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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption--WHITE 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 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
GENDER
Male 1,954 885 47.1 43.7-50.5 222 10.9 9.0-13.0 326 17.7 15.0-20.7 380 19.3 16.8-22.1 141 5.1 4.0- 6.4
Female 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
AGE
18-24 322 146 43.4 34.9-52.2 50 15.9 10.5-23.4 66 22.0 14.9-31.4 52 16.6 11.1-24.1 8 2.0 0.9- 4.6
25-34 798 358 47.3 42.4-52.3 150 17.8 14.3-21.9 144 17.2 13.8-21.3 128 15.7 12.4-19.8 18 1.9 1.0- 3.7
35-44 938 424 49.0 44.4-53.6 137 13.6 10.8-17.0 164 17.7 14.5-21.5 171 16.6 13.5-20.2 42 3.1 2.0- 4.8
45-54 1,009 528 58.5 53.9-63.0 111 9.0 6.9-11.7 152 13.1 10.1-16.8 161 15.2 12.2-18.8 57 4.2 2.8- 6.1
55-64 774 466 62.7 57.7-67.4 76 8.6 6.3-11.6 98 12.0 9.2-15.3 82 10.9 7.9-14.8 52 5.9 3.9- 8.8
65-74 668 472 73.8 68.9-78.1 44 5.7 3.8- 8.4 46 6.7 4.6- 9.6 63 7.2 5.0-10.3 43 6.7 4.3-10.1
75+ 528 422 83.2 78.4-87.1 15 2.8 1.4- 5.6 40 5.3 3.5- 8.0 22 4.1 2.3- 7.2 29 4.7 2.8- 7.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 668 554 80.7 75.2-85.2 35 7.0 4.1-11.8 31 4.1 2.3- 7.1 31 5.5 3.4- 8.7 17 2.7 1.4- 5.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,481 973 64.8 61.1-68.4 150 11.3 9.1-14.0 172 12.5 10.0-15.4 123 8.0 6.2-10.3 63 3.3 2.3- 4.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,183 657 54.1 49.5-58.6 158 10.9 8.8-13.4 161 17.3 13.6-21.9 157 14.4 11.3-18.0 50 3.4 2.3- 4.9
College Graduate 1,731 643 37.8 34.4-41.3 242 14.3 11.8-17.1 353 19.5 16.8-22.4 373 23.0 20.0-26.3 120 5.5 4.2- 7.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 439 323 71.9 64.0-78.7 42 10.6 6.0-17.9 30 6.2 3.2-11.5 32 8.2 4.9-13.5 12 3.1 1.5- 6.2
$15,000- 24,999 696 454 64.8 59.1-70.2 75 11.6 8.1-16.3 77 9.2 6.6-12.7 52 8.8 5.7-13.2 38 5.6 3.5- 8.8
$25,000- 34,999 588 324 62.2 56.1-67.9 65 10.0 7.1-13.9 89 13.6 9.9-18.3 81 12.3 8.7-17.1 29 1.9 1.2- 3.2
$35,000- 49,999 719 370 57.3 51.8-62.6 99 11.1 8.3-14.6 106 14.6 11.3-18.7 111 14.4 10.7-19.1 33 2.7 1.7- 4.3
$50,000-74,999 648 314 49.8 43.8-55.9 93 11.8 8.7-15.8 101 16.5 11.4-23.4 100 16.5 12.6-21.2 40 5.4 3.4- 8.4
$75,000+ 765 231 31.6 27.1-36.5 115 16.6 13.2-20.7 178 22.9 18.9-27.4 197 24.5 20.4-29.1 44 4.4 2.9- 6.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 365 214 57.7 51.5-63.6 36 10.9 7.6-15.3 56 14.5 10.9-18.9 39 11.5 7.6-16.8 20 5.5 3.4- 8.8
Forsyth 345 176 47.2 41.0-53.4 51 16.2 12.0-21.7 53 17.5 13.2-22.9 46 14.4 10.0-20.4 19 4.6 2.9- 7.4
Guilford 279 150 51.7 44.8-58.5 29 9.8 6.3-15.0 35 14.3 10.1-20.0 49 19.0 14.2-25.0 16 5.1 2.9- 9.0
Henderson/Transylvania 430 232 53.9 48.3-59.5 48 11.0 8.0-14.7 58 14.8 11.1-19.4 67 14.2 11.0-18.2 25 6.1 4.0- 9.3
Mecklenburg 268 120 43.5 35.5-51.8 38 11.6 8.2-16.2 42 15.6 11.1-21.4 55 25.7 18.4-34.7 13 3.7 2.0- 6.7
Orange 356 117 30.8 24.3-38.2 40 16.7 8.4-30.3 89 24.0 18.7-30.2 81 22.0 17.1-27.9 29 6.5 4.2- 9.8
Pitt 287 125 37.4 30.6-44.6 46 15.6 11.3-21.1 48 16.2 11.9-21.6 47 22.5 15.2-31.9 21 8.4 5.2-13.5
Randolph 387 273 68.8 62.5-74.5 40 10.5 7.4-14.8 31 10.3 6.4-16.3 29 6.6 4.4- 9.9 14 3.7 2.0- 6.7
Robeson 174 122 63.1 53.0-72.2 15 15.4 8.6-26.3 16 7.3 4.3-12.2 15 11.3 5.8-20.8 6 2.9 1.1- 7.1
Wake 309 118 35.2 29.4-41.5 43 15.5 11.2-21.2 66 22.5 17.5-28.4 71 23.1 18.0-29.1 11 3.7 1.9- 7.0
Western NC 610 411 65.5 60.8-69.9 53 8.3 6.1-11.2 59 11.3 8.2-15.2 58 10.3 7.8-13.5 29 4.6 3.1- 6.7
Piedmont NC 719 455 64.2 59.5-68.7 76 10.0 7.5-13.1 95 13.3 10.0-17.6 66 9.6 7.2-12.7 27 2.9 1.8- 4.6
Eastern NC 546 324 57.8 52.8-62.5 71 12.7 9.7-16.4 70 13.8 10.7-17.6 61 12.1 9.1-15.8 20 3.6 2.3- 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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