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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption--MALE Respondents Only

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 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
RACE
White 1,067 405 32.5 28.5-36.7 340 33.6 29.1-38.5 147 15.6 12.5-19.4 74 6.9 4.9- 9.5 101 11.4 8.4-15.2
African American 163 43 21.1 14.4-30.0 63 45.8 35.0-57.1 36 20.8 13.7-30.2 10 5.0 1.8-13.4 11 7.2 3.4-14.9
Asian 17 9 68.9 36.7-89.4 4 19.1 5.0-51.5 1 0.7 0.1- 5.3 0 0.0 . - . 3 11.3 2.2-42.2
Native American 27 9 43.7 19.4-71.5 8 36.2 14.3-66.0 3 7.9 2.0-26.8 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6 6 11.6 4.0-29.1
Other Minorities 78 17 17.3 8.6-31.9 17 15.9 8.1-28.8 19 26.7 14.7-43.5 5 6.5 2.3-17.2 20 33.6 18.1-53.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 82 18 17.1 8.8-30.8 18 12.5 6.2-23.4 17 25.5 14.0-42.0 7 7.0 2.8-16.3 22 37.9 21.9-57.0
-English Speaking 32 12 42.2 21.4-66.2 9 12.8 4.6-30.7 4 19.5 5.9-48.3 1 2.8 0.4-17.7 6 22.8 7.9-50.4
-Spanish Speaking 50 6 6.6 1.6-23.0 9 12.4 5.0-27.4 13 28.1 13.6-49.1 6 8.7 3.1-22.0 16 44.3 23.9-66.8
Non-Hispanic 1,277 468 31.7 28.1-35.5 416 35.8 31.7-40.2 189 16.0 13.2-19.3 83 6.3 4.6- 8.6 121 10.1 7.8-13.1
AGE
18-24 113 20 11.8 6.1-21.7 33 37.1 23.8-52.6 17 17.0 9.2-29.3 14 10.6 5.1-20.8 29 23.6 13.7-37.5
25-34 288 61 18.7 13.5-25.3 98 38.0 30.0-46.7 57 21.2 15.2-28.9 30 7.4 4.6-11.8 42 14.6 9.2-22.5
35-44 328 105 33.9 26.9-41.6 109 30.4 24.0-37.6 59 18.3 13.2-24.8 18 5.6 3.1- 9.9 37 11.9 7.5-18.2
45-54 289 100 34.7 27.2-43.1 103 34.2 26.9-42.3 46 17.0 11.5-24.4 17 5.1 2.2-11.2 23 9.1 4.5-17.3
55-64 168 90 52.0 41.6-62.3 44 26.9 18.4-37.6 20 13.8 7.9-23.2 7 4.3 1.9- 9.8 7 2.9 1.2- 6.9
65-74 110 69 56.2 42.6-69.0 33 36.6 24.4-50.7 3 1.4 0.3- 5.9 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2 4 5.5 1.6-17.3
75+ 49 33 72.5 53.9-85.7 10 22.3 10.4-41.5 4 4.3 1.4-12.4 2 0.9 0.2- 3.7 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 146 31 18.4 11.3-28.5 34 23.0 14.8-34.1 26 20.1 12.2-31.1 12 6.9 3.3-14.0 43 31.6 20.5-45.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 357 101 24.2 18.5-31.0 109 35.6 28.3-43.7 64 19.3 14.0-26.0 33 7.1 4.5-11.0 50 13.8 8.7-21.0
Some Post-H.S. 281 89 27.5 20.7-35.6 98 36.7 27.1-47.4 46 16.8 10.8-25.1 18 7.7 3.8-14.8 30 11.4 6.9-18.2
College Graduate 574 264 41.2 35.4-47.2 192 34.4 28.9-40.3 71 14.2 10.4-19.2 27 4.7 2.6- 8.3 20 5.5 2.8-10.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 85 21 10.1 5.4-18.0 28 29.9 17.1-47.0 13 18.4 9.0-34.0 8 12.1 4.3-29.8 15 29.4 15.2-49.2
$15,000- 24,999 188 50 22.7 15.4-32.2 48 23.9 15.8-34.6 30 15.4 9.3-24.5 18 10.1 5.0-19.2 42 27.9 18.5-39.7
$25,000- 34,999 178 53 25.3 17.7-34.7 57 39.5 28.5-51.7 26 17.1 9.5-28.7 21 11.0 5.9-19.6 21 7.1 3.8-12.8
$35,000- 49,999 205 71 25.9 18.6-34.9 61 31.0 22.1-41.5 37 22.8 14.5-34.0 12 5.1 2.5-10.2 24 15.2 8.9-24.5
$50,000-74,999 165 69 37.2 26.4-49.3 58 43.0 30.1-56.8 22 8.4 4.7-14.4 7 3.5 1.3- 9.3 9 7.9 3.2-18.4
$75,000+ 318 136 41.9 34.5-49.7 109 30.7 24.4-37.9 47 18.5 13.0-25.7 13 4.2 2.2- 7.9 13 4.6 2.1- 9.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 73 27 34.0 23.1-47.0 24 34.1 22.5-48.1 13 16.2 8.9-27.9 4 5.6 1.7-16.5 5 10.0 4.2-22.1
Forsyth 98 36 33.1 23.3-44.5 25 26.4 17.6-37.5 18 19.7 11.0-32.8 8 5.7 2.7-11.6 11 15.1 8.3-26.0
Guilford 83 34 38.7 27.5-51.2 26 32.2 21.9-44.6 19 24.7 15.0-38.0 2 2.8 0.6-12.1 2 1.6 0.4- 6.5
Henderson/Transylvania 109 52 45.7 35.4-56.4 29 26.9 18.3-37.7 9 9.7 5.0-18.2 10 7.6 3.8-14.7 9 10.1 5.0-19.3
Mecklenburg 100 39 34.5 24.1-46.8 33 30.4 20.7-42.2 18 23.3 13.2-37.9 3 4.5 1.4-13.3 7 7.3 3.2-15.6
Orange 124 51 39.2 30.4-48.9 44 41.3 31.9-51.3 16 10.5 6.2-17.3 6 3.8 1.3-10.7 7 5.3 2.4-11.2
Pitt 94 20 19.8 12.4-30.0 40 37.2 26.3-49.6 13 17.2 9.1-30.1 10 13.0 6.6-24.2 11 12.8 7.1-21.9
Randolph 61 19 26.5 16.1-40.6 18 27.7 16.4-42.8 9 22.2 9.8-43.0 3 3.5 1.1-10.8 12 20.1 11.0-33.7
Robeson 75 20 28.5 15.5-46.4 19 24.5 14.1-39.0 9 11.0 5.3-21.7 6 7.2 3.0-16.7 21 28.8 17.5-43.5
Wake 120 44 31.8 23.2-41.8 38 33.6 24.1-44.7 20 16.4 10.1-25.5 11 8.7 4.6-16.0 7 9.5 4.1-20.3
Western NC 132 46 27.5 20.2-36.3 36 29.6 20.9-40.2 19 16.1 9.6-25.7 13 12.7 6.6-23.0 18 14.1 8.4-22.6
Piedmont NC 158 56 31.3 23.3-40.7 52 33.3 23.7-44.5 25 17.5 11.4-25.9 7 4.1 1.9- 8.9 18 13.8 7.9-22.9
Eastern NC 133 42 25.5 18.3-34.3 50 39.8 30.5-50.0 19 13.7 8.4-21.7 7 5.7 2.4-13.2 15 15.3 8.4-26.3

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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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