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| Total Respond.^ |
Only one | Two | Three | Four | Five or more | |||||||||||
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| 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 |
| -Piedmont NC | 2,718 | 794 | 23.7 | 21.4-26.2 | 802 | 24.5 | 22.3-26.9 | 423 | 16.8 | 14.8-19.1 | 219 | 8.3 | 6.8-10.0 | 480 | 26.6 | 23.9-29.4 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 1,211 | 239 | 15.9 | 13.0-19.3 | 294 | 20.5 | 17.4-23.8 | 225 | 19.9 | 16.7-23.5 | 100 | 7.0 | 5.3- 9.2 | 353 | 36.8 | 32.7-41.1 |
| Female | 1,507 | 555 | 33.0 | 29.5-36.6 | 508 | 29.4 | 26.2-32.8 | 198 | 13.3 | 11.0-15.9 | 119 | 9.9 | 7.5-12.8 | 127 | 14.6 | 11.7-17.9 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 2,233 | 627 | 22.7 | 20.1-25.5 | 674 | 25.8 | 23.3-28.6 | 358 | 16.8 | 14.6-19.2 | 188 | 8.8 | 7.1-10.8 | 386 | 25.9 | 23.0-29.0 |
| African American | 335 | 117 | 28.7 | 22.5-35.7 | 94 | 21.9 | 16.7-28.3 | 49 | 20.6 | 14.5-28.5 | 20 | 4.7 | 2.6- 8.5 | 55 | 24.0 | 17.5-32.0 |
| Other minorities | 133 | 45 | 24.1 | 16.1-34.5 | 30 | 17.9 | 11.1-27.4 | 15 | 11.0 | 5.3-21.3 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 105 | 24 | 14.2 | 8.2-23.5 | 26 | 17.2 | 9.8-28.4 | 16 | 14.7 | 7.5-26.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 2,609 | 768 | 24.3 | 21.9-26.9 | 775 | 25.0 | 22.7-27.5 | 407 | 17.0 | 14.9-19.3 | 211 | 8.4 | 6.9-10.2 | 448 | 25.2 | 22.6-28.0 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 410 | 91 | 18.9 | 14.5-24.4 | 71 | 15.7 | 11.9-20.5 | 60 | 16.2 | 12.2-21.2 | 43 | 9.6 | 6.8-13.5 | 145 | 39.5 | 33.8-45.6 |
| 35-54 | 1,120 | 268 | 22.3 | 19.1-25.8 | 323 | 26.5 | 23.2-30.1 | 190 | 17.5 | 14.5-20.9 | 100 | 8.3 | 6.2-11.0 | 239 | 25.5 | 21.7-29.6 |
| 55-64 | 569 | 168 | 27.1 | 21.9-33.0 | 207 | 34.9 | 29.3-40.9 | 83 | 15.5 | 11.6-20.2 | 42 | 7.9 | 5.1-12.0 | 69 | 14.7 | 10.8-19.6 |
| 65-74 | 391 | 152 | 35.7 | 29.1-42.9 | 132 | 32.9 | 26.9-39.5 | 64 | 20.9 | 15.5-27.6 | 23 | 5.0 | 3.0- 8.2 | 20 | 5.4 | 3.1- 9.2 |
| 75+ | 204 | 102 | 52.4 | 42.3-62.3 | 62 | 29.5 | 21.3-39.3 | 23 | 11.5 | 6.9-18.4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 147 | *** | *** | *** | 30 | 17.9 | 10.6-28.7 | 17 | 10.2 | 5.2-19.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 506 | 148 | 23.8 | 18.4-30.1 | 125 | 20.4 | 16.1-25.6 | 77 | 17.4 | 13.0-23.0 | 36 | 7.0 | 4.5-10.7 | 120 | 31.4 | 25.4-38.1 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 644 | 203 | 25.3 | 21.0-30.2 | 186 | 25.0 | 20.7-29.9 | 104 | 19.4 | 15.1-24.5 | 41 | 7.8 | 4.8-12.2 | 110 | 22.6 | 17.9-28.0 |
| College Graduate | 1,418 | 398 | 22.5 | 19.7-25.5 | 461 | 28.2 | 25.0-31.5 | 224 | 16.0 | 13.6-18.9 | 131 | 10.2 | 8.1-12.7 | 204 | 23.1 | 19.9-26.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 162 | 49 | 21.9 | 14.0-32.5 | 33 | 11.0 | 6.7-17.6 | 20 | 12.5 | 6.6-22.4 | 13 | 7.5 | 3.6-15.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 305 | 102 | 24.7 | 18.5-32.1 | 84 | 24.7 | 18.5-32.1 | 41 | 13.8 | 9.0-20.8 | 24 | 11.0 | 6.4-18.3 | 54 | 25.8 | 18.5-34.8 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 211 | 69 | 20.4 | 14.1-28.7 | 52 | 26.5 | 18.8-36.0 | 31 | 22.4 | 14.3-33.4 | 17 | 5.7 | 3.1-10.4 | 42 | 24.9 | 16.9-35.0 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 325 | 113 | 24.9 | 19.1-31.7 | 88 | 25.4 | 19.0-33.1 | 46 | 15.6 | 10.5-22.5 | 16 | 4.8 | 2.4- 9.3 | 62 | 29.3 | 22.0-37.9 |
| $50,000+ | 1,389 | 343 | 22.4 | 19.3-26.0 | 437 | 25.5 | 22.3-28.9 | 236 | 17.6 | 14.8-20.7 | 131 | 9.9 | 7.7-12.7 | 242 | 24.6 | 21.1-28.5 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 565 | 193 | 30.2 | 24.4-36.6 | 161 | 25.0 | 20.0-30.7 | 85 | 14.0 | 10.4-18.6 | 33 | 4.0 | 2.5- 6.3 | 93 | 26.9 | 20.6-34.2 |
| No | 2,144 | 600 | 22.5 | 20.0-25.2 | 638 | 24.5 | 22.0-27.1 | 336 | 17.3 | 15.0-19.9 | 185 | 9.1 | 7.4-11.2 | 385 | 26.5 | 23.6-29.6 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 356 | 103 | 25.4 | 19.2-32.7 | 105 | 28.7 | 22.0-36.5 | 62 | 18.8 | 13.5-25.5 | 29 | 8.3 | 4.8-13.8 | 57 | 18.9 | 13.5-25.8 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,361 | 691 | 23.6 | 21.1-26.2 | 697 | 24.1 | 21.7-26.6 | 361 | 16.6 | 14.4-19.1 | 190 | 8.3 | 6.8-10.2 | 422 | 27.4 | 24.6-30.5 |
*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).
Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick,
Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene,
Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow,
Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
**Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham,
Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore,
Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.
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