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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Gaston County

Alcohol Consumption

Drinking alcohol in the past 30 days*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,131 2,629 41.7 39.8-43.6 3,502 58.3 56.4-60.2
Gaston County 465 161 38.4 33.4-43.6 304 61.6 56.4-66.6
GENDER
Male 177 90 51.3 43.3-59.3 87 48.7 40.7-56.7
Female 288 71 26.2 20.8-32.6 217 73.8 67.4-79.2
RACE
White 391 138 39.8 34.4-45.5 253 60.2 54.5-65.6
Other 72 22 32.8 21.6-46.4 50 67.2 53.6-78.4
AGE
18-44 217 97 48.5 41.0-56.2 120 51.5 43.8-59.0
45+ 244 62 28.1 22.2-34.9 182 71.9 65.1-77.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 247 75 34.2 27.5-41.6 172 65.8 58.4-72.5
Some College + 218 86 42.7 35.5-50.1 132 57.3 49.9-64.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 265 81 37.0 30.3-44.2 184 63.0 55.8-69.7
$50,000+ 103 54 54.2 43.9-64.1 49 45.8 35.9-56.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 414 158 39.4 34.1-44.9 256 60.6 55.1-65.9
Cumberland 422 177 49.5 41.7-57.4 245 50.5 42.6-58.3
Durham 399 180 47.8 41.2-54.6 219 52.2 45.4-58.8
Forsyth 455 203 47.2 41.8-52.6 252 52.8 47.4-58.2
Guilford 414 197 46.9 41.4-52.4 217 53.1 47.6-58.6
Mecklenburg 424 235 55.7 50.4-61.0 189 44.3 39.0-49.6
New Hanover 397 221 57.9 51.4-64.1 176 42.1 35.9-48.6
Onslow 429 184 46.2 39.3-53.2 245 53.8 46.8-60.7
Wake 426 257 58.2 52.5-63.6 169 41.8 36.4-47.5
Western NC 611 200 34.1 29.9-38.5 411 65.9 61.5-70.1
Piedmont NC 663 232 34.9 30.5-39.6 431 65.1 60.4-69.5
Eastern NC 612 224 37.7 33.1-42.5 388 62.3 57.5-66.9

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*Data in this table were derived from the first alcohol consumption question.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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