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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 | 2,809 | 1,223 | 39.1 | 37.0-41.2 | 894 | 32.5 | 30.5-34.7 | 336 | 13.5 | 12.0-15.1 | 125 | 5.0 | 4.1- 6.2 | 231 | 9.8 | 8.5-11.3 |
| -Western | 444 | 208 | 40.6 | 35.0-46.4 | 138 | 31.7 | 26.4-37.6 | 40 | 10.8 | 7.5-15.5 | 19 | 6.0 | 3.6- 9.9 | 39 | 10.8 | 7.5-15.4 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 234 | 82 | 32.3 | 25.3-40.1 | 71 | 27.1 | 20.7-34.6 | 31 | 14.9 | 9.8-22.0 | 16 | 9.6 | 5.6-16.1 | 34 | 16.1 | 10.8-23.1 |
| Female | 210 | 126 | 51.7 | 42.9-60.4 | 67 | 37.9 | 29.5-47.2 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 398 | 195 | 42.3 | 36.3-48.5 | 124 | 31.4 | 25.9-37.6 | 33 | 10.6 | 7.1-15.5 | 19 | 6.7 | 4.0-11.1 | 27 | 8.9 | 5.7-13.8 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 10 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Other | 35 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 90 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 17 | 18.7 | 11.0-30.1 |
| 35-44 | 51 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 67 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 55-64 | 92 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 89 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 52 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 25 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 85 | *** | *** | *** | 18 | 17.3 | 10.0-28.1 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Some Post-H.S. | 124 | 45 | 31.6 | 22.8-42.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| College Graduate | 209 | 112 | 49.3 | 41.0-57.6 | 68 | 35.1 | 27.4-43.7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 33 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 61 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 37 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 57 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 69 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $75,000+ | 124 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 107 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 334 | 157 | 39.9 | 33.5-46.5 | 102 | 32.1 | 26.0-39.0 | 31 | 11.7 | 7.7-17.3 | 15 | 6.4 | 3.6-11.2 | 29 | 9.9 | 6.5-14.9 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 72 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 372 | 175 | 40.6 | 34.6-47.0 | 117 | 31.4 | 25.7-37.8 | 34 | 11.4 | 7.6-16.6 | *** | *** | *** | 32 | 11.2 | 7.5-16.4 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | ||||||||||||||||
| Regional City or Suburban | 138 | 56 | 41.5 | 32.3-51.4 | 57 | 37.9 | 29.1-47.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Rural | 306 | 152 | 40.0 | 33.2-47.3 | 81 | 28.2 | 21.7-35.8 | 32 | 13.9 | 9.2-20.5 | *** | *** | *** | 29 | 11.9 | 7.8-17.9 |
*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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