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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption-FEMALES

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 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 4,342 2,764 61.8 59.5-63.9 526 13.3 11.8-15.0 504 13.3 11.8-15.0 415 9.5 8.3-10.9 133 2.1 1.7- 2.7
African American 1,264 1,027 78.7 75.0-82.0 112 10.4 7.9-13.6 77 7.4 5.5- 9.8 43 3.3 2.2- 4.9 5 0.3 0.1- 0.8
Asian 24 18 81.2 55.4-93.8 2 3.2 0.7-13.8 2 8.6 1.5-36.2 2 7.0 1.1-33.0 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 147 118 78.7 63.3-88.8 11 4.3 2.1- 8.7 12 13.9 5.2-32.0 5 1.9 0.7- 5.1 1 1.2 0.2- 7.8
Other Minorities 161 129 79.2 68.3-87.1 14 10.4 5.0-20.4 10 8.2 3.7-17.2 6 1.8 0.6- 4.7 2 0.4 0.1- 2.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 168 130 77.6 66.3-86.0 19 11.9 6.0-22.2 11 8.0 3.5-17.3 7 2.3 0.8- 6.8 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0
-English Speaking 83 56 59.4 41.1-75.4 10 9.6 4.4-20.0 10 23.8 10.6-45.2 6 6.7 2.0-20.2 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1
-Spanish Speaking 85 74 85.8 71.1-93.7 9 13.0 5.4-28.0 1 0.9 0.1- 6.0 1 0.4 0.0- 2.5 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 5,782 3,932 65.8 63.9-67.7 649 12.4 11.1-13.8 594 12.0 10.8-13.4 466 8.0 7.1- 9.1 141 1.7 1.3- 2.2
AGE
18-24 364 216 59.6 51.8-66.9 59 15.8 11.0-22.4 53 16.4 11.4-23.0 34 8.0 4.9-12.6 2 0.2 0.1- 1.0
25-34 880 530 59.2 54.4-63.8 137 15.8 12.5-19.7 121 15.2 12.0-19.1 82 8.8 6.6-11.7 10 1.0 0.4- 2.6
35-44 1,095 646 59.4 55.1-63.5 182 15.2 12.6-18.4 150 15.6 12.7-19.0 104 8.9 6.9-11.5 13 0.9 0.4- 1.7
45-54 1,155 726 61.9 57.7-66.0 134 13.4 10.5-17.0 137 12.5 10.1-15.5 135 10.5 8.3-13.2 23 1.6 1.0- 2.8
55-64 948 703 74.4 70.1-78.2 81 8.7 6.3-12.0 75 7.8 5.9-10.4 62 6.7 4.7- 9.5 27 2.4 1.4- 4.0
65-74 808 652 81.5 77.5-85.0 37 4.2 2.7- 6.5 40 4.7 3.1- 7.2 39 5.3 3.5- 8.1 40 4.2 2.7- 6.5
75+ 659 562 85.1 80.7-88.6 34 7.5 4.9-11.4 22 2.5 1.4- 4.4 15 2.3 1.2- 4.2 26 2.6 1.4- 4.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 993 903 89.8 86.2-92.5 40 5.4 3.4- 8.5 24 2.6 1.4- 4.9 18 1.7 0.9- 3.2 8 0.5 0.1- 1.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,799 1,402 74.4 71.0-77.5 180 11.7 9.5-14.4 127 9.3 7.3-11.9 65 3.6 2.5- 5.1 25 1.0 0.5- 1.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,536 985 61.6 57.7-65.4 195 13.5 10.9-16.6 175 13.3 10.7-16.3 141 9.9 7.8-12.3 40 1.8 1.1- 2.7
College Graduate 1,612 761 47.4 43.9-51.0 252 16.4 13.9-19.2 280 19.0 16.4-21.9 250 14.1 11.9-16.7 69 3.0 2.1- 4.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 805 673 82.4 78.0-86.0 47 7.0 4.5-10.6 43 5.3 3.5- 7.9 33 4.6 2.9- 7.3 9 0.7 0.3- 1.8
$15,000- 24,999 1,115 852 75.0 70.7-78.9 91 7.6 5.6-10.3 95 11.5 8.6-15.4 59 4.9 3.4- 7.1 18 1.0 0.5- 1.9
$25,000- 34,999 672 457 65.3 59.3-70.9 99 17.0 12.7-22.5 58 10.3 7.2-14.7 47 6.0 4.0- 8.8 11 1.3 0.6- 2.9
