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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 1,360 486 30.4 27.0-34.1 434 33.8 29.8-38.0 207 17.0 14.1-20.3 90 6.3 4.7- 8.5 143 12.5 9.7-15.9
Female 1,379 724 48.1 44.1-52.1 454 34.5 30.8-38.5 131 11.7 9.2-14.9 42 3.3 2.1- 5.1 28 2.4 1.3- 4.1
RACE
White 2,243 1,045 39.5 36.4-42.6 718 34.1 30.9-37.5 251 13.5 11.3-16.1 107 5.5 4.2- 7.2 122 7.4 5.6- 9.8
African American 304 103 28.2 22.1-35.2 116 43.1 35.0-51.6 54 19.7 13.9-27.2 17 3.8 1.5- 9.0 14 5.2 2.6-10.2
Asian 29 12 50.4 26.6-74.0 10 28.2 12.0-53.0 3 6.6 1.3-27.1 0 0.0 . - . 4 14.8 4.1-41.5
Native American 44 15 48.0 26.2-70.5 16 33.7 15.3-59.0 4 7.9 2.5-22.7 2 0.8 0.2- 3.4 7 9.5 3.6-23.2
Other Minorities 101 26 23.0 13.2-37.0 24 17.0 9.8-28.0 24 24.6 14.5-38.5 6 6.6 2.6-15.7 21 28.7 15.8-46.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 113 34 22.0 13.2-34.3 26 14.2 7.9-24.0 20 21.8 12.2-35.7 9 7.5 3.4-15.8 24 34.6 20.7-51.8
-English Speaking 53 25 43.8 26.2-63.1 13 15.8 6.6-33.0 6 15.0 4.9-37.6 2 6.3 1.4-24.0 7 19.1 7.5-40.8
-Spanish Speaking 60 9 10.7 3.9-26.2 13 13.3 6.2-26.5 14 25.3 12.6-44.2 7 8.1 3.1-19.5 17 42.6 23.9-63.7
Non-Hispanic 2,622 1,175 38.4 35.6-41.2 862 35.5 32.6-38.6 315 14.3 12.2-16.6 123 5.0 3.8- 6.5 147 6.8 5.3- 8.6
AGE
18-24 238 53 17.9 12.2-25.6 79 36.7 27.0-47.6 41 16.4 10.5-24.8 27 11.8 7.2-18.7 38 17.1 10.6-26.5
25-34 585 185 27.8 23.1-33.1 208 37.4 31.8-43.4 101 18.9 14.6-24.2 40 5.4 3.5- 8.2 51 10.4 6.8-15.7
35-44 645 259 39.7 34.3-45.4 228 32.9 28.0-38.2 88 16.1 12.2-21.0 30 4.1 2.5- 6.6 40 7.3 4.6-11.3
45-54 570 257 40.4 34.5-46.6 193 34.2 28.6-40.4 69 14.8 10.7-20.1 23 3.7 1.7- 7.8 28 6.8 3.6-12.4
55-64 352 208 54.3 46.6-61.8 97 29.8 23.2-37.4 30 11.6 7.3-18.1 8 2.5 1.1- 5.7 9 1.7 0.7- 4.0
65-74 215 152 65.2 55.2-74.1 54 30.5 22.0-40.6 4 1.1 0.4- 3.6 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 4 3.0 0.8- 9.8
75+ 113 85 77.5 65.1-86.4 22 20.2 11.6-32.8 4 1.9 0.6- 5.5 2 0.4 0.1- 1.6 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 216 60 22.6 15.4-31.8 53 27.7 19.2-38.1 40 18.2 11.8-27.2 16 5.7 2.9-11.1 47 25.8 16.7-37.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 646 236 33.7 28.6-39.2 213 34.4 29.0-40.1 96 17.5 13.5-22.5 43 5.1 3.4- 7.6 58 9.4 6.1-14.1
Some Post-H.S. 666 280 35.8 30.5-41.4 223 34.6 28.5-41.3 89 15.5 11.5-20.6 35 6.8 4.1-10.9 39 7.3 4.7-11.2
College Graduate 1,209 633 45.3 41.1-49.6 398 35.3 31.3-39.6 113 11.6 8.9-14.9 38 3.9 2.4- 6.2 27 3.9 2.1- 7.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 172 56 21.4 14.1-31.0 52 29.6 19.5-42.1 24 19.1 10.7-31.8 19 11.8 5.9-22.5 21 18.1 9.4-32.0
$15,000- 24,999 361 114 26.4 20.2-33.8 116 29.4 22.1-37.9 61 16.3 11.2-23.2 26 9.0 5.1-15.4 44 18.9 12.3-27.8
$25,000- 34,999 351 135 32.5 26.0-39.7 124 38.3 30.4-46.7 41 16.1 10.5-24.0 26 7.2 4.1-12.5 25 5.9 3.4-10.1
$35,000- 49,999 407 189 36.7 30.3-43.7 122 31.1 24.4-38.6 53 17.9 12.2-25.5 16 4.5 2.5- 8.2 27 9.8 5.8-16.0
$50,000-74,999 370 193 44.6 36.4-53.1 114 36.1 27.4-45.9 40 10.9 7.1-16.5 11 3.4 1.4- 7.8 12 5.0 2.1-11.4
$75,000+ 585 285 43.8 38.1-49.5 200 34.8 29.6-40.3 65 14.0 10.1-19.0 19 3.6 2.1- 6.1 16 3.9 2.0- 7.4
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
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
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

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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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