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| Total Respond.^ |
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 |
| -Piedmont NC | 2,604 | 2,000 | 71.9 | 69.6-74.1 | 209 | 9.7 | 8.2-11.4 | 131 | 5.9 | 4.8- 7.1 | 183 | 8.7 | 7.3-10.2 | 81 | 3.8 | 3.0- 5.0 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 1,234 | 870 | 66.6 | 63.2-69.8 | 102 | 10.1 | 8.1-12.6 | 81 | 6.7 | 5.2- 8.7 | 119 | 11.1 | 9.0-13.5 | 62 | 5.5 | 4.1- 7.3 |
| Female | 1,370 | 1,130 | 78.3 | 75.1-81.2 | 107 | 9.2 | 7.2-11.8 | 50 | 4.8 | 3.5- 6.6 | 64 | 5.8 | 4.4- 7.6 | 19 | 1.9 | 1.1- 3.4 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 2,058 | 1,594 | 71.9 | 69.3-74.5 | 168 | 10.2 | 8.5-12.3 | 97 | 5.6 | 4.4- 7.0 | 133 | 8.2 | 6.7- 9.9 | 66 | 4.1 | 3.1- 5.4 |
| African American | 360 | 283 | 75.8 | 69.7-81.0 | 24 | 7.5 | 4.6-12.0 | 19 | 6.4 | 3.7-10.7 | 27 | 7.9 | 5.1-12.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| Other minorities | 169 | 109 | 63.1 | 53.5-71.8 | 15 | 9.5 | 5.4-16.4 | 15 | 7.7 | 4.4-13.2 | 22 | 14.6 | 9.0-22.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 131 | *** | *** | *** | 12 | 12.9 | 7.0-22.5 | *** | *** | *** | 21 | 17.7 | 10.9-27.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 2,468 | 1,918 | 72.9 | 70.5-75.2 | 197 | 9.6 | 8.0-11.3 | 120 | 5.7 | 4.6- 7.0 | 162 | 8.2 | 6.9- 9.7 | 71 | 3.6 | 2.8- 4.7 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 577 | 343 | 58.0 | 53.1-62.7 | 86 | 14.9 | 11.7-18.8 | 46 | 8.2 | 6.0-11.2 | 68 | 12.4 | 9.6-15.9 | 34 | 6.5 | 4.5- 9.2 |
| 35-54 | 1,008 | 757 | 73.6 | 70.0-76.8 | 82 | 9.0 | 6.9-11.7 | 58 | 5.8 | 4.3- 7.7 | 77 | 8.4 | 6.6-10.8 | 34 | 3.2 | 2.2- 4.8 |
| 55-64 | 471 | 398 | 85.4 | 81.3-88.7 | 21 | 4.3 | 2.7- 7.0 | 17 | 3.6 | 2.0- 6.4 | 25 | 4.8 | 3.1- 7.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 344 | 304 | 88.7 | 84.2-92.1 | 18 | 4.4 | 2.5- 7.5 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 186 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 148 | 82 | 55.1 | 45.0-64.7 | 15 | 12.1 | 6.6-21.0 | 15 | 8.4 | 4.9-14.1 | 26 | 17.4 | 11.3-25.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 495 | 364 | 70.5 | 65.3-75.2 | 41 | 9.4 | 6.6-13.2 | 25 | 5.1 | 3.3- 7.8 | 39 | 8.7 | 6.1-12.4 | 26 | 6.4 | 4.1- 9.7 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 725 | 559 | 71.9 | 67.4-75.9 | 55 | 10.2 | 7.4-13.9 | 45 | 7.6 | 5.5-10.4 | 45 | 6.7 | 4.8- 9.3 | 21 | 3.6 | 2.2- 5.8 |
| College Graduate | 1,231 | 990 | 77.0 | 73.9-79.9 | 98 | 8.9 | 7.1-11.1 | 46 | 4.0 | 2.8- 5.7 | 73 | 8.1 | 6.3-10.5 | 24 | 1.9 | 1.2- 3.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 167 | 99 | 52.1 | 42.9-61.2 | 19 | 13.1 | 7.5-21.9 | *** | *** | *** | 27 | 21.6 | 14.5-31.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 298 | 208 | 64.4 | 57.1-71.2 | 28 | 12.1 | 8.1-17.8 | 17 | 5.6 | 3.1- 9.8 | 30 | 12.1 | 8.1-17.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 250 | 176 | 61.5 | 53.7-68.7 | 22 | 9.7 | 6.1-15.1 | 20 | 10.4 | 6.5-16.4 | 22 | 12.4 | 7.9-18.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 348 | 271 | 69.9 | 63.0-76.1 | 30 | 12.2 | 7.7-18.6 | 19 | 6.2 | 3.8-10.1 | 20 | 7.6 | 4.7-12.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000+ | 1,238 | 1,002 | 79.3 | 76.2-82.1 | 91 | 8.3 | 6.4-10.8 | 48 | 4.0 | 2.8- 5.6 | 68 | 5.7 | 4.4- 7.5 | 29 | 2.6 | 1.7- 4.0 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 451 | 361 | 76.3 | 70.9-81.0 | 25 | 6.0 | 3.8- 9.4 | 23 | 5.9 | 3.8- 9.2 | 27 | 7.6 | 5.0-11.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 2,147 | 1,635 | 71.2 | 68.7-73.7 | 184 | 10.4 | 8.7-12.3 | 108 | 5.9 | 4.7- 7.3 | 155 | 8.7 | 7.3-10.4 | 65 | 3.8 | 2.9- 5.0 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 365 | 298 | 77.7 | 72.0-82.5 | 21 | 7.6 | 4.8-11.9 | *** | *** | *** | 21 | 6.4 | 4.0-10.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 2,239 | 1,702 | 71.1 | 68.5-73.5 | 188 | 10.0 | 8.4-11.9 | 117 | 6.1 | 4.9- 7.5 | 162 | 9.0 | 7.5-10.7 | 70 | 3.8 | 2.9- 5.1 |
* 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.
Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene,
Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
**Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore,
Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.
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