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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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 1,862 1,387 69.8 66.3-73.0 181 11.4 9.2-14.1 149 10.2 8.1-12.7 111 6.7 5.2- 8.7 34 1.9 1.2- 3.0
GENDER
Male 598 360 58.1 52.0-64.0 69 12.8 9.2-17.6 72 13.9 10.0-18.9 68 11.2 8.1-15.3 29 4.0 2.4- 6.6
Female 1,264 1,027 78.7 75.0-82.0 112 10.4 7.9-13.6 77 7.4 5.5- 9.8 43 3.3 2.2- 4.9 5 0.3 0.1- 0.8
AGE
18-24 146 96 68.9 57.7-78.2 24 14.8 8.8-24.0 12 8.4 3.9-17.2 9 5.2 2.3-11.4 5 2.7 0.8- 8.6
25-34 283 176 58.1 49.1-66.5 42 13.9 8.6-21.8 37 18.2 11.8-27.0 21 7.8 4.3-13.7 7 2.1 0.8- 5.3
35-44 370 253 68.1 60.5-74.9 46 13.3 8.6-19.9 33 8.6 5.2-13.8 35 8.8 5.4-14.1 3 1.2 0.3- 5.5
45-54 413 303 69.1 61.9-75.4 30 9.0 5.4-14.9 39 11.1 7.5-16.1 28 7.7 4.5-12.8 13 3.1 1.5- 6.4
55-64 288 229 72.0 63.1-79.5 24 10.9 6.1-18.7 22 11.4 6.5-19.2 10 4.2 2.0- 8.5 3 1.4 0.3- 6.6
65-74 206 183 89.7 82.5-94.2 11 3.7 1.8- 7.7 4 1.0 0.4- 3.1 5 4.3 1.4-12.6 3 1.2 0.4- 3.8
75+ 141 136 89.1 74.1-95.9 2 5.4 1.4-19.0 0 0.0 . - . 3 5.5 1.3-20.9 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 443 368 78.7 71.4-84.5 26 6.4 3.8-10.6 26 9.3 5.1-16.3 15 4.1 1.8- 8.7 8 1.6 0.7- 3.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 647 477 67.6 61.4-73.4 74 15.7 11.2-21.5 42 7.2 4.7-10.8 43 6.7 4.2-10.6 11 2.8 1.3- 5.9
Some Post-H.S. 434 303 67.9 60.6-74.3 44 8.0 5.3-12.1 40 12.7 8.1-19.2 36 9.7 6.4-14.5 11 1.7 0.8- 3.8
College Graduate 331 233 67.2 59.6-73.9 37 13.2 8.6-19.7 40 13.5 9.0-19.6 17 5.4 3.0- 9.7 4 0.8 0.2- 2.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 350 294 77.7 68.5-84.8 25 11.1 5.7-20.4 17 4.5 2.3- 8.6 11 5.8 2.5-12.9 3 0.9 0.3- 2.8
$15,000- 24,999 429 314 68.5 60.8-75.4 42 9.7 6.1-15.1 32 12.7 8.1-19.6 34 7.9 4.7-12.9 7 1.2 0.4- 3.2
$25,000- 34,999 227 153 61.9 52.0-70.9 29 16.0 9.8-24.9 26 13.1 7.8-21.3 17 8.9 4.5-16.8 2 0.2 0.0- 0.8
$35,000- 49,999 198 136 68.0 57.9-76.6 19 9.0 4.4-17.4 22 10.7 5.9-18.5 17 9.9 5.6-17.1 4 2.4 0.6- 9.9
$50,000-74,999 118 87 70.8 58.4-80.7 9 8.4 3.7-18.0 12 9.3 4.6-17.7 6 4.2 1.7- 9.9 4 7.4 2.4-20.5
$75,000+ 94 45 54.0 40.7-66.6 20 17.5 9.3-30.4 17 16.9 10.0-27.2 9 6.6 2.5-16.0 3 5.1 1.6-15.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 29 18 52.0 31.7-71.7 5 24.0 9.9-47.6 3 15.8 4.7-41.5 3 8.2 2.3-24.9 0 0.0 . - .
