2011 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption-WHITES

During the past 30 days, what is the largest number of drinks you had on any occasion?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Only one Two Three Four Five or more
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,430 1,300 23.4 21.6-25.4 1,318 24.8 22.9-26.7 707 16.8 15.1-18.5 348 8.7 7.5-10.2 757 26.3 24.2-28.6
-WHITES 3,647 1,032 22.5 20.5-24.6 1,105 25.8 23.7-28.0 600 16.5 14.8-18.4 296 9.0 7.6-10.6 614 26.2 23.8-28.7
GENDER
Male 1,633 323 15.1 12.7-18.0 404 22.1 19.2-25.3 314 18.6 16.0-21.5 140 7.8 6.2- 9.8 452 36.4 32.8-40.2
Female 2,014 709 30.8 27.7-34.1 701 30.0 27.1-33.0 286 14.2 12.1-16.7 156 10.3 8.2-13.0 162 14.7 12.0-17.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 66 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 3,580 1,015 22.5 20.5-24.7 1,082 25.8 23.7-28.0 587 16.4 14.7-18.3 290 8.9 7.6-10.6 606 26.3 23.9-28.8
AGE
18-34 487 90 16.3 12.2-21.3 97 17.3 13.4-22.0 66 14.0 10.7-18.1 50 9.8 7.1-13.3 184 42.7 37.2-48.4
35-44 575 116 17.5 13.8-22.1 162 27.2 22.6-32.4 111 20.0 15.9-24.8 56 9.4 6.3-13.9 130 25.9 21.1-31.3
45-54 779 191 23.7 19.6-28.3 235 28.7 24.3-33.5 137 16.0 12.6-20.1 75 10.1 7.2-13.9 141 21.5 17.2-26.6
55-64 848 240 25.9 21.8-30.6 294 32.9 28.3-37.7 138 16.6 13.3-20.7 61 7.7 5.4-10.9 115 16.8 13.3-21.0
65-74 598 221 36.2 30.7-42.0 207 31.8 27.1-37.0 99 19.8 15.5-25.0 37 6.4 4.1- 9.9 34 5.8 3.6- 9.3
75+ 337 165 46.7 39.3-54.3 101 28.9 22.6-36.2 46 14.7 10.2-20.7 15 5.8 2.9-11.6 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 149 *** *** *** 25 16.9 9.5-28.1 16 8.2 4.0-16.0 11 9.3 4.5-18.1 *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 673 198 22.3 17.8-27.6 168 21.0 16.7-26.0 101 15.9 12.1-20.5 50 7.1 4.8-10.4 156 33.8 28.1-40.1
Some Post-H.S. 927 271 22.0 18.4-26.0 284 27.9 23.9-32.2 155 17.4 14.1-21.2 64 9.1 6.4-12.8 153 23.7 19.5-28.3
College Graduate 1,895 508 21.3 18.9-23.9 628 28.5 25.7-31.4 327 17.7 15.4-20.3 170 10.0 8.2-12.1 262 22.6 19.7-25.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 176 52 22.8 14.4-34.3 34 12.2 6.7-21.2 23 9.3 5.1-16.4 15 10.1 5.0-19.3 *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 355 106 23.2 17.4-30.3 110 25.0 19.3-31.9 40 11.5 7.4-17.6 32 14.9 9.6-22.5 67 25.3 18.5-33.5
$25,000- 34,999 302 105 25.1 18.9-32.5 73 23.8 17.4-31.7 56 21.5 14.9-30.0 28 8.6 5.0-14.5 40 20.8 13.9-30.1
$35,000- 49,999 480 154 23.4 18.1-29.7 140 26.1 20.7-32.3 77 15.5 11.2-21.0 25 6.5 3.8-11.0 84 28.5 22.4-35.5
$50,000- 74,999 585 178 25.2 20.1-31.0 164 25.2 19.8-31.4 115 20.3 15.8-25.6 42 8.2 5.3-12.5 86 21.2 16.3-27.2
$75,000+ 1,298 273 17.8 14.9-21.0 427 28.8 25.3-32.7 232 17.5 14.6-20.7 132 10.1 7.8-13.0 234 25.8 22.1-29.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 844 288 28.5 24.0-33.5 231 21.2 17.6-25.3 131 16.1 12.6-20.4 61 6.9 4.8- 9.9 133 27.3 22.0-33.3
No 2,793 742 21.1 18.8-23.5 871 26.9 24.5-29.4 468 16.6 14.7-18.8 234 9.5 7.9-11.4 478 25.9 23.3-28.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 576 150 19.9 15.7-24.9 163 25.9 20.8-31.7 121 23.5 18.4-29.4 46 9.2 6.0-13.8 96 21.6 16.5-27.7
Non-Veteran 3,070 882 22.9 20.7-25.3 942 25.8 23.5-28.2 479 15.5 13.7-17.5 250 9.0 7.5-10.7 517 26.9 24.3-29.6

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*This question 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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