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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 |
| -Western | 1,091 | 632 | 60.2 | 56.4-63.9 | 96 | 8.5 | 6.5-10.9 | 148 | 13.3 | 11.0-16.1 | 146 | 12.5 | 10.2-15.2 | 69 | 5.5 | 4.1- 7.3 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 481 | 238 | 52.3 | 46.6-58.0 | 39 | 7.6 | 5.2-10.8 | 75 | 15.6 | 11.9-20.1 | 85 | 16.3 | 12.6-20.8 | 44 | 8.3 | 5.7-11.8 |
| Female | 610 | 394 | 67.3 | 62.2-72.1 | 57 | 9.3 | 6.5-13.2 | 73 | 11.3 | 8.5-14.9 | 61 | 9.1 | 6.6-12.5 | 25 | 2.9 | 1.8- 4.7 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 944 | 537 | 60.6 | 56.5-64.5 | 79 | 7.4 | 5.6- 9.8 | 135 | 13.4 | 10.9-16.4 | 135 | 13.2 | 10.7-16.2 | 58 | 5.3 | 3.8- 7.3 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 36 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Other | 105 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 165 | 72 | 48.1 | 38.9-57.4 | 20 | 10.2 | 5.8-17.4 | 41 | 22.7 | 16.1-31.1 | 27 | 16.2 | 10.6-23.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-44 | 117 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 20 | 13.6 | 8.2-21.7 | 19 | 14.8 | 8.9-23.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 164 | 95 | 62.9 | 53.4-71.5 | 19 | 13.1 | 7.7-21.2 | 15 | 7.6 | 4.3-13.0 | 25 | 13.3 | 8.3-20.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| 55-64 | 232 | 135 | 61.1 | 53.2-68.5 | 20 | 7.0 | 4.1-11.5 | 30 | 11.8 | 7.8-17.4 | 27 | 9.7 | 6.3-14.8 | 20 | 10.4 | 6.1-17.1 |
| 65-74 | 245 | 153 | 68.5 | 61.2-75.1 | *** | *** | *** | 28 | 10.6 | 6.9-16.1 | 30 | 9.7 | 6.1-14.9 | 18 | 6.4 | 3.8-10.7 |
| 75+ | 157 | 104 | 72.1 | 63.1-79.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 116 | 88 | 76.6 | 65.5-84.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 305 | 215 | 72.5 | 66.0-78.2 | 18 | 5.0 | 2.8- 8.7 | 32 | 10.6 | 7.1-15.7 | 28 | 8.2 | 5.2-12.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| Some Post-H.S. | 301 | 171 | 54.8 | 47.7-61.6 | 34 | 9.9 | 6.6-14.6 | 31 | 11.4 | 7.4-17.1 | 44 | 17.2 | 12.4-23.4 | 21 | 6.7 | 4.0-10.9 |
| College Graduate | 366 | 156 | 39.9 | 34.1-46.0 | 36 | 9.7 | 6.5-14.3 | 74 | 25.4 | 20.0-31.8 | 68 | 17.6 | 13.3-22.8 | 32 | 7.4 | 5.0-11.0 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 111 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 15 | 13.6 | 7.5-23.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 190 | 127 | 70.1 | 61.4-77.6 | 20 | 9.4 | 5.4-15.8 | 22 | 10.8 | 6.6-17.3 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 112 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 14 | 11.6 | 6.6-19.7 | 14 | 16.3 | 9.0-27.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 147 | 89 | 68.8 | 59.1-77.0 | *** | *** | *** | 20 | 11.8 | 7.2-18.6 | 22 | 10.1 | 5.6-17.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 142 | *** | *** | *** | 15 | 8.8 | 4.9-15.5 | 19 | 15.1 | 8.7-24.9 | 23 | 19.0 | 11.6-29.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| $75,000+ | 191 | 67 | 35.1 | 27.2-44.1 | 19 | 9.5 | 5.3-16.4 | 42 | 23.4 | 16.4-32.3 | 46 | 23.6 | 16.9-32.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 348 | 238 | 72.1 | 65.8-77.6 | 27 | 7.0 | 4.3-11.2 | 29 | 6.3 | 4.1- 9.4 | 38 | 9.7 | 6.4-14.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 738 | 392 | 55.3 | 50.5-59.9 | 69 | 9.1 | 6.7-12.3 | 118 | 16.3 | 13.2-20.1 | 107 | 13.6 | 10.8-17.1 | 52 | 5.6 | 4.0- 7.9 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 153 | 78 | 53.0 | 43.0-62.7 | *** | *** | *** | 25 | 16.5 | 10.3-25.5 | 23 | 12.3 | 7.6-19.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 938 | 554 | 61.3 | 57.1-65.2 | 82 | 8.6 | 6.5-11.3 | 123 | 12.9 | 10.4-15.9 | 123 | 12.5 | 10.1-15.5 | 56 | 4.7 | 3.4- 6.5 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | ||||||||||||||||
| Regional City or Suburban | 258 | 116 | 46.8 | 39.7-54.1 | 28 | 10.5 | 6.9-15.7 | 40 | 13.9 | 9.8-19.4 | 45 | 20.2 | 14.8-26.8 | 29 | 8.6 | 5.6-13.0 |
| Rural | 833 | 516 | 65.2 | 60.7-69.4 | 68 | 7.7 | 5.6-10.6 | 108 | 13.1 | 10.4-16.5 | 101 | 9.7 | 7.5-12.5 | 40 | 4.3 | 2.9- 6.4 |
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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