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| Total Respond.^ |
No drinks | 1-2 days | 3-7 days | 8-29 days | Everyday | |||||||||||
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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 | 11,479 | 6,712 | 54.3 | 53.1-55.5 | 1,294 | 12.7 | 11.9-13.5 | 1,490 | 15.0 | 14.1-15.9 | 1,476 | 14.1 | 13.3-14.9 | 507 | 4.0 | 3.6- 4.4 |
| -Eastern NC | 3,788 | 2,302 | 54.7 | 52.6-56.8 | 420 | 13.4 | 12.0-15.0 | 466 | 14.0 | 12.6-15.6 | 434 | 13.5 | 12.0-15.0 | 166 | 4.4 | 3.6- 5.4 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 1,438 | 697 | 44.3 | 41.0-47.6 | 179 | 13.8 | 11.7-16.3 | 229 | 17.2 | 14.9-19.8 | 231 | 17.9 | 15.5-20.6 | 102 | 6.8 | 5.3- 8.6 |
| Female | 2,350 | 1,605 | 64.4 | 61.8-66.9 | 241 | 13.1 | 11.2-15.1 | 237 | 11.1 | 9.6-12.8 | 203 | 9.3 | 7.9-10.9 | 64 | 2.2 | 1.6- 3.0 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 2,375 | 1,327 | 51.9 | 49.4-54.5 | 268 | 12.9 | 11.3-14.8 | 310 | 14.5 | 12.7-16.4 | 327 | 15.0 | 13.3-17.0 | 143 | 5.6 | 4.6- 7.0 |
| African American | 846 | 581 | 61.1 | 56.6-65.4 | 91 | 13.1 | 10.3-16.5 | 100 | 13.8 | 11.0-17.2 | 62 | 10.8 | 8.1-14.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| Other minorities | 536 | 375 | 55.4 | 48.6-62.1 | 58 | 17.8 | 12.8-24.1 | 54 | 12.2 | 8.7-16.9 | 41 | 10.3 | 6.9-14.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 197 | 117 | 59.1 | 50.8-66.8 | 37 | 20.0 | 14.2-27.4 | 26 | 13.3 | 8.8-19.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 3,581 | 2,178 | 54.4 | 52.2-56.5 | 382 | 13.0 | 11.5-14.6 | 440 | 14.1 | 12.6-15.7 | 418 | 14.0 | 12.5-15.6 | 163 | 4.6 | 3.8- 5.6 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 610 | 272 | 42.9 | 38.3-47.6 | 99 | 16.2 | 13.1-20.0 | 124 | 19.8 | 16.4-23.7 | 98 | 17.1 | 13.8-20.9 | 17 | 4.0 | 2.4- 6.6 |
| 35-54 | 1,135 | 620 | 52.3 | 48.7-55.8 | 168 | 16.2 | 13.7-19.1 | 167 | 14.3 | 12.1-16.8 | 148 | 14.1 | 11.8-16.8 | 32 | 3.2 | 2.2- 4.6 |
| 55-64 | 803 | 520 | 63.1 | 58.8-67.1 | 71 | 9.1 | 7.0-11.8 | 87 | 11.7 | 9.1-14.8 | 86 | 10.2 | 8.1-12.9 | 39 | 6.0 | 4.1- 8.7 |
| 65-74 | 698 | 463 | 64.0 | 59.4-68.5 | 56 | 8.9 | 6.5-12.1 | 59 | 7.9 | 5.9-10.5 | 78 | 13.7 | 10.5-17.8 | 42 | 5.4 | 3.8- 7.5 |
| 75+ | 500 | 394 | 76.6 | 71.3-81.1 | 24 | 6.8 | 4.0-11.4 | 24 | 5.2 | 3.3- 8.2 | 23 | 4.4 | 2.7- 7.1 | 35 | 7.0 | 4.8-10.2 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 491 | 381 | 68.6 | 62.6-74.0 | 39 | 13.7 | 9.8-18.9 | 33 | 7.6 | 5.1-11.3 | 29 | 6.1 | 3.9- 9.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,136 | 775 | 59.5 | 55.6-63.2 | 122 | 11.5 | 9.4-14.0 | 114 | 12.9 | 10.4-15.8 | 94 | 12.9 | 10.3-16.1 | 31 | 3.3 | 2.1- 5.0 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,067 | 630 | 52.6 | 48.8-56.5 | 123 | 14.3 | 11.7-17.3 | 126 | 14.8 | 12.2-17.9 | 126 | 13.0 | 10.5-15.9 | 62 | 5.3 | 3.9- 7.2 |
| College Graduate | 1,081 | 503 | 40.0 | 36.6-43.6 | 136 | 14.7 | 12.2-17.6 | 193 | 19.5 | 16.7-22.6 | 185 | 20.8 | 17.8-24.1 | 64 | 5.0 | 3.7- 6.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 492 | 365 | 64.3 | 57.9-70.2 | 43 | 12.9 | 8.8-18.4 | 43 | 10.5 | 7.2-15.1 | 36 | 10.3 | 7.0-14.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 661 | 456 | 59.4 | 54.1-64.5 | 68 | 14.4 | 11.0-18.7 | 63 | 11.2 | 8.4-14.8 | 56 | 11.6 | 8.5-15.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 426 | 277 | 59.3 | 53.0-65.4 | 54 | 16.4 | 12.1-21.9 | 37 | 9.5 | 6.5-13.8 | 39 | 10.4 | 7.1-15.1 | 19 | 4.3 | 2.5- 7.5 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 482 | 265 | 50.1 | 44.4-55.8 | 58 | 12.2 | 9.0-16.3 | 70 | 17.4 | 13.3-22.4 | 55 | 13.6 | 10.0-18.1 | 34 | 6.8 | 4.5-10.1 |
| $50,000+ | 1,065 | 460 | 40.3 | 36.7-44.0 | 132 | 13.1 | 10.8-15.7 | 197 | 19.4 | 16.6-22.6 | 205 | 21.2 | 18.2-24.5 | 71 | 6.0 | 4.4- 8.1 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 1,109 | 789 | 65.4 | 61.4-69.2 | 97 | 11.9 | 9.3-15.2 | 96 | 10.2 | 8.0-12.8 | 75 | 7.8 | 5.9-10.2 | 52 | 4.7 | 3.3- 6.6 |
| No | 2,659 | 1,499 | 51.2 | 48.7-53.7 | 320 | 13.9 | 12.3-15.8 | 369 | 15.3 | 13.6-17.2 | 357 | 15.2 | 13.5-17.1 | 114 | 4.4 | 3.4- 5.5 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 567 | 288 | 45.3 | 40.3-50.4 | 71 | 13.7 | 10.6-17.6 | 77 | 15.9 | 12.3-20.3 | 73 | 16.1 | 12.4-20.6 | 58 | 9.0 | 6.5-12.3 |
| Non-Veteran | 3,219 | 2,012 | 56.4 | 54.1-58.6 | 349 | 13.4 | 11.8-15.1 | 389 | 13.7 | 12.2-15.3 | 361 | 13.0 | 11.5-14.6 | 108 | 3.6 | 2.8- 4.6 |
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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