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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption

Drinking alcohol in the past 30 days*

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  Total
Respond.^
YES NO
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 9,407 3,542 41.4 39.8-43.1 5,865 58.6 56.9-60.2
GENDER
Male 3,450 1,652 49.8 47.2-52.5 1,798 50.2 47.5-52.8
Female 5,957 1,890 33.6 31.8-35.5 4,067 66.4 64.5-68.2
RACE
White 6,906 2,878 45.8 44.0-47.7 4,028 54.2 52.3-56.0
African American 1,862 475 30.2 27.0-33.7 1,387 69.8 66.3-73.0
Asian 50 10 15.8 5.6-37.1 40 84.2 62.9-94.4
Native American 228 54 25.3 15.0-39.5 174 74.7 60.5-85.0
Other Minorities 324 107 30.4 23.6-38.3 217 69.6 61.7-76.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 338 120 30.8 23.9-38.7 218 69.2 61.3-76.1
-English Speaking 137 56 37.0 24.9-51.0 81 63.0 49.0-75.1
-Spanish Speaking 201 64 28.6 20.6-38.3 137 71.4 61.7-79.4
Non-Hispanic 9,059 3,418 42.2 40.5-43.8 5,641 57.8 56.2-59.5
AGE
18-24 581 266 44.7 38.5-51.0 315 55.3 49.0-61.5
25-34 1,408 672 50.3 46.3-54.3 736 49.7 45.7-53.7
35-44 1,779 810 46.4 43.0-49.9 969 53.6 50.1-57.0
45-54 1,836 769 44.5 40.9-48.1 1,067 55.5 51.9-59.1
55-64 1,533 501 36.1 32.6-39.8 1,032 63.9 60.2-67.4
65-74 1,268 316 25.0 21.7-28.7 952 75.0 71.3-78.3
75+ 934 186 22.5 18.8-26.7 748 77.5 73.3-81.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,596 279 23.5 19.9-27.6 1,317 76.5 72.4-80.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,820 806 33.3 30.4-36.3 2,014 66.7 63.7-69.6
Some Post-H.S. 2,341 948 44.3 40.9-47.7 1,393 55.7 52.3-59.1
College Graduate 2,622 1,505 58.9 56.1-61.6 1,117 41.1 38.4-43.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,102 224 23.9 19.6-28.8 878 76.1 71.2-80.4
$15,000- 24,999 1,723 518 33.3 29.6-37.2 1,205 66.7 62.8-70.4
$25,000- 34,999 1,038 381 41.3 36.5-46.4 657 58.7 53.6-63.5
$35,000- 49,999 1,235 533 42.3 38.2-46.4 702 57.7 53.6-61.8
$50,000-74,999 1,007 492 48.1 43.4-52.7 515 51.9 47.3-56.6
$75,000+ 1,155 747 66.1 62.1-69.9 408 33.9 30.1-37.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 452 197 45.6 40.2-51.2 255 54.4 48.8-59.8
Guilford 442 205 45.4 39.9-51.1 237 54.6 48.9-60.1
Mecklenburg 446 237 55.0 49.1-60.8 209 45.0 39.2-50.9
Orange 451 289 60.9 52.9-68.4 162 39.1 31.6-47.1
Wake 452 240 51.6 46.0-57.2 212 48.4 42.8-54.0
Chatham/Lee 399 167 40.3 34.4-46.4 232 59.7 53.6-65.6
Nash/Wilson 378 110 29.1 23.8-35.0 268 70.9 65.0-76.2
Craven/Pamlico 454 184 42.4 36.9-48.0 270 57.6 52.0-63.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 437 115 27.2 22.6-32.4 322 72.8 67.6-77.4
Appalachian/Wilkes 454 152 35.3 29.5-41.6 302 64.7 58.4-70.5
Franklin/Gran./Vance 477 145 33.9 27.1-41.4 332 66.1 58.6-72.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson 425 147 38.6 27.9-50.5 278 61.4 49.5-72.1
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 469 115 25.4 20.9-30.5 354 74.6 69.5-79.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 418 92 24.2 19.4-29.7 326 75.8 70.3-80.6
Northeast NC I 459 123 27.8 23.0-33.3 336 72.2 66.7-77.0
Northeast NC II 512 181 39.4 34.2-44.8 331 60.6 55.2-65.8
Northeastern Partnership 971 304 35.3 31.4-39.4 667 64.7 60.6-68.6
Mountain AHEC 1,302 493 41.9 37.5-46.4 809 58.1 53.6-62.5
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,302 1,043 37.2 34.3-40.1 2,259 62.8 59.9-65.7
Piedmont 4,034 1,768 44.7 42.5-47.0 2,266 55.3 53.0-57.5
Western NC 2,071 731 37.2 33.8-40.8 1,340 62.8 59.2-66.2

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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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