BRFSS 2003 - North Carolina: (Considering all types of alcoholic beverages, how many times during the past 30 days did you have 5 or more drinks on an occasion?*)

2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption

Considering all types of alcoholic beverages, how many times during the past 30 days did you have 5 or more drinks on an occasion?*

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	Total Respond.^	None	Once	Twice	3-7 times	8-30 times
TOTAL	3,527	2,893	79.2	76.7-81.4	241	7.5	6.1- 9.2	129	4.4	3.3- 5.7	181	5.6	4.4- 7.0	83	3.4	2.4- 4.8
GENDER
Male	1,641	1,214	72.5	68.8-76.0	143	8.9	6.8-11.6	87	5.9	4.2- 8.2	130	7.7	5.8-10.1	67	4.9	3.3- 7.3
Female	1,886	1,679	88.3	85.9-90.4	98	5.6	4.1- 7.4	42	2.2	1.4- 3.5	51	2.6	1.8- 3.9	16	1.3	0.7- 2.4
RACE
White	2,867	2,376	79.9	77.1-82.4	197	7.4	5.8- 9.3	87	3.8	2.8- 5.3	140	5.3	4.0- 7.0	67	3.6	2.4- 5.3
African American	472	374	75.6	69.2-81.1	35	9.9	6.2-15.3	27	5.4	3.1- 9.1	25	6.0	3.5-10.0	11	3.2	1.5- 6.7
Asian	11	11	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Native American	55	44	85.7	66.4-94.8	4	7.8	1.7-29.3	4	4.0	1.1-14.2	1	1.1	0.1- 7.9	2	1.4	0.3- 5.9
Other Minorities	104	73	72.2	57.3-83.4	5	4.4	1.3-14.3	10	11.5	4.2-27.7	14	11.0	4.9-22.9	2	0.9	0.2- 3.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic	119	82	71.1	56.6-82.3	8	4.7	1.5-14.0	9	10.2	3.4-26.7	17	12.6	6.1-24.1	3	1.4	0.4- 4.3
-English Speaking	55	46	89.6	76.6-95.8	5	2.6	0.9- 6.9	0	0.0	. - .	3	6.4	1.8-20.8	1	1.4	0.2- 9.4
-Spanish Speaking	64	36	63.0	44.5-78.2	3	5.7	1.4-19.9	9	14.6	4.9-36.1	14	15.3	6.7-31.2	2	1.4	0.3- 5.6
Non-Hispanic	3,404	2,807	79.6	77.1-81.9	233	7.6	6.2- 9.4	120	4.1	3.1- 5.4	164	5.2	4.0- 6.7	80	3.5	2.5- 5.0
AGE
18-24	264	162	60.0	50.6-68.7	38	12.6	7.9-19.6	23	8.5	4.5-15.6	27	9.3	5.2-15.9	14	9.6	4.7-18.5
25-34	670	486	73.7	67.7-78.9	75	11.5	7.6-16.9	35	4.2	2.6- 6.8	52	7.6	4.6-12.2	22	3.0	1.8- 5.2
