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| Total Respond.^ |
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 |
| -Western NC | 573 | 172 | 23.8 | 20.0-28.0 | 169 | 26.5 | 22.4-31.1 | 76 | 12.8 | 9.7-16.6 | 48 | 8.8 | 6.3-12.1 | 108 | 28.1 | 23.4-33.4 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 268 | 53 | 16.7 | 12.2-22.3 | 67 | 22.3 | 16.9-28.7 | 39 | 13.2 | 9.0-19.0 | 25 | 8.2 | 5.2-12.8 | 84 | 39.7 | 32.5-47.3 |
| Female | 305 | 119 | 32.8 | 26.8-39.4 | 102 | 32.0 | 26.1-38.6 | 37 | 12.2 | 8.3-17.6 | 23 | 9.6 | 6.0-15.0 | 24 | 13.4 | 8.8-19.8 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 479 | 148 | 24.5 | 20.3-29.2 | 142 | 26.8 | 22.4-31.7 | 67 | 13.1 | 9.8-17.2 | 37 | 8.2 | 5.6-11.8 | 85 | 27.4 | 22.3-33.1 |
| Other minorities | 88 | 22 | 21.0 | 12.7-32.7 | 25 | 23.0 | 14.3-34.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 13 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 557 | 167 | 23.8 | 20.0-28.2 | 164 | 26.1 | 22.0-30.6 | 75 | 13.2 | 10.0-17.2 | 48 | 9.2 | 6.6-12.6 | 103 | 27.7 | 22.9-33.1 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 104 | 19 | 15.5 | 9.4-24.5 | 21 | 18.4 | 11.6-27.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-54 | 168 | 40 | 19.6 | 13.9-27.0 | 53 | 28.8 | 21.6-37.3 | 26 | 16.0 | 10.4-23.9 | *** | *** | *** | 37 | 28.0 | 20.2-37.4 |
| 55-64 | 137 | 49 | 35.6 | 26.8-45.4 | 39 | 27.1 | 19.5-36.3 | 18 | 12.1 | 7.2-19.6 | *** | *** | *** | 20 | 17.0 | 10.5-26.3 |
| 65-74 | 115 | 42 | 28.8 | 20.7-38.5 | *** | *** | *** | 15 | 11.5 | 6.5-19.4 | 12 | 11.5 | 6.4-19.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 44 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 30 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 130 | 31 | 16.9 | 11.0-25.1 | 43 | 31.1 | 22.3-41.4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Some Post-H.S. | 159 | 46 | 26.2 | 19.2-34.6 | 48 | 23.2 | 16.9-30.9 | 19 | 14.1 | 8.5-22.6 | 18 | 12.0 | 7.3-19.3 | 28 | 24.5 | 17.0-34.0 |
| College Graduate | 252 | 83 | 26.7 | 21.0-33.2 | 72 | 28.4 | 22.3-35.5 | 45 | 18.1 | 13.1-24.5 | 21 | 8.5 | 5.1-13.9 | 31 | 18.3 | 12.7-25.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 50 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 78 | *** | *** | *** | 20 | 19.0 | 10.9-30.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 64 | 17 | 17.5 | 9.8-29.2 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 71 | *** | *** | *** | 17 | 20.0 | 11.9-31.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000+ | 238 | 58 | 20.6 | 15.3-27.1 | 83 | 31.6 | 25.1-38.9 | 33 | 11.6 | 7.8-16.9 | 22 | 9.3 | 5.7-14.8 | 42 | 27.0 | 19.8-35.6 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 120 | 46 | 32.9 | 23.6-43.7 | 32 | 24.8 | 17.0-34.7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 19 | 20.9 | 12.9-32.1 |
| No | 451 | 126 | 22.0 | 18.0-26.7 | 137 | 27.0 | 22.4-32.1 | 60 | 12.4 | 9.1-16.7 | 39 | 9.0 | 6.3-12.8 | 89 | 29.6 | 24.2-35.6 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 85 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 488 | 142 | 22.3 | 18.3-26.8 | 147 | 26.8 | 22.4-31.8 | 62 | 12.2 | 9.1-16.3 | 41 | 9.2 | 6.4-12.9 | 96 | 29.5 | 24.3-35.3 |
*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.
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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