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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 | 4,624 | 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 |
-FEMALES | 2,404 | 1,381 | 52.6 | 50.0-55.1 | 690 | 29.8 | 27.5-32.2 | 176 | 9.7 | 8.0-11.6 | 61 | 2.8 | 2.1- 3.8 | 96 | 5.1 | 4.0- 6.6 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 1,892 | 1,104 | 52.6 | 49.7-55.5 | 559 | 31.1 | 28.5-33.9 | 123 | 9.2 | 7.4-11.5 | 37 | 2.2 | 1.5- 3.2 | 69 | 4.8 | 3.6- 6.4 |
African American | 367 | 193 | 48.7 | 42.4-55.1 | 96 | 27.2 | 21.8-33.4 | 42 | 12.5 | 8.9-17.4 | 19 | 5.0 | 3.0- 8.3 | 17 | 6.5 | 3.7-11.2 |
Other Minorities | 125 | 71 | 66.1 | 55.5-75.3 | 33 | 21.9 | 14.7-31.3 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-34 | 483 | 211 | 41.3 | 36.2-46.6 | 145 | 28.2 | 23.8-33.0 | 71 | 16.9 | 12.9-21.8 | 21 | 4.3 | 2.7- 6.7 | 35 | 9.4 | 6.6-13.2 |
35-44 | 388 | 196 | 48.8 | 43.0-54.7 | 141 | 37.8 | 32.2-43.7 | 30 | 7.3 | 4.7-11.2 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
45-54 | 506 | 284 | 56.7 | 51.2-62.0 | 148 | 29.4 | 24.7-34.5 | 38 | 7.6 | 5.3-10.8 | *** | *** | *** | 23 | 3.3 | 1.9- 5.4 |
55-64 | 467 | 294 | 60.9 | 55.5-66.1 | 119 | 27.0 | 22.3-32.2 | 27 | 6.7 | 4.3-10.5 | *** | *** | *** | 16 | 3.5 | 2.0- 5.9 |
65-74 | 360 | 245 | 65.0 | 58.8-70.8 | 99 | 29.8 | 24.4-35.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
75+ | 180 | 139 | 80.0 | 71.9-86.2 | 32 | 15.4 | 10.0-23.1 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 95 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 14 | 16.2 | 8.8-28.0 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 438 | 243 | 50.4 | 44.7-56.2 | 116 | 28.5 | 23.5-34.0 | 39 | 9.6 | 6.5-13.9 | *** | *** | *** | 29 | 9.0 | 5.9-13.6 |
Some Post-H.S. | 724 | 413 | 50.8 | 46.2-55.3 | 199 | 29.7 | 25.6-34.0 | 64 | 12.3 | 9.0-16.5 | 21 | 2.8 | 1.7- 4.6 | 27 | 4.5 | 2.9- 7.0 |
College Graduate | 1,144 | 680 | 56.8 | 53.2-60.4 | 354 | 31.8 | 28.6-35.3 | 62 | 7.1 | 5.4- 9.4 | 22 | 2.2 | 1.3- 3.6 | 26 | 2.0 | 1.2- 3.4 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 181 | 81 | 36.4 | 28.5-45.1 | 50 | 28.8 | 21.4-37.5 | 24 | 17.7 | 11.6-26.1 | 14 | 10.0 | 5.7-17.0 | *** | *** | *** |
$15,000- 24,999 | 310 | 161 | 50.4 | 43.1-57.6 | 87 | 27.0 | 21.4-33.4 | 28 | 8.4 | 5.4-12.9 | *** | *** | *** | 22 | 10.6 | 6.4-16.8 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 227 | 130 | 47.0 | 39.0-55.2 | 68 | 36.1 | 28.1-44.9 | 15 | 8.6 | 4.9-14.7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$35,000- 49,999 | 330 | 187 | 49.4 | 42.9-56.0 | 89 | 29.2 | 23.5-35.6 | 28 | 11.6 | 7.6-17.3 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$50,000- 74,999 | 362 | 217 | 55.6 | 48.6-62.4 | 98 | 26.3 | 21.1-32.2 | 25 | 11.2 | 6.2-19.5 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$75,000+ | 675 | 400 | 57.4 | 52.6-62.0 | 219 | 32.6 | 28.4-37.2 | 38 | 7.4 | 5.0-10.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 459 | 268 | 55.5 | 49.2-61.7 | 117 | 26.7 | 21.6-32.6 | 31 | 8.6 | 5.7-12.9 | 21 | 4.9 | 3.0- 7.9 | 22 | 4.3 | 2.5- 7.2 |
No | 1,937 | 1,110 | 52.0 | 49.2-54.8 | 569 | 30.4 | 27.9-33.0 | 144 | 9.9 | 8.0-12.1 | 40 | 2.4 | 1.7- 3.4 | 74 | 5.3 | 4.0- 7.0 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 64 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Non-Veteran | 2,340 | 1,347 | 52.5 | 49.8-55.1 | 669 | 29.7 | 27.4-32.2 | 172 | 9.8 | 8.1-11.7 | 58 | 2.8 | 2.1- 3.8 | 94 | 5.2 | 4.0- 6.7 |
* 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.
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