35-44	804	639	79.9	75.7-83.6	53	5.7	3.9- 8.3	41	5.8	3.8- 8.7	54	7.1	4.8-10.2	17	1.5	0.8- 2.8
45-54	764	657	84.9	79.8-88.8	45	5.3	3.2- 8.7	16	2.5	0.8- 7.1	26	3.2	2.0- 5.3	20	4.1	2.2- 7.6
55-64	500	454	90.0	85.2-93.4	19	4.8	2.6- 9.0	8	2.5	0.9- 6.7	14	1.6	0.9- 2.7	5	1.0	0.4- 2.7
65-74	314	294	92.7	86.5-96.2	8	4.2	1.7-10.1	5	1.0	0.3- 3.6	5	1.8	0.4- 7.2	2	0.3	0.1- 1.2
75+	189	182	95.9	89.0-98.5	3	1.1	0.2- 5.2	1	1.7	0.2-11.3	1	0.2	0.0- 1.3	2	1.1	0.2- 5.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	277	209	72.2	61.1-81.2	22	13.1	6.3-25.2	15	5.9	2.2-14.6	21	6.0	2.9-12.1	10	2.8	1.3- 6.1
H.S. or G.E.D.	802	599	69.6	63.9-74.7	70	9.3	6.4-13.2	44	7.8	4.9-12.2	60	9.1	5.9-13.5	29	4.3	2.6- 7.0
Some Post-H.S.	941	774	78.9	73.7-83.3	63	6.6	4.3-10.0	28	2.8	1.6- 4.6	48	6.0	3.9- 9.2	28	5.8	3.1-10.4
College Graduate	1,504	1,308	86.9	84.3-89.2	86	5.7	4.3- 7.6	42	3.1	2.0- 4.7	52	3.0	2.0- 4.5	16	1.3	0.7- 2.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	224	155	62.0	49.6-72.9	19	10.3	5.5-18.4	18	11.5	4.8-25.1	20	5.8	3.3- 9.9	12	10.4	3.9-24.9
$15,000- 24,999	508	373	69.0	61.4-75.7	48	9.8	6.2-15.2	28	5.6	3.1- 9.9	41	9.0	5.3-15.1	18	6.5	3.2-12.9
$25,000- 34,999	378	292	79.2	72.6-84.6	31	5.2	3.2- 8.4	14	4.3	2.0- 8.9	29	7.2	4.1-12.3	12	4.1	2.0- 8.3
$35,000- 49,999	533	448	80.9	75.3-85.5	32	6.6	4.0-10.8	14	3.6	1.7- 7.2	26	6.3	3.8-10.4	13	2.6	1.2- 5.4
$50,000-74,999	489	417	83.6	78.3-87.8	31	6.4	4.0-10.0	14	2.7	1.3- 5.6	20	5.6	3.1- 9.9	7	1.7	0.7- 4.0
$75,000+	746	650	82.3	76.9-86.7	37	6.1	4.1- 9.1	24	3.9	2.2- 6.6	25	5.1	2.5- 9.9	10	2.7	0.9- 7.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	197	165	77.9	68.7-85.1	13	10.1	5.2-18.6	3	3.4	0.8-13.5	13	7.3	3.9-13.1	3	1.3	0.4- 4.2
Guilford	205	168	74.5	65.3-82.0	11	7.1	3.7-13.3	7	4.9	1.9-11.9	15	10.4	5.5-18.9	4	3.0	1.0- 8.7
Mecklenburg	236	192	74.5	64.4-82.5	19	9.8	5.0-18.2	10	6.4	2.5-15.7	11	5.1	2.7- 9.5	4	4.2	1.0-15.4
Orange	290	236	71.4	61.8-79.3	24	10.2	6.4-15.9	8	7.2	2.2-21.0	16	8.9	5.1-15.2	6	2.3	1.0- 5.5
