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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: 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%)
TOTAL 9,407 5,865 58.6 56.9-60.2 1,053 12.3 11.3-13.4 1,092 13.8 12.6-15.0 1,057 12.3 11.3-13.5 340 3.0 2.6- 3.5
GENDER
Male 3,450 1,798 50.2 47.5-52.8 385 12.3 10.7-14.1 486 15.9 14.0-18.0 583 17.2 15.3-19.4 198 4.5 3.7- 5.4
Female 5,957 4,067 66.4 64.5-68.2 668 12.4 11.1-13.8 606 11.8 10.6-13.2 474 7.8 6.8- 8.8 142 1.6 1.3- 2.1
RACE
White 6,906 4,028 54.2 52.3-56.0 805 12.9 11.7-14.3 878 14.9 13.6-16.4 901 14.6 13.2-16.0 294 3.4 2.9- 4.0
African American 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
Asian 50 40 84.2 62.9-94.4 3 1.5 0.4- 5.0 4 11.7 3.1-35.7 3 2.6 0.5-11.6 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 228 174 74.7 60.5-85.0 23 6.8 3.8-11.8 19 15.7 6.6-32.8 11 2.3 1.1- 4.4 1 0.6 0.1- 4.0
Other Minorities 324 217 69.6 61.7-76.4 36 10.4 6.7-15.8 37 10.8 6.8-16.9 24 6.6 3.4-12.4 10 2.6 1.2- 5.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 338 218 69.2 61.3-76.1 40 9.9 6.3-15.2 42 10.7 6.7-16.7 29 8.3 4.6-14.4 9 1.9 0.8- 4.7
-English Speaking 137 81 63.0 49.0-75.1 18 10.6 5.0-21.0 19 14.0 6.8-26.5 16 11.5 5.5-22.6 3 0.9 0.2- 3.2
-Spanish Speaking 201 137 71.4 61.7-79.4 22 9.7 5.6-16.3 23 9.5 5.1-17.0 13 7.1 3.2-15.3 6 2.3 0.8- 6.2
Non-Hispanic 9,059 5,641 57.8 56.2-59.5 1,012 12.5 11.4-13.6 1,049 14.0 12.8-15.3 1,026 12.6 11.5-13.8 331 3.1 2.6- 3.6
AGE
18-24 581 315 55.3 49.0-61.5 81 13.1 9.4-17.9 95 17.1 12.9-22.3 80 13.4 9.7-18.2 10 1.1 0.5- 2.6
25-34 1,408 736 49.7 45.7-53.7 226 16.4 13.7-19.6 227 18.0 15.1-21.4 189 13.8 10.9-17.3 30 2.0 1.2- 3.2
35-44 1,779 969 53.6 50.1-57.0 270 14.6 12.4-17.1 256 16.4 13.9-19.2 245 13.1 11.1-15.5 39 2.3 1.5- 3.6
45-54 1,836 1,067 55.5 51.9-59.1 201 12.2 10.1-14.8 236 13.9 11.5-16.7 267 15.1 12.6-18.0 65 3.3 2.3- 4.7
55-64 1,533 1,032 63.9 60.2-67.4 146 9.8 7.8-12.3 149 11.4 9.1-14.1 145 11.3 9.0-14.0 61 3.6 2.6- 5.2
65-74 1,268 952 75.0 71.3-78.3 69 5.0 3.6- 6.9 84 6.2 4.6- 8.3 81 7.8 5.7-10.5 82 6.0 4.4- 8.2
75+ 934 748 77.5 73.3-81.2 53 7.9 5.6-11.1 36 3.3 2.1- 4.9 45 5.9 4.0- 8.6 52 5.4 3.6- 8.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,596 1,317 76.5 72.4-80.1 97 8.5 6.4-11.2 87 7.3 5.3-10.0 69 6.3 4.0- 9.7 26 1.5 0.9- 2.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,820 2,014 66.7 63.7-69.6 286 11.1 9.3-13.1 254 11.6 9.7-13.9 184 7.8 6.2- 9.8 82 2.9 2.1- 3.9
Some Post-H.S. 2,341 1,393 55.7 52.3-59.1 285 13.2 11.0-15.8 296 15.0 12.6-17.7 279 13.6 11.3-16.2 88 2.5 1.8- 3.4
College Graduate 2,622 1,117 41.1 38.4-43.9 384 15.3 13.4-17.4 454 19.1 16.9-21.5 524 19.9 17.7-22.2 143 4.6 3.6- 5.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,102 878 76.1 71.2-80.4 79 8.4 5.9-11.7 74 6.6 4.7- 9.0 51 7.3 4.4-11.9 20 1.7 0.9- 3.1
$15,000- 24,999 1,723 1,205 66.7 62.8-70.4 152 8.3 6.5-10.6 174 13.1 10.5-16.2 140 9.4 7.1-12.2 52 2.5 1.6- 3.8
