2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Screening & Brief Intervention (ASBI)

You told me earlier that your last routine checkup was [within the past year/within the past 2 years].
At that checkup, were you asked in person or on a form if you drink alcohol?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,739 2,199 80.5 78.7-82.2 540 19.5 17.8-21.3
GENDER
Male 1,202 969 80.4 77.6-83.0 233 19.6 17.0-22.4
Female 1,537 1,230 80.6 78.1-82.8 307 19.4 17.2-21.9
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 1,662 1,368 82.2 79.9-84.2 294 17.8 15.8-20.1
Non-Hispanic Black 644 500 79.5 75.7-82.9 144 20.5 17.1-24.3
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 85 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 232 175 73.1 65.9-79.3 57 26.9 20.7-34.1
AGE
18-34 443 366 81.5 77.0-85.3 77 18.5 14.7-23.0
35-44 339 292 87.2 82.6-90.7 47 12.8 9.3-17.4
45-54 467 393 83.4 79.2-86.9 74 16.6 13.1-20.8
55-64 557 459 82.0 77.8-85.6 98 18.0 14.4-22.2
65-74 525 425 81.2 77.1-84.8 100 18.8 15.2-22.9
75+ 367 229 61.1 54.5-67.2 138 38.9 32.8-45.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 256 188 75.9 69.5-81.4 68 24.1 18.6-30.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 639 452 72.0 67.8-75.9 187 28.0 24.1-32.2
Some Post-H.S. 840 683 82.5 79.4-85.2 157 17.5 14.8-20.6
College Graduate 1,001 874 88.4 86.0-90.4 127 11.6 9.6-14.0
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 960 737 76.9 73.5-80.0 223 23.1 20.0-26.5
No 1,766 1,453 82.3 80.1-84.3 313 17.7 15.7-19.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 391 326 84.3 79.8-88.0 65 15.7 12.0-20.2
Non-Veteran 2,347 1,872 79.9 78.0-81.8 475 20.1 18.2-22.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,366 1,169 84.7 82.4-86.8 197 15.3 13.2-17.6
Unemployed 86 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 824 601 73.0 69.1-76.6 223 27.0 23.4-30.9
Unable to Work 287 218 78.0 72.1-82.9 69 22.0 17.1-27.9
Other not in Labor Force 161 131 80.9 73.2-86.8 30 19.1 13.2-26.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 195 147 74.5 66.8-80.9 48 25.5 19.1-33.2
$15,000- 24,999 347 260 73.4 67.2-78.8 87 26.6 21.2-32.8
$25,000- 34,999 228 184 84.6 78.7-89.0 44 15.4 11.0-21.3
$35,000- 49,999 305 257 85.3 80.3-89.3 48 14.7 10.7-19.7
$50,000-74,999 311 260 84.0 78.8-88.0 51 16.0 12.0-21.2
$75,000+ 755 674 88.8 85.9-91.2 81 11.2 8.8-14.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 598 417 70.6 66.0-74.8 181 29.4 25.2-34.0
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 258 199 76.8 70.3-82.2 59 23.2 17.8-29.7
101% to 150% 263 211 80.3 73.5-85.8 52 19.7 14.2-26.5
151% to 200% 206 157 78.1 70.8-83.9 49 21.9 16.1-29.2
More than 200% 1,335 1,155 86.9 84.7-88.9 180 13.1 11.1-15.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 598 417 70.6 66.0-74.8 181 29.4 25.2-34.0
HOUSING
Own 1,870 1,514 80.9 78.7-82.9 356 19.1 17.1-21.3
Rent 672 540 81.8 78.3-84.9 132 18.2 15.1-21.7
Other arrangement 180 133 74.5 66.4-81.2 47 25.5 18.8-33.6
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 860 735 85.0 82.0-87.6 125 15.0 12.4-18.0
Regional City or Suburban County 737 587 79.5 75.7-82.7 150 20.5 17.3-24.3
Rural 1,142 877 77.4 74.5-80.2 265 22.6 19.8-25.5
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 699 515 72.7 68.5-76.6 184 27.3 23.4-31.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 930 747 81.0 77.9-83.7 183 19.0 16.3-22.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,110 937 84.0 81.3-86.4 173 16.0 13.6-18.7

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*Asked of respondents that had a checkup within the past 2 years.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2019 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on 2019 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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