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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 | 6,368 | 3,478 | 53.8 | 52.3-55.3 | 806 | 13.4 | 12.4-14.5 | 850 | 13.7 | 12.7-14.8 | 904 | 14.5 | 13.5-15.6 | 330 | 4.6 | 4.0- 5.2 |
| -Piedmont | 3,189 | 1,615 | 51.0 | 48.9-53.0 | 445 | 14.5 | 13.1-16.0 | 470 | 14.8 | 13.4-16.2 | 502 | 15.4 | 14.0-16.9 | 157 | 4.4 | 3.7- 5.2 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 1,356 | 545 | 43.3 | 40.2-46.5 | 191 | 14.5 | 12.4-16.8 | 228 | 16.2 | 14.2-18.5 | 288 | 19.3 | 17.1-21.7 | 104 | 6.7 | 5.4- 8.3 |
| Female | 1,833 | 1,070 | 57.8 | 55.1-60.4 | 254 | 14.5 | 12.7-16.5 | 242 | 13.5 | 11.7-15.4 | 214 | 11.9 | 10.3-13.8 | 53 | 2.3 | 1.7- 3.1 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 2,074 | 964 | 46.8 | 44.3-49.3 | 272 | 13.7 | 12.0-15.5 | 324 | 16.1 | 14.4-18.1 | 384 | 18.1 | 16.3-20.0 | 130 | 5.3 | 4.4- 6.5 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 651 | 385 | 56.5 | 51.9-61.0 | 96 | 15.9 | 12.7-19.6 | 78 | 11.9 | 9.4-15.1 | 73 | 12.5 | 9.7-15.9 | 19 | 3.2 | 1.9- 5.3 |
| Other | 420 | 244 | 62.1 | 56.6-67.2 | 70 | 15.9 | 12.3-20.3 | 60 | 12.4 | 9.4-16.2 | 39 | 7.8 | 5.5-10.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 646 | 279 | 47.4 | 43.0-51.9 | 109 | 17.6 | 14.5-21.3 | 134 | 18.8 | 15.7-22.3 | 116 | 15.0 | 12.3-18.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-44 | 493 | 213 | 44.6 | 39.7-49.6 | 81 | 16.1 | 12.8-20.1 | 94 | 17.4 | 14.1-21.1 | 90 | 18.8 | 15.3-22.9 | 15 | 3.1 | 1.8- 5.3 |
| 45-54 | 602 | 278 | 46.5 | 42.1-50.9 | 101 | 15.8 | 12.9-19.2 | 96 | 15.9 | 13.0-19.4 | 100 | 16.5 | 13.5-20.2 | 27 | 5.3 | 3.4- 8.0 |
| 55-64 | 585 | 297 | 51.5 | 46.9-56.1 | 72 | 11.6 | 9.0-14.8 | 67 | 11.6 | 9.0-14.9 | 105 | 18.2 | 14.9-22.2 | 44 | 7.0 | 5.1- 9.6 |
| 65-74 | 495 | 286 | 61.0 | 56.0-65.8 | 59 | 11.4 | 8.7-14.9 | 46 | 8.0 | 5.9-10.9 | 67 | 12.2 | 9.5-15.6 | 37 | 7.3 | 5.2-10.2 |
| 75+ | 325 | 233 | 71.9 | 66.1-77.1 | 17 | 5.4 | 3.2- 8.8 | 31 | 9.0 | 6.0-13.4 | 21 | 6.8 | 4.3-10.6 | 23 | 6.9 | 4.5-10.4 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 319 | 231 | 73.6 | 67.8-78.7 | 29 | 8.4 | 5.6-12.5 | 27 | 7.8 | 5.2-11.5 | 18 | 5.7 | 3.5- 9.2 | 14 | 4.5 | 2.5- 8.0 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 787 | 512 | 61.7 | 57.6-65.6 | 92 | 13.4 | 10.7-16.7 | 70 | 9.9 | 7.7-12.6 | 83 | 11.5 | 9.1-14.4 | 30 | 3.5 | 2.4- 5.1 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 842 | 442 | 50.1 | 46.2-53.9 | 133 | 16.7 | 14.0-19.9 | 128 | 16.3 | 13.6-19.5 | 103 | 13.1 | 10.6-16.0 | 36 | 3.8 | 2.7- 5.4 |