Guilford 115 76 66.8 55.2-76.6 14 12.6 6.4-23.2 15 9.4 5.4-15.9 8 7.8 3.6-16.2 2 3.5 0.6-17.3
Mecklenburg 120 79 67.2 57.3-75.8 11 9.0 4.4-17.4 18 14.1 8.6-22.1 8 6.3 3.1-12.5 4 3.4 1.2- 9.4
Orange 48 38 80.2 64.6-89.9 3 6.4 1.9-19.3 1 0.8 0.1- 5.6 4 7.5 2.5-20.5 2 5.1 1.1-21.5
Wake 86 59 70.2 58.0-80.0 11 12.3 6.4-22.3 13 13.9 7.5-24.3 3 3.7 1.0-13.1 0 0.0 . - .
Chatham/Lee 70 47 69.7 54.8-81.4 12 17.9 9.5-31.1 5 4.3 1.7-10.7 6 8.1 3.3-18.4 0 0.0 . - .
Nash/Wilson 125 94 76.5 67.1-83.8 8 4.8 2.2-10.3 10 6.1 3.1-11.5 10 10.7 5.6-19.4 3 2.0 0.6- 6.4
Craven/Pamlico 92 74 76.3 64.0-85.3 5 6.5 2.5-16.0 7 7.6 3.5-15.5 4 5.9 2.1-15.8 2 3.7 0.8-15.7
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 16 12 77.6 45.2-93.6 0 0.0 . - . 2 15.0 2.9-50.9 2 7.4 1.6-27.9 0 0.0 . - .
Appalachian/Wilkes 9 7 74.8 36.0-94.0 1 16.6 2.4-61.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 8.6 1.1-43.5 0 0.0 . - .
Franklin/Gran./Vance 164 127 74.5 60.8-84.6 13 7.3 3.6-14.4 11 8.1 3.9-16.1 8 4.0 1.7- 9.0 5 6.2 1.8-19.3
Graham/Swain/Jackson 9 5 52.6 22.1-81.3 2 20.3 4.9-55.8 2 27.1 6.8-65.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 142 113 76.3 66.2-84.0 13 7.4 4.0-13.3 4 2.8 1.0- 7.4 9 11.2 5.4-22.0 3 2.3 0.7- 7.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 129 103 78.9 68.5-86.5 8 6.1 2.8-13.0 8 5.9 2.7-12.3 8 8.2 3.6-17.5 2 1.0 0.2- 4.0
Northeast NC I 237 189 78.4 71.7-83.9 26 11.4 7.4-17.1 9 4.1 2.0- 8.0 10 4.4 2.3- 8.2 3 1.8 0.5- 5.6
Northeast NC II 147 114 75.5 65.5-83.3 12 8.7 4.4-16.5 11 7.0 3.6-13.1 7 6.6 2.5-16.3 3 2.1 0.6- 6.8
Northeastern Partnership 384 303 76.9 71.0-81.9 38 10.0 6.8-14.5 20 5.6 3.4- 8.9 17 5.5 2.9-10.2 6 2.0 0.8- 4.5
Mountain AHEC 50 32 54.7 36.4-71.8 7 15.2 6.3-32.4 5 10.6 3.5-28.2 5 15.2 4.7-39.7 1 4.2 0.6-24.6
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 978 760 70.6 65.1-75.5 85 10.8 7.7-15.0 63 10.1 6.7-15.0 53 7.0 4.8-10.0 17 1.5 0.8- 2.9
Piedmont 811 577 69.2 64.5-73.6 87 11.9 8.9-15.7 80 10.4 7.9-13.5 51 6.4 4.4- 9.3 16 2.2 1.1- 4.1
Western NC 73 50 69.3 51.4-82.8 9 11.3 5.0-23.8 6 7.6 2.7-19.4 7 9.4 3.0-25.9 1 2.4 0.3-15.2

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^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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