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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 |
Region 5 | 653 | 320 | 51.2 | 46.7-55.7 | 131 | 18.3 | 15.2-21.9 | 202 | 30.5 | 26.6-34.7 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Male | 291 | 127 | 48.0 | 41.3-54.7 | 77 | 23.0 | 18.2-28.7 | 87 | 29.0 | 23.4-35.2 |
Female | 362 | 193 | 54.1 | 47.9-60.1 | 54 | 14.1 | 10.3-19.0 | 115 | 31.9 | 26.5-37.7 |
RACE | ||||||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 399 | 170 | 46.5 | 40.8-52.2 | 94 | 20.7 | 16.7-25.4 | 135 | 32.8 | 27.8-38.3 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 161 | 99 | 59.8 | 50.3-68.6 | 24 | 15.0 | 9.3-23.3 | 38 | 25.2 | 17.9-34.1 |
Other | 93 | *** | *** | *** | 13 | 11.5 | 6.3-20.0 | 29 | 27.4 | 18.6-38.3 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-44 | 245 | 100 | 44.9 | 37.9-52.2 | 39 | 14.3 | 9.9-20.1 | 106 | 40.8 | 34.1-47.9 |
45-64 | 220 | 109 | 54.3 | 46.8-61.7 | 52 | 22.3 | 16.8-28.9 | 59 | 23.4 | 17.9-29.9 |
65+ | 178 | 105 | 59.7 | 50.8-67.9 | 38 | 20.6 | 14.5-28.4 | 35 | 19.7 | 13.7-27.5 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 173 | 125 | 74.5 | 66.5-81.1 | 14 | 7.7 | 4.3-13.6 | 34 | 17.8 | 12.3-25.0 |
Some Post-H.S. | 173 | 88 | 49.2 | 40.8-57.6 | 29 | 19.4 | 13.4-27.2 | 56 | 31.5 | 24.3-39.6 |
College Graduate | 307 | 107 | 32.8 | 27.3-38.9 | 88 | 26.5 | 21.6-32.1 | 112 | 40.7 | 34.6-47.0 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 244 | 149 | 60.9 | 53.5-67.9 | 29 | 12.5 | 8.3-18.3 | 66 | 26.6 | 20.7-33.4 |
$50,000+ | 285 | 93 | 34.8 | 28.5-41.7 | 85 | 26.9 | 21.4-33.2 | 107 | 38.3 | 32.0-45.0 |
Don't know/Not Sure | 124 | 78 | 66.2 | 56.2-74.9 | 17 | 11.7 | 7.0-18.8 | 29 | 22.1 | 14.9-31.6 |
*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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