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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 | 2,862 | 803 | 24.2 | 22.4-26.0 | 810 | 25.1 | 23.3-27.0 | 479 | 17.2 | 15.6-18.9 | 244 | 9.2 | 7.9-10.6 | 526 | 24.4 | 22.4-26.5 |
-FEMALES | 1,397 | 509 | 32.3 | 29.5-35.3 | 465 | 32.3 | 29.5-35.4 | 193 | 14.9 | 12.8-17.4 | 113 | 9.0 | 7.3-11.1 | 117 | 11.4 | 9.4-13.8 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 1,104 | 396 | 31.6 | 28.4-34.9 | 384 | 33.5 | 30.3-37.0 | 152 | 15.1 | 12.7-17.9 | 83 | 8.3 | 6.5-10.5 | 89 | 11.5 | 9.2-14.3 |
African American | 224 | 89 | 36.2 | 29.3-43.7 | 64 | 27.8 | 21.4-35.3 | 25 | 10.9 | 6.9-16.7 | 23 | 12.6 | 7.9-19.4 | 23 | 12.5 | 8.2-18.6 |
Other Minorities | 62 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-34 | 273 | 66 | 23.0 | 17.9-29.0 | 76 | 27.1 | 21.5-33.5 | 40 | 15.7 | 11.3-21.4 | 33 | 12.1 | 8.3-17.2 | 58 | 22.2 | 17.1-28.2 |
35-44 | 232 | 67 | 26.0 | 20.4-32.6 | 77 | 35.3 | 28.8-42.3 | 48 | 20.0 | 15.0-26.2 | 18 | 7.9 | 4.9-12.6 | 22 | 10.8 | 6.8-16.6 |
45-54 | 243 | 84 | 35.0 | 28.6-42.1 | 88 | 35.7 | 29.2-42.8 | 28 | 12.0 | 8.1-17.4 | 26 | 10.4 | 6.9-15.3 | 17 | 6.8 | 4.0-11.4 |
55-64 | 277 | 99 | 35.5 | 29.5-42.0 | 102 | 36.3 | 30.2-42.8 | 39 | 14.7 | 10.6-19.9 | 21 | 8.1 | 5.1-12.7 | 16 | 5.5 | 3.2- 9.1 |
65-74 | 235 | 111 | 48.9 | 41.8-56.0 | 84 | 34.3 | 28.0-41.3 | 29 | 12.6 | 8.5-18.2 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
75+ | 128 | 77 | 62.6 | 52.8-71.6 | 35 | 26.4 | 18.7-35.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 38 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 255 | 95 | 31.0 | 24.8-37.9 | 76 | 30.5 | 24.0-38.0 | 30 | 12.5 | 8.4-18.1 | 21 | 10.1 | 6.1-16.1 | 33 | 16.0 | 11.2-22.3 |
Some Post-H.S. | 395 | 158 | 36.5 | 31.2-42.1 | 123 | 30.2 | 25.2-35.7 | 51 | 13.9 | 10.2-18.7 | 30 | 7.9 | 5.3-11.5 | 33 | 11.5 | 8.0-16.4 |
College Graduate | 708 | 245 | 30.3 | 26.6-34.2 | 256 | 35.9 | 31.9-40.0 | 105 | 16.9 | 13.8-20.5 | 59 | 9.6 | 7.2-12.6 | 43 | 7.4 | 5.4-10.1 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 92 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 12 | 13.9 | 7.7-23.8 | *** | *** | *** | 16 | 22.2 | 13.7-33.8 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 177 | 64 | 29.1 | 21.8-37.7 | 42 | 24.2 | 17.4-32.6 | 26 | 14.3 | 9.4-21.1 | 20 | 13.0 | 7.8-20.9 | 25 | 19.4 | 12.9-28.1 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 120 | *** | *** | *** | 33 | 23.2 | 15.8-32.8 | 15 | 16.4 | 9.1-27.8 | *** | *** | *** | 13 | 15.2 | 8.6-25.6 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 175 | 75 | 39.9 | 31.3-49.1 | 54 | 34.1 | 25.3-44.2 | 19 | 12.3 | 7.0-20.6 | 13 | 6.0 | 3.2-11.1 | 14 | 7.7 | 4.3-13.2 |
$50,000- 74,999 | 201 | 74 | 32.2 | 25.2-40.2 | 69 | 31.8 | 24.7-39.8 | 29 | 15.2 | 10.3-21.9 | 16 | 8.4 | 4.5-15.0 | 13 | 12.5 | 6.9-21.5 |
$75,000+ | 414 | 123 | 26.7 | 22.3-31.7 | 160 | 38.2 | 32.9-43.7 | 72 | 18.7 | 14.6-23.8 | 38 | 10.9 | 7.8-15.0 | 21 | 5.5 | 3.5- 8.5 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 299 | 134 | 40.0 | 33.5-46.8 | 86 | 27.3 | 21.4-34.1 | 41 | 16.1 | 11.2-22.7 | 20 | 7.1 | 4.3-11.4 | 18 | 9.5 | 5.7-15.5 |
No | 1,092 | 370 | 30.5 | 27.4-33.7 | 379 | 33.6 | 30.4-37.0 | 152 | 14.7 | 12.4-17.4 | 92 | 9.3 | 7.4-11.7 | 99 | 11.8 | 9.6-14.6 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 53 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Non-Veteran | 1,344 | 486 | 31.9 | 29.1-34.9 | 448 | 32.7 | 29.8-35.8 | 186 | 14.8 | 12.6-17.2 | 111 | 9.2 | 7.5-11.3 | 113 | 11.4 | 9.3-13.8 |
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 720 | 276 | 35.4 | 31.3-39.7 | 231 | 30.5 | 26.6-34.7 | 89 | 11.8 | 9.3-14.8 | 58 | 9.1 | 6.7-12.2 | 66 | 13.2 | 10.2-16.9 |
No | 677 | 233 | 29.4 | 25.6-33.4 | 234 | 34.1 | 30.0-38.5 | 104 | 17.9 | 14.6-21.9 | 55 | 8.9 | 6.7-11.9 | 51 | 9.6 | 7.1-12.9 |
*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 2014 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.
***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2014 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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