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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption--WHITE 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 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
GENDER
Male 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
Female 1,176 640 49.5 45.1-53.9 378 34.8 30.6-39.2 104 10.5 8.0-13.8 33 3.5 2.1- 5.6 21 1.7 0.9- 3.1
AGE
18-24 176 39 17.4 10.9-26.7 61 40.1 28.3-53.2 27 14.0 7.6-24.4 25 15.6 9.3-24.9 24 12.9 7.0-22.5
25-34 440 145 27.1 21.8-33.1 159 37.4 30.8-44.5 76 20.1 14.9-26.6 31 5.8 3.6- 9.3 29 9.6 5.4-16.4
35-44 512 215 42.1 35.9-48.5 177 32.3 26.9-38.3 65 14.5 10.7-19.4 23 4.5 2.5- 7.7 32 6.7 4.1-10.7
45-54 484 224 42.7 36.0-49.7 163 34.1 28.0-40.9 53 12.6 8.5-18.3 20 2.9 1.6- 5.3 24 7.7 3.8-14.7
55-64 309 189 56.2 47.9-64.1 82 29.0 22.2-37.0 23 10.8 6.2-18.2 6 2.0 0.7- 5.5 9 2.0 0.8- 4.7
65-74 199 144 66.3 55.8-75.4 49 30.2 21.5-40.7 3 0.6 0.2- 2.4 0 0.0 . - . 3 2.9 0.7-10.3
75+ 106 81 77.4 64.6-86.6 21 20.6 11.7-33.6 3 1.8 0.5- 5.7 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 115 35 25.3 15.0-39.3 28 38.1 24.7-53.7 21 15.7 8.7-26.6 7 5.4 1.9-14.3 24 15.5 8.2-27.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 510 201 36.0 30.1-42.3 157 31.6 25.7-38.1 73 16.5 12.2-22.0 33 5.6 3.5- 8.8 46 10.4 6.4-16.4
Some Post-H.S. 529 231 38.2 31.9-44.8 178 34.0 27.1-41.8 63 13.5 9.2-19.5 30 7.1 4.2-11.8 27 7.2 4.3-11.8
College Graduate 1,087 577 44.7 40.3-49.3 354 35.3 31.0-39.9 94 11.2 8.3-14.9 37 4.5 2.8- 7.1 25 4.3 2.3- 7.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 116 44 25.9 15.8-39.5 35 39.6 25.0-56.3 14 7.1 3.4-14.1 12 9.4 4.3-19.3 11 18.1 6.9-39.7
$15,000- 24,999 242 83 27.8 20.4-36.6 76 28.2 19.6-38.9 39 14.9 9.2-23.1 18 11.4 5.8-21.2 26 17.8 9.8-30.1
$25,000- 34,999 263 105 31.8 24.4-40.3 90 34.4 25.5-44.5 26 18.0 10.8-28.5 21 9.9 5.4-17.3 21 5.9 3.3-10.3
$35,000- 49,999 352 171 39.9 32.6-47.6 104 29.4 22.6-37.3 41 15.7 9.7-24.3 13 4.2 2.1- 8.3 23 10.8 6.1-18.3
$50,000-74,999 336 178 46.4 37.5-55.6 101 33.3 24.2-43.9 35 11.0 6.9-17.1 11 3.8 1.6- 8.7 11 5.5 2.3-12.6
$75,000+ 536 261 42.1 36.2-48.1 185 36.2 30.7-42.1 56 13.5 9.4-18.9 19 4.0 2.3- 6.8 15 4.3 2.2- 8.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 150 76 44.1 35.1-53.5 48 34.1 25.5-43.9 19 14.9 8.5-24.8 3 1.8 0.5- 5.6 4 5.1 1.9-12.9
Forsyth 169 87 46.1 37.2-55.3 47 26.2 19.3-34.6 18 14.4 7.9-24.8 6 3.0 1.3- 7.0 11 10.2 5.4-18.4
Guilford 130 72 55.3 45.3-64.9 36 26.8 19.1-36.2 14 11.8 6.6-20.3 4 3.2 1.0- 9.7 4 2.8 1.0- 7.9
Henderson/Transylvania 199 107 53.0 44.9-60.9 59 28.4 21.7-36.2 13 8.0 4.5-13.7 14 6.8 3.8-11.9 6 3.9 1.5- 9.5
Mecklenburg 147 63 34.4 25.7-44.4 52 36.0 26.5-46.6 19 19.6 10.5-33.5 6 5.1 2.1-11.8 7 4.9 2.0-11.6
Orange 239 117 49.6 38.8-60.4 81 33.5 25.5-42.7 23 9.2 5.8-14.5 8 3.5 1.4- 8.7 10 4.2 2.0- 8.3
Pitt 162 57 30.6 22.6-39.9 56 34.6 24.5-46.3 25 14.5 9.2-22.2 12 10.5 5.4-19.3 12 9.8 5.5-17.0
Randolph 115 54 40.8 30.3-52.3 31 25.4 16.9-36.4 13 17.5 8.4-32.9 6 3.6 1.5- 8.4 11 12.7 6.9-22.3
Robeson 52 16 26.5 13.1-46.3 17 32.2 17.4-51.7 6 11.8 5.0-25.3 3 7.7 2.3-23.2 10 21.7 10.3-40.2
Wake 191 85 40.8 33.0-49.0 68 32.7 25.8-40.4 19 10.7 6.4-17.4 11 7.2 3.8-13.2 8 8.6 4.0-17.6
Western NC 200 85 35.8 28.7-43.5 61 33.0 25.4-41.5 22 12.1 7.3-19.4 16 11.3 6.2-19.5 16 7.9 4.5-13.4
Piedmont NC 266 129 39.3 31.9-47.2 83 33.6 25.6-42.7 31 13.7 9.2-19.9 9 4.2 2.0- 8.3 14 9.2 5.0-16.3
Eastern NC 223 97 36.9 29.9-44.4 79 38.8 31.5-46.7 29 14.0 9.4-20.4 9 4.5 2.1- 9.6 9 5.8 2.5-12.7

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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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