2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption

During the past 30 days, how many days per week or per month did you have at least one drink of any
alcoholic beverage such as beer, wine, a malt beverage or liquor?

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  Total
Respond.^		 No drinks 1-2 days 3-7 days 8-29 days Everyday
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,017 2,066 52.1 50.3-53.9 528 13.3 12.1-14.5 585 15.0 13.7-16.3 616 14.7 13.5-16.0 222 5.0 4.3- 5.8
GENDER
Male 1,854 826 45.7 43.1-48.4 230 12.9 11.1-14.8 298 16.0 14.1-18.0 352 18.1 16.2-20.2 148 7.3 6.1- 8.8
Female 2,163 1,240 57.8 55.3-60.2 298 13.6 12.0-15.4 287 14.0 12.4-15.9 264 11.7 10.3-13.3 74 2.9 2.2- 3.7
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,542 1,193 48.7 46.4-51.0 313 12.0 10.6-13.6 402 16.2 14.6-18.0 464 17.3 15.8-19.1 170 5.7 4.8- 6.7
Non-Hispanic Black 803 496 58.7 54.6-62.7 100 13.7 11.1-16.9 89 12.0 9.5-14.9 86 11.0 8.7-13.7 32 4.6 3.1- 6.8
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 103 *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 11.8 6.3-20.9 11 11.5 5.9-21.1 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 151 78 52.6 43.1-61.9 35 22.5 15.9-31.0 24 17.1 11.1-25.5 13 7.3 3.9-13.1 *** *** ***
Hispanic 357 198 59.3 53.5-64.9 60 17.1 13.0-22.1 54 13.2 10.0-17.2 33 7.3 5.1-10.5 12 3.1 1.6- 5.9
AGE
18-34 871 358 44.2 40.5-47.9 126 14.7 12.3-17.5 198 20.9 18.1-24.0 166 17.6 15.1-20.6 23 2.6 1.7- 4.1
35-44 571 258 46.0 41.3-50.7 90 15.0 12.1-18.5 100 17.4 14.2-21.2 101 16.8 13.7-20.4 22 4.7 3.0- 7.3
45-54 651 303 48.4 43.9-52.8 108 16.6 13.4-20.3 93 13.8 11.2-17.1 107 14.8 12.0-18.1 40 6.4 4.6- 8.9
55-64 743 397 55.2 51.0-59.3 93 12.9 10.3-16.0 97 12.7 10.3-15.7 116 13.9 11.4-16.8 40 5.3 3.7- 7.6
65-74 666 397 60.1 55.7-64.4 70 9.7 7.5-12.5 60 10.3 7.8-13.6 81 12.3 9.6-15.7 58 7.5 5.7- 9.9
75+ 463 318 75.2 70.6-79.4 35 6.2 4.2- 9.1 34 5.4 3.6- 7.9 41 7.5 5.2-10.7 35 5.6 3.9- 8.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 358 251 69.9 63.9-75.2 38 10.2 7.1-14.5 28 7.6 4.8-11.7 24 7.3 4.6-11.2 17 5.1 3.0- 8.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 946 593 61.0 57.3-64.6 111 14.3 11.7-17.4 106 11.5 9.4-14.0 89 8.9 7.1-11.2 47 4.2 3.1- 5.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,198 642 51.4 48.1-54.6 151 12.4 10.5-14.6 173 16.3 14.0-19.0 169 14.8 12.6-17.3 63 5.1 3.9- 6.6
College Graduate 1,507 575 36.3 33.6-39.0 227 14.6 12.8-16.6 277 20.0 17.8-22.4 333 23.6 21.2-26.1 95 5.6 4.4- 6.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,321 846 64.7 61.5-67.7 131 10.6 8.8-12.8 143 11.1 9.2-13.3 128 8.8 7.2-10.7 73 4.9 3.7- 6.4
No 2,669 1,201 46.1 43.9-48.3 396 14.6 13.1-16.2 438 16.7 15.2-18.4 487 17.6 16.0-19.2 147 5.0 4.2- 6.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 575 284 49.6 44.8-54.5 70 13.9 10.7-18.0 77 14.2 11.2-17.9 92 15.2 12.0-19.0 52 7.1 5.2- 9.5
Non-Veteran 3,439 1,781 52.4 50.5-54.4 456 13.1 11.9-14.5 508 15.1 13.7-16.5 524 14.7 13.4-16.1 170 4.7 3.9- 5.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,155 897 43.0 40.6-45.4 332 15.5 13.8-17.4 393 18.2 16.4-20.1 407 17.9 16.1-19.7 126 5.5 4.5- 6.6
Unemployed 154 78 50.4 40.9-60.0 25 16.6 10.9-24.6 19 11.1 6.1-19.3 26 17.4 11.2-25.9 *** *** ***
