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| Total Respond.^ |
Only one | Two | Three | Four | Five or more | |||||||||||
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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 | 2,762 | 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 |
| -Western | 438 | 131 | 23.0 | 18.8-27.9 | 115 | 27.1 | 21.9-33.0 | 73 | 14.9 | 11.2-19.4 | 32 | 7.4 | 4.8-11.4 | 87 | 27.6 | 22.1-33.8 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 231 | 48 | 15.4 | 11.1-21.1 | 45 | 19.8 | 14.1-27.2 | 46 | 15.8 | 11.0-22.1 | 20 | 8.6 | 5.0-14.6 | 72 | 40.3 | 32.5-48.7 |
| Female | 207 | 83 | 33.1 | 25.5-41.5 | 70 | 36.7 | 28.2-46.2 | 27 | 13.6 | 8.6-20.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 393 | 122 | 24.3 | 19.7-29.6 | 105 | 26.8 | 21.5-33.0 | 69 | 16.1 | 12.1-21.1 | 26 | 7.4 | 4.6-11.8 | 71 | 25.3 | 19.9-31.7 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Other | 37 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 89 | 14 | 10.9 | 6.0-19.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-44 | 52 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 63 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 55-64 | 92 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 87 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 15 | 14.0 | 7.8-23.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 52 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 24 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 84 | *** | *** | *** | 19 | 18.6 | 10.7-30.3 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Some Post-H.S. | 123 | 30 | 16.9 | 11.0-25.0 | 33 | 27.7 | 18.9-38.6 | 21 | 15.7 | 9.4-25.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| College Graduate | 206 | 68 | 28.0 | 21.4-35.8 | 59 | 31.2 | 23.6-40.0 | 38 | 17.1 | 11.8-24.2 | 17 | 9.1 | 5.1-15.6 | 24 | 14.5 | 9.4-21.8 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 32 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 62 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 38 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 57 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 69 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $75,000+ | 120 | 33 | 22.1 | 14.7-31.8 | 35 | 26.1 | 17.8-36.5 | 20 | 14.2 | 7.9-24.2 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 104 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 332 | 95 | 21.8 | 17.2-27.3 | 86 | 25.6 | 20.0-32.3 | 58 | 15.7 | 11.5-21.2 | 24 | 7.5 | 4.5-12.2 | 69 | 29.3 | 22.9-36.5 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 72 | 19 | 16.2 | 9.5-26.2 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 366 | 112 | 24.2 | 19.5-29.7 | 91 | 24.7 | 19.4-30.9 | 61 | 15.0 | 11.0-20.2 | 26 | 7.0 | 4.3-11.4 | 76 | 29.1 | 23.0-36.0 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | ||||||||||||||||
| Regional City or Suburban | 136 | 30 | 20.0 | 13.6-28.5 | 44 | 31.3 | 22.9-41.2 | 26 | 16.0 | 10.5-23.6 | *** | *** | *** | 27 | 25.9 | 17.6-36.3 |
| Rural | 302 | 101 | 24.7 | 19.4-30.9 | 71 | 24.7 | 18.5-32.2 | 47 | 14.2 | 9.7-20.3 | 23 | 7.8 | 4.5-13.4 | 60 | 28.6 | 21.7-36.6 |
*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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