$25,000- 34,999 1,038 657 58.7 53.6-63.5 145 15.2 12.0-19.1 114 14.6 11.1-19.0 98 9.5 7.0-12.8 24 2.0 1.1- 3.6
$35,000- 49,999 1,235 702 57.7 53.6-61.8 164 12.5 10.0-15.4 158 13.4 10.8-16.7 164 12.3 10.0-15.1 47 4.1 2.8- 6.0
$50,000-74,999 1,007 515 51.9 47.3-56.6 147 16.4 13.2-20.1 156 15.0 12.2-18.2 144 13.9 11.1-17.3 45 2.8 1.8- 4.2
$75,000+ 1,155 408 33.9 30.1-37.9 182 14.7 12.1-17.7 219 21.3 17.9-25.2 279 25.4 21.7-29.5 67 4.7 3.4- 6.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 452 255 54.4 48.8-59.8 53 11.9 8.9-15.7 57 15.2 11.3-20.1 67 13.9 10.7-18.0 20 4.7 2.6- 8.3
Guilford 442 237 54.6 48.9-60.1 64 14.5 10.8-19.0 63 13.4 10.0-17.9 60 13.3 10.0-17.4 18 4.2 2.4- 7.5
Mecklenburg 446 209 45.0 39.2-50.9 59 12.6 9.5-16.5 74 17.8 13.2-23.6 83 19.9 15.2-25.5 21 4.8 3.0- 7.5
Orange 451 162 39.1 31.6-47.1 60 13.4 9.3-18.9 83 19.2 13.9-26.0 120 24.2 19.4-29.7 26 4.2 2.7- 6.4
Wake 452 212 48.4 42.8-54.0 62 12.9 9.8-16.8 92 19.4 15.5-24.0 74 16.9 13.0-21.7 12 2.3 1.3- 4.3
Chatham/Lee 399 232 59.7 53.6-65.6 49 11.7 8.7-15.7 47 12.9 9.1-17.9 48 10.6 7.7-14.4 23 5.1 3.2- 8.0
Nash/Wilson 378 268 70.9 65.0-76.2 29 7.0 4.7-10.3 34 7.4 5.2-10.6 35 11.9 7.9-17.6 12 2.8 1.5- 5.0
Craven/Pamlico 454 270 57.6 52.0-63.1 53 12.6 9.4-16.7 50 11.4 8.3-15.5 51 13.4 9.7-18.3 30 4.9 3.3- 7.4
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 437 322 72.8 67.6-77.4 42 9.9 7.2-13.5 33 8.3 5.7-11.8 27 5.9 3.9- 8.7 13 3.2 1.7- 6.0
Appalachian/Wilkes 454 302 64.7 58.4-70.5 41 7.0 5.0- 9.8 48 12.2 8.7-16.8 48 13.2 9.3-18.4 15 2.9 1.6- 5.1
Franklin/Gran./Vance 477 332 66.1 58.6-72.9 42 7.6 5.2-11.0 52 13.0 9.1-18.3 34 9.3 5.5-15.3 17 3.9 1.9- 8.1
Graham/Swain/Jackson 425 278 61.4 49.5-72.1 44 8.4 5.7-12.1 36 15.1 5.8-33.7 50 12.6 8.7-17.9 17 2.6 1.5- 4.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 469 354 74.6 69.5-79.1 54 12.4 9.0-16.8 28 5.8 3.9- 8.6 28 6.1 3.8- 9.5 5 1.1 0.4- 2.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 418 326 75.8 70.3-80.6 30 7.3 4.8-10.9 31 7.1 4.8-10.3 26 8.7 5.5-13.3 5 1.1 0.4- 2.9
Northeast NC I 459 336 72.2 66.7-77.0 51 12.1 8.8-16.4 33 6.4 4.4- 9.2 23 5.5 3.5- 8.7 16 3.8 2.2- 6.5
Northeast NC II 512 331 60.6 55.2-65.8 54 11.0 8.1-14.8 55 11.1 8.3-14.7 55 13.2 9.6-17.9 17 4.1 2.1- 7.7
Northeastern Partnership 971 667 64.7 60.6-68.6 105 11.4 9.1-14.2 88 9.4 7.4-11.9 78 10.5 8.0-13.7 33 4.0 2.5- 6.3
Mountain AHEC 1,302 809 58.1 53.6-62.5 133 10.4 8.2-13.2 139 12.6 10.1-15.7 163 14.2 10.4-19.0 58 4.7 3.3- 6.5
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,302 2,259 62.8 59.9-65.7 345 12.2 10.2-14.4 316 12.4 10.5-14.7 281 10.0 8.5-11.8 101 2.5 1.9- 3.4
Piedmont 4,034 2,266 55.3 53.0-57.5 505 13.1 11.7-14.6 561 15.1 13.4-16.8 545 13.5 11.9-15.2 157 3.1 2.5- 3.9
Western NC 2,071 1,340 62.8 59.2-66.2 203 9.6 7.8-11.8 215 11.5 9.5-13.7 231 12.5 9.8-15.9 82 3.6 2.7- 4.8

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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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