Retired 1,055 643 64.1 60.6-67.4 109 9.5 7.7-11.7 100 9.1 7.2-11.3 127 11.2 9.3-13.6 76 6.1 4.7- 7.9
Unable to Work 362 282 78.4 72.9-83.0 21 6.0 3.7- 9.5 26 7.7 4.8-12.1 20 4.2 2.5- 6.8 13 3.8 2.1- 6.8
Other not in Labor Force 264 145 56.2 49.4-62.9 39 13.0 9.1-18.3 44 17.9 13.2-23.7 35 12.3 8.6-17.2 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 279 199 70.0 63.5-75.9 17 6.5 3.8-11.0 28 9.9 6.7-14.6 29 11.8 8.0-17.1 *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 515 346 68.8 63.9-73.2 55 11.4 8.5-15.2 46 7.9 5.8-10.8 40 7.3 5.1-10.4 28 4.6 2.9- 7.1
$25,000- 34,999 339 188 50.8 44.6-57.0 52 17.3 13.0-22.7 45 16.0 11.8-21.4 42 11.8 8.5-16.1 12 4.1 2.2- 7.4
$35,000- 49,999 460 226 50.0 44.6-55.3 72 17.1 13.4-21.6 62 13.4 10.3-17.3 72 14.5 11.1-18.6 28 5.1 3.3- 7.8
$50,000-74,999 478 192 42.4 37.2-47.8 76 15.1 11.5-19.5 78 15.8 12.5-20.0 102 20.9 17.0-25.5 30 5.7 3.7- 8.6
$75,000+ 1,111 385 34.2 31.1-37.4 161 14.5 12.3-17.0 235 22.9 20.1-26.1 251 22.2 19.6-25.1 79 6.2 4.9- 7.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 835 530 65.9 62.0-69.5 95 10.3 8.2-12.9 91 10.6 8.5-13.2 80 8.6 6.7-11.0 39 4.6 3.2- 6.5
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 115 85 73.6 63.6-81.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** 14 12.7 7.4-21.0 *** *** ***
50% to 100% 363 239 65.6 59.7-71.1 48 15.3 11.3-20.5 37 9.6 6.7-13.6 30 7.8 5.3-11.5 *** *** ***
101% to 150% 412 258 62.3 56.6-67.6 58 14.9 11.3-19.4 48 10.8 7.9-14.7 31 8.2 5.5-11.9 17 3.8 2.3- 6.4
151% to 200% 290 162 53.8 47.0-60.5 38 13.0 9.3-18.0 37 15.3 10.9-21.2 33 11.1 7.3-16.5 20 6.7 3.9-11.4
More than 200% 1,981 783 39.3 36.8-41.8 282 14.3 12.5-16.2 361 19.5 17.5-21.7 425 21.1 19.2-23.2 130 5.8 4.8- 7.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 835 530 65.9 62.0-69.5 95 10.3 8.2-12.9 91 10.6 8.5-13.2 80 8.6 6.7-11.0 39 4.6 3.2- 6.5
HOUSING
Own 2,556 1,286 51.3 49.0-53.5 350 13.5 12.0-15.1 349 14.3 12.7-16.0 403 15.2 13.7-16.8 168 5.8 4.9- 6.9
Rent 1,143 589 50.8 47.4-54.1 145 13.9 11.6-16.5 191 17.3 15.0-20.0 171 14.0 11.9-16.4 47 4.0 2.8- 5.5
Other arrangement 288 168 58.3 51.6-64.7 32 11.2 7.6-16.1 42 14.6 10.6-19.9 41 14.6 10.5-19.9 *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,297 547 43.7 40.6-46.9 181 14.0 12.0-16.4 251 19.4 17.1-22.0 244 17.8 15.6-20.2 74 5.0 3.9- 6.5
Regional City or Suburban County 1,113 584 53.8 50.3-57.2 160 13.8 11.6-16.2 148 14.2 12.0-16.8 163 13.6 11.5-16.0 58 4.7 3.4- 6.3
Rural 1,607 935 58.5 55.6-61.3 187 12.2 10.4-14.2 186 11.4 9.7-13.4 209 12.8 11.0-14.8 90 5.2 4.1- 6.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 948 574 59.5 55.7-63.2 113 12.5 10.1-15.3 115 12.9 10.6-15.6 106 11.0 8.9-13.6 40 4.1 2.9- 5.9
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,332 718 55.5 52.3-58.6 189 13.9 11.9-16.3 175 13.0 11.0-15.3 182 13.1 11.1-15.2 68 4.5 3.4- 6.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,737 774 46.2 43.5-48.9 226 13.1 11.4-15.0 295 17.4 15.4-19.5 328 17.7 15.7-19.8 114 5.7 4.6- 7.0

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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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