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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | Do not drink | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| -WHITES | 3,370 | 694 | 25.5 | 23.1-28.2 | 617 | 19.1 | 17.0-21.3 | 2,059 | 55.4 | 52.6-58.1 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 1,336 | 369 | 32.4 | 28.4-36.6 | 315 | 22.9 | 19.6-26.6 | 652 | 44.7 | 40.4-49.1 |
| Female | 2,034 | 325 | 18.7 | 15.9-21.7 | 302 | 15.3 | 13.0-17.9 | 1,407 | 66.1 | 62.7-69.3 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 52 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 3,311 | 683 | 25.5 | 23.0-28.2 | 613 | 19.5 | 17.4-21.7 | 2,015 | 55.0 | 52.2-57.8 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-34 | 63 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-44 | 181 | 51 | 29.7 | 21.4-39.6 | 52 | 30.5 | 22.2-40.3 | 78 | 39.8 | 30.7-49.8 |
| 45-54 | 466 | 151 | 34.8 | 28.5-41.7 | 73 | 18.5 | 13.4-25.0 | 242 | 46.7 | 39.9-53.7 |
| 55-64 | 822 | 219 | 33.8 | 28.7-39.2 | 150 | 16.6 | 13.6-20.2 | 453 | 49.6 | 44.6-54.7 |
| 65-74 | 961 | 167 | 16.0 | 13.2-19.4 | 189 | 20.5 | 17.0-24.5 | 605 | 63.5 | 59.0-67.8 |
| 75+ | 855 | 81 | 9.0 | 6.7-12.0 | 139 | 15.0 | 11.7-18.9 | 635 | 76.0 | 71.6-80.0 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 475 | 59 | 17.0 | 11.9-23.7 | 35 | 10.2 | 6.5-15.7 | 381 | 72.8 | 65.5-79.0 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,094 | 197 | 22.3 | 18.5-26.6 | 111 | 11.2 | 8.4-14.6 | 786 | 66.5 | 61.8-70.9 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 873 | 189 | 28.8 | 23.9-34.2 | 166 | 20.8 | 16.7-25.7 | 518 | 50.4 | 45.0-55.7 |
| College Graduate | 922 | 247 | 32.2 | 27.4-37.5 | 304 | 35.4 | 30.9-40.1 | 371 | 32.4 | 28.2-36.8 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 424 | 61 | 15.2 | 10.7-21.1 | 40 | 9.9 | 6.6-14.8 | 323 | 74.9 | 68.2-80.5 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 604 | 98 | 23.2 | 17.1-30.5 | 53 | 8.9 | 5.8-13.3 | 453 | 68.0 | 60.6-74.5 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 357 | 77 | 25.6 | 19.0-33.5 | 51 | 14.4 | 9.7-20.8 | 229 | 60.0 | 51.9-67.6 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 434 | 107 | 26.2 | 20.4-32.9 | 72 | 20.2 | 14.6-27.3 | 255 | 53.7 | 46.4-60.7 |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 394 | 102 | 36.3 | 28.2-45.1 | 109 | 23.2 | 17.5-30.1 | 183 | 40.6 | 33.0-48.6 |
| $75,000+ | 513 | 155 | 33.9 | 27.9-40.4 | 196 | 39.5 | 33.3-46.2 | 162 | 26.6 | 21.6-32.2 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1,452 | 258 | 22.2 | 18.6-26.2 | 205 | 15.5 | 12.7-18.8 | 989 | 62.3 | 58.1-66.4 |
| No | 1,899 | 435 | 28.0 | 24.7-31.5 | 409 | 21.5 | 18.7-24.6 | 1,055 | 50.5 | 46.8-54.1 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 615 | 158 | 31.2 | 25.8-37.2 | 138 | 22.9 | 18.3-28.2 | 319 | 45.9 | 40.2-51.8 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,755 | 536 | 24.3 | 21.6-27.3 | 479 | 18.3 | 16.0-20.8 | 1,740 | 57.4 | 54.2-60.4 |
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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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