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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 | 2,915 | 2,214 | 70.0 | 67.8-72.1 | 296 | 12.7 | 11.2-14.3 | 133 | 5.9 | 4.8- 7.1 | 186 | 8.0 | 6.8- 9.4 | 86 | 3.5 | 2.7- 4.4 |
| -Piedmont NC | 1,680 | 1,271 | 69.8 | 67.0-72.5 | 184 | 13.4 | 11.4-15.7 | 86 | 6.8 | 5.4- 8.5 | 102 | 7.3 | 5.8- 9.0 | 37 | 2.7 | 1.8- 4.0 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 863 | 603 | 63.1 | 59.0-67.0 | 105 | 14.5 | 11.8-17.8 | 61 | 9.2 | 7.1-12.0 | 65 | 9.2 | 7.0-11.9 | 29 | 3.9 | 2.5- 6.1 |
| Female | 817 | 668 | 78.5 | 74.8-81.8 | 79 | 11.9 | 9.3-15.1 | 25 | 3.6 | 2.4- 5.5 | 37 | 4.8 | 3.3- 6.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 1,282 | 987 | 71.1 | 67.9-74.2 | 135 | 13.3 | 11.0-16.0 | 56 | 6.0 | 4.5- 7.9 | 78 | 7.0 | 5.5- 9.0 | 26 | 2.6 | 1.6- 4.0 |
| African American | 271 | 193 | 65.8 | 58.7-72.3 | 30 | 12.6 | 8.4-18.4 | 21 | 9.8 | 6.3-14.9 | 18 | 8.4 | 5.1-13.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| Other minorities | 110 | *** | *** | *** | 16 | 14.2 | 7.9-24.2 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 105 | *** | *** | *** | 15 | 14.8 | 8.3-25.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,565 | 1,198 | 70.4 | 67.5-73.2 | 166 | 13.1 | 11.1-15.5 | 75 | 6.5 | 5.1- 8.3 | 91 | 7.1 | 5.6- 8.9 | 35 | 2.9 | 1.9- 4.2 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 377 | 227 | 58.1 | 52.4-63.7 | 67 | 19.9 | 15.6-25.1 | 35 | 9.4 | 6.6-13.3 | 41 | 10.6 | 7.6-14.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-54 | 591 | 420 | 68.7 | 64.2-72.8 | 80 | 13.2 | 10.5-16.5 | 38 | 7.4 | 5.3-10.3 | 35 | 6.7 | 4.6- 9.5 | 18 | 4.1 | 2.4- 6.7 |
| 55-64 | 333 | 283 | 84.5 | 79.8-88.3 | 20 | 5.7 | 3.5- 9.0 | *** | *** | *** | 18 | 5.7 | 3.5- 9.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 239 | 211 | 88.5 | 83.2-92.2 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 129 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 93 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 306 | 215 | 63.3 | 56.6-69.6 | 40 | 16.5 | 11.9-22.4 | 18 | 7.2 | 4.4-11.6 | 21 | 7.2 | 4.4-11.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| Some Post-H.S. | 426 | 330 | 72.0 | 66.5-76.8 | 42 | 12.6 | 9.1-17.1 | 20 | 6.2 | 3.9- 9.8 | 27 | 8.0 | 5.4-11.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| College Graduate | 854 | 668 | 75.0 | 71.4-78.2 | 92 | 11.9 | 9.7-14.7 | 36 | 5.8 | 4.1- 8.1 | 44 | 5.7 | 4.1- 7.9 | 14 | 1.5 | 0.9- 2.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 107 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 181 | 124 | 63.0 | 54.2-70.9 | 25 | 13.1 | 8.5-19.7 | *** | *** | *** | 13 | 9.6 | 5.4-16.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 129 | 93 | 66.4 | 56.0-75.4 | 13 | 14.7 | 8.3-25.0 | *** | *** | *** | 12 | 10.3 | 5.7-17.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 200 | 150 | 67.9 | 59.1-75.7 | 18 | 12.5 | 7.6-20.1 | *** | *** | *** | 16 | 9.1 | 5.1-15.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000+ | 827 | 641 | 73.1 | 69.1-76.8 | 94 | 13.1 | 10.5-16.4 | 32 | 5.0 | 3.4- 7.3 | 45 | 6.5 | 4.6- 9.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 303 | 236 | 73.3 | 66.1-79.5 | 29 | 11.3 | 6.9-18.0 | *** | *** | *** | 15 | 6.5 | 3.7-11.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 1,369 | 1,029 | 69.2 | 66.1-72.1 | 154 | 13.8 | 11.6-16.3 | 76 | 7.4 | 5.8- 9.4 | 87 | 7.5 | 5.9- 9.4 | 23 | 2.2 | 1.3- 3.5 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 229 | 171 | 70.3 | 62.5-77.1 | 27 | 13.9 | 9.3-20.2 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 1,451 | 1,100 | 69.7 | 66.7-72.6 | 157 | 13.3 | 11.2-15.8 | 75 | 6.7 | 5.3- 8.5 | 90 | 7.5 | 6.0- 9.5 | 29 | 2.7 | 1.8- 4.1 |
| RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 544 | 404 | 69.0 | 63.9-73.6 | 62 | 13.6 | 10.4-17.7 | 26 | 6.3 | 4.1- 9.5 | 35 | 7.3 | 4.9-10.8 | 17 | 3.8 | 2.2- 6.5 |
| No | 1,136 | 867 | 70.2 | 66.8-73.5 | 122 | 13.3 | 10.9-16.1 | 60 | 7.0 | 5.4- 9.2 | 67 | 7.2 | 5.6- 9.4 | 20 | 2.2 | 1.3- 3.8 |
* 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 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.
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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