BRFSS 2003 - North Carolina: (On the days when you drank, about how many drinks did you drink on the average?*)

2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption

On the days when you drank, about how many drinks did you drink on the average?*

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	Total Respond.^	Only one	Two	Three	Four	Five or more
TOTAL	3,515	1,755	44.8	42.3-47.3	1,091	32.0	29.5-34.5	343	11.1	9.5-13.0	141	5.4	4.2- 6.9	185	6.8	5.4- 8.5
GENDER
Male	1,637	651	35.9	32.5-39.4	548	34.7	31.1-38.4	199	13.0	10.6-15.9	92	6.6	4.9- 8.9	147	9.8	7.6-12.7
Female	1,878	1,104	57.1	53.6-60.4	543	28.2	25.2-31.4	144	8.4	6.5-10.7	49	3.7	2.5- 5.5	38	2.6	1.7- 4.0
RACE
White	2,871	1,476	46.0	43.2-48.9	894	32.2	29.5-35.1	266	10.7	9.0-12.8	106	4.6	3.5- 6.1	129	6.4	4.8- 8.4
African American	460	211	41.5	35.1-48.2	141	31.5	25.4-38.4	54	11.7	7.9-17.0	22	7.6	4.2-13.3	32	7.7	4.8-12.0
Asian	10	8	94.6	74.8-99.0	2	5.4	1.0-25.2	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Native American	53	12	11.5	4.8-25.3	23	54.7	27.3-79.5	8	19.3	5.5-49.4	5	9.1	2.2-31.2	5	5.4	1.6-16.5
Other Minorities	104	39	33.6	22.3-47.1	25	25.0	15.1-38.6	13	15.0	6.8-30.0	8	12.6	4.4-30.9	19	13.7	7.4-24.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic	115	42	31.7	20.7-45.1	32	28.1	17.5-42.0	14	15.7	7.4-30.4	8	12.4	4.4-30.6	19	12.1	6.2-22.1
-English Speaking	55	25	52.5	32.3-71.9	18	33.4	16.6-56.0	6	8.5	3.0-21.8	1	0.3	0.0- 2.2	5	5.3	1.9-13.7
-Spanish Speaking	60	17	21.7	11.2-38.0	14	25.6	13.4-43.3	8	19.2	7.9-39.7	7	18.2	6.4-41.7	14	15.3	7.1-29.8
Non-Hispanic	3,396	1,712	45.4	42.9-48.0	1,056	32.1	29.6-34.7	329	10.9	9.2-12.8	133	5.1	4.0- 6.4	166	6.5	5.1- 8.3
AGE
18-24	263	83	31.0	23.2-40.1	76	28.0	20.4-37.1	47	13.4	8.8-20.1	20	8.4	4.8-14.0	37	19.2	12.2-28.8
25-34	668	245	32.5	27.6-37.9	241	39.4	33.6-45.5	80	13.5	9.5-18.7	40	6.6	4.0-10.9	62	8.0	5.8-11.0
35-44	805	369	45.8	40.9-50.7	254	29.1	24.9-33.8	101	14.7	11.3-18.9	37	5.2	3.3- 8.1	44	5.2	3.4- 7.9
45-54	763	387	47.4	41.9-52.9	256	33.1	28.0-38.7	65	9.2	6.4-13.2	26	5.6	3.1-10.1	29	4.6	2.7- 7.9
55-64	498	292	55.3	48.9-61.5	154	35.6	29.5-42.1	31	5.9	3.5- 9.8	13	2.3	1.2- 4.3	8	1.0	0.4- 2.4
65-74	310	214	74.1	66.7-80.3	75	19.8	14.4-26.6	14	3.5	1.5- 7.9	4	2.2	0.7- 6.8	3	0.4	0.1- 1.4
75+	186	151	73.6	63.2-81.9	30	21.3	13.9-31.3	3	3.1	0.9-10.6	1	1.8	0.3-11.5	1	0.2	0.0- 1.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	271	102	31.6	23.8-40.5	78	28.3	19.5-39.2	34	15.2	9.3-24.0	21	15.2	8.5-25.7	36	9.7	6.2-14.9
H.S. or G.E.D.	798	363	39.7	34.7-44.9	223	27.7	22.9-33.0	100	15.4	11.4-20.4	40	5.4	3.5- 8.3	72	11.9	8.5-16.4
Some Post-H.S.	940	441	40.7	35.8-45.9	322	36.0	31.0-41.4	87	10.8	7.9-14.6	47	5.2	3.3- 8.1	43	7.2	4.2-11.9
College Graduate	1,503	846	53.8	50.1-57.4	468	32.5	29.2-36.1	122	7.7	6.0- 9.9	33	3.2	2.1- 5.0	34	2.7	1.6- 4.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	219	94	37.8	28.2-48.4	62	28.4	19.3-39.6	27	8.1	4.6-14.0	11	9.2	3.1-24.3	25	16.5	8.6-29.3
