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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 | 2,816 | 2,064 | 69.7 | 67.5-71.7 | 282 | 11.3 | 9.9-12.8 | 159 | 6.2 | 5.3- 7.4 | 215 | 9.0 | 7.7-10.4 | 96 | 3.8 | 3.0- 4.8 |
| -Eastern | 828 | 594 | 67.1 | 62.9-71.0 | 75 | 9.0 | 7.0-11.7 | 54 | 8.1 | 6.0-10.8 | 62 | 9.0 | 6.8-11.9 | 43 | 6.7 | 4.7- 9.6 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 426 | 280 | 61.0 | 55.1-66.6 | 33 | 7.5 | 5.0-11.0 | 37 | 10.5 | 7.4-14.7 | 42 | 11.6 | 8.2-16.1 | 34 | 9.4 | 6.2-13.9 |
| Female | 402 | 314 | 75.2 | 69.5-80.1 | 42 | 11.1 | 7.8-15.6 | 17 | 4.9 | 2.8- 8.2 | 20 | 5.6 | 3.4- 9.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 587 | 430 | 68.2 | 63.3-72.8 | 51 | 9.3 | 6.8-12.6 | 35 | 7.5 | 5.2-10.7 | 40 | 7.8 | 5.4-11.0 | 31 | 7.2 | 4.8-10.8 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 156 | 113 | 66.2 | 55.9-75.2 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 14 | 10.8 | 5.9-19.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| Other | 75 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 196 | 119 | 58.1 | 50.1-65.6 | 26 | 11.7 | 7.7-17.4 | 19 | 9.7 | 6.0-15.2 | 20 | 11.8 | 7.5-18.1 | 12 | 8.7 | 4.8-15.3 |
| 35-44 | 153 | 105 | 67.4 | 58.2-75.5 | 14 | 9.9 | 5.7-16.5 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 130 | 83 | 65.2 | 55.5-73.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 13 | 11.5 | 6.3-19.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| 55-64 | 176 | 135 | 77.5 | 69.9-83.7 | 13 | 6.3 | 3.5-11.2 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 117 | 100 | 82.9 | 72.1-90.1 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 52 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 52 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 210 | 144 | 64.6 | 56.5-71.9 | *** | *** | *** | 18 | 10.3 | 6.2-16.6 | 22 | 11.0 | 6.9-17.3 | 15 | 8.6 | 5.0-14.5 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 246 | 171 | 65.7 | 58.2-72.5 | 27 | 11.3 | 7.5-16.8 | 14 | 7.1 | 4.1-12.0 | 19 | 8.0 | 4.7-13.1 | 15 | 7.9 | 4.4-13.9 |
| College Graduate | 320 | 252 | 75.2 | 68.9-80.7 | 31 | 10.6 | 6.9-15.8 | 18 | 7.5 | 4.5-12.2 | 14 | 5.7 | 3.2- 9.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 47 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 122 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 11 | 15.5 | 8.5-26.5 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 63 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 107 | *** | *** | *** | 15 | 11.8 | 6.8-19.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 135 | 100 | 70.9 | 60.6-79.5 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $75,000+ | 241 | 185 | 73.1 | 65.8-79.3 | 17 | 6.9 | 4.1-11.3 | 16 | 9.1 | 5.4-15.1 | 15 | 7.1 | 4.0-12.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 188 | 145 | 73.1 | 64.2-80.5 | 14 | 6.4 | 3.5-11.4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 639 | 449 | 65.8 | 61.0-70.2 | 61 | 9.7 | 7.3-12.9 | 46 | 8.6 | 6.3-11.8 | 50 | 9.1 | 6.6-12.4 | 33 | 6.7 | 4.4-10.1 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 178 | 133 | 68.3 | 59.5-76.0 | *** | *** | *** | 13 | 8.2 | 4.6-14.3 | 12 | 10.9 | 6.1-18.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 648 | 460 | 66.8 | 62.0-71.2 | 65 | 10.1 | 7.6-13.3 | 41 | 8.1 | 5.8-11.3 | 50 | 8.5 | 6.1-11.7 | 32 | 6.5 | 4.2- 9.9 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | ||||||||||||||||
| Urban | 92 | *** | *** | *** | 12 | 15.5 | 8.4-26.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Regional City or Suburban | 137 | 96 | 66.9 | 56.8-75.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Rural | 599 | 438 | 69.1 | 64.1-73.6 | 52 | 8.4 | 6.0-11.5 | 37 | 8.5 | 6.0-12.0 | 43 | 7.8 | 5.5-11.1 | 29 | 6.2 | 3.9- 9.6 |
* 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 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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