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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption-FEMALES

Drinking alcohol in the past 30 days*

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  Total
Respond.^
YES NO
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 5,957 1,890 33.6 31.8-35.5 4,067 66.4 64.5-68.2
RACE
White 4,342 1,578 38.2 36.1-40.5 2,764 61.8 59.5-63.9
African American 1,264 237 21.3 18.0-25.0 1,027 78.7 75.0-82.0
Asian 24 6 18.8 6.2-44.6 18 81.2 55.4-93.8
Native American 147 29 21.3 11.2-36.7 118 78.7 63.3-88.8
Other Minorities 161 32 20.8 12.9-31.7 129 79.2 68.3-87.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 168 38 22.4 14.0-33.7 130 77.6 66.3-86.0
-English Speaking 83 27 40.6 24.6-58.9 56 59.4 41.1-75.4
-Spanish Speaking 85 11 14.2 6.3-28.9 74 85.8 71.1-93.7
Non-Hispanic 5,782 1,850 34.2 32.3-36.1 3,932 65.8 63.9-67.7
AGE
18-24 364 148 40.4 33.1-48.2 216 59.6 51.8-66.9
25-34 880 350 40.8 36.2-45.6 530 59.2 54.4-63.8
35-44 1,095 449 40.6 36.5-44.9 646 59.4 55.1-63.5
45-54 1,155 429 38.1 34.0-42.3 726 61.9 57.7-66.0
55-64 948 245 25.6 21.8-29.9 703 74.4 70.1-78.2
65-74 808 156 18.5 15.0-22.5 652 81.5 77.5-85.0
75+ 659 97 14.9 11.4-19.3 562 85.1 80.7-88.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 993 90 10.2 7.5-13.8 903 89.8 86.2-92.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,799 397 25.6 22.5-29.0 1,402 74.4 71.0-77.5
Some Post-H.S. 1,536 551 38.4 34.6-42.3 985 61.6 57.7-65.4
College Graduate 1,612 851 52.6 49.0-56.1 761 47.4 43.9-51.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 805 132 17.6 14.0-22.0 673 82.4 78.0-86.0
$15,000- 24,999 1,115 263 25.0 21.1-29.3 852 75.0 70.7-78.9
$25,000- 34,999 672 215 34.7 29.1-40.7 457 65.3 59.3-70.9
$35,000- 49,999 712 282 39.0 33.8-44.6 430 61.0 55.4-66.2
$50,000-74,999 572 254 45.8 40.2-51.6 318 54.2 48.4-59.8
$75,000+ 651 398 57.2 51.9-62.4 253 42.8 37.6-48.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 274 113 44.0 37.4-50.9 161 56.0 49.1-62.6
Guilford 278 122 41.0 34.5-47.9 156 59.0 52.1-65.5
Mecklenburg 278 130 46.0 39.6-52.6 148 54.0 47.4-60.4
Orange 282 179 64.9 54.4-74.2 103 35.1 25.8-45.6
Wake 277 136 46.8 39.9-53.7 141 53.2 46.3-60.1
Chatham/Lee 247 92 36.0 29.5-43.0 155 64.0 57.0-70.5
Nash/Wilson 238 52 20.1 15.2-26.1 186 79.9 73.9-84.8
Craven/Pamlico 285 102 35.2 29.1-41.8 183 64.8 58.2-70.9
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 276 51 18.7 14.1-24.5 225 81.3 75.5-85.9
Appalachian/Wilkes 287 79 26.9 20.5-34.4 208 73.1 65.6-79.5
Franklin/Gran./Vance 301 77 24.9 19.4-31.4 224 75.1 68.6-80.6
Graham/Swain/Jackson 263 69 26.6 20.8-33.3 194 73.4 66.7-79.2
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 297 52 16.7 12.5-22.0 245 83.3 78.0-87.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 293 45 16.6 11.9-22.6 248 83.4 77.4-88.1
Northeast NC I 317 65 21.6 16.9-27.3 252 78.4 72.7-83.1
Northeast NC II 327 96 29.6 24.2-35.7 231 70.4 64.3-75.8
Northeastern Partnership 644 161 26.6 22.7-30.9 483 73.4 69.1-77.3
Mountain AHEC 812 260 32.9 28.8-37.3 552 67.1 62.7-71.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,145 540 29.3 26.1-32.7 1,605 70.7 67.3-73.9
Piedmont 2,515 966 36.7 34.1-39.4 1,549 63.3 60.6-65.9
Western NC 1,297 384 30.2 26.6-34.0 913 69.8 66.0-73.4

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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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