$15,000- 24,999	513	197	34.6	28.4-41.3	155	24.0	18.9-30.0	70	16.4	11.6-22.8	37	10.5	6.5-16.5	54	14.5	9.5-21.6
$25,000- 34,999	374	171	39.6	32.4-47.4	107	34.4	26.6-43.1	39	11.7	7.2-18.3	23	4.8	2.3- 9.6	34	9.5	6.1-14.6
$35,000- 49,999	533	259	44.6	38.5-50.9	177	30.3	25.0-36.1	57	14.2	9.9-19.8	24	8.3	5.0-13.3	16	2.7	1.4- 5.0
$50,000-74,999	489	218	40.9	35.0-47.2	195	40.1	34.2-46.4	49	11.7	8.1-16.6	16	3.9	2.0- 7.4	11	3.3	1.6- 6.8
$75,000+	748	429	51.1	45.7-56.5	238	34.4	29.4-39.8	49	8.1	5.1-12.7	12	2.4	1.2- 4.8	20	4.0	1.9- 8.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	197	106	51.7	43.2-60.0	64	28.0	21.6-35.5	17	14.2	8.0-23.9	5	3.3	1.2- 8.7	5	2.8	1.0- 7.9
Guilford	204	116	47.9	39.7-56.3	53	24.9	18.5-32.6	18	11.2	6.5-18.6	7	7.3	2.9-17.2	10	8.6	4.5-16.1
Mecklenburg	236	118	43.9	36.0-52.1	76	34.0	26.2-42.8	24	9.5	5.9-15.0	5	1.5	0.5- 4.0	13	11.2	5.3-22.0
Orange	289	155	45.1	37.3-53.1	83	28.8	22.4-36.2	29	12.2	8.1-18.0	12	9.4	3.7-22.1	10	4.5	2.2- 9.0
Wake	238	118	44.6	37.3-52.0	77	34.3	27.7-41.7	22	8.8	5.5-13.9	9	6.5	2.7-14.5	12	5.8	2.8-11.7
Chatham/Lee	167	86	52.8	44.0-61.4	52	31.3	24.0-39.7	20	11.1	6.9-17.4	5	2.4	1.0- 5.9	4	2.4	0.8- 6.8
Nash/Wilson	109	53	42.9	32.2-54.3	37	31.5	22.4-42.1	6	4.5	1.9-10.4	8	15.2	6.1-32.9	5	6.0	2.4-14.1
Craven/Pamlico	181	91	42.7	34.4-51.3	60	37.2	29.0-46.2	16	8.2	4.8-13.6	4	1.3	0.5- 3.4	10	10.7	5.5-19.8
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	113	55	45.7	35.9-55.9	31	29.5	21.0-39.7	10	9.1	4.8-16.6	4	3.8	1.3-10.4	13	11.9	6.7-20.4
Appalachian/Wilkes	152	72	46.2	36.6-56.1	54	29.2	21.8-37.9	13	9.8	5.4-17.1	6	5.1	1.9-13.2	7	9.6	4.1-21.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance	142	61	36.8	26.7-48.1	49	32.0	21.8-44.4	14	13.9	7.1-25.5	10	9.9	4.9-19.2	8	7.4	3.3-15.6
Graham/Swain/Jackson	147	71	41.4	32.7-50.7	45	28.3	20.6-37.4	17	12.9	7.9-20.5	2	1.6	0.4- 6.1	12	15.8	8.8-26.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	116	46	34.7	25.1-45.7	47	40.9	30.7-52.0	8	8.1	3.5-17.3	5	6.2	2.0-17.5	10	10.2	5.1-19.4
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	93	34	30.8	21.2-42.3	24	24.3	15.8-35.5	16	19.0	10.8-31.2	7	7.6	3.2-16.9	12	18.3	10.2-30.7
Northeast NC I	121	58	42.7	33.1-52.9	38	29.7	21.4-39.5	13	15.0	8.4-25.4	5	5.6	1.8-15.9	7	7.1	3.4-14.4
Northeast NC II	176	83	39.5	31.2-48.3	48	26.2	19.2-34.7	23	15.2	9.3-23.9	7	6.8	2.7-16.1	15	12.4	6.7-21.7
Northeastern Partnership	297	141	40.4	33.8-47.3	86	27.2	21.5-33.7	36	15.2	10.3-21.8	12	6.4	3.0-13.1	22	10.9	6.5-17.7
Mountain AHEC	494	260	48.4	41.0-55.9	158	34.5	26.6-43.4	45	9.3	6.2-13.6	11	2.9	1.5- 5.8	20	4.9	2.4- 9.7
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	1,030	480	43.4	38.4-48.5	322	30.7	26.3-35.4	102	11.0	8.1-14.8	55	8.3	5.7-11.9	71	6.6	4.8- 9.0
Piedmont	1,757	903	45.0	41.7-48.4	533	31.9	28.7-35.2	174	11.4	9.2-14.0	67	4.6	3.2- 6.6	80	7.1	5.1- 9.8
Western NC	728	372	46.8	40.8-52.8	236	35.1	28.7-42.2	67	9.5	6.8-13.1	19	3.1	1.8- 5.2	34	5.5	3.4- 9.0

