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
-Non-Hispanic White 1,662 1,368 82.2 79.9-84.2 294 17.8 15.8-20.1
GENDER
Male 766 645 84.2 80.9-86.9 121 15.8 13.1-19.1
Female 896 723 80.5 77.2-83.3 173 19.5 16.7-22.8
AGE
18-34 195 172 87.4 81.5-91.7 23 12.6 8.3-18.5
35-44 167 153 90.0 83.2-94.3 14 10.0 5.7-16.8
45-54 269 224 81.6 75.8-86.3 45 18.4 13.7-24.2
55-64 359 304 83.0 77.5-87.4 55 17.0 12.6-22.5
65-74 378 323 85.1 80.4-88.8 55 14.9 11.2-19.6
75+ 275 177 64.1 56.8-70.9 98 35.9 29.1-43.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 88 66 78.7 68.3-86.4 22 21.3 13.6-31.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 339 234 72.0 66.5-77.0 105 28.0 23.0-33.5
Some Post-H.S. 522 428 82.4 78.3-85.8 94 17.6 14.2-21.7
College Graduate 711 639 90.5 87.8-92.6 72 9.5 7.4-12.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 87 66 74.8 63.6-83.4 21 25.2 16.6-36.4
$15,000- 24,999 152 117 76.6 67.5-83.7 35 23.4 16.3-32.5
$25,000- 34,999 118 95 85.4 77.4-90.9 23 14.6 9.1-22.6
$35,000- 49,999 182 156 86.6 80.0-91.3 26 13.4 8.7-20.0
$50,000- 74,999 224 185 82.1 75.6-87.2 39 17.9 12.8-24.4
$75,000+ 561 507 89.1 85.7-91.8 54 10.9 8.2-14.3
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 576 446 76.8 72.3-80.8 130 23.2 19.2-27.7
No 1,080 918 84.9 82.3-87.2 162 15.1 12.8-17.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 266 224 84.6 79.1-88.8 42 15.4 11.2-20.9
Non-Veteran 1,396 1,144 81.8 79.3-84.0 252 18.2 16.0-20.7
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 455 407 88.5 84.4-91.7 48 11.5 8.3-15.6
Regional City or Suburban County 474 385 80.9 76.4-84.7 89 19.1 15.3-23.6
Rural 733 576 79.0 75.3-82.2 157 21.0 17.8-24.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 797 694 85.3 82.2-88.0 103 14.7 12.0-17.8
Unemployed 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 589 444 75.2 70.7-79.2 145 24.8 20.8-29.3
Unable to Work 144 115 79.8 71.4-86.3 29 20.2 13.7-28.6
Other not in Labor Force 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 21 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 105 79 77.1 67.2-84.7 26 22.9 15.3-32.8
101% to 150% 117 98 82.5 72.5-89.3 19 17.5 10.7-27.5
151% to 200% 114 87 78.8 68.7-86.2 27 21.2 13.8-31.3
More than 200% 963 842 87.1 84.5-89.3 121 12.9 10.7-15.5
HOUSING
Own 1,315 1,084 82.0 79.4-84.3 231 18.0 15.7-20.6
Rent 248 208 85.6 80.0-89.8 40 14.4 10.2-20.0
Other arrangement 92 72 81.3 71.5-88.3 20 18.7 11.7-28.5
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 333 241 70.7 64.6-76.1 92 29.3 23.9-35.4
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 633 523 82.6 78.8-85.8 110 17.4 14.2-21.2
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 696 604 86.5 83.2-89.2 92 13.5 10.8-16.8

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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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