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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | Do not drink | |||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 4,456 | 911 | 24.9 | 22.8-27.1 | 724 | 17.4 | 15.6-19.3 | 2,821 | 57.7 | 55.3-60.1 |
| -MALES | 1,665 | 468 | 32.3 | 28.8-36.1 | 359 | 21.6 | 18.5-25.0 | 838 | 46.1 | 42.2-50.0 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 1,336 | 369 | 32.4 | 28.4-36.6 | 315 | 22.9 | 19.6-26.6 | 652 | 44.7 | 40.4-49.1 |
| African American | 244 | 75 | 34.2 | 25.8-43.7 | 31 | 16.8 | 10.1-26.8 | 138 | 49.0 | 39.5-58.5 |
| Other Minorities | 72 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-34 | 52 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-44 | 119 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 276 | 106 | 32.3 | 25.0-40.7 | 52 | 23.4 | 16.3-32.3 | 118 | 44.3 | 35.5-53.5 |
| 55-64 | 450 | 153 | 41.7 | 34.8-49.0 | 91 | 15.8 | 12.2-20.3 | 206 | 42.4 | 35.9-49.3 |
| 65-74 | 472 | 100 | 21.1 | 16.4-26.6 | 113 | 21.8 | 17.2-27.4 | 259 | 57.1 | 50.4-63.5 |
| 75+ | 286 | 38 | 12.6 | 7.8-19.6 | 57 | 19.9 | 12.7-29.6 | 191 | 67.6 | 57.7-76.0 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 236 | 43 | 18.8 | 12.6-27.2 | 29 | 18.9 | 12.1-28.2 | 164 | 62.3 | 52.5-71.2 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 499 | 141 | 34.5 | 28.1-41.5 | 74 | 12.5 | 8.9-17.4 | 284 | 53.0 | 45.9-60.0 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 403 | 119 | 36.0 | 28.9-43.9 | 81 | 23.4 | 17.0-31.3 | 203 | 40.5 | 33.4-48.1 |
| College Graduate | 522 | 164 | 36.1 | 29.8-43.0 | 174 | 33.7 | 28.1-39.7 | 184 | 30.2 | 24.9-36.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 166 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 279 | 61 | 26.0 | 18.2-35.6 | 34 | 12.7 | 7.8-19.9 | 184 | 61.3 | 51.3-70.4 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 176 | *** | *** | *** | 28 | 12.5 | 7.0-21.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 254 | 79 | 30.8 | 22.7-40.2 | 46 | 19.6 | 12.8-28.7 | 129 | 49.7 | 40.5-58.9 |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 227 | *** | *** | *** | 64 | 24.6 | 16.9-34.4 | 99 | 39.1 | 29.4-49.8 |
| $75,000+ | 338 | 117 | 36.0 | 28.5-44.2 | 120 | 35.3 | 27.4-44.1 | 101 | 28.7 | 22.0-36.5 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 645 | 163 | 29.5 | 23.9-35.8 | 111 | 18.0 | 13.8-23.3 | 371 | 52.5 | 46.3-58.6 |
| No | 1,012 | 304 | 34.0 | 29.5-38.9 | 247 | 23.5 | 19.5-28.0 | 461 | 42.5 | 37.6-47.5 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 694 | 188 | 31.1 | 26.2-36.6 | 141 | 18.9 | 15.2-23.4 | 365 | 49.9 | 44.5-55.3 |
| Non-Veteran | 970 | 280 | 32.9 | 28.3-37.8 | 218 | 22.7 | 18.7-27.3 | 472 | 44.4 | 39.4-49.5 |
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*Asked only of those who report having high blood pressure
PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2011 are NOT comparable to previous years.
***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2011 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.
^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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