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| Total Respond.^ |
No drinks | 1-2 days | 3-7 days | 8-29 days | Everyday | |||||||||||
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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 | 11,479 | 6,712 | 54.3 | 53.1-55.5 | 1,294 | 12.7 | 11.9-13.5 | 1,490 | 15.0 | 14.1-15.9 | 1,476 | 14.1 | 13.3-14.9 | 507 | 4.0 | 3.6- 4.4 |
| -Western NC | 1,558 | 943 | 59.1 | 55.9-62.2 | 141 | 9.7 | 7.9-11.7 | 181 | 12.7 | 10.7-15.0 | 215 | 14.0 | 11.9-16.3 | 78 | 4.6 | 3.5- 6.1 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 598 | 310 | 52.3 | 47.2-57.4 | 53 | 8.6 | 6.2-11.9 | 76 | 14.0 | 10.8-17.8 | 114 | 19.0 | 15.5-23.2 | 45 | 6.1 | 4.2- 8.8 |
| Female | 960 | 633 | 65.4 | 61.5-69.2 | 88 | 10.7 | 8.4-13.5 | 105 | 11.5 | 9.1-14.4 | 101 | 9.2 | 7.3-11.5 | 33 | 3.2 | 2.1- 4.8 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 1,275 | 771 | 60.7 | 57.2-64.1 | 109 | 9.0 | 7.2-11.2 | 135 | 10.9 | 8.9-13.3 | 186 | 14.2 | 12.0-16.7 | 74 | 5.2 | 3.9- 6.9 |
| Other minorities | 275 | 170 | 52.9 | 44.9-60.7 | 29 | 11.0 | 7.0-16.7 | 45 | 21.1 | 15.0-28.7 | 27 | 13.1 | 8.3-20.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 61 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,491 | 894 | 58.5 | 55.1-61.7 | 133 | 9.5 | 7.8-11.6 | 177 | 12.9 | 10.9-15.3 | 209 | 14.2 | 12.1-16.6 | 78 | 4.9 | 3.7- 6.5 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 226 | 115 | 53.7 | 46.1-61.1 | 34 | 13.4 | 9.2-19.2 | 36 | 15.3 | 10.8-21.2 | 38 | 15.7 | 11.3-21.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-54 | 397 | 215 | 53.5 | 47.5-59.3 | 41 | 9.1 | 6.4-12.9 | 60 | 16.0 | 12.0-20.9 | 64 | 16.4 | 12.5-21.3 | 17 | 5.0 | 3.0- 8.3 |
| 55-64 | 346 | 202 | 59.6 | 53.3-65.7 | 37 | 10.9 | 7.7-15.2 | 39 | 10.6 | 7.4-14.9 | 42 | 11.1 | 7.9-15.5 | 26 | 7.8 | 4.9-12.1 |
| 65-74 | 348 | 225 | 67.5 | 61.7-72.8 | 20 | 5.3 | 3.2- 8.4 | 31 | 7.4 | 5.0-10.9 | 49 | 13.3 | 9.8-17.8 | 23 | 6.6 | 4.1-10.3 |
| 75+ | 229 | 180 | 82.0 | 75.6-87.1 | *** | *** | *** | 14 | 5.7 | 3.2- 9.8 | 20 | 6.5 | 4.0-10.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 201 | 169 | 81.9 | 74.2-87.7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 490 | 347 | 64.7 | 58.7-70.2 | 38 | 9.9 | 6.7-14.4 | 40 | 9.8 | 6.9-13.9 | 49 | 11.4 | 8.2-15.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| Some Post-H.S. | 401 | 227 | 52.7 | 46.7-58.7 | 37 | 9.9 | 6.9-14.0 | 58 | 16.3 | 12.3-21.4 | 55 | 15.7 | 11.7-20.8 | 24 | 5.3 | 3.4- 8.2 |
| College Graduate | 463 | 199 | 42.0 | 36.7-47.5 | 53 | 13.8 | 10.3-18.2 | 76 | 16.6 | 12.9-21.2 | 103 | 22.5 | 18.2-27.4 | 32 | 5.1 | 3.4- 7.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 225 | 167 | 68.7 | 59.9-76.4 | 16 | 8.0 | 4.6-13.7 | 16 | 7.3 | 4.1-12.7 | 21 | 13.8 | 8.3-22.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 294 | 210 | 68.3 | 60.6-75.1 | 22 | 7.2 | 4.1-12.3 | 30 | 14.6 | 9.6-21.6 | 22 | 6.3 | 3.6-10.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 178 | 110 | 65.6 | 56.7-73.6 | *** | *** | *** | 22 | 13.7 | 8.3-21.8 | 25 | 13.1 | 8.4-19.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 175 | 101 | 58.9 | 49.9-67.2 | 14 | 7.3 | 4.1-12.8 | 24 | 13.5 | 8.5-20.6 | 32 | 17.0 | 11.5-24.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000+ | 410 | 162 | 39.9 | 34.3-45.8 | 47 | 13.4 | 9.8-18.1 | 66 | 15.3 | 11.5-19.9 | 97 | 24.0 | 19.2-29.6 | 38 | 7.5 | 4.9-11.2 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 457 | 328 | 72.5 | 67.0-77.4 | 46 | 9.6 | 6.8-13.5 | 27 | 7.3 | 4.5-11.6 | 43 | 8.4 | 5.9-11.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 1,091 | 609 | 54.6 | 50.7-58.4 | 95 | 9.8 | 7.7-12.3 | 152 | 14.4 | 12.0-17.3 | 171 | 15.9 | 13.3-18.8 | 64 | 5.4 | 4.0- 7.3 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 183 | 94 | 51.3 | 42.6-60.0 | 19 | 9.5 | 5.6-15.8 | 24 | 16.9 | 10.8-25.5 | 32 | 17.4 | 11.8-24.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 1,375 | 849 | 59.9 | 56.5-63.3 | 122 | 9.7 | 7.8-11.9 | 157 | 12.2 | 10.1-14.7 | 183 | 13.6 | 11.4-16.1 | 64 | 4.6 | 3.4- 6.2 |
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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