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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption

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 6,693 3,958 58.8 56.9-60.6 739 11.1 10.0-12.3 906 14.6 13.2-16.1 811 12.3 11.1-13.6 279 3.2 2.7- 3.9
GENDER
Male 2,590 1,228 47.6 44.6-50.6 295 11.1 9.5-12.9 434 18.5 16.1-21.2 471 18.4 16.2-20.8 162 4.4 3.5- 5.5
Female 4,103 2,730 69.2 67.0-71.2 444 11.1 9.7-12.7 472 10.9 9.6-12.4 340 6.7 5.7- 7.8 117 2.1 1.6- 2.8
RACE
White 5,075 2,837 56.8 54.7-58.9 586 11.5 10.2-12.9 718 14.4 12.9-16.1 684 13.4 12.0-15.0 250 3.9 3.2- 4.6
African American 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
Asian 78 49 50.5 34.9-65.9 8 11.9 5.2-24.7 12 12.7 5.5-26.9 6 22.4 9.8-43.4 3 2.5 0.7- 9.1
Native American 182 141 57.9 44.2-70.4 16 16.5 7.4-32.8 13 14.0 7.2-25.7 8 4.1 1.6-10.1 4 7.4 2.0-23.6
Other Minorities 264 158 59.4 50.1-68.2 27 9.3 5.6-15.0 39 18.7 12.0-28.0 36 11.1 6.8-17.5 4 1.4 0.3- 6.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 295 181 61.6 52.5-70.0 30 9.1 5.6-14.5 41 16.4 10.3-25.2 41 11.8 7.5-18.2 2 1.1 0.2- 6.6
-English Speaking 126 73 52.3 39.5-64.9 10 9.6 4.6-19.0 19 17.3 9.1-30.5 22 16.8 9.2-28.7 2 3.9 0.6-20.4
-Spanish Speaking 169 108 65.3 53.5-75.4 20 8.9 4.8-16.0 22 16.0 8.7-27.8 19 9.8 5.1-18.0 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 6,386 3,772 58.6 56.7-60.5 709 11.3 10.2-12.5 860 14.4 13.0-15.9 769 12.3 11.1-13.7 276 3.4 2.9- 4.0
AGE
18-24 480 241 50.4 43.2-57.5 70 13.1 9.2-18.2 98 22.2 16.4-29.3 63 13.1 9.2-18.4 8 1.3 0.6- 2.9
25-34 1,130 545 49.5 45.3-53.7 198 16.8 13.9-20.1 197 16.5 13.6-19.9 167 15.1 12.2-18.6 23 2.1 1.1- 3.7
35-44 1,314 667 51.5 47.5-55.4 183 13.6 11.2-16.4 214 17.6 14.7-21.0 200 14.4 11.9-17.4 50 2.9 2.0- 4.4
45-54 1,318 752 59.5 55.5-63.4 132 8.5 6.7-10.8 187 14.6 11.8-17.9 187 13.8 11.2-16.8 60 3.5 2.4- 5.1
55-64 971 622 64.9 60.5-69.1 88 8.8 6.6-11.6 105 9.9 7.7-12.7 96 11.2 8.4-14.8 60 5.1 3.5- 7.5
65-74 795 583 77.9 73.7-81.5 47 4.8 3.3- 7.0 53 5.8 4.1- 8.2 67 6.1 4.3- 8.6 45 5.4 3.5- 8.2
75+ 621 506 85.2 81.1-88.6 16 2.4 1.2- 4.7 43 4.7 3.2- 7.0 24 3.5 2.0- 6.1 32 4.2 2.5- 6.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,076 862 76.4 71.7-80.5 59 6.8 4.6- 9.9 67 7.1 4.7-10.7 63 7.5 5.3-10.6 25 2.1 1.1- 3.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,969 1,324 65.2 61.9-68.3 197 11.1 9.2-13.4 231 13.7 11.5-16.4 151 7.2 5.7- 9.0 66 2.7 1.9- 3.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,561 898 54.9 50.9-58.8 204 11.1 9.2-13.3 214 17.4 14.2-21.3 190 13.5 10.9-16.6 55 3.0 2.1- 4.3