Total
Respond.^

Only one

Two

Three

Four

Five or more

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

3,515

1,755

44.8

42.3-47.3

1,091

32.0

29.5-34.5

343

11.1

9.5-13.0

141

5.4

4.2- 6.9

185

6.8

5.4- 8.5

GENDER

Male

1,637

651

35.9

32.5-39.4

548

34.7

31.1-38.4

199

13.0

10.6-15.9

6.6

4.9- 8.9

147

9.8

7.6-12.7

Female

1,878

1,104

57.1

53.6-60.4

543

28.2

25.2-31.4

144

8.4

6.5-10.7

3.7

2.5- 5.5

2.6

1.7- 4.0

RACE

White

2,871

1,476

46.0

43.2-48.9

894

32.2

29.5-35.1

266

10.7

9.0-12.8

106

4.6

3.5- 6.1

129

6.4

4.8- 8.4

African American

460

211

41.5

35.1-48.2

141

31.5

25.4-38.4

11.7

7.9-17.0

7.6

4.2-13.3

7.7

4.8-12.0

Asian

94.6

74.8-99.0

5.4

1.0-25.2

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

Native American

11.5

4.8-25.3

54.7

27.3-79.5

19.3

5.5-49.4

9.1

2.2-31.2

5.4

1.6-16.5

Other Minorities

104

33.6

22.3-47.1

25.0

15.1-38.6

15.0

6.8-30.0

12.6

4.4-30.9

13.7

7.4-24.2

HISPANIC

Hispanic

115

31.7

20.7-45.1

28.1

17.5-42.0

15.7

7.4-30.4

12.4

4.4-30.6

12.1

6.2-22.1

-English Speaking

52.5

32.3-71.9

33.4

16.6-56.0

8.5

3.0-21.8

0.3

0.0- 2.2

5.3

1.9-13.7

-Spanish Speaking

21.7

11.2-38.0

25.6

13.4-43.3

19.2

7.9-39.7

18.2

6.4-41.7

15.3

7.1-29.8

Non-Hispanic

3,396

1,712

45.4

42.9-48.0

1,056

32.1

29.6-34.7

329

10.9

9.2-12.8

133

5.1

4.0- 6.4

166

6.5

5.1- 8.3

AGE

18-24

263

31.0

23.2-40.1

28.0

20.4-37.1

13.4

8.8-20.1

8.4

4.8-14.0

19.2

12.2-28.8

25-34

668

245

32.5

27.6-37.9

241

39.4

33.6-45.5

13.5

9.5-18.7

6.6

4.0-10.9

8.0

5.8-11.0

35-44

805

369

45.8

40.9-50.7

254

29.1

24.9-33.8

101

14.7

11.3-18.9

5.2

3.3- 8.1

5.2

3.4- 7.9

45-54

763

387

47.4

41.9-52.9

256

33.1

28.0-38.7

9.2

6.4-13.2

5.6

3.1-10.1

4.6

2.7- 7.9

55-64

498

292

55.3

48.9-61.5

154

35.6

29.5-42.1

5.9

3.5- 9.8

2.3

1.2- 4.3

1.0

0.4- 2.4

65-74

310

214

74.1

66.7-80.3

19.8

14.4-26.6

3.5

1.5- 7.9

2.2

0.7- 6.8

0.4

0.1- 1.4

75+

186

151

73.6

63.2-81.9

21.3

13.9-31.3

3.1

0.9-10.6

1.8

0.3-11.5

0.2

0.0- 1.3

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

271

102

31.6

23.8-40.5

28.3

19.5-39.2

15.2

9.3-24.0

15.2

8.5-25.7

9.7

6.2-14.9

H.S. or G.E.D.

798

363

39.7

34.7-44.9

223

27.7

22.9-33.0

100

15.4

11.4-20.4

5.4

3.5- 8.3

11.9

8.5-16.4

Some Post-H.S.

