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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Henderson/Transylvania Counties

Alcohol Consumption

On the days when you drank, about how many drinks did you drink on the average?*

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  Total
Respond.#
Only one Two Three Four Five or more
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,739 1,210 37.3 34.6-40.1 888 34.1 31.3-37.0 338 14.9 12.9-17.2 132 5.2 4.0- 6.6 171 8.5 6.7-10.8
Henderson/ Transylvania 211 111 50.0 42.1-57.8 61 28.3 21.7-36.1 15 8.7 5.0-14.5 14 6.2 3.4-11.0 10 6.9 3.5-13.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 163 81 43.8 35.1-52.8 53 33.8 25.6-43.1 19 13.6 7.7-22.8 5 3.5 1.2- 9.5 5 5.4 2.3-12.5
Forsyth 196 93 43.3 35.3-51.7 52 25.4 19.0-33.1 27 16.4 10.2-25.3 10 4.2 2.2- 8.0 14 10.7 6.2-17.9
Guilford 182 89 45.6 37.3-54.2 55 29.3 22.2-37.5 25 17.1 10.9-25.7 7 5.5 2.2-13.1 6 2.6 1.1- 5.9
Mecklenburg 219 96 38.5 30.7-47.0 77 33.9 26.5-42.1 27 17.5 10.7-27.4 8 4.6 2.1- 9.8 11 5.5 2.7-10.7
Orange 274 131 46.8 37.0-56.8 96 35.7 28.0-44.3 29 10.9 7.1-16.4 8 3.0 1.2- 7.5 10 3.6 1.7- 7.1
Pitt 190 61 26.7 20.0-34.6 71 37.5 27.9-48.2 29 16.8 10.5-25.7 16 10.2 5.7-17.5 13 8.8 5.1-14.9
Randolph 121 55 39.4 29.4-50.4 32 25.4 17.0-36.0 15 18.3 9.4-32.8 7 4.1 1.8- 8.9 12 12.8 7.1-22.0
Robeson 116 35 29.5 18.4-43.7 38 29.4 19.8-41.2 13 11.7 6.2-20.9 7 6.2 2.7-13.6 23 23.3 14.4-35.4
Wake 251 106 37.2 30.7-44.3 91 36.5 29.9-43.7 31 12.9 8.8-18.7 14 6.4 3.7-11.0 9 6.9 3.3-13.7
Western NC 217 87 33.4 26.8-40.6 64 30.6 23.6-38.7 29 14.7 9.5-21.9 16 10.2 5.7-17.9 21 11.1 6.8-17.4
Piedmont NC 311 143 38.2 31.5-45.3 98 32.8 25.6-40.8 41 16.1 11.5-22.2 9 3.5 1.7- 7.0 20 9.4 5.6-15.6
Eastern NC 288 122 34.0 28.0-40.5 100 38.1 31.5-45.1 38 14.0 9.9-19.6 11 4.3 2.1- 8.7 17 9.6 5.4-16.5

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available for Henderson/Transylvania Counties. Please refer to the North Carolina table for statewide breakdowns.

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported drinking at least one drink in the last month.

#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, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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