Wake	239	204	83.2	75.4-88.9	11	4.1	2.1- 7.8	11	5.9	2.4-13.6	8	4.3	1.8- 9.9	5	2.5	0.9- 7.0
Chatham/Lee	166	137	80.5	72.1-86.8	8	7.4	3.4-15.6	9	4.8	2.4- 9.6	8	4.2	2.0- 8.5	4	3.1	1.1- 8.4
Nash/Wilson	111	89	72.3	58.2-83.0	10	14.2	5.6-31.4	4	4.4	1.7-11.2	2	1.9	0.4- 7.5	6	7.3	3.2-15.9
Craven/Pamlico	185	157	81.0	72.4-87.4	13	6.6	3.6-11.6	2	1.4	0.3- 6.2	12	10.7	5.6-19.3	1	0.4	0.1- 2.8
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	113	85	72.5	62.2-80.8	7	6.7	3.1-13.9	6	7.4	3.2-16.5	8	6.2	2.9-12.8	7	7.3	3.3-15.1
Appalachian/Wilkes	151	125	77.8	67.4-85.6	9	5.0	2.5- 9.6	5	3.8	1.4- 9.8	8	6.6	2.8-14.6	4	6.9	2.4-18.4
Franklin/Gran./Vance	143	109	63.6	50.3-75.0	15	11.7	6.4-20.6	3	1.5	0.4- 5.8	12	16.6	7.8-31.9	4	6.7	1.9-20.6
Graham/Swain/Jackson	144	113	53.6	31.3-74.5	11	6.5	3.1-13.3	10	9.1	4.1-19.2	6	25.8	6.6-63.2	4	4.9	1.5-15.1
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	120	98	79.9	69.0-87.6	10	10.7	4.9-21.8	7	6.4	2.9-13.8	1	0.3	0.0- 1.8	4	2.7	0.8- 8.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	91	65	62.9	49.8-74.3	8	11.2	4.6-24.8	6	12.1	5.3-25.2	10	11.3	6.0-20.1	2	2.5	0.5-10.9
Northeast NC I	123	103	78.6	67.9-86.4	9	9.5	4.5-19.0	6	8.4	3.7-18.0	5	3.6	1.4- 8.8	0	0.0	. - .
Northeast NC II	177	133	68.7	58.9-77.1	13	8.2	4.1-15.7	5	3.7	1.2-10.5	19	12.4	7.6-19.5	7	6.9	2.6-17.1
Northeastern Partnership	300	236	71.5	63.8-78.1	22	8.6	5.1-14.2	11	5.0	2.5- 9.8	24	9.9	6.4-15.1	7	5.0	1.9-12.6
Mountain AHEC	489	407	75.4	65.0-83.5	36	14.0	7.0-26.2	15	2.6	1.2- 5.5	23	6.7	3.5-12.6	8	1.2	0.5- 2.8
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	1,042	839	79.1	75.0-82.7	75	7.5	5.3-10.4	39	4.0	2.5- 6.3	58	5.1	3.5- 7.2	31	4.4	2.8- 7.0
Piedmont	1,761	1,453	79.9	76.6-82.9	115	6.3	4.8- 8.2	66	4.8	3.3- 6.9	88	5.7	4.1- 7.9	39	3.3	1.9- 5.5
Western NC	724	601	75.7	67.8-82.2	51	13.4	7.6-22.4	24	3.0	1.7- 5.1	35	5.9	3.5-10.0	13	2.0	1.0- 3.8

