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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 |
-FEMALES | 2,362 | 873 | 33.1 | 30.8-35.5 | 785 | 32.5 | 30.1-34.9 | 308 | 13.1 | 11.4-14.9 | 183 | 8.6 | 7.0-10.4 | 213 | 12.8 | 11.0-14.8 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 1,867 | 697 | 32.4 | 29.9-35.1 | 627 | 33.1 | 30.4-35.8 | 244 | 13.2 | 11.4-15.3 | 137 | 8.6 | 6.8-10.9 | 162 | 12.7 | 10.7-15.0 |
African American | 351 | 116 | 31.6 | 25.8-38.1 | 118 | 32.3 | 26.8-38.3 | 49 | 13.7 | 9.6-19.2 | 31 | 7.9 | 5.3-11.5 | 37 | 14.5 | 10.3-20.1 |
Other Minorities | 125 | *** | *** | *** | 36 | 25.6 | 17.5-35.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-34 | 479 | 122 | 24.1 | 19.9-28.8 | 140 | 28.0 | 23.6-32.9 | 73 | 13.5 | 10.4-17.3 | 41 | 9.7 | 6.3-14.6 | 103 | 24.7 | 20.3-29.7 |
35-44 | 382 | 126 | 32.3 | 27.2-37.9 | 128 | 33.1 | 27.9-38.8 | 56 | 14.0 | 10.2-18.8 | 35 | 9.6 | 6.5-14.0 | 37 | 11.0 | 7.6-15.7 |
45-54 | 494 | 177 | 35.6 | 30.3-41.2 | 163 | 33.5 | 28.5-39.0 | 71 | 13.6 | 10.4-17.5 | 44 | 9.0 | 6.3-12.7 | 39 | 8.3 | 5.8-11.8 |
55-64 | 468 | 185 | 37.3 | 32.2-42.6 | 164 | 35.9 | 30.8-41.2 | 55 | 12.9 | 9.5-17.3 | 39 | 8.5 | 6.0-11.8 | 25 | 5.5 | 3.6- 8.3 |
65-74 | 351 | 152 | 41.7 | 35.7-47.9 | 134 | 39.8 | 33.9-46.0 | 38 | 11.5 | 7.7-16.8 | 21 | 5.2 | 3.2- 8.5 | *** | *** | *** |
75+ | 172 | 107 | 63.2 | 54.0-71.5 | 47 | 27.5 | 20.0-36.4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 89 | *** | *** | *** | 16 | 17.1 | 9.8-28.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 426 | 174 | 35.0 | 29.8-40.6 | 135 | 33.0 | 27.9-38.6 | 47 | 10.0 | 7.2-13.7 | 25 | 7.0 | 4.4-11.1 | 45 | 14.9 | 10.7-20.4 |
Some Post-H.S. | 714 | 254 | 31.5 | 27.6-35.7 | 237 | 32.2 | 28.1-36.5 | 94 | 13.3 | 10.4-16.8 | 64 | 10.4 | 7.3-14.7 | 65 | 12.6 | 9.6-16.3 |
College Graduate | 1,130 | 412 | 33.4 | 30.1-36.8 | 397 | 34.9 | 31.5-38.4 | 154 | 14.0 | 11.6-16.7 | 86 | 7.8 | 6.1-10.0 | 81 | 10.0 | 7.9-12.7 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 177 | 57 | 23.3 | 16.8-31.2 | 44 | 25.0 | 17.9-33.7 | 22 | 15.2 | 9.5-23.4 | 18 | 8.9 | 5.3-14.5 | 36 | 27.7 | 20.0-37.0 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 297 | 100 | 30.9 | 24.4-38.4 | 93 | 30.6 | 24.4-37.6 | 45 | 13.0 | 9.0-18.4 | 21 | 6.4 | 3.9-10.4 | 38 | 19.1 | 13.5-26.2 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 224 | 86 | 29.8 | 23.3-37.2 | 66 | 33.2 | 25.7-41.6 | 29 | 14.5 | 8.8-22.9 | 21 | 9.4 | 5.5-15.5 | 22 | 13.2 | 8.3-20.3 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 323 | 122 | 32.7 | 27.1-38.9 | 109 | 32.4 | 26.7-38.8 | 35 | 10.3 | 7.1-14.7 | 30 | 11.5 | 7.4-17.3 | 27 | 13.1 | 8.3-19.9 |
$50,000- 74,999 | 360 | 137 | 37.5 | 31.4-44.0 | 120 | 30.4 | 24.9-36.4 | 47 | 12.5 | 8.8-17.4 | *** | *** | *** | 28 | 11.1 | 7.3-16.4 |
$75,000+ | 669 | 215 | 30.6 | 26.5-35.1 | 262 | 37.5 | 33.1-42.1 | 104 | 15.6 | 12.5-19.4 | 47 | 8.6 | 5.8-12.5 | 41 | 7.7 | 5.3-11.0 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 449 | 191 | 41.1 | 34.9-47.6 | 123 | 26.5 | 21.5-32.2 | 59 | 13.1 | 9.6-17.7 | 39 | 9.5 | 6.4-13.9 | 37 | 9.7 | 6.8-13.8 |
No | 1,906 | 679 | 31.5 | 29.0-34.1 | 662 | 33.7 | 31.1-36.4 | 246 | 13.0 | 11.2-15.0 | 143 | 8.4 | 6.7-10.5 | 176 | 13.4 | 11.4-15.7 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 62 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Non-Veteran | 2,300 | 852 | 33.0 | 30.7-35.5 | 765 | 32.6 | 30.2-35.0 | 298 | 13.1 | 11.4-15.0 | 177 | 8.5 | 6.9-10.4 | 208 | 12.8 | 11.0-14.9 |
*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.
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