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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 | 4,624 | 2,165 | 40.3 | 38.6-42.1 | 1,402 | 30.8 | 29.1-32.5 | 471 | 12.6 | 11.3-14.1 | 198 | 5.2 | 4.4- 6.1 | 388 | 11.0 | 9.8-12.3 |
| -Western NC | 598 | 293 | 39.6 | 34.9-44.4 | 171 | 28.8 | 24.6-33.5 | 50 | 10.8 | 7.8-14.6 | 30 | 7.1 | 4.8-10.5 | 54 | 13.7 | 10.1-18.2 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 278 | 109 | 31.7 | 25.6-38.4 | 76 | 25.8 | 20.2-32.3 | 31 | 13.0 | 8.8-18.9 | 22 | 10.7 | 6.8-16.4 | 40 | 18.9 | 13.4-26.0 |
| Female | 320 | 184 | 49.6 | 42.9-56.3 | 95 | 32.7 | 26.6-39.5 | 19 | 7.9 | 4.7-13.2 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 496 | 249 | 40.7 | 35.6-45.9 | 143 | 28.8 | 24.3-33.8 | 43 | 12.0 | 8.6-16.5 | 23 | 6.6 | 4.2-10.3 | 38 | 12.0 | 8.4-16.7 |
| Other minorities | 97 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 13 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 583 | 288 | 40.0 | 35.3-44.9 | 167 | 28.9 | 24.6-33.6 | 46 | 10.1 | 7.3-13.9 | 29 | 7.1 | 4.7-10.6 | 53 | 13.9 | 10.3-18.6 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 106 | 32 | 27.4 | 19.0-37.7 | 31 | 25.8 | 18.0-35.6 | 16 | 17.2 | 10.5-27.0 | *** | *** | *** | 18 | 21.0 | 13.2-31.5 |
| 35-54 | 176 | 64 | 30.3 | 23.3-38.3 | 65 | 36.4 | 28.5-45.0 | 19 | 10.9 | 6.6-17.5 | *** | *** | *** | 16 | 13.4 | 7.8-22.1 |
| 55-64 | 143 | 79 | 52.5 | 42.9-61.8 | 39 | 27.3 | 19.8-36.3 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 119 | 78 | 64.7 | 54.4-73.8 | 28 | 24.0 | 16.5-33.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 48 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 29 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 138 | 59 | 34.2 | 25.4-44.2 | 37 | 27.4 | 19.5-37.0 | 13 | 10.8 | 5.9-18.9 | *** | *** | *** | 17 | 16.8 | 9.7-27.6 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 171 | 85 | 40.7 | 32.6-49.3 | 44 | 26.1 | 19.2-34.5 | 16 | 12.1 | 7.0-20.1 | *** | *** | *** | 18 | 15.3 | 9.4-23.8 |
| College Graduate | 258 | 136 | 46.2 | 39.1-53.4 | 83 | 34.1 | 27.5-41.3 | 19 | 9.6 | 5.6-16.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 55 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 83 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 66 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 72 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000+ | 244 | 120 | 42.1 | 34.9-49.8 | 80 | 32.5 | 25.9-39.9 | 20 | 9.2 | 5.5-15.1 | *** | *** | *** | 17 | 11.5 | 6.5-19.4 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 124 | *** | *** | *** | 27 | 18.8 | 12.2-27.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 470 | 223 | 37.4 | 32.4-42.7 | 141 | 30.5 | 25.7-35.8 | 44 | 11.5 | 8.2-15.8 | 20 | 6.7 | 4.2-10.6 | 42 | 13.8 | 9.8-19.0 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 85 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 513 | 243 | 38.2 | 33.3-43.4 | 152 | 29.3 | 24.7-34.4 | 43 | 10.4 | 7.4-14.4 | 29 | 7.9 | 5.3-11.7 | 46 | 14.2 | 10.3-19.2 |
* 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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