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None | Once | Twice | 3-7 times | 8-30 times | |||||||||||
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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 | 4,639 | 3,551 | 70.9 | 69.1-72.6 | 368 | 9.6 | 8.5-10.9 | 243 | 6.2 | 5.4- 7.2 | 317 | 8.9 | 7.9-10.1 | 160 | 4.4 | 3.6- 5.2 |
-MALES | 2,221 | 1,551 | 64.8 | 62.3-67.3 | 192 | 10.2 | 8.6-12.0 | 148 | 7.1 | 5.9- 8.5 | 210 | 11.9 | 10.2-13.7 | 120 | 6.0 | 4.9- 7.4 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 1,675 | 1,186 | 66.0 | 63.1-68.8 | 146 | 10.5 | 8.7-12.6 | 101 | 6.3 | 5.1- 7.9 | 143 | 10.5 | 8.8-12.6 | 99 | 6.6 | 5.3- 8.3 |
African American | 300 | 217 | 66.6 | 59.6-73.0 | 18 | 7.2 | 4.1-12.5 | 25 | 8.8 | 5.5-13.8 | 32 | 14.0 | 9.7-19.7 | *** | *** | *** |
Other Minorities | 234 | 138 | 52.8 | 44.6-60.8 | 27 | 13.0 | 8.3-19.8 | 22 | 9.8 | 6.1-15.3 | 34 | 17.8 | 12.0-25.7 | *** | *** | *** |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-34 | 514 | 254 | 49.7 | 44.7-54.7 | 84 | 15.8 | 12.6-19.7 | 51 | 9.1 | 6.7-12.2 | 84 | 17.5 | 14.0-21.5 | 41 | 7.9 | 5.6-10.9 |
35-44 | 414 | 260 | 62.1 | 56.5-67.5 | 38 | 9.2 | 6.1-13.7 | 37 | 8.8 | 6.2-12.5 | 52 | 12.3 | 9.1-16.3 | 27 | 7.5 | 4.9-11.3 |
45-54 | 381 | 272 | 70.2 | 64.4-75.4 | 29 | 8.4 | 5.5-12.8 | 19 | 4.8 | 3.0- 7.7 | 38 | 11.4 | 8.1-16.0 | 23 | 5.1 | 3.2- 8.0 |
55-64 | 414 | 329 | 81.6 | 76.9-85.6 | 26 | 5.2 | 3.2- 8.2 | 25 | 5.2 | 3.2- 8.4 | 18 | 4.5 | 2.6- 7.8 | 16 | 3.5 | 2.0- 6.0 |
65-74 | 330 | 278 | 83.2 | 77.5-87.7 | *** | *** | *** | 15 | 4.4 | 2.4- 7.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
75+ | 156 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 182 | 96 | 48.3 | 39.7-57.0 | 18 | 13.2 | 7.8-21.5 | 17 | 7.9 | 4.7-12.9 | 33 | 20.3 | 14.2-28.1 | 18 | 10.4 | 6.3-16.7 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 534 | 350 | 62.7 | 57.6-67.6 | 54 | 10.0 | 7.5-13.4 | 38 | 6.9 | 4.8- 9.8 | 57 | 13.2 | 9.9-17.3 | 35 | 7.2 | 4.9-10.4 |
Some Post-H.S. | 593 | 408 | 64.5 | 59.7-69.1 | 47 | 10.1 | 7.3-13.9 | 43 | 8.6 | 6.2-11.8 | 57 | 10.1 | 7.6-13.3 | 38 | 6.6 | 4.6- 9.4 |
College Graduate | 908 | 693 | 73.3 | 69.5-76.7 | 73 | 9.2 | 7.1-11.8 | 50 | 5.3 | 3.8- 7.3 | 63 | 9.4 | 7.1-12.2 | 29 | 2.9 | 1.8- 4.4 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 163 | 86 | 45.6 | 36.6-55.0 | 19 | 14.5 | 8.4-23.9 | 19 | 9.8 | 5.8-15.9 | 25 | 21.7 | 14.4-31.3 | *** | *** | *** |
$15,000- 24,999 | 271 | 157 | 52.5 | 45.2-59.8 | 33 | 15.5 | 10.7-21.8 | 20 | 7.0 | 4.1-11.8 | 40 | 16.7 | 11.9-22.9 | 21 | 8.3 | 5.0-13.3 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 227 | 152 | 61.1 | 53.3-68.4 | 20 | 9.3 | 5.7-14.8 | 14 | 7.3 | 4.1-12.6 | 28 | 15.2 | 10.3-21.9 | *** | *** | *** |
$35,000- 49,999 | 303 | 217 | 66.0 | 58.8-72.5 | 23 | 11.5 | 6.9-18.6 | 20 | 6.8 | 4.1-11.0 | 29 | 11.1 | 7.4-16.1 | 14 | 4.7 | 2.6- 8.3 |
$50,000- 74,999 | 331 | 245 | 71.3 | 65.0-77.0 | 29 | 8.6 | 5.7-12.9 | 16 | 6.2 | 3.6-10.5 | 21 | 8.1 | 5.1-12.8 | 20 | 5.7 | 3.3- 9.7 |
$75,000+ | 709 | 534 | 73.3 | 69.1-77.2 | 54 | 8.1 | 6.0-10.9 | 45 | 5.5 | 3.9- 7.8 | 51 | 8.9 | 6.5-12.0 | 25 | 4.2 | 2.7- 6.5 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 424 | 323 | 73.0 | 67.4-78.0 | 30 | 8.4 | 5.5-12.4 | 22 | 4.8 | 2.9- 7.9 | 23 | 7.4 | 4.8-11.5 | 26 | 6.4 | 3.9-10.1 |
No | 1,790 | 1,224 | 63.4 | 60.6-66.2 | 162 | 10.5 | 8.8-12.6 | 126 | 7.5 | 6.1- 9.1 | 185 | 12.6 | 10.7-14.7 | 93 | 6.0 | 4.8- 7.5 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 657 | 528 | 75.7 | 71.3-79.6 | 35 | 7.1 | 4.9-10.1 | 31 | 5.7 | 3.8- 8.4 | 34 | 6.3 | 4.3- 9.2 | 29 | 5.3 | 3.4- 8.1 |
Non-Veteran | 1,564 | 1,023 | 61.5 | 58.5-64.5 | 157 | 11.1 | 9.3-13.4 | 117 | 7.5 | 6.1- 9.2 | 176 | 13.6 | 11.6-15.9 | 91 | 6.3 | 5.0- 7.9 |
* 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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