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| Total Respond.^ |
Only one | Two | Three | Four | Five or more | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 2,762 | 730 | 23.2 | 21.4-25.0 | 779 | 27.1 | 25.2-29.1 | 454 | 16.1 | 14.6-17.8 | 230 | 8.9 | 7.7-10.2 | 569 | 24.7 | 22.8-26.8 |
| -Eastern | 815 | 218 | 21.1 | 18.1-24.4 | 234 | 29.3 | 25.6-33.4 | 123 | 14.7 | 11.9-17.9 | 59 | 6.6 | 4.8- 8.9 | 181 | 28.4 | 24.5-32.6 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 418 | 83 | 14.3 | 11.2-18.2 | 105 | 27.4 | 22.3-33.1 | 70 | 15.1 | 11.4-19.6 | 23 | 5.4 | 3.2- 8.9 | 137 | 37.8 | 32.2-43.8 |
| Female | 397 | 135 | 29.9 | 24.7-35.6 | 129 | 31.9 | 26.5-37.8 | 53 | 14.2 | 10.3-19.2 | 36 | 8.1 | 5.6-11.7 | 44 | 15.9 | 11.5-21.5 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 578 | 157 | 21.0 | 17.6-24.9 | 173 | 29.8 | 25.4-34.6 | 86 | 15.1 | 11.8-19.2 | 40 | 6.4 | 4.4- 9.2 | 122 | 27.7 | 23.2-32.7 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 152 | 45 | 25.4 | 18.1-34.4 | 40 | 27.4 | 19.2-37.5 | 27 | 15.3 | 9.8-23.2 | *** | *** | *** | 28 | 24.5 | 16.3-35.0 |
| Other | 75 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 191 | 33 | 13.0 | 9.0-18.4 | 50 | 27.2 | 20.5-35.0 | 32 | 16.8 | 11.6-23.6 | *** | *** | *** | 64 | 37.3 | 29.8-45.5 |
| 35-44 | 151 | 36 | 24.0 | 16.7-33.2 | 38 | 25.4 | 17.9-34.9 | 24 | 14.9 | 9.7-22.2 | 14 | 7.8 | 4.4-13.6 | 39 | 27.9 | 20.2-37.1 |
| 45-54 | 130 | 33 | 22.8 | 15.9-31.6 | 28 | 23.9 | 16.4-33.5 | 20 | 14.8 | 9.2-23.0 | *** | *** | *** | 37 | 29.8 | 21.5-39.8 |
| 55-64 | 173 | 44 | 25.2 | 18.5-33.3 | 61 | 39.3 | 31.0-48.2 | 25 | 10.9 | 6.9-16.7 | 15 | 6.3 | 3.5-10.9 | 28 | 18.4 | 12.4-26.3 |
| 65-74 | 116 | 49 | 35.2 | 26.0-45.6 | 33 | 29.6 | 20.8-40.2 | 18 | 16.4 | 9.7-26.5 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 51 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 52 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 205 | 62 | 24.3 | 18.3-31.5 | 49 | 24.3 | 17.9-32.1 | 29 | 14.1 | 9.3-20.8 | *** | *** | *** | 56 | 33.0 | 25.7-41.3 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 242 | 60 | 18.9 | 14.2-24.8 | 69 | 29.3 | 22.9-36.7 | 39 | 16.0 | 11.2-22.2 | 19 | 7.9 | 4.8-12.8 | 55 | 27.9 | 21.4-35.3 |
| College Graduate | 315 | 92 | 26.8 | 21.6-32.7 | 100 | 33.1 | 27.2-39.6 | 48 | 14.2 | 10.3-19.2 | 26 | 6.7 | 4.4-10.1 | 49 | 19.2 | 14.2-25.4 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 49 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 120 | 29 | 19.6 | 12.3-29.8 | 29 | 23.4 | 15.3-34.1 | 22 | 17.5 | 10.9-27.0 | *** | *** | *** | 31 | 31.6 | 22.2-42.9 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 63 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 101 | 27 | 21.7 | 14.2-31.7 | *** | *** | *** | 13 | 10.9 | 5.9-19.1 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 129 | 31 | 21.0 | 13.8-30.7 | 37 | 29.3 | 20.4-40.1 | 27 | 20.4 | 13.0-30.5 | *** | *** | *** | 25 | 24.6 | 16.2-35.4 |
| $75,000+ | 239 | 62 | 21.7 | 16.6-27.9 | 78 | 32.7 | 26.1-40.0 | 37 | 15.0 | 10.5-21.0 | *** | *** | *** | 46 | 23.9 | 17.9-31.3 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 184 | 66 | 30.8 | 23.3-39.6 | 51 | 28.6 | 21.3-37.2 | 26 | 14.6 | 9.1-22.6 | *** | *** | *** | 28 | 17.9 | 11.8-26.3 |
| No | 629 | 152 | 18.8 | 15.7-22.4 | 182 | 29.2 | 25.0-33.9 | 97 | 14.8 | 11.8-18.5 | 46 | 6.3 | 4.4- 9.0 | 152 | 30.8 | 26.4-35.7 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 176 | 44 | 19.5 | 13.9-26.6 | 55 | 28.6 | 21.5-37.0 | 27 | 16.3 | 10.5-24.5 | *** | *** | *** | 43 | 31.3 | 23.6-40.2 |
| Non-Veteran | 637 | 174 | 21.5 | 18.1-25.4 | 179 | 29.6 | 25.3-34.3 | 96 | 14.3 | 11.3-17.9 | 52 | 7.2 | 5.1-10.1 | 136 | 27.3 | 23.0-32.2 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | ||||||||||||||||
| Urban | 93 | 21 | 18.9 | 11.6-29.3 | *** | *** | *** | 13 | 12.4 | 6.9-21.2 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Regional City or Suburban | 133 | 39 | 25.1 | 17.8-34.2 | 33 | 27.4 | 18.8-38.0 | 17 | 11.4 | 6.3-19.7 | *** | *** | *** | 33 | 28.6 | 20.2-38.8 |
| Rural | 589 | 158 | 20.3 | 16.9-24.3 | 172 | 29.9 | 25.4-34.7 | 93 | 15.9 | 12.5-20.0 | 40 | 6.0 | 4.0- 8.9 | 126 | 27.9 | 23.3-32.9 |
*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 2015 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.
***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2015 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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