940

441

40.7

35.8-45.9

322

36.0

31.0-41.4

10.8

7.9-14.6

5.2

3.3- 8.1

7.2

4.2-11.9

College Graduate

1,503

846

53.8

50.1-57.4

468

32.5

29.2-36.1

122

7.7

6.0- 9.9

3.2

2.1- 5.0

2.7

1.6- 4.5

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

219

37.8

28.2-48.4

28.4

19.3-39.6

8.1

4.6-14.0

9.2

3.1-24.3

16.5

8.6-29.3

$15,000- 24,999

513

197

34.6

28.4-41.3

155

24.0

18.9-30.0

16.4

11.6-22.8

10.5

6.5-16.5

14.5

9.5-21.6

$25,000- 34,999

374

171

39.6

32.4-47.4

107

34.4

26.6-43.1

11.7

7.2-18.3

4.8

2.3- 9.6

9.5

6.1-14.6

$35,000- 49,999

533

259

44.6

38.5-50.9

177

30.3

25.0-36.1

14.2

9.9-19.8

8.3

5.0-13.3

2.7

1.4- 5.0

$50,000-74,999

489

218

40.9

35.0-47.2

195

40.1

34.2-46.4

11.7

8.1-16.6

3.9

2.0- 7.4

3.3

1.6- 6.8

$75,000+

748

429

51.1

45.7-56.5

238

34.4

29.4-39.8

8.1

5.1-12.7

2.4

1.2- 4.8

4.0

1.9- 8.5

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

197

106

51.7

43.2-60.0

28.0

21.6-35.5

14.2

8.0-23.9

3.3

1.2- 8.7

2.8

1.0- 7.9

Guilford

204

116

47.9

39.7-56.3

24.9

18.5-32.6

11.2

6.5-18.6

7.3

2.9-17.2

8.6

4.5-16.1

Mecklenburg

236

118

43.9

36.0-52.1

34.0

26.2-42.8

9.5

5.9-15.0

1.5

0.5- 4.0

11.2

5.3-22.0

Orange

289

155

45.1

37.3-53.1

28.8

22.4-36.2

12.2

8.1-18.0

9.4

3.7-22.1

4.5

2.2- 9.0

Wake

238

118

44.6

37.3-52.0

34.3

27.7-41.7

8.8

5.5-13.9

6.5

2.7-14.5

5.8

2.8-11.7

Chatham/Lee

167

52.8

44.0-61.4

31.3

24.0-39.7

11.1

6.9-17.4

2.4

1.0- 5.9

2.4

0.8- 6.8

Nash/Wilson

109

42.9

32.2-54.3

31.5

22.4-42.1

4.5

1.9-10.4

15.2

6.1-32.9

6.0

2.4-14.1

Craven/Pamlico

181

42.7

34.4-51.3

37.2

29.0-46.2

8.2

4.8-13.6

1.3

0.5- 3.4

10.7

5.5-19.8

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

113

45.7

35.9-55.9

29.5

21.0-39.7

9.1

4.8-16.6

3.8

1.3-10.4

11.9

6.7-20.4

Appalachian/Wilkes

152

46.2

36.6-56.1

29.2

21.8-37.9

9.8

5.4-17.1

5.1

1.9-13.2

9.6

4.1-21.0

Franklin/Gran./Vance

142

36.8

26.7-48.1

32.0

21.8-44.4

13.9

7.1-25.5

9.9

4.9-19.2

7.4

3.3-15.6

Graham/Swain/Jackson

147

41.4

32.7-50.7

28.3

20.6-37.4

12.9

7.9-20.5

1.6

0.4- 6.1

15.8

8.8-26.7

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

116

34.7

25.1-45.7

40.9

30.7-52.0

8.1

3.5-17.3

6.2

2.0-17.5

10.2

5.1-19.4

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

30.8

21.2-42.3

24.3

15.8-35.5

19.0

10.8-31.2

7.6

3.2-16.9

18.3

10.2-30.7

Northeast NC I

121

42.7

33.1-52.9

29.7

21.4-39.5

15.0

8.4-25.4

5.6

1.8-15.9

7.1

3.4-14.4

Northeast NC II

176

39.5

31.2-48.3

26.2

19.2-34.7

15.2

9.3-23.9

6.8

2.7-16.1

12.4

6.7-21.7

Northeastern Partnership

297

141

40.4

33.8-47.3

27.2

21.5-33.7

15.2

10.3-21.8

6.4

3.0-13.1

10.9

6.5-17.7

Mountain AHEC

494

260

48.4

41.0-55.9

158

34.5

26.6-43.4

9.3

6.2-13.6

2.9

1.5- 5.8

4.9

2.4- 9.7

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

1,030

480

43.4

38.4-48.5

322

30.7

26.3-35.4

102

11.0

8.1-14.8

8.3

5.7-11.9

6.6

4.8- 9.0

Piedmont

1,757

903

45.0

41.7-48.4

533

31.9

28.7-35.2

174

11.4

9.2-14.0

4.6

3.2- 6.6

7.1

5.1- 9.8

Western NC

728

372

46.8

40.8-52.8

236

35.1

28.7-42.2

9.5

6.8-13.1

3.1

1.8- 5.2

5.5

3.4- 9.0

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported drinking at least one drink in the last month.

^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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