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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption

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%)
North Carolina 6,693 3,958 58.8 56.9-60.6 739 11.1 10.0-12.3 906 14.6 13.2-16.1 811 12.3 11.1-13.6 279 3.2 2.7- 3.9
Western NC 656 440 64.9 60.4-69.2 55 8.2 6.0-11.0 68 12.2 9.2-16.1 64 10.4 8.0-13.5 29 4.2 2.9- 6.2
GENDER
Male 280 148 54.0 47.2-60.7 23 8.3 5.2-12.9 44 16.7 11.8-23.2 45 15.3 11.1-20.5 20 5.7 3.5- 9.0
Female 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
RACE
White 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
Other 44 28 60.5 42.5-76.1 2 7.5 1.9-25.7 8 19.7 9.1-37.6 6 12.2 4.3-30.3 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 244 140 56.9 49.3-64.3 28 10.4 6.8-15.7 33 16.8 11.3-24.3 32 12.4 8.3-17.9 11 3.5 1.9- 6.5
45+ 406 296 71.8 66.7-76.5 27 6.4 4.2- 9.6 34 8.3 5.8-11.8 31 8.5 5.9-12.2 18 4.9 3.0- 7.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 374 285 76.4 71.0-81.1 21 6.3 3.7-10.3 27 7.3 4.7-11.0 25 6.2 4.0- 9.4 16 3.9 2.3- 6.6
Some College + 281 154 49.4 42.6-56.3 34 10.8 7.5-15.3 41 19.0 13.3-26.3 39 16.1 11.6-22.1 13 4.7 2.6- 8.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 401 278 68.9 63.1-74.2 39 9.0 6.2-12.9 34 9.9 6.5-14.8 32 8.0 5.4-11.8 18 4.1 2.5- 6.8
$50,000+ 107 48 44.7 34.8-55.1 13 11.9 6.7-20.2 16 15.0 9.1-23.6 25 23.3 15.6-33.3 5 5.1 2.1-11.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 413 248 58.9 53.1-64.4 39 10.7 7.6-14.9 64 14.6 11.2-18.7 41 10.9 7.4-15.9 21 4.9 3.0- 7.8
Forsyth 465 268 54.1 48.6-59.4 58 14.2 10.6-18.6 62 14.4 11.0-18.6 55 12.8 9.2-17.6 22 4.5 2.8- 7.1
Guilford 421 240 54.6 48.7-60.4 46 11.5 8.1-15.9 51 13.9 10.2-18.8 65 16.0 12.3-20.4 19 4.0 2.4- 6.7
Henderson/Transylvania 470 260 57.6 51.8-63.1 51 10.7 7.8-14.4 63 13.8 10.4-18.1 68 12.2 9.4-15.8 28 5.7 3.8- 8.5
Mecklenburg 447 227 49.7 43.6-55.9 67 12.9 9.7-16.9 66 15.6 11.9-20.1 72 19.4 14.4-25.7 15 2.4 1.4- 4.2
Orange 438 164 35.8 29.6-42.4 51 16.9 9.8-27.6 104 23.3 18.6-28.7 87 18.4 14.5-23.1 32 5.6 3.8- 8.3
Pitt 415 224 47.3 41.4-53.4 53 12.5 9.3-16.6 57 15.4 12.0-19.7 57 18.2 12.8-25.1 24 6.6 4.2-10.3
Randolph 429 307 69.9 63.9-75.2 41 9.8 6.9-13.7 34 10.1 6.4-15.6 33 6.9 4.7-10.0 14 3.4 1.8- 6.1
Robeson 436 326 67.9 61.2-73.9 36 13.4 8.6-20.1 40 10.4 7.2-14.8 26 7.1 4.3-11.3 8 1.3 0.6- 2.9
Wake 428 177 38.3 33.1-43.8 61 15.4 11.6-20.0 87 21.2 17.0-26.1 87 21.1 16.5-26.6 16 4.0 2.3- 6.9
Piedmont NC 881 572 66.1 61.9-70.0 92 9.6 7.5-12.3 109 12.5 9.6-16.0 79 9.3 7.1-12.0 29 2.6 1.7- 4.1
Eastern NC 794 505 60.5 56.2-64.6 89 11.0 8.6-13.8 101 15.4 12.3-19.1 77 10.5 8.1-13.4 22 2.7 1.7- 4.2

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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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