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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 |
-MALES | 2,145 | 431 | 16.8 | 15.1-18.8 | 524 | 21.7 | 19.7-23.9 | 381 | 18.7 | 16.7-21.0 | 190 | 8.5 | 7.2-10.1 | 619 | 34.2 | 31.7-36.8 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 1,631 | 326 | 16.5 | 14.5-18.7 | 396 | 21.5 | 19.2-24.0 | 303 | 20.0 | 17.6-22.7 | 143 | 8.2 | 6.8- 9.9 | 463 | 33.8 | 30.9-36.8 |
African American | 279 | 54 | 17.1 | 12.5-22.9 | 77 | 23.7 | 18.5-29.8 | 51 | 17.7 | 13.1-23.4 | 27 | 10.4 | 6.2-16.8 | 70 | 31.2 | 24.7-38.5 |
Other Minorities | 223 | 49 | 19.3 | 13.6-26.6 | 46 | 18.5 | 13.3-25.1 | 26 | 11.3 | 7.0-17.8 | 19 | 7.4 | 4.2-12.8 | 83 | 43.5 | 35.4-52.0 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-34 | 493 | 54 | 10.0 | 7.4-13.2 | 72 | 13.3 | 10.3-16.9 | 81 | 17.6 | 13.8-22.1 | 39 | 7.9 | 5.4-11.5 | 247 | 51.3 | 46.1-56.4 |
35-44 | 391 | 49 | 11.9 | 8.7-15.9 | 95 | 24.9 | 20.2-30.3 | 68 | 17.3 | 13.4-22.0 | 43 | 11.2 | 8.1-15.3 | 136 | 34.8 | 29.4-40.6 |
45-54 | 374 | 74 | 19.8 | 15.3-25.3 | 86 | 23.4 | 18.6-28.9 | 77 | 21.7 | 17.0-27.2 | 32 | 6.5 | 4.5- 9.4 | 105 | 28.7 | 23.5-34.4 |
55-64 | 405 | 95 | 22.1 | 17.7-27.2 | 117 | 27.5 | 22.7-32.8 | 79 | 22.8 | 17.9-28.6 | 36 | 10.0 | 7.0-14.0 | 78 | 17.6 | 13.6-22.4 |
65-74 | 323 | 99 | 29.7 | 24.1-36.1 | 94 | 31.3 | 25.2-38.0 | 56 | 16.9 | 12.6-22.4 | 28 | 7.5 | 4.9-11.1 | 46 | 14.6 | 10.3-20.2 |
75+ | 150 | *** | *** | *** | 57 | 32.9 | 24.5-42.7 | 19 | 12.7 | 7.1-21.7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 182 | 39 | 17.4 | 12.2-24.3 | 28 | 15.4 | 10.2-22.5 | 22 | 10.5 | 6.6-16.2 | *** | *** | *** | 80 | 47.3 | 38.7-56.1 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 505 | 91 | 15.0 | 11.9-18.7 | 129 | 23.0 | 19.0-27.6 | 77 | 18.1 | 14.0-23.2 | 35 | 6.0 | 4.2- 8.5 | 173 | 37.9 | 32.9-43.1 |
Some Post-H.S. | 566 | 122 | 17.4 | 14.1-21.3 | 138 | 21.0 | 17.4-25.1 | 94 | 19.0 | 15.3-23.4 | 52 | 8.6 | 6.3-11.5 | 160 | 34.0 | 29.2-39.2 |
College Graduate | 889 | 178 | 17.3 | 14.5-20.6 | 228 | 23.9 | 20.6-27.5 | 188 | 22.3 | 19.0-26.0 | 89 | 9.9 | 7.8-12.5 | 206 | 26.5 | 23.1-30.3 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 156 | 35 | 14.6 | 9.8-21.2 | 24 | 16.6 | 10.7-25.0 | 15 | 10.3 | 5.8-17.7 | *** | *** | *** | 70 | 51.3 | 41.7-60.8 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 255 | 41 | 14.9 | 10.5-20.8 | 57 | 15.8 | 11.7-20.9 | 36 | 14.7 | 10.3-20.5 | *** | *** | *** | 102 | 45.8 | 38.5-53.4 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 212 | 49 | 20.4 | 15.0-27.0 | 48 | 20.1 | 14.6-27.1 | 33 | 16.3 | 11.1-23.1 | 16 | 7.2 | 4.3-12.0 | 66 | 36.0 | 28.7-44.0 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 296 | 48 | 14.5 | 10.4-19.9 | 78 | 20.9 | 16.2-26.5 | 64 | 24.6 | 19.1-31.0 | 24 | 7.2 | 4.5-11.2 | 82 | 32.8 | 26.2-40.1 |
$50,000- 74,999 | 325 | 72 | 18.1 | 13.8-23.3 | 82 | 24.3 | 19.1-30.3 | 55 | 19.6 | 14.4-26.0 | 32 | 9.4 | 6.3-13.8 | 84 | 28.6 | 22.9-35.2 |
$75,000+ | 694 | 122 | 15.0 | 12.1-18.5 | 189 | 26.8 | 22.8-31.1 | 147 | 20.8 | 17.2-24.9 | 71 | 10.0 | 7.7-12.9 | 165 | 27.4 | 23.2-32.1 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 413 | 117 | 25.7 | 20.9-31.1 | 116 | 24.1 | 19.7-29.1 | 59 | 16.5 | 12.3-21.9 | 32 | 8.5 | 5.7-12.4 | 89 | 25.2 | 20.2-31.0 |
No | 1,725 | 312 | 15.3 | 13.4-17.4 | 407 | 21.3 | 19.1-23.7 | 322 | 19.2 | 16.9-21.7 | 158 | 8.6 | 7.1-10.3 | 526 | 35.7 | 32.9-38.6 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 633 | 174 | 23.0 | 19.6-26.9 | 184 | 25.8 | 22.0-30.0 | 104 | 19.3 | 15.6-23.6 | 58 | 9.5 | 7.1-12.6 | 113 | 22.4 | 18.5-26.9 |
Non-Veteran | 1,512 | 257 | 14.9 | 12.9-17.2 | 340 | 20.5 | 18.1-23.0 | 277 | 18.6 | 16.2-21.2 | 132 | 8.2 | 6.6-10.1 | 506 | 37.8 | 34.8-41.0 |
*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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