College Graduate 2,067 856 41.4 38.3-44.6 278 14.1 11.9-16.6 393 18.3 15.9-20.9 407 21.3 18.6-24.2 133 4.9 3.8- 6.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 675 503 71.8 65.6-77.3 57 8.6 5.5-13.2 53 10.6 6.9-15.9 47 7.0 4.6-10.6 15 1.9 1.0- 3.8
$15,000- 24,999 1,093 733 65.8 61.1-70.3 109 10.3 7.8-13.6 124 10.5 8.0-13.8 86 9.6 6.9-13.2 41 3.7 2.3- 5.8
$25,000- 34,999 809 458 61.3 56.1-66.3 97 11.6 8.9-14.9 122 14.7 11.3-18.9 101 10.6 7.8-14.2 31 1.9 1.1- 3.3
$35,000- 49,999 893 488 56.8 51.9-61.6 112 10.0 7.7-12.9 130 16.1 12.8-20.1 127 14.7 11.3-19.0 36 2.3 1.5- 3.6
$50,000-74,999 743 375 50.7 45.1-56.4 103 11.7 8.8-15.4 113 15.8 11.2-21.9 109 16.7 12.9-21.4 43 5.0 3.2- 7.7
$75,000+ 875 292 34.3 29.9-38.9 129 16.6 13.3-20.5 191 21.4 17.8-25.6 213 23.0 19.3-27.1 50 4.6 3.2- 6.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 413 248 58.9 53.1-64.4 39 10.7 7.6-14.9 64 14.6 11.2-18.7 41 10.9 7.4-15.9 21 4.9 3.0- 7.8
Forsyth 465 268 54.1 48.6-59.4 58 14.2 10.6-18.6 62 14.4 11.0-18.6 55 12.8 9.2-17.6 22 4.5 2.8- 7.1
Guilford 421 240 54.6 48.7-60.4 46 11.5 8.1-15.9 51 13.9 10.2-18.8 65 16.0 12.3-20.4 19 4.0 2.4- 6.7
Henderson/Transylvania 470 260 57.6 51.8-63.1 51 10.7 7.8-14.4 63 13.8 10.4-18.1 68 12.2 9.4-15.8 28 5.7 3.8- 8.5
Mecklenburg 447 227 49.7 43.6-55.9 67 12.9 9.7-16.9 66 15.6 11.9-20.1 72 19.4 14.4-25.7 15 2.4 1.4- 4.2
Orange 438 164 35.8 29.6-42.4 51 16.9 9.8-27.6 104 23.3 18.6-28.7 87 18.4 14.5-23.1 32 5.6 3.8- 8.3
Pitt 415 224 47.3 41.4-53.4 53 12.5 9.3-16.6 57 15.4 12.0-19.7 57 18.2 12.8-25.1 24 6.6 4.2-10.3
Randolph 429 307 69.9 63.9-75.2 41 9.8 6.9-13.7 34 10.1 6.4-15.6 33 6.9 4.7-10.0 14 3.4 1.8- 6.1
Robeson 436 326 67.9 61.2-73.9 36 13.4 8.6-20.1 40 10.4 7.2-14.8 26 7.1 4.3-11.3 8 1.3 0.6- 2.9
Wake 428 177 38.3 33.1-43.8 61 15.4 11.6-20.0 87 21.2 17.0-26.1 87 21.1 16.5-26.6 16 4.0 2.3- 6.9
Western NC 656 440 64.9 60.4-69.2 55 8.2 6.0-11.0 68 12.2 9.2-16.1 64 10.4 8.0-13.5 29 4.2 2.9- 6.2
Piedmont NC 881 572 66.1 61.9-70.0 92 9.6 7.5-12.3 109 12.5 9.6-16.0 79 9.3 7.1-12.0 29 2.6 1.7- 4.1
Eastern NC 794 505 60.5 56.2-64.6 89 11.0 8.6-13.8 101 15.4 12.3-19.1 77 10.5 8.1-13.4 22 2.7 1.7- 4.2

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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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