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%)
North Carolina 2,739 2,199 80.5 78.7-82.2 540 19.5 17.8-21.3
-MALES 1,202 969 80.4 77.6-83.0 233 19.6 17.0-22.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 766 645 84.2 80.9-86.9 121 15.8 13.1-19.1
Non-Hispanic Black 249 185 76.3 69.7-81.8 64 23.7 18.2-30.3
Other 169 124 69.0 59.4-77.1 45 31.0 22.9-40.6
AGE
18-34 208 167 78.4 71.2-84.2 41 21.6 15.8-28.8
35-44 127 108 86.3 78.6-91.5 19 13.7 8.5-21.4
45-54 210 175 83.3 76.9-88.2 35 16.7 11.8-23.1
55-64 234 188 79.5 72.7-85.0 46 20.5 15.0-27.3
65-74 239 199 83.7 77.9-88.3 40 16.3 11.7-22.1
75+ 166 116 67.5 57.8-76.0 50 32.5 24.0-42.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 117 84 73.4 63.7-81.3 33 26.6 18.7-36.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 308 222 72.1 65.7-77.6 86 27.9 22.4-34.3
Some Post-H.S. 344 281 83.4 78.7-87.2 63 16.6 12.8-21.3
College Graduate 432 381 89.7 86.3-92.3 51 10.3 7.7-13.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 137 96 68.6 58.1-77.6 41 31.4 22.4-41.9
$25,000- 34,999 105 85 83.4 73.9-89.9 20 16.6 10.1-26.1
$35,000- 49,999 135 116 85.8 77.9-91.2 19 14.2 8.8-22.1
$50,000- 74,999 142 115 81.2 72.8-87.4 27 18.8 12.6-27.2
$75,000+ 387 345 89.6 85.8-92.5 42 10.4 7.5-14.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 398 308 78.1 73.1-82.5 90 21.9 17.5-26.9
No 795 654 81.5 78.0-84.5 141 18.5 15.5-22.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 348 291 84.4 79.5-88.2 57 15.6 11.8-20.5
Non-Veteran 853 677 79.1 75.7-82.2 176 20.9 17.8-24.3
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 397 337 85.9 81.8-89.3 60 14.1 10.7-18.2
Regional City or Suburban County 329 261 77.8 71.7-82.9 68 22.2 17.1-28.3
Rural 476 371 77.5 72.8-81.6 105 22.5 18.4-27.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 655 551 83.1 79.6-86.2 104 16.9 13.8-20.4
Unemployed 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 368 285 77.9 72.5-82.6 83 22.1 17.4-27.5
Unable to Work 104 76 77.2 67.4-84.7 28 22.8 15.3-32.6
Other not in Labor Force 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 25 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 96 *** *** *** 24 27.1 18.0-38.7
101% to 150% 108 84 79.0 67.4-87.3 24 21.0 12.7-32.6
151% to 200% 103 80 79.4 69.3-86.8 23 20.6 13.2-30.7
More than 200% 637 552 87.2 84.1-89.8 85 12.8 10.2-15.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER4
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 284 210 70.2 63.3-76.3 74 29.8 23.7-36.7
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 411 335 82.4 77.8-86.2 76 17.6 13.8-22.2
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 507 424 83.9 79.7-87.3 83 16.1 12.7-20.3

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

2Based on 2019 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. 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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