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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 | 4,507 | 1,304 | 24.1 | 22.6-25.6 | 1,309 | 26.5 | 25.0-28.1 | 689 | 16.2 | 14.8-17.7 | 373 | 8.6 | 7.5- 9.7 | 832 | 24.7 | 23.0-26.4 |
| -Eastern NC | 1,394 | 401 | 23.4 | 20.9-26.1 | 412 | 27.4 | 24.6-30.3 | 196 | 14.6 | 12.4-17.1 | 116 | 7.9 | 6.4- 9.7 | 269 | 26.7 | 23.7-30.0 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 682 | 139 | 16.2 | 13.2-19.6 | 167 | 22.4 | 18.9-26.3 | 114 | 17.2 | 14.0-20.9 | 63 | 8.6 | 6.5-11.2 | 199 | 35.7 | 31.2-40.4 |
| Female | 712 | 262 | 33.6 | 29.6-37.9 | 245 | 34.4 | 30.2-38.8 | 82 | 11.0 | 8.5-14.1 | 53 | 6.9 | 5.0- 9.5 | 70 | 14.1 | 10.8-18.2 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 1,001 | 294 | 23.5 | 20.7-26.6 | 296 | 27.4 | 24.2-30.9 | 143 | 15.7 | 13.0-18.8 | 81 | 7.3 | 5.7- 9.4 | 187 | 26.0 | 22.5-29.9 |
| African American | 240 | 57 | 20.5 | 15.0-27.4 | 81 | 28.7 | 22.6-35.6 | 35 | 12.2 | 8.1-17.8 | 24 | 10.1 | 6.5-15.4 | 43 | 28.6 | 21.3-37.1 |
| Other minorities | 144 | 47 | 29.4 | 20.2-40.6 | 33 | 24.7 | 16.6-35.1 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 37 | 27.2 | 18.5-38.0 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 71 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,322 | 381 | 23.3 | 20.7-26.1 | 394 | 27.5 | 24.7-30.5 | 190 | 15.1 | 12.8-17.7 | 109 | 7.8 | 6.3- 9.7 | 248 | 26.2 | 23.1-29.7 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 318 | 54 | 15.2 | 11.3-20.0 | 80 | 23.1 | 18.3-28.6 | 52 | 15.2 | 11.3-20.2 | 25 | 6.3 | 4.1- 9.6 | 107 | 40.2 | 34.1-46.7 |
| 35-54 | 488 | 137 | 24.8 | 20.7-29.4 | 136 | 28.3 | 23.9-33.2 | 70 | 15.1 | 11.7-19.3 | 44 | 9.1 | 6.5-12.6 | 101 | 22.7 | 18.5-27.5 |
| 55-64 | 273 | 87 | 28.1 | 22.5-34.6 | 89 | 30.4 | 24.5-37.0 | 37 | 15.8 | 11.0-22.3 | 23 | 9.3 | 5.8-14.5 | 37 | 16.3 | 11.1-23.4 |
| 65-74 | 218 | 84 | 38.6 | 30.9-46.9 | 73 | 33.6 | 26.2-41.8 | 25 | 9.3 | 6.0-14.2 | 17 | 7.1 | 4.2-11.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 92 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 92 | 23 | 21.8 | 13.5-33.1 | 18 | 20.2 | 12.3-31.4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 335 | 101 | 19.7 | 15.6-24.6 | 89 | 24.9 | 19.8-30.9 | 42 | 14.8 | 10.6-20.2 | 22 | 6.5 | 4.1-10.1 | 81 | 34.1 | 27.7-41.1 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 415 | 118 | 24.8 | 20.3-30.0 | 127 | 29.9 | 24.9-35.4 | 58 | 13.4 | 9.8-18.1 | 34 | 7.3 | 4.9-10.8 | 78 | 24.6 | 19.5-30.6 |
| College Graduate | 552 | 159 | 25.6 | 21.6-30.1 | 178 | 29.0 | 24.8-33.6 | 84 | 16.5 | 13.0-20.6 | 52 | 10.1 | 7.5-13.6 | 79 | 18.8 | 14.8-23.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 122 | 34 | 19.2 | 11.9-29.6 | 27 | 23.9 | 15.3-35.3 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 185 | 45 | 18.8 | 13.1-26.2 | 47 | 23.6 | 17.2-31.3 | 30 | 12.3 | 7.8-18.9 | *** | *** | *** | 48 | 38.9 | 30.2-48.4 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 135 | 39 | 22.9 | 15.8-32.0 | 41 | 31.6 | 22.4-42.4 | 16 | 14.6 | 8.2-24.9 | *** | *** | *** | 28 | 22.3 | 15.0-31.8 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 207 | 51 | 18.9 | 13.7-25.4 | 68 | 29.5 | 22.6-37.6 | 30 | 18.0 | 12.4-25.5 | 21 | 10.5 | 6.5-16.6 | 37 | 23.1 | 16.2-31.8 |
| $50,000+ | 588 | 165 | 24.4 | 20.7-28.6 | 189 | 29.5 | 25.3-34.0 | 90 | 15.0 | 11.8-18.9 | 45 | 7.4 | 5.3-10.3 | 99 | 23.6 | 19.2-28.7 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 300 | 97 | 28.4 | 22.5-35.2 | 83 | 27.0 | 21.2-33.7 | 44 | 14.6 | 10.3-20.3 | 26 | 9.5 | 5.9-14.9 | 50 | 20.5 | 14.9-27.4 |
| No | 1,088 | 301 | 22.3 | 19.6-25.3 | 329 | 27.6 | 24.5-30.8 | 151 | 14.7 | 12.2-17.5 | 90 | 7.6 | 6.0- 9.6 | 217 | 27.9 | 24.4-31.6 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 255 | 70 | 20.4 | 15.6-26.2 | 72 | 27.1 | 21.0-34.3 | 38 | 15.1 | 10.4-21.4 | 25 | 10.7 | 7.0-16.1 | 50 | 26.7 | 19.9-34.7 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,139 | 331 | 24.1 | 21.2-27.2 | 340 | 27.4 | 24.4-30.7 | 158 | 14.5 | 12.1-17.3 | 91 | 7.2 | 5.7- 9.2 | 219 | 26.7 | 23.4-30.4 |
*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 2012 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.
***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2012 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.
**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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