Total
Respond.^

None

Once

Twice

3-7 times

8-30 times

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

3,527

2,893

79.2

76.7-81.4

241

7.5

6.1- 9.2

129

4.4

3.3- 5.7

181

5.6

4.4- 7.0

3.4

2.4- 4.8

GENDER

Male

1,641

1,214

72.5

68.8-76.0

143

8.9

6.8-11.6

5.9

4.2- 8.2

130

7.7

5.8-10.1

4.9

3.3- 7.3

Female

1,886

1,679

88.3

85.9-90.4

5.6

4.1- 7.4

2.2

1.4- 3.5

2.6

1.8- 3.9

1.3

0.7- 2.4

RACE

White

2,867

2,376

79.9

77.1-82.4

197

7.4

5.8- 9.3

3.8

2.8- 5.3

140

5.3

4.0- 7.0

3.6

2.4- 5.3

African American

472

374

75.6

69.2-81.1

9.9

6.2-15.3

5.4

3.1- 9.1

6.0

3.5-10.0

3.2

1.5- 6.7

Asian

100

. - .

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

Native American

85.7

66.4-94.8

7.8

1.7-29.3

4.0

1.1-14.2

1.1

0.1- 7.9

1.4

0.3- 5.9

Other Minorities

104

72.2

57.3-83.4

4.4

1.3-14.3

11.5

4.2-27.7

11.0

4.9-22.9

0.9

0.2- 3.5

HISPANIC

Hispanic

119

71.1

56.6-82.3

4.7

1.5-14.0

10.2

3.4-26.7

12.6

6.1-24.1

1.4

0.4- 4.3

-English Speaking

89.6

76.6-95.8

2.6

0.9- 6.9

0.0

. - .

6.4

1.8-20.8

1.4

0.2- 9.4

-Spanish Speaking

63.0

44.5-78.2

5.7

1.4-19.9

14.6

4.9-36.1

15.3

6.7-31.2

1.4

0.3- 5.6

Non-Hispanic

3,404

2,807

79.6

77.1-81.9

233

7.6

6.2- 9.4

120

4.1

3.1- 5.4

164

5.2

4.0- 6.7

3.5

2.5- 5.0

AGE

18-24

264

162

60.0

50.6-68.7

12.6

7.9-19.6

8.5

4.5-15.6

9.3

5.2-15.9

9.6

4.7-18.5

25-34

670

486

73.7

67.7-78.9

11.5

7.6-16.9

4.2

2.6- 6.8

7.6

4.6-12.2

3.0

1.8- 5.2

35-44

804

639

79.9

75.7-83.6

5.7

3.9- 8.3

5.8

3.8- 8.7

7.1

4.8-10.2

1.5

0.8- 2.8

45-54

764

657

84.9

79.8-88.8

5.3

3.2- 8.7

2.5

0.8- 7.1

3.2

2.0- 5.3

4.1

2.2- 7.6

55-64

500

454

90.0

85.2-93.4

4.8

2.6- 9.0

2.5

0.9- 6.7

1.6

0.9- 2.7

1.0

0.4- 2.7

65-74

314

294

92.7

86.5-96.2

4.2

1.7-10.1

1.0

0.3- 3.6

1.8

0.4- 7.2

0.3

0.1- 1.2

75+

189

182

95.9

89.0-98.5

1.1

0.2- 5.2

1.7

0.2-11.3

0.2

0.0- 1.3

1.1

0.2- 5.6

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

277

209

72.2

61.1-81.2

13.1

6.3-25.2

5.9

2.2-14.6

6.0

2.9-12.1

2.8

1.3- 6.1

H.S. or G.E.D.

802

599

69.6

63.9-74.7

9.3

6.4-13.2

7.8

4.9-12.2

9.1

5.9-13.5

4.3

2.6- 7.0

Some Post-H.S.