| College Graduate | 1,223 | 419 | 31.5 | 28.8-34.4 | 190 | 16.0 | 13.9-18.4 | 244 | 20.8 | 18.4-23.4 | 296 | 26.2 | 23.5-29.0 | 74 | 5.5 | 4.3- 7.0 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 263 | 190 | 73.0 | 66.3-78.8 | 26 | 9.3 | 6.1-13.9 | 17 | 7.1 | 4.2-12.0 | 19 | 6.1 | 3.7-10.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 481 | 325 | 67.1 | 62.0-71.8 | 51 | 10.7 | 7.8-14.6 | 50 | 9.9 | 7.3-13.5 | 43 | 10.5 | 7.6-14.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 270 | 129 | 53.0 | 45.6-60.1 | 53 | 16.3 | 12.1-21.8 | 43 | 15.6 | 11.2-21.3 | 30 | 10.5 | 7.0-15.5 | 15 | 4.6 | 2.6- 8.0 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 342 | 168 | 46.3 | 40.1-52.5 | 55 | 17.2 | 12.9-22.5 | 46 | 13.8 | 10.0-18.7 | 46 | 14.2 | 10.3-19.2 | 27 | 8.6 | 5.6-12.9 |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 377 | 156 | 42.3 | 36.4-48.4 | 60 | 15.0 | 11.4-19.4 | 60 | 17.1 | 13.1-22.1 | 83 | 21.5 | 17.2-26.6 | 18 | 4.1 | 2.5- 6.8 |
| $75,000+ | 815 | 250 | 31.6 | 28.0-35.3 | 121 | 15.4 | 12.8-18.5 | 176 | 21.1 | 18.2-24.3 | 219 | 26.7 | 23.4-30.2 | 49 | 5.2 | 3.9- 7.0 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 723 | 466 | 64.8 | 60.7-68.7 | 78 | 10.2 | 8.0-12.8 | 71 | 9.6 | 7.4-12.3 | 79 | 11.2 | 8.8-14.1 | 29 | 4.2 | 2.8- 6.3 |
| No | 2,455 | 1,142 | 47.2 | 44.9-49.6 | 366 | 15.7 | 14.0-17.5 | 398 | 16.1 | 14.5-17.9 | 422 | 16.5 | 15.0-18.3 | 127 | 4.4 | 3.7- 5.4 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 359 | 162 | 45.8 | 39.9-51.8 | 42 | 13.7 | 9.9-18.7 | 56 | 15.0 | 11.3-19.7 | 64 | 16.8 | 13.0-21.4 | 35 | 8.7 | 6.1-12.3 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,820 | 1,448 | 51.6 | 49.4-53.8 | 402 | 14.6 | 13.1-16.2 | 411 | 14.7 | 13.2-16.2 | 438 | 15.3 | 13.8-16.9 | 121 | 3.8 | 3.1- 4.7 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | ||||||||||||||||
| Urban | 1,707 | 763 | 45.0 | 42.2-47.8 | 248 | 14.3 | 12.5-16.3 | 284 | 16.7 | 14.8-18.8 | 331 | 19.5 | 17.4-21.7 | 81 | 4.5 | 3.5- 5.8 |
| Regional City or Suburban | 854 | 464 | 52.8 | 48.9-56.7 | 126 | 16.8 | 13.9-20.2 | 128 | 15.5 | 12.9-18.5 | 94 | 10.5 | 8.4-13.0 | 42 | 4.5 | 3.2- 6.2 |
| Rural | 628 | 388 | 64.2 | 59.6-68.5 | 71 | 11.7 | 9.0-15.1 | 58 | 8.7 | 6.4-11.6 | 77 | 11.4 | 8.9-14.5 | 34 | 4.0 | 2.7- 5.7 |
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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