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Total Respond.^ |
No Drinks | Meets Guidelines | Exceeded Guidelines | |||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 5,365 | 2,843 | 51.8 | 50.1-53.4 | 914 | 16.3 | 15.2-17.6 | 1,608 | 31.9 | 30.3-33.4 |
Medicaid Region 2 | 863 | 488 | 56.9 | 53.0-60.8 | 131 | 13.1 | 10.7-15.9 | 244 | 30.0 | 26.4-33.8 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Male | 395 | 201 | 53.4 | 47.5-59.3 | 73 | 15.4 | 11.8-19.8 | 121 | 31.1 | 26.0-36.8 |
Female | 468 | 287 | 60.2 | 54.8-65.4 | 58 | 10.9 | 7.9-14.8 | 123 | 28.9 | 24.1-34.1 |
RACE | ||||||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 616 | 321 | 53.1 | 48.4-57.7 | 112 | 15.1 | 12.2-18.6 | 183 | 31.8 | 27.6-36.3 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 139 | 98 | 66.2 | 55.9-75.2 | *** | *** | *** | 31 | 25.3 | 17.4-35.3 |
Other | 108 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 30 | 26.3 | 17.6-37.3 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-44 | 265 | 129 | 50.9 | 43.9-57.8 | 28 | 10.7 | 7.0-16.1 | 108 | 38.4 | 32.0-45.3 |
45-64 | 302 | 170 | 58.3 | 52.1-64.4 | 47 | 14.0 | 10.3-18.8 | 85 | 27.7 | 22.4-33.6 |
65+ | 284 | 181 | 65.4 | 58.5-71.7 | 54 | 16.3 | 12.1-21.5 | 49 | 18.3 | 13.4-24.6 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 287 | 200 | 71.2 | 64.8-76.8 | 33 | 10.4 | 7.1-15.1 | 54 | 18.4 | 13.7-24.2 |
Some Post-H.S. | 269 | 154 | 53.7 | 46.5-60.8 | 28 | 11.0 | 7.1-16.6 | 87 | 35.3 | 28.8-42.4 |
College Graduate | 306 | 133 | 41.3 | 35.1-47.8 | 70 | 19.9 | 15.5-25.1 | 103 | 38.8 | 32.6-45.5 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 374 | 237 | 63.6 | 57.4-69.4 | 44 | 11.0 | 7.7-15.6 | 93 | 25.4 | 20.3-31.2 |
$50,000+ | 325 | 136 | 40.4 | 34.3-46.8 | 71 | 18.8 | 14.4-24.2 | 118 | 40.8 | 34.6-47.3 |
Don't know/Not sure or Refused | 164 | 115 | 72.3 | 63.7-79.5 | 16 | 7.3 | 4.2-12.2 | 33 | 20.4 | 14.1-28.7 |
*Moderate drinking guideline--MALES having a maximum of two drinks on one or more occasions within the past 30 days or FEMALES having a maximum of one drink on one or more occasions within the past 30 days.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2020 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.
***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2020 Annual Results Technical Notes for more 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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