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Total Respond.^ |
No Drinks | Meets Guidelines | Exceeded Guidelines | |||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 4,365 | 2,336 | 52.6 | 50.7-54.4 | 731 | 15.8 | 14.5-17.1 | 1,298 | 31.7 | 30.0-33.4 |
Region 4 | 655 | 324 | 49.8 | 45.4-54.2 | 98 | 14.1 | 11.5-17.3 | 233 | 36.1 | 31.9-40.4 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Male | 302 | 118 | 39.7 | 33.5-46.3 | 54 | 16.8 | 12.7-21.9 | 130 | 43.5 | 37.2-50.0 |
Female | 353 | 206 | 58.7 | 52.6-64.5 | 44 | 11.8 | 8.6-16.1 | 103 | 29.5 | 24.3-35.4 |
RACE | ||||||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 445 | 205 | 46.8 | 41.4-52.2 | 70 | 14.3 | 11.2-18.1 | 170 | 38.9 | 33.8-44.3 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 118 | 69 | 55.7 | 45.5-65.5 | 18 | 15.6 | 9.6-24.4 | 31 | 28.7 | 20.4-38.9 |
Other | 92 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-44 | 260 | 105 | 43.4 | 36.8-50.2 | 29 | 10.5 | 7.1-15.4 | 126 | 46.1 | 39.5-52.9 |
45-64 | 212 | 99 | 47.1 | 39.7-54.7 | 38 | 18.0 | 13.1-24.2 | 75 | 34.9 | 28.0-42.4 |
65+ | 168 | 113 | 71.2 | 62.5-78.5 | 29 | 15.8 | 10.6-22.9 | 26 | 13.0 | 8.4-19.6 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 213 | 136 | 62.1 | 54.4-69.2 | 26 | 11.7 | 7.7-17.3 | 51 | 26.2 | 20.0-33.6 |
Some Post-H.S. | 207 | 107 | 49.2 | 41.6-56.9 | 29 | 13.0 | 8.9-18.6 | 71 | 37.8 | 30.5-45.6 |
College Graduate | 231 | 78 | 31.9 | 25.6-39.0 | 43 | 19.7 | 14.3-26.4 | 110 | 48.4 | 41.3-55.6 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 251 | 150 | 60.2 | 53.2-66.9 | 29 | 12.9 | 8.8-18.4 | 72 | 26.9 | 21.2-33.4 |
$50,000+ | 280 | 89 | 32.5 | 26.6-39.1 | 58 | 18.0 | 13.7-23.3 | 133 | 49.4 | 42.8-56.1 |
Don't know/Not Sure | 124 | 85 | 69.7 | 59.4-78.3 | 11 | 7.4 | 3.6-14.9 | 28 | 22.9 | 15.4-32.5 |
*Moderate drinking guideline--MALES having a maximum of two drinks on one or more occasions within the past 30 days or FEMALES having a maximum of one drink on one or more occasions within the past 30 days.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2018 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.
***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2018 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.
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