2011 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption-WHITES

During the past 30 days, how many days per week or per month did you have at least one drink of any
alcoholic beverage such as beer, wine, a malt beverage or liquor?

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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 10,693 6,084 52.0 50.5-53.6 1,154 12.2 11.2-13.3 1,381 14.9 13.8-16.1 1,542 16.4 15.3-17.6 532 4.4 3.8- 5.0
-WHITES 8,227 4,474 49.0 47.2-50.7 839 11.4 10.2-12.6 1,089 15.3 14.1-16.6 1,334 19.2 17.8-20.7 491 5.2 4.5- 5.9
GENDER
Male 3,146 1,452 43.0 40.3-45.7 297 10.6 9.0-12.5 458 15.5 13.6-17.6 647 23.4 21.1-25.9 292 7.5 6.3- 8.9
Female 5,081 3,022 54.5 52.2-56.7 542 12.0 10.5-13.7 631 15.1 13.5-16.9 687 15.3 13.8-17.0 199 3.0 2.5- 3.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 149 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 20 11.4 6.4-19.4 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 8,067 4,385 49.1 47.3-50.8 813 11.0 9.9-12.2 1,069 15.3 14.0-16.6 1,313 19.4 18.0-20.9 487 5.2 4.6- 6.0
AGE
18-34 825 322 37.7 33.5-42.2 120 14.4 11.4-18.0 166 20.4 17.1-24.0 198 25.5 21.9-29.6 19 2.0 1.1- 3.4
35-44 1,018 426 43.7 39.4-48.2 148 12.8 10.3-15.7 190 16.9 14.0-20.1 217 21.9 18.5-25.8 37 4.7 3.1- 7.0
45-54 1,460 659 45.3 41.5-49.2 179 12.3 10.0-15.0 236 17.4 14.6-20.6 312 20.1 17.1-23.4 74 5.0 3.7- 6.6
55-64 1,833 962 50.5 47.1-53.8 194 10.8 8.8-13.2 219 12.4 10.3-14.9 317 17.7 15.3-20.4 141 8.7 6.8-11.0
65-74 1,664 1,054 64.7 61.3-67.9 112 6.3 4.8- 8.2 179 10.5 8.6-12.7 186 10.8 8.9-13.1 133 7.8 6.2- 9.8
75+ 1,356 1,004 76.4 73.1-79.4 78 5.2 3.9- 7.0 91 4.8 3.7- 6.2 97 7.3 5.5- 9.6 86 6.2 4.6- 8.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 834 670 69.4 63.5-74.7 58 11.6 8.1-16.3 47 9.1 6.0-13.6 37 5.8 3.5- 9.6 22 4.1 2.3- 7.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,257 1,552 58.5 55.0-62.0 198 9.9 7.9-12.3 198 12.2 9.9-14.9 213 15.1 12.5-18.1 96 4.3 3.2- 5.8
Some Post-H.S. 2,116 1,170 48.3 45.0-51.6 237 12.3 10.2-14.7 298 16.1 13.9-18.6 294 18.7 16.0-21.8 117 4.6 3.5- 6.1
College Graduate 3,004 1,071 31.0 28.6-33.4 346 11.6 10.0-13.5 543 20.2 18.1-22.5 788 30.1 27.7-32.6 256 7.1 6.1- 8.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 783 596 65.3 59.2-71.0 64 11.0 7.5-15.9 53 10.6 7.3-15.3 47 10.0 6.5-15.1 23 3.0 1.6- 5.5
$15,000- 24,999 1,234 868 61.8 57.1-66.3 114 12.2 9.3-16.0 100 11.9 9.0-15.6 106 10.3 7.9-13.4 46 3.7 2.3- 5.8
$25,000- 34,999 789 477 54.8 49.1-60.3 80 11.5 8.4-15.4 105 15.8 11.9-20.6 82 13.0 9.5-17.6 45 5.0 3.1- 7.8
$35,000- 49,999 1,043 551 47.5 42.7-52.2 116 11.8 8.7-15.6 145 13.9 11.1-17.5 171 20.5 16.8-24.8 60 6.3 4.4- 9.0
$50,000- 74,999 1,090 491 44.7 40.0-49.4 129 11.5 8.9-14.8 178 17.0 13.9-20.7 210 21.2 17.3-25.6 82 5.6 4.0- 7.7
$75,000+ 1,881 557 28.6 25.6-31.7 218 12.2 10.0-14.7 375 19.9 17.3-22.8 563 32.1 28.9-35.5 168 7.2 5.8- 8.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,613 1,737 61.4 58.2-64.5 250 11.2 9.2-13.4 246 12.1 10.0-14.6 237 10.8 8.8-13.2 143 4.5 3.5- 5.8
No 5,581 2,715 44.5 42.4-46.6 587 11.5 10.1-12.9 840 16.5 15.0-18.1 1,091 22.2 20.5-24.0 348 5.4 4.6- 6.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,232 634 49.7 45.4-54.0 113 7.9 6.1-10.3 164 14.7 11.8-18.3 209 20.5 17.0-24.5 112 7.1 5.4- 9.3
Non-Veteran 6,994 3,840 48.9 47.0-50.8 726 11.9 10.6-13.3 925 15.4 14.0-16.8 1,125 19.0 17.5-20.6 378 4.9 4.2- 5.6

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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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