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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 |
-WHITES | 3,498 | 1,023 | 23.8 | 22.2-25.5 | 1,023 | 26.8 | 25.0-28.7 | 547 | 16.9 | 15.3-18.6 | 280 | 8.4 | 7.2- 9.7 | 625 | 24.1 | 22.2-26.1 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 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 |
Female | 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 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
Hispanic | 64 | 14 | 15.8 | 8.6-27.4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Non-Hispanic | 3,431 | 1,008 | 23.9 | 22.3-25.7 | 1,005 | 26.9 | 25.1-28.8 | 539 | 17.0 | 15.4-18.8 | 275 | 8.3 | 7.2- 9.6 | 604 | 23.8 | 21.9-25.8 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-34 | 630 | 104 | 14.5 | 11.7-17.8 | 136 | 19.0 | 15.8-22.6 | 99 | 17.0 | 13.7-21.1 | 49 | 8.0 | 5.6-11.4 | 242 | 41.4 | 36.9-46.0 |
35-44 | 559 | 119 | 18.9 | 15.6-22.7 | 154 | 28.6 | 24.3-33.2 | 91 | 15.2 | 12.2-18.9 | 62 | 11.5 | 8.7-15.1 | 133 | 25.8 | 21.6-30.5 |
45-54 | 674 | 199 | 26.5 | 22.8-30.6 | 187 | 28.1 | 24.1-32.4 | 122 | 19.2 | 15.7-23.2 | 57 | 7.9 | 5.9-10.5 | 109 | 18.3 | 15.0-22.2 |
55-64 | 731 | 224 | 28.4 | 24.7-32.4 | 242 | 31.6 | 27.7-35.7 | 120 | 19.2 | 15.8-23.2 | 60 | 8.6 | 6.5-11.3 | 85 | 12.3 | 9.6-15.6 |
65-74 | 592 | 220 | 35.0 | 30.6-39.6 | 198 | 34.0 | 29.6-38.6 | 85 | 15.1 | 11.8-19.1 | 43 | 6.6 | 4.7- 9.3 | 46 | 9.3 | 6.6-13.0 |
75+ | 297 | 153 | 53.1 | 45.9-60.3 | 97 | 31.3 | 25.1-38.2 | 30 | 10.6 | 6.7-16.3 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 127 | 32 | 17.5 | 11.6-25.5 | 22 | 16.9 | 10.5-26.0 | 18 | 15.7 | 9.7-24.5 | *** | *** | *** | 50 | 46.4 | 36.3-56.8 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 655 | 200 | 24.6 | 21.0-28.5 | 182 | 26.2 | 22.4-30.4 | 90 | 14.9 | 11.4-19.3 | 34 | 5.5 | 3.7- 8.1 | 149 | 28.8 | 24.6-33.4 |
Some Post-H.S. | 992 | 296 | 23.8 | 20.9-27.0 | 293 | 26.5 | 23.4-29.9 | 144 | 16.7 | 13.9-20.0 | 90 | 10.0 | 7.7-13.1 | 169 | 22.9 | 19.5-26.6 |
College Graduate | 1,721 | 494 | 24.3 | 22.0-26.9 | 525 | 28.9 | 26.3-31.6 | 295 | 18.3 | 16.0-20.8 | 150 | 9.0 | 7.5-10.8 | 257 | 19.5 | 17.1-22.0 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 194 | 54 | 17.7 | 12.7-24.0 | 39 | 19.5 | 13.6-27.1 | 19 | 10.4 | 6.3-16.8 | 14 | 7.2 | 4.0-12.7 | 68 | 45.2 | 36.8-53.9 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 326 | 91 | 22.1 | 17.3-27.9 | 84 | 19.9 | 15.3-25.4 | 46 | 14.7 | 10.5-20.2 | 24 | 5.3 | 3.3- 8.6 | 81 | 37.9 | 31.2-45.1 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 316 | 103 | 26.2 | 21.0-32.1 | 81 | 25.0 | 19.7-31.3 | 41 | 13.1 | 9.1-18.6 | 25 | 7.2 | 4.5-11.5 | 66 | 28.4 | 22.4-35.3 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 482 | 136 | 22.8 | 18.8-27.3 | 146 | 25.2 | 21.0-29.9 | 80 | 18.9 | 14.9-23.5 | 40 | 9.0 | 6.1-12.9 | 80 | 24.3 | 19.2-30.1 |
$50,000- 74,999 | 567 | 172 | 26.0 | 21.9-30.5 | 163 | 26.5 | 22.3-31.1 | 83 | 16.8 | 12.9-21.5 | 51 | 9.6 | 6.3-14.4 | 98 | 21.2 | 17.2-25.9 |
$75,000+ | 1,203 | 288 | 20.8 | 18.2-23.7 | 398 | 31.4 | 28.2-34.7 | 232 | 19.6 | 16.8-22.6 | 103 | 9.8 | 7.7-12.3 | 182 | 18.5 | 15.6-21.7 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 682 | 238 | 30.6 | 26.6-35.0 | 198 | 26.3 | 22.5-30.5 | 95 | 15.4 | 12.1-19.5 | 52 | 8.5 | 6.1-11.7 | 99 | 19.1 | 15.5-23.4 |
No | 2,806 | 782 | 22.4 | 20.7-24.3 | 825 | 27.0 | 25.0-29.1 | 449 | 17.2 | 15.4-19.1 | 228 | 8.4 | 7.1- 9.9 | 522 | 25.0 | 22.9-27.2 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 551 | 154 | 25.5 | 21.4-30.0 | 156 | 24.7 | 20.8-29.1 | 94 | 19.2 | 15.3-23.7 | 51 | 10.0 | 7.4-13.4 | 96 | 20.7 | 16.8-25.3 |
Non-Veteran | 2,947 | 869 | 23.5 | 21.7-25.3 | 867 | 27.2 | 25.2-29.2 | 453 | 16.5 | 14.8-18.4 | 229 | 8.1 | 6.9- 9.6 | 529 | 24.7 | 22.6-26.9 |
*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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