Core State Preconception Health Indicators
Women Aged 18 to 44
E4 Percentage who participated in binge drinking on at least one occasion in the past month

  Total Yes No
  N % N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total   757 100.0 141 17.4 14.4- 20.9 616 82.6 79.1- 85.6
Race / Ethnicity                  
  White, Non-Hispanic 404 100.0 87 20.4 16.2- 25.3 317 79.6 74.7- 83.8
  African American, Non-Hispanic 159 100.0 30 18.0 11.9- 26.1 129 82.0 73.9- 88.1
  American Indian, Non-Hispanic 29 100.0 4 14.1 3.7- 41.4 25 85.9 58.6- 96.3
  Other Race, Non-Hispanic 39 100.0 4 9.4 2.9- 26.7 35 90.6 73.3- 97.1
  Latino/Hispanic 126 100.0 16 12.3 7.1- 20.4 110 87.7 79.6- 92.9
Education                  
  No Schooling through Grade 8 (Elementary) 25 100.0 0 0.0 0.0- 11.3 25 100.0 88.7-100.0
  Grades 9 through 11 (Some High School) 30 100.0 7 18.3 7.4- 38.8 23 81.7 61.2- 92.6
  Grades 12 or GED (High School Graduate) 148 100.0 25 17.0 10.9- 25.7 123 83.0 74.3- 89.1
  College 1 year to 3 years (Some College or Technical school) 227 100.0 32 14.2 9.7- 20.2 195 85.8 79.8- 90.3
  College 4 years or more (College Graduate) 333 100.0 80 24.2 19.4- 29.9 253 75.8 70.1- 80.6
Age                  
  18-24 137 100.0 33 19.4 13.4- 27.2 104 80.6 72.8- 86.6
  25-30 158 100.0 41 24.7 17.5- 33.6 117 75.3 66.4- 82.5
  31-40 333 100.0 54 17.7 13.0- 23.7 279 82.3 76.3- 87.0
  41-44 137 100.0 16 8.6 5.0- 14.4 121 91.4 85.6- 95.0

Source: 2022 North Carolina BRFSS
PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2022 are NOT comparable to 2010 and earlier years.