941

774

78.9

73.7-83.3

6.6

4.3-10.0

2.8

1.6- 4.6

6.0

3.9- 9.2

5.8

3.1-10.4

College Graduate

1,504

1,308

86.9

84.3-89.2

5.7

4.3- 7.6

3.1

2.0- 4.7

3.0

2.0- 4.5

1.3

0.7- 2.6

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

224

155

62.0

49.6-72.9

10.3

5.5-18.4

11.5

4.8-25.1

5.8

3.3- 9.9

10.4

3.9-24.9

$15,000- 24,999

508

373

69.0

61.4-75.7

9.8

6.2-15.2

5.6

3.1- 9.9

9.0

5.3-15.1

6.5

3.2-12.9

$25,000- 34,999

378

292

79.2

72.6-84.6

5.2

3.2- 8.4

4.3

2.0- 8.9

7.2

4.1-12.3

4.1

2.0- 8.3

$35,000- 49,999

533

448

80.9

75.3-85.5

6.6

4.0-10.8

3.6

1.7- 7.2

6.3

3.8-10.4

2.6

1.2- 5.4

$50,000-74,999

489

417

83.6

78.3-87.8

6.4

4.0-10.0

2.7

1.3- 5.6

5.6

3.1- 9.9

1.7

0.7- 4.0

$75,000+

746

650

82.3

76.9-86.7

6.1

4.1- 9.1

3.9

2.2- 6.6

5.1

2.5- 9.9

2.7

0.9- 7.3

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

197

165

77.9

68.7-85.1

10.1

5.2-18.6

3.4

0.8-13.5

7.3

3.9-13.1

1.3

0.4- 4.2

Guilford

205

168

74.5

65.3-82.0

7.1

3.7-13.3

4.9

1.9-11.9

10.4

5.5-18.9

3.0

1.0- 8.7

Mecklenburg

236

192

74.5

64.4-82.5

9.8

5.0-18.2

6.4

2.5-15.7

5.1

2.7- 9.5

4.2

1.0-15.4

Orange

290

236

71.4

61.8-79.3

10.2

6.4-15.9

7.2

2.2-21.0

8.9

5.1-15.2

2.3

1.0- 5.5

Wake

239

204

83.2

75.4-88.9

4.1

2.1- 7.8

5.9

2.4-13.6

4.3

1.8- 9.9

2.5

0.9- 7.0

Chatham/Lee

166

137

80.5

72.1-86.8

7.4

3.4-15.6

4.8

2.4- 9.6

4.2

2.0- 8.5

3.1

1.1- 8.4

Nash/Wilson

111

72.3

58.2-83.0

14.2

5.6-31.4

4.4

1.7-11.2

1.9

0.4- 7.5

7.3

3.2-15.9

Craven/Pamlico

185

157

81.0

72.4-87.4

6.6

3.6-11.6

1.4

0.3- 6.2

10.7

5.6-19.3

0.4

0.1- 2.8

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

113

72.5

62.2-80.8

6.7

3.1-13.9

7.4

3.2-16.5

6.2

2.9-12.8

7.3

3.3-15.1

Appalachian/Wilkes

151

125

77.8

67.4-85.6

5.0

2.5- 9.6

3.8

1.4- 9.8

6.6

2.8-14.6

6.9

2.4-18.4

Franklin/Gran./Vance

143

109

63.6

50.3-75.0

11.7

6.4-20.6

1.5

0.4- 5.8

16.6

7.8-31.9

6.7

1.9-20.6

Graham/Swain/Jackson

144

113

53.6

31.3-74.5

6.5

3.1-13.3

9.1

4.1-19.2

25.8

6.6-63.2

4.9

1.5-15.1

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

120

79.9

69.0-87.6

10.7

4.9-21.8

6.4

2.9-13.8

0.3

0.0- 1.8

2.7

0.8- 8.6

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

62.9

49.8-74.3

11.2

4.6-24.8

12.1

5.3-25.2

11.3

6.0-20.1

2.5

0.5-10.9

Northeast NC I

123

103

78.6

67.9-86.4

9.5

4.5-19.0

8.4

3.7-18.0

3.6

1.4- 8.8

0.0

. - .

Northeast NC II

177

133

68.7

58.9-77.1

8.2

4.1-15.7

3.7

1.2-10.5

12.4

7.6-19.5

6.9

2.6-17.1

Northeastern Partnership

300

236

71.5

63.8-78.1

8.6

5.1-14.2

5.0

2.5- 9.8

9.9

6.4-15.1

5.0

1.9-12.6

Mountain AHEC

489

407

75.4

65.0-83.5

14.0

7.0-26.2

2.6

1.2- 5.5

6.7

3.5-12.6

1.2

0.5- 2.8

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

1,042

839

79.1

75.0-82.7

7.5

5.3-10.4

4.0

2.5- 6.3

5.1

3.5- 7.2

4.4

2.8- 7.0

Piedmont

1,761

1,453

79.9

76.6-82.9

115

6.3

4.8- 8.2

4.8

3.3- 6.9

5.7

4.1- 7.9

3.3

1.9- 5.5

Western NC

724

601

75.7

67.8-82.2

13.4

7.6-22.4

3.0

1.7- 5.1

5.9

3.5-10.0

2.0

1.0- 3.8

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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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