2012 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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 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
-AFRICAN AMERICANS 2,128 1,426 60.8 58.0-63.5 242 12.8 11.0-14.8 266 14.5 12.5-16.6 157 10.1 8.5-12.0 37 1.9 1.3- 2.8
GENDER
Male 718 401 52.7 48.2-57.3 82 11.4 8.9-14.5 121 17.8 14.5-21.8 89 15.1 12.1-18.7 25 2.9 1.9- 4.6
Female 1,410 1,025 67.4 64.1-70.6 160 14.0 11.6-16.7 145 11.6 9.6-14.0 68 5.9 4.5- 7.8 *** *** ***
HISPANIC
Hispanic 54 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 2,069 1,383 60.2 57.3-62.9 236 13.0 11.2-15.0 262 14.7 12.8-17.0 151 10.1 8.5-12.1 37 2.0 1.3- 2.9
AGE
18-34 450 226 49.6 44.2-55.0 67 13.6 10.5-17.3 95 21.1 16.9-26.1 58 15.0 11.6-19.4 *** *** ***
35-44 316 183 54.3 47.6-60.9 50 16.4 12.1-22.0 54 18.4 13.7-24.3 25 9.7 6.3-14.6 *** *** ***
45-54 406 260 62.1 55.8-68.0 48 13.1 9.0-18.7 55 11.5 8.4-15.4 31 9.3 6.3-13.6 *** *** ***
55-64 444 328 73.5 68.1-78.3 50 11.9 8.6-16.1 37 8.5 5.8-12.3 21 3.9 2.3- 6.5 *** *** ***
65-74 306 241 76.6 69.0-82.9 23 8.3 4.9-13.6 17 3.7 2.1- 6.4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 176 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 343 263 65.6 57.8-72.6 25 12.1 7.7-18.7 28 11.5 6.9-18.5 22 8.7 5.3-13.9 *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 661 464 63.7 58.8-68.3 68 10.2 7.8-13.3 74 13.7 10.7-17.4 46 11.0 8.0-15.0 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 624 408 59.3 54.3-64.1 82 14.4 11.3-18.1 72 14.2 10.9-18.4 46 9.5 6.9-12.9 16 2.6 1.5- 4.6
College Graduate 491 283 52.5 46.8-58.1 66 15.1 11.5-19.6 92 19.8 15.7-24.5 43 11.4 8.2-15.6 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 400 298 66.3 59.6-72.4 32 9.9 6.7-14.5 35 11.9 7.7-17.8 25 7.4 4.6-11.7 *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 484 322 59.1 53.0-64.9 58 14.1 10.3-18.9 62 15.5 11.2-21.0 32 9.5 6.4-13.8 *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 274 181 59.1 51.5-66.3 32 12.3 8.2-18.1 36 17.2 12.0-24.2 21 9.7 6.0-15.2 *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 227 131 58.1 50.0-65.8 31 14.0 9.3-20.5 37 14.7 10.1-20.8 22 10.8 6.6-17.1 *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 207 116 50.6 41.9-59.2 33 15.8 10.8-22.5 35 17.8 12.2-25.3 20 15.3 9.6-23.6 *** *** ***
$75,000+ 188 95 47.8 39.1-56.6 26 14.4 9.1-22.1 38 19.0 13.3-26.5 25 16.8 11.1-24.7 *** *** ***
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 563 432 70.2 64.6-75.4 49 13.1 9.1-18.4 50 10.2 7.4-14.0 20 3.5 2.0- 6.0 *** *** ***
No 1,553 985 58.1 54.9-61.2 191 12.7 10.8-14.9 215 15.6 13.3-18.3 137 11.9 9.9-14.3 25 1.6 1.0- 2.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 257 142 53.4 45.8-60.9 34 11.4 7.6-16.6 36 15.0 10.3-21.3 31 15.7 10.6-22.6 *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 1,870 1,283 61.8 58.8-64.7 208 13.0 11.1-15.2 230 14.4 12.3-16.7 126 9.3 7.6-11.3 23 1.5 1.0- 2.5

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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.

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