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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption--AFRICAN AMERICAN Respondents Only

A drink of alcohol is 1 can or bottle of beer, 1 glass of wine, 1 can or bottle of wine cooler, 1 cocktail, or 1 shot of liquor.
During the past 30 days, how many days per week or per month did you have at least one drink of any alcoholic beverage?

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  Total
Respond.#
No drinks 1-2 days 3-7 days 8-29 days Everyday
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,047 746 67.5 63.1-71.7 98 9.7 7.6-12.3 115 13.5 10.4-17.4 74 8.2 5.9-11.3 14 1.0 0.5- 2.1
GENDER
Male 368 206 50.5 43.1-57.9 39 11.8 8.1-16.8 61 20.1 14.3-27.4 52 16.0 11.0-22.6 10 1.7 0.7- 4.2
Female 679 540 80.2 75.6-84.1 59 8.2 5.9-11.2 54 8.7 5.9-12.6 22 2.5 1.5- 4.1 4 0.5 0.2- 1.5
AGE
18-24 92 58 67.6 52.7-79.7 12 6.4 3.1-12.8 19 21.7 11.8-36.4 3 4.3 1.0-16.2 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 191 106 51.4 40.9-61.7 30 17.0 11.1-25.0 28 15.4 8.9-25.3 24 15.4 8.6-26.0 3 0.9 0.3- 2.8
35-44 237 156 60.7 51.1-69.5 30 13.9 8.7-21.5 31 15.4 9.1-24.8 16 7.3 3.9-13.4 4 2.7 0.8- 8.5
45-54 217 159 65.2 55.3-73.9 14 6.7 3.3-13.1 25 17.4 10.7-27.1 18 10.3 5.6-18.1 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8
55-64 128 105 78.8 66.6-87.3 9 9.6 4.6-19.2 4 1.9 0.5- 6.5 6 7.9 2.7-20.9 4 1.8 0.6- 5.4
65-74 95 82 94.9 90.5-97.4 1 0.7 0.1- 5.0 7 2.4 1.0- 5.9 4 1.8 0.6- 4.8 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0
75+ 68 63 97.7 93.3-99.3 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0 1 1.1 0.2- 7.5 2 0.5 0.1- 1.9 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 201 159 80.5 71.5-87.2 11 5.6 2.7-11.1 14 4.4 2.3- 8.4 13 8.9 4.2-17.8 4 0.6 0.2- 1.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 353 259 69.6 61.7-76.5 28 8.0 4.9-12.9 43 16.6 11.0-24.1 20 4.5 2.3- 8.8 3 1.3 0.3- 5.0
Some Post-H.S. 280 182 59.9 50.7-68.5 34 11.1 7.3-16.5 39 17.7 11.1-27.0 24 11.1 6.3-19.0 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2
College Graduate 205 138 58.8 49.3-67.7 25 16.4 10.4-24.9 19 11.4 6.6-18.9 17 11.1 6.0-19.5 6 2.3 1.0- 5.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 148 121 73.8 59.5-84.4 7 5.5 2.2-13.0 12 17.1 8.0-32.9 7 3.3 1.1- 9.6 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2
$15,000- 24,999 236 173 75.4 65.6-83.1 20 7.4 4.1-12.9 26 12.1 6.5-21.6 16 5.0 2.2-11.2 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4
$25,000- 34,999 162 94 57.5 45.4-68.7 27 18.2 11.5-27.5 25 16.4 8.9-28.4 14 5.5 2.8-10.6 2 2.3 0.5-10.8
$35,000- 49,999 125 82 53.0 39.9-65.8 10 4.8 2.2-10.2 17 23.7 13.6-38.0 14 17.7 9.4-30.8 2 0.8 0.2- 3.0
$50,000-74,999 62 40 57.1 37.5-74.7 5 8.8 3.4-21.1 8 7.4 3.2-16.0 7 23.6 8.9-49.4 2 3.1 0.7-12.1
$75,000+ 59 36 59.4 42.7-74.2 7 15.8 6.4-34.0 4 7.7 2.6-20.8 9 13.8 6.6-26.5 3 3.2 1.0-10.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 27 20 69.6 45.6-86.2 3 15.9 4.3-44.4 4 14.4 5.0-35.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Forsyth 96 76 77.8 66.3-86.1 4 7.5 2.6-19.8 9 8.1 4.1-15.4 5 3.2 1.3- 7.6 2 3.5 0.8-13.2
Guilford 117 75 61.4 49.5-72.1 14 12.3 6.8-21.0 15 16.5 8.8-28.7 11 7.8 4.2-14.1 2 2.1 0.5- 7.9
Henderson/Transylvania 12 9 91.7 67.7-98.3 1 4.3 0.5-29.8 1 2.1 0.2-16.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.9 0.2-15.3
Mecklenburg 133 82 61.6 51.9-70.4 20 13.2 8.2-20.6 17 14.7 8.8-23.4 12 9.3 5.0-16.5 2 1.3 0.3- 5.4
Orange 42 30 72.3 54.5-85.0 5 9.7 3.7-22.8 4 12.4 4.3-30.9 2 3.9 0.9-15.4 1 1.8 0.3-11.9
Pitt 111 87 69.4 59.2-78.0 5 4.3 1.6-10.7 9 15.9 9.9-24.6 7 7.2 3.3-15.3 3 3.2 0.9-10.5
Randolph 17 13 77.9 50.2-92.5 1 8.6 1.2-42.3 0 0.0 . - . 3 13.5 3.9-37.6 0 0.0 . - .
Robeson 92 70 65.1 47.3-79.6 7 15.7 4.5-42.4 12 16.2 8.8-28.0 3 3.0 0.8-10.2 0 0.0 . - .
Wake 74 37 42.4 28.9-57.0 12 15.6 8.1-28.0 15 19.3 10.8-32.0 9 22.2 10.0-42.1 1 0.6 0.1- 4.1
Western NC 23 15 67.2 44.2-84.1 0 0.0 . - . 4 19.6 7.0-43.9 4 13.2 4.5-32.9 0 0.0 . - .
Piedmont NC 113 84 74.0 63.3-82.5 12 10.4 5.6-18.5 8 7.6 3.4-16.0 8 7.6 3.5-16.0 1 0.4 0.0- 2.5
Eastern NC 190 148 71.7 62.5-79.3 14 6.7 3.8-11.5 17 14.9 8.7-24.3 10 5.9 3.0-11.3 1 0.8 0.1- 5.8

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#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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