2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Screening & Brief Intervention (ASBI)

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At your last routine checkup, were you advised to reduce or quit your drinking?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,246 207 9.4 8.0-10.9 2,039 90.6 89.1-92.0
GENDER
Male 997 117 12.1 10.0-14.8 880 87.9 85.2-90.0
Female 1,249 90 7.1 5.6- 8.9 1,159 92.9 91.1-94.4
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 1,396 94 7.0 5.6- 8.7 1,302 93.0 91.3-94.4
Non-Hispanic Black 512 52 11.0 8.1-14.6 460 89.0 85.4-91.9
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 63 *** *** *** 56 88.4 76.4-94.7
Non-Hispanic Other 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 183 49 25.7 19.3-33.4 134 74.3 66.6-80.7
AGE
18-34 376 47 11.7 8.6-15.8 329 88.3 84.2-91.4
35-44 305 33 11.6 8.0-16.5 272 88.4 83.5-92.0
45-54 400 35 8.1 5.6-11.8 365 91.9 88.2-94.4
55-64 461 44 8.4 6.1-11.5 417 91.6 88.5-93.9
65-74 432 36 9.4 6.5-13.4 396 90.6 86.6-93.5
75+ 239 *** *** *** 230 97.1 94.2-98.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 200 44 19.3 14.0-26.0 156 80.7 74.0-86.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 472 61 12.1 9.1-15.8 411 87.9 84.2-90.9
Some Post-H.S. 684 59 7.6 5.7-10.1 625 92.4 89.9-94.3
College Graduate 888 43 5.0 3.6- 6.9 845 95.0 93.1-96.4
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 761 85 11.8 9.3-14.9 676 88.2 85.1-90.7
No 1,476 121 8.2 6.7-10.0 1,355 91.8 90.0-93.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 330 44 12.9 9.4-17.4 286 87.1 82.6-90.6
Non-Veteran 1,915 163 8.8 7.4-10.5 1,752 91.2 89.5-92.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,191 116 9.3 7.6-11.3 1,075 90.7 88.7-92.4
Unemployed 70 11 16.1 8.6-28.1 59 83.9 71.9-91.4
Retired 613 34 6.2 4.2- 9.0 579 93.8 91.0-95.8
Unable to Work 226 32 15.0 10.2-21.6 194 85.0 78.4-89.8
Other not in Labor Force 135 11 7.3 3.7-13.7 124 92.7 86.3-96.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 151 17 10.4 5.9-17.6 134 89.6 82.4-94.1
$15,000- 24,999 275 50 19.4 14.3-25.7 225 80.6 74.3-85.7
$25,000- 34,999 189 18 8.2 4.9-13.2 171 91.8 86.8-95.1
$35,000- 49,999 261 24 8.4 5.4-12.9 237 91.6 87.1-94.6
$50,000-74,999 261 18 6.3 3.7-10.5 243 93.7 89.5-96.3
$75,000+ 683 40 6.9 4.9- 9.6 643 93.1 90.4-95.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 426 40 9.5 6.7-13.3 386 90.5 86.7-93.3
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 56 *** *** *** 50 91.1 79.5-96.4
50% to 100% 204 38 16.9 11.9-23.4 166 83.1 76.6-88.1
101% to 150% 221 29 13.6 8.9-20.2 192 86.4 79.8-91.1
151% to 200% 163 *** *** *** 154 95.1 89.9-97.7
More than 200% 1,167 81 7.2 5.7- 9.1 1,086 92.8 90.9-94.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 426 40 9.5 6.7-13.3 386 90.5 86.7-93.3
HOUSING
Own 1,544 113 7.5 6.1- 9.2 1,431 92.5 90.8-93.9
Rent 552 80 16.6 13.1-20.8 472 83.4 79.2-86.9
Other arrangement 138 13 8.0 4.3-14.2 125 92.0 85.8-95.7
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 745 65 8.9 6.9-11.6 680 91.1 88.4-93.1
Regional City or Suburban County 608 55 9.8 7.3-13.0 553 90.2 87.0-92.7
Rural 893 87 9.4 7.4-12.0 806 90.6 88.0-92.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 530 62 12.5 9.4-16.5 468 87.5 83.5-90.6
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 768 61 8.2 6.2-10.7 707 91.8 89.3-93.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 948 84 8.9 7.1-11.2 864 91.1 88.8-92.9

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*Asked of respondents that had a checkup within the past 2 years and answered yes to Question 1, 2 or 3 of this module.

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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