$35,000- 49,999 712 430 61.0 55.4-66.2 113 15.4 11.8-19.8 81 12.7 9.4-16.9 71 9.0 6.4-12.4 17 2.0 1.0- 4.1
$50,000-74,999 572 318 54.2 48.4-59.8 89 18.8 14.4-24.3 90 15.4 11.8-19.8 57 9.8 6.9-13.8 18 1.8 1.0- 3.3
$75,000+ 651 253 42.8 37.6-48.1 109 13.7 10.8-17.3 132 21.4 17.4-26.1 130 18.6 15.0-23.0 27 3.4 2.0- 5.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 274 161 56.0 49.1-62.6 34 13.2 9.2-18.6 30 14.6 9.7-21.5 36 12.2 8.6-17.0 13 4.0 2.2- 7.1
Guilford 278 156 59.0 52.1-65.5 45 16.1 11.6-21.9 43 13.6 9.8-18.5 26 9.2 5.7-14.7 8 2.1 1.0- 4.4
Mecklenburg 278 148 54.0 47.4-60.4 36 13.3 9.3-18.6 44 15.2 11.2-20.4 43 15.4 11.3-20.8 7 2.1 0.9- 4.6
Orange 282 103 35.1 25.8-45.6 48 19.4 12.8-28.3 57 23.7 15.6-34.3 63 19.6 14.2-26.4 11 2.3 1.2- 4.2
Wake 277 141 53.2 46.3-60.1 42 15.1 11.1-20.3 51 17.4 12.8-23.1 35 11.8 8.3-16.6 8 2.4 1.2- 5.0
Chatham/Lee 247 155 64.0 57.0-70.5 31 12.6 8.6-18.1 30 12.6 8.7-18.0 20 7.0 4.4-11.1 11 3.8 2.0- 7.0
Nash/Wilson 238 186 79.9 73.9-84.8 19 7.6 4.6-12.4 17 6.5 3.9-10.6 12 4.7 2.6- 8.3 4 1.3 0.5- 3.6
Craven/Pamlico 285 183 64.8 58.2-70.9 38 14.5 10.4-19.9 25 9.0 5.9-13.6 19 6.3 3.8-10.3 20 5.3 3.4- 8.4
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 276 225 81.3 75.5-85.9 22 7.5 4.8-11.6 19 8.1 5.0-13.0 6 1.9 0.8- 4.4 4 1.2 0.4- 3.4
Appalachian/Wilkes 287 208 73.1 65.6-79.5 29 7.8 5.2-11.5 23 9.4 5.9-14.7 20 7.5 3.9-13.6 7 2.2 0.9- 5.4
Franklin/Gran./Vance 301 224 75.1 68.6-80.6 27 9.3 5.9-14.2 27 9.0 6.0-13.4 18 5.7 3.0-10.5 5 0.9 0.4- 2.3
Graham/Swain/Jackson 263 194 73.4 66.7-79.2 27 11.3 7.3-16.9 15 5.4 3.1- 9.1 21 8.2 5.1-12.9 6 1.8 0.7- 4.1
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 297 245 83.3 78.0-87.5 27 8.5 5.6-12.6 15 5.5 3.2- 9.3 10 2.8 1.4- 5.6 0 0.0 . - .
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 293 248 83.4 77.4-88.1 18 5.7 3.4- 9.3 13 3.6 2.0- 6.4 13 7.0 3.7-12.9 1 0.2 0.0- 1.8
Northeast NC I 317 252 78.4 72.7-83.1 35 11.7 8.1-16.5 17 5.6 3.3- 9.3 8 2.8 1.4- 5.7 5 1.6 0.6- 4.1
Northeast NC II 327 231 70.4 64.3-75.8 33 10.0 6.9-14.3 33 11.1 7.6-16.1 25 6.8 4.3-10.5 5 1.7 0.6- 4.7
Northeastern Partnership 644 483 73.4 69.1-77.3 68 10.6 8.2-13.7 50 9.0 6.5-12.3 33 5.3 3.6- 7.7 10 1.7 0.8- 3.4
Mountain AHEC 812 552 67.1 62.7-71.2 82 9.5 7.2-12.4 74 11.9 9.1-15.5 79 8.8 6.7-11.6 25 2.6 1.6- 4.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,145 1,605 70.7 67.3-73.9 213 11.0 8.8-13.7 171 11.2 9.1-13.8 114 5.8 4.5- 7.6 42 1.2 0.8- 2.0
Piedmont 2,515 1,549 63.3 60.6-65.9 328 13.8 12.0-15.8 321 12.2 10.5-14.2 254 9.0 7.6-10.6 63 1.7 1.2- 2.4
Western NC 1,297 913 69.8 66.0-73.4 127 9.5 7.2-12.5 114 11.3 8.9-14.3 106 7.1 5.6- 9.1 37 2.2 1.4- 3.2

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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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