2011 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption-MALES

Considering all types of alcoholic beverages, how many times during the past 30 days did you have
[5 or more drinks for men or 4 or more drinks for women] on an occasion?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 None Once Twice 3-7 times 8-30 times
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,549 3,517 68.0 65.7-70.2 394 11.5 10.1-13.1 212 6.4 5.3- 7.8 282 8.9 7.6-10.4 144 5.1 4.1- 6.5
-MALES 2,055 1,434 61.6 58.3-64.9 218 12.9 10.8-15.3 116 6.7 5.1- 8.7 178 11.4 9.4-13.8 109 7.3 5.6- 9.5
RACE
White 1,674 1,181 61.6 57.8-65.2 164 12.5 10.3-15.2 93 6.2 4.6- 8.3 145 12.1 9.7-15.0 91 7.6 5.6-10.1
African American 210 147 66.3 56.5-74.9 27 13.6 8.1-21.9 *** *** *** 17 6.6 3.7-11.6 *** *** ***
Other Minorities 152 *** *** *** 23 12.8 7.6-20.8 12 10.6 5.5-19.4 13 12.1 6.1-22.8 *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 356 178 49.8 43.3-56.2 61 14.2 10.7-18.7 33 10.0 6.6-14.9 50 14.2 10.4-19.1 34 11.8 8.0-16.9
35-44 334 192 59.3 52.1-66.2 58 18.2 12.9-24.9 25 6.2 3.8-10.0 37 10.9 7.0-16.4 22 5.4 3.1- 9.4
45-54 412 274 64.1 56.9-70.7 44 12.6 8.2-18.8 23 4.1 2.5- 6.7 41 13.1 8.6-19.5 30 6.1 3.8- 9.7
55-64 427 319 73.2 66.8-78.8 39 10.1 6.8-14.6 21 4.6 2.8- 7.6 31 8.2 4.9-13.4 17 3.9 2.1- 7.4
65-74 343 300 88.4 82.9-92.3 12 2.8 1.4- 5.8 *** *** *** 15 4.1 2.2- 7.7 *** *** ***
75+ 170 158 91.8 83.8-96.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 157 *** *** *** 20 12.8 7.1-22.1 12 5.9 2.9-11.6 20 14.6 8.5-24.1 *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 484 307 55.0 48.2-61.5 51 14.0 9.7-19.7 35 9.0 5.9-13.7 48 12.5 8.6-18.0 43 9.4 6.2-14.2
Some Post-H.S. 447 303 63.9 57.0-70.2 49 10.6 7.4-14.9 27 6.5 3.4-11.9 44 11.4 7.9-16.3 24 7.7 4.4-13.1
College Graduate 964 726 67.1 62.6-71.3 98 14.1 11.1-17.8 42 5.2 3.5- 7.7 66 9.1 6.7-12.4 32 4.4 2.8- 7.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 135 *** *** *** 18 17.2 9.7-28.7 *** *** *** 18 18.3 10.3-30.5 13 9.8 4.9-18.9
$15,000- 24,999 235 151 58.3 49.0-67.1 23 9.4 5.7-15.2 16 7.9 4.2-14.3 24 13.4 8.2-21.3 21 10.9 6.2-18.5
$25,000- 34,999 182 *** *** *** 15 8.1 4.0-15.5 13 7.6 3.7-14.7 11 13.5 6.2-26.9 12 8.0 3.4-17.5
$35,000- 49,999 283 203 63.5 54.4-71.7 24 9.8 6.0-15.6 *** *** *** 27 12.6 7.3-20.8 19 7.9 4.5-13.6
$50,000- 74,999 304 220 66.6 57.9-74.3 28 11.5 7.0-18.3 18 8.9 4.6-16.6 27 9.6 5.8-15.5 11 3.4 1.5- 7.5
$75,000+ 710 497 62.3 56.5-67.8 91 16.1 12.1-21.1 41 5.4 3.7- 7.9 53 9.1 6.3-13.0 28 7.0 4.1-11.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 444 322 63.3 55.2-70.6 37 12.5 7.5-20.0 18 6.0 2.6-13.3 37 9.7 6.2-15.1 30 8.5 5.3-13.4
No 1,605 1,109 61.3 57.6-64.9 179 12.9 10.7-15.5 97 6.8 5.2- 9.0 141 11.8 9.5-14.6 79 7.1 5.2- 9.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 634 511 76.6 70.9-81.5 36 6.7 4.2-10.4 31 5.1 3.2- 7.9 35 6.8 4.3-10.4 21 4.8 2.3- 9.7
Non-Veteran 1,420 923 57.8 53.9-61.6 182 14.5 12.0-17.4 85 7.1 5.2- 9.6 142 12.6 10.2-15.5 88 8.0 6.0-10.6

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

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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