0 21.4-49.3 27 33.7 21.0-49.3 3 3.4 0.9-12.4
25-34 200 0 0.0 . - . 53 22.9 16.5-30.7 74 41.3 32.2-51.1 63 31.5 23.7-40.6 10 4.3 2.0- 9.1
35-44 386 2 1.4 0.3- 6.1 92 26.8 21.3-33.1 120 30.6 25.1-36.7 151 36.2 30.5-42.3 21 5.0 2.9- 8.5
45-54 506 1 0.1 0.0- 0.5 115 23.4 18.8-28.7 131 24.9 20.4-30.1 198 40.5 34.6-46.7 61 11.1 8.3-14.7
55-64 488 5 0.9 0.3- 2.3 100 22.6 17.7-28.3 126 24.6 20.0-29.9 188 36.0 30.8-41.7 69 16.0 11.5-21.7
65+ 473 9 1.9 0.9- 3.9 74 16.4 12.4-21.5 128 29.5 24.4-35.0 142 27.1 22.4-32.3 120 25.1 20.5-30.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 138 2 3.0 0.5-16.8 42 30.8 20.9-42.9 38 35.7 23.9-49.6 35 22.6 13.2-35.8 21 7.8 4.1-14.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 463 6 0.7 0.2- 2.3 108 25.0 19.0-32.1 146 34.6 27.3-42.8 131 29.7 23.0-37.5 72 10.0 6.9-14.2
Some Post-H.S. 496 5 0.4 0.2- 1.1 117 27.5 21.8-34.0 135 31.6 25.3-38.8 172 32.5 26.1-39.6 67 7.9 5.8-10.8
College Graduate 1,043 4 0.3 0.1- 0.8 190 19.8 16.4-23.7 288 27.7 23.9-31.8 435 42.2 37.9-46.6 126 10.1 7.9-12.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 107 3 4.8 0.8-23.1 31 36.5 23.9-51.3 29 30.9 18.6-46.7 22 14.1 8.0-23.7 22 13.7 7.3-24.0
$15,000- 24,999 212 2 1.3 0.2- 7.4 56 28.5 19.9-38.9 59 37.3 25.5-50.9 60 22.7 14.1-34.3 35 10.2 6.4-15.9
$25,000- 34,999 189 4 1.1 0.4- 3.2 37 18.4 11.9-27.5 55 37.3 25.8-50.3 68 34.5 24.7-45.8 25 8.8 4.3-17.2
$35,000- 49,999 275 0 0.0 . - . 54 24.4 16.2-35.0 84 29.3 22.2-37.5 88 32.4 24.5-41.5 49 13.9 9.5-19.9
$50,000- 74,999 366 3 0.3 0.1- 1.3 86 25.1 19.4-31.8 114 32.1 25.5-39.5 118 34.1 27.3-41.6 45 8.4 5.9-11.8
$75,000+ 812 0 0.0 . - . 141 20.1 16.1-24.8 215 27.4 22.8-32.4 366 43.1 38.0-48.2 90 9.5 7.1-12.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 593 8 0.8 0.4- 1.8 133 27.4 21.7-33.9 166 26.9 21.9-32.5 194 33.3 27.1-40.2 92 11.6 8.9-15.1
No 1,451 8 0.3 0.1- 0.9 300 23.2 20.0-26.8 415 32.2 28.3-36.2 545 35.4 31.7-39.3 183 8.9 7.2-11.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 671 7 0.7 0.3- 1.5 137 23.0 18.5-28.2 178 29.0 23.9-34.7 232 34.6 29.4-40.2 117 12.8 10.0-16.1
Non-Veteran 1,469 10 0.6 0.2- 1.8 320 24.0 20.8-27.7 429 31.8 28.0-35.9 541 35.1 31.3-39.1 169 8.3 6.7-10.3

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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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