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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 | 6,873 | 3,882 | 53.9 | 52.4-55.3 | 868 | 14.2 | 13.2-15.2 | 893 | 14.3 | 13.3-15.3 | 877 | 13.5 | 12.5-14.5 | 353 | 4.3 | 3.7- 4.9 |
| -Western NC | 970 | 593 | 60.6 | 56.9-64.2 | 95 | 10.8 | 8.6-13.5 | 111 | 12.0 | 9.8-14.7 | 122 | 12.2 | 10.0-14.9 | 49 | 4.3 | 3.0- 6.1 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 412 | 216 | 51.7 | 46.0-57.3 | 36 | 10.5 | 7.3-14.8 | 60 | 15.0 | 11.4-19.4 | 63 | 15.7 | 12.0-20.3 | 37 | 7.2 | 4.7-10.9 |
| Female | 558 | 377 | 68.4 | 63.7-72.8 | 59 | 11.1 | 8.4-14.6 | 51 | 9.5 | 7.0-12.8 | 59 | 9.2 | 6.9-12.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 882 | 537 | 60.9 | 57.0-64.6 | 83 | 10.0 | 7.9-12.6 | 97 | 11.5 | 9.2-14.2 | 118 | 13.1 | 10.7-15.9 | 47 | 4.6 | 3.1- 6.6 |
| Other minorities | 76 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 12 | 14.9 | 8.2-25.5 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 117 | 60 | 53.8 | 43.9-63.4 | 19 | 17.0 | 10.7-26.0 | 22 | 16.1 | 10.3-24.2 | 16 | 13.1 | 7.9-20.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-54 | 230 | 123 | 54.2 | 46.8-61.4 | 34 | 13.3 | 9.3-18.8 | 34 | 13.9 | 9.7-19.4 | 32 | 14.4 | 9.9-20.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| 55-64 | 217 | 133 | 63.1 | 56.0-69.7 | 17 | 8.0 | 5.0-12.7 | 25 | 11.9 | 7.8-17.7 | 30 | 11.7 | 8.2-16.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 237 | 163 | 72.4 | 66.0-78.0 | 16 | 5.7 | 3.4- 9.5 | 19 | 7.5 | 4.6-12.1 | 24 | 8.0 | 5.3-12.0 | 15 | 6.3 | 3.7-10.5 |
| 75+ | 161 | 110 | 69.8 | 61.4-77.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 19 | 12.3 | 7.7-19.0 | 15 | 8.0 | 4.6-13.3 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 129 | 102 | 77.2 | 67.3-84.7 | *** | *** | *** | 13 | 10.3 | 5.8-17.7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 285 | 211 | 69.1 | 62.1-75.2 | 18 | 7.8 | 4.8-12.5 | 21 | 9.6 | 6.1-14.9 | 22 | 8.6 | 5.5-13.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| Some Post-H.S. | 250 | 147 | 56.0 | 48.9-62.9 | 26 | 12.3 | 8.2-18.0 | 28 | 12.0 | 8.1-17.4 | 38 | 16.2 | 11.6-22.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| College Graduate | 299 | 127 | 41.0 | 34.9-47.4 | 42 | 15.5 | 11.3-20.8 | 49 | 17.1 | 12.7-22.7 | 60 | 20.0 | 15.3-25.7 | 21 | 6.5 | 4.0-10.4 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 109 | 78 | 70.3 | 59.3-79.4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 184 | 132 | 67.2 | 58.2-75.1 | *** | *** | *** | 19 | 10.2 | 6.1-16.4 | 14 | 8.7 | 4.8-15.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 97 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 141 | 76 | 55.2 | 45.2-64.8 | 18 | 13.8 | 8.3-22.1 | 19 | 15.1 | 9.4-23.4 | 20 | 11.1 | 6.8-17.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000+ | 249 | 111 | 47.3 | 40.0-54.7 | 32 | 12.4 | 8.4-17.9 | 39 | 16.1 | 11.5-22.1 | 52 | 20.0 | 14.8-26.4 | 15 | 4.2 | 2.4- 7.3 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 304 | 215 | 70.4 | 63.6-76.4 | 25 | 8.4 | 5.3-13.1 | 26 | 8.9 | 5.6-13.8 | 24 | 9.2 | 5.7-14.7 | 14 | 3.0 | 1.7- 5.2 |
| No | 661 | 373 | 56.4 | 52.0-60.8 | 70 | 11.9 | 9.2-15.2 | 85 | 13.4 | 10.6-16.7 | 98 | 13.5 | 10.9-16.7 | 35 | 4.8 | 3.1- 7.4 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 146 | 74 | 49.5 | 40.2-58.8 | *** | *** | *** | 15 | 13.3 | 7.6-22.4 | 28 | 20.6 | 13.6-30.1 | 19 | 10.6 | 6.5-16.8 |
| Non-Veteran | 824 | 519 | 62.4 | 58.3-66.2 | 85 | 11.6 | 9.1-14.6 | 96 | 11.8 | 9.5-14.6 | 94 | 10.9 | 8.7-13.6 | 30 | 3.3 | 2.0- 5.4 |
| RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 790 | 500 | 62.0 | 57.9-66.0 | 79 | 11.1 | 8.6-14.0 | 88 | 11.6 | 9.3-14.5 | 86 | 11.2 | 8.8-14.1 | 37 | 4.1 | 2.7- 6.2 |
| No | 180 | 93 | 53.3 | 44.8-61.7 | 16 | 9.6 | 5.7-15.9 | 23 | 14.1 | 8.9-21.6 | 36 | 17.6 | 12.3-24.5 | *** | *** | *** |
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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