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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption--FEMALE 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 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 3,121 1,952 65.8 63.3-68.2 364 12.1 10.3-14.0 392 11.4 9.9-13.0 304 8.0 6.8- 9.4 109 2.7 2.0- 3.6
African American 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
Asian 42 30 63.0 41.3-80.4 3 11.0 3.1-32.4 7 16.4 5.8-38.4 2 9.7 2.0-35.6 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 113 96 78.7 63.4-88.8 9 8.3 3.6-18.0 5 11.8 4.2-29.1 2 0.8 0.2- 3.3 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8
Other Minorities 118 93 74.9 61.5-84.8 7 10.0 4.2-22.0 9 10.8 4.5-23.7 8 3.6 1.2-10.3 1 0.7 0.1- 4.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 141 109 80.6 69.7-88.3 11 11.0 5.2-21.9 11 4.8 1.7-12.4 10 3.6 1.6- 7.7 0 0.0 . - .
-English Speaking 70 49 71.8 54.2-84.6 4 9.0 2.8-25.1 9 11.9 4.1-30.1 8 7.3 2.8-17.5 0 0.0 . - .
-Spanish Speaking 71 60 85.7 70.3-93.8 7 12.2 4.7-28.3 2 0.7 0.2- 2.9 2 1.4 0.3- 5.7 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 3,955 2,618 68.6 66.4-70.7 433 11.2 9.7-12.8 458 11.2 9.8-12.7 329 6.8 5.8- 7.9 117 2.3 1.7- 3.0
AGE
18-24 293 170 61.7 53.1-69.6 48 18.3 12.3-26.4 47 13.4 9.3-18.9 25 6.1 3.4-10.6 3 0.6 0.2- 2.0
25-34 685 390 60.5 55.3-65.5 122 17.7 14.0-22.2 101 13.2 10.2-17.0 65 7.8 5.6-10.7 7 0.7 0.2- 2.6
35-44 757 439 62.1 57.0-67.0 106 12.5 9.7-16.0 107 14.8 11.2-19.3 87 8.4 6.3-11.0 18 2.3 1.1- 4.5
45-54 792 512 73.3 68.9-77.3 82 8.4 6.0-11.5 100 9.9 7.5-13.0 75 6.7 4.9- 9.1 23 1.7 1.0- 2.9
55-64 599 416 71.4 65.8-76.4 52 8.7 6.0-12.5 61 9.7 6.9-13.4 46 7.2 4.4-11.4 24 3.0 1.5- 5.9
65-74 502 398 83.0 78.2-86.9 22 3.7 2.1- 6.4 29 4.7 2.8- 7.6 29 4.8 2.8- 8.0 24 3.9 2.2- 6.7
75+ 434 370 86.4 81.4-90.2 11 1.4 0.7- 2.6 25 4.7 2.7- 7.9 10 2.4 1.1- 5.1 18 5.2 2.7- 9.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 638 567 87.9 82.3-91.9 29 7.2 3.9-13.1 22 1.8 0.9- 3.7 16 2.3 1.1- 4.5 4 0.7 0.2- 2.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,198 911 74.5 70.6-78.0 107 10.6 8.1-13.7 104 9.5 7.3-12.4 55 3.5 2.4- 5.1 21 1.9 1.0- 3.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,032 651 64.2 59.9-68.2 139 12.6 10.2-15.5 123 13.8 10.9-17.2 91 7.3 5.4- 9.8 28 2.2 1.3- 3.7
College Graduate 1,222 588 53.7 49.6-57.7 169 13.2 10.8-16.2 223 16.2 13.6-19.3 178 13.4 10.9-16.4 64 3.5 2.4- 5.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 467 380 80.9 74.3-86.2 36 6.3 3.8-10.3 25 7.6 3.9-14.1 17 2.8 1.4- 5.5 9 2.4 1.0- 5.4
$15,000- 24,999 689 516 78.1 72.7-82.7 59 9.9 6.4-15.0 59 5.5 3.7- 8.0 38 4.8 3.0- 7.7 17 1.7 0.8- 3.6
$25,000- 34,999 488 317 70.5 64.4-76.0 54 11.1 7.7-15.7 66 11.6 8.2-16.3 39 5.4 3.3- 8.6 12 1.4 0.6- 3.1
$35,000- 49,999 498 296 64.0 58.0-69.6 73 13.0 9.4-17.6 63 12.6 9.0-17.2 49 8.7 5.9-12.5 17 1.8 0.9- 3.7
$50,000-74,999 449 247 60.3 53.7-66.6 70 14.8 10.6-20.2 60 10.4 7.3-14.6 54 11.5 7.8-16.7 18 3.0 1.4- 6.3
$75,000+ 446 180 47.2 40.7-53.8 68 15.0 11.0-20.1 98 21.3 16.6-26.8 84 14.1 10.7-18.4 16 2.4 1.3- 4.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 254 164 64.3 56.9-71.0 23 9.9 6.4-15.0 38 14.0 10.0-19.3 21 8.9 4.9-15.8 8 2.8 1.4- 5.8
Forsyth 286 187 66.3 59.8-72.2 32 12.0 8.2-17.2 33 10.9 7.6-15.4 21 5.6 3.6- 8.8 13 5.2 2.8- 9.4
Guilford 267 170 61.5 54.1-68.4 33 14.0 9.4-20.5 28 11.3 7.5-16.6 29 11.4 7.7-16.4 7 1.8 0.8- 4.1
Henderson/Transylvania 281 179 69.8 62.9-76.0 28 8.8 5.8-13.1 33 9.9 6.8-14.3 34 8.9 6.1-12.8 7 2.5 1.1- 5.7
Mecklenburg 287 168 61.8 55.1-68.0 45 14.5 10.4-19.8 33 11.3 7.8-16.1 33 10.1 6.8-14.5 8 2.4 1.1- 4.9
Orange 256 106 40.6 30.7-51.4 31 19.5 8.4-38.9 61 20.3 14.5-27.6 40 13.7 9.4-19.7 18 5.9 3.3-10.1
Pitt 258 164 59.9 50.4-68.6 36 14.1 9.7-19.9 29 11.8 7.5-18.0 21 11.8 5.0-25.4 8 2.5 1.2- 5.2
Randolph 257 197 79.0 72.4-84.3 26 11.0 7.0-17.0 14 4.3 2.3- 7.8 13 3.8 2.1- 6.9 7 1.9 0.9- 4.2
Robeson 264 224 85.7 80.1-89.9 15 5.8 3.3- 9.9 13 5.4 2.8-10.2 9 2.3 1.2- 4.6 3 0.8 0.3- 2.7
Wake 246 115 47.3 40.1-54.6 29 11.5 7.7-16.6 57 25.4 19.5-32.3 42 14.9 10.9-20.0 3 1.0 0.3- 3.1
Western NC 376 292 77.7 72.6-82.0 32 8.1 5.5-11.7 24 7.0 4.5-10.6 19 4.8 2.9- 7.6 9 2.5 1.3- 5.0
Piedmont NC 560 408 77.3 72.8-81.2 53 9.1 6.5-12.7 57 7.8 5.7-10.5 27 3.8 2.3- 6.2 15 2.0 1.0- 3.9
Eastern NC 511 356 68.9 64.0-73.5 61 12.6 9.5-16.5 52 11.0 8.1-14.8 31 5.6 3.8- 8.2 11 1.9 1.0- 3.6

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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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