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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption-AFRICAN AMERICANS

Drinking alcohol in the past 30 days*

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  Total
Respond.^
YES NO
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,862 475 30.2 27.0-33.7 1,387 69.8 66.3-73.0
GENDER
Male 598 238 41.9 36.0-48.0 360 58.1 52.0-64.0
Female 1,264 237 21.3 18.0-25.0 1,027 78.7 75.0-82.0
AGE
18-24 146 50 31.1 21.8-42.3 96 68.9 57.7-78.2
25-34 283 107 41.9 33.5-50.9 176 58.1 49.1-66.5
35-44 370 117 31.9 25.1-39.5 253 68.1 60.5-74.9
45-54 413 110 30.9 24.6-38.1 303 69.1 61.9-75.4
55-64 288 59 28.0 20.5-36.9 229 72.0 63.1-79.5
65-74 206 23 10.3 5.8-17.5 183 89.7 82.5-94.2
75+ 141 5 10.9 4.1-25.9 136 89.1 74.1-95.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 443 75 21.3 15.5-28.6 368 78.7 71.4-84.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 647 170 32.4 26.6-38.6 477 67.6 61.4-73.4
Some Post-H.S. 434 131 32.1 25.7-39.4 303 67.9 60.6-74.3
College Graduate 331 98 32.8 26.1-40.4 233 67.2 59.6-73.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 350 56 22.3 15.2-31.5 294 77.7 68.5-84.8
$15,000- 24,999 429 115 31.5 24.6-39.2 314 68.5 60.8-75.4
$25,000- 34,999 227 74 38.1 29.1-48.0 153 61.9 52.0-70.9
$35,000- 49,999 198 62 32.0 23.4-42.1 136 68.0 57.9-76.6
$50,000-74,999 118 31 29.2 19.3-41.6 87 70.8 58.4-80.7
$75,000+ 94 49 46.0 33.4-59.3 45 54.0 40.7-66.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 29 11 48.0 28.3-68.3 18 52.0 31.7-71.7
Guilford 115 39 33.2 23.4-44.8 76 66.8 55.2-76.6
Mecklenburg 120 41 32.8 24.2-42.7 79 67.2 57.3-75.8
Orange 48 10 19.8 10.1-35.4 38 80.2 64.6-89.9
Wake 86 27 29.8 20.0-42.0 59 70.2 58.0-80.0
Chatham/Lee 70 23 30.3 18.6-45.2 47 69.7 54.8-81.4
Nash/Wilson 125 31 23.5 16.2-32.9 94 76.5 67.1-83.8
Craven/Pamlico 92 18 23.7 14.7-36.0 74 76.3 64.0-85.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 16 4 22.4 6.4-54.8 12 77.6 45.2-93.6
Appalachian/Wilkes 9 2 25.2 6.0-64.0 7 74.8 36.0-94.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance 164 37 25.5 15.4-39.2 127 74.5 60.8-84.6
Graham/Swain/Jackson 9 4 47.4 18.7-77.9 5 52.6 22.1-81.3
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 142 29 23.7 16.0-33.8 113 76.3 66.2-84.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 129 26 21.1 13.5-31.5 103 78.9 68.5-86.5
Northeast NC I 237 48 21.6 16.1-28.3 189 78.4 71.7-83.9
Northeast NC II 147 33 24.5 16.7-34.5 114 75.5 65.5-83.3
Northeastern Partnership 384 81 23.1 18.1-29.0 303 76.9 71.0-81.9
Mountain AHEC 50 18 45.3 28.2-63.6 32 54.7 36.4-71.8
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 978 218 29.4 24.5-34.9 760 70.6 65.1-75.5
Piedmont 811 234 30.8 26.4-35.5 577 69.2 64.5-73.6
Western NC 73 23 30.7 17.2-48.6 50 69.3 51.4-82.8

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*Data in this table were derived from the first alcohol consumption question.

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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