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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 | 4,624 | 2,165 | 40.3 | 38.6-42.1 | 1,402 | 30.8 | 29.1-32.5 | 471 | 12.6 | 11.3-14.1 | 198 | 5.2 | 4.4- 6.1 | 388 | 11.0 | 9.8-12.3 |
| -Eastern NC | 1,437 | 656 | 37.4 | 34.5-40.5 | 428 | 31.1 | 28.2-34.2 | 144 | 13.0 | 10.8-15.5 | 74 | 5.9 | 4.5- 7.7 | 135 | 12.6 | 10.3-15.3 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 708 | 241 | 27.6 | 24.0-31.6 | 226 | 32.5 | 28.4-36.9 | 88 | 14.8 | 11.7-18.5 | 51 | 7.6 | 5.5-10.3 | 102 | 17.4 | 14.0-21.5 |
| Female | 729 | 415 | 51.3 | 46.7-55.8 | 202 | 29.2 | 25.2-33.5 | 56 | 10.3 | 7.6-13.9 | 23 | 3.5 | 2.2- 5.6 | 33 | 5.7 | 3.7- 8.9 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 1,024 | 489 | 38.4 | 35.0-42.0 | 317 | 32.8 | 29.3-36.4 | 85 | 11.0 | 8.6-13.9 | 49 | 5.6 | 4.1- 7.7 | 84 | 12.2 | 9.5-15.5 |
| African American | 252 | 109 | 35.4 | 28.7-42.6 | 74 | 29.8 | 23.2-37.3 | 40 | 18.7 | 13.2-25.8 | 14 | 6.1 | 3.4-10.7 | 15 | 10.1 | 5.7-17.3 |
| Other minorities | 151 | *** | *** | *** | 35 | 23.8 | 16.2-33.5 | 18 | 13.8 | 7.6-23.8 | *** | *** | *** | 35 | 21.3 | 14.0-30.9 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 79 | *** | *** | *** | 19 | 21.8 | 13.5-33.4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,356 | 627 | 37.7 | 34.7-40.9 | 408 | 31.7 | 28.6-34.9 | 133 | 12.9 | 10.7-15.6 | 73 | 6.2 | 4.8- 8.1 | 115 | 11.4 | 9.1-14.2 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 319 | 96 | 24.3 | 19.6-29.6 | 96 | 31.8 | 26.2-37.9 | 48 | 17.6 | 13.1-23.3 | 22 | 6.5 | 4.1-10.1 | 57 | 19.8 | 15.0-25.8 |
| 35-54 | 507 | 212 | 39.3 | 34.5-44.4 | 160 | 31.3 | 26.7-36.2 | 57 | 12.4 | 9.3-16.4 | 30 | 6.8 | 4.5-10.0 | 48 | 10.2 | 7.3-14.1 |
| 55-64 | 274 | 140 | 47.3 | 40.3-54.4 | 83 | 33.2 | 26.8-40.4 | 23 | 8.2 | 5.2-12.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 229 | 144 | 57.6 | 49.2-65.6 | 60 | 27.8 | 21.2-35.5 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 100 | *** | *** | *** | 26 | 22.3 | 14.1-33.3 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 104 | 33 | 27.5 | 18.8-38.3 | 25 | 25.5 | 16.8-36.8 | 16 | 16.7 | 9.7-27.3 | *** | *** | *** | 24 | 25.2 | 16.4-36.6 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 343 | 144 | 31.8 | 26.4-37.7 | 93 | 28.9 | 23.4-35.2 | 41 | 14.7 | 10.3-20.4 | 20 | 6.8 | 4.2-10.9 | 45 | 17.8 | 12.8-24.2 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 426 | 198 | 39.1 | 33.7-44.7 | 123 | 31.1 | 25.9-36.8 | 46 | 14.2 | 10.3-19.3 | 21 | 4.8 | 2.8- 8.1 | 38 | 10.8 | 7.4-15.6 |
| College Graduate | 564 | 281 | 44.4 | 39.5-49.3 | 187 | 35.4 | 30.7-40.3 | 41 | 8.4 | 5.9-11.7 | 27 | 6.7 | 4.4-10.1 | 28 | 5.1 | 3.1- 8.5 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 123 | 49 | 30.8 | 21.7-41.8 | 28 | 21.8 | 13.6-33.0 | 15 | 18.9 | 10.9-30.9 | *** | *** | *** | 21 | 21.9 | 13.8-32.9 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 200 | 72 | 28.2 | 21.5-36.1 | 57 | 27.6 | 20.7-35.7 | 23 | 11.2 | 6.7-18.1 | *** | *** | *** | 34 | 24.6 | 17.2-33.9 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 142 | 70 | 40.0 | 30.8-50.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 212 | 96 | 35.3 | 28.3-43.1 | 55 | 28.3 | 21.3-36.4 | 25 | 18.1 | 11.9-26.4 | 13 | 7.9 | 4.3-14.0 | 23 | 10.4 | 6.2-16.9 |
| $50,000+ | 594 | 283 | 41.4 | 36.8-46.2 | 199 | 34.4 | 29.9-39.2 | 55 | 12.2 | 9.0-16.2 | 26 | 5.1 | 3.2- 8.0 | 31 | 6.9 | 4.3-10.8 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 306 | 151 | 42.3 | 35.4-49.4 | 79 | 30.0 | 23.6-37.4 | 27 | 11.6 | 7.5-17.7 | 19 | 7.1 | 4.1-12.0 | 30 | 9.0 | 5.6-14.1 |
| No | 1,125 | 502 | 36.4 | 33.2-39.8 | 348 | 31.5 | 28.2-34.9 | 116 | 13.0 | 10.6-15.9 | 55 | 5.7 | 4.2- 7.6 | 104 | 13.4 | 10.8-16.6 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 265 | 116 | 36.4 | 29.8-43.6 | 86 | 36.7 | 29.7-44.3 | 31 | 11.5 | 7.6-16.9 | *** | *** | *** | 19 | 10.1 | 5.6-17.6 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,172 | 540 | 37.6 | 34.3-41.1 | 342 | 29.9 | 26.7-33.3 | 113 | 13.3 | 10.8-16.2 | 61 | 6.0 | 4.5- 8.1 | 116 | 13.2 | 10.7-16.2 |
* This question was 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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