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-FEMALES

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	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	1,573	1,403	88.0	85.3-90.3	83	5.5	4.0- 7.5	29	2.2	1.3- 3.7	45	2.9	1.9- 4.4	13	1.4	0.7- 2.8
African American	238	206	86.7	79.2-91.8	14	7.8	3.7-15.5	11	3.0	1.5- 6.0	5	1.8	0.6- 5.2	2	0.7	0.1- 3.5
Asian	7	7	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Native American	29	26	95.2	83.1-98.8	1	2.2	0.3-15.6	1	1.0	0.1- 7.8	0	0.0	. - .	1	1.5	0.2-10.9
Other Minorities	31	30	99.5	96.1-99.9	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	0.5	0.1- 3.9	0	0.0	. - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic	38	37	99.5	96.1-99.9	0	0.0	. - .	1	0.5	0.1- 3.9	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
-English Speaking	27	27	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
-Spanish Speaking	11	10	98.8	90.6-99.9	0	0.0	. - .	1	1.2	0.1- 9.4	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Non-Hispanic	1,846	1,640	88.0	85.5-90.0	98	5.7	4.3- 7.6	41	2.3	1.5- 3.6	51	2.7	1.8- 4.0	16	1.3	0.7- 2.5
AGE
18-24	145	102	74.7	64.1-83.1	21	10.9	5.7-20.0	8	5.5	2.2-13.0	12	7.6	3.7-14.8	2	1.3	0.3- 5.6
25-34	351	287	83.9	77.9-88.6	30	8.9	5.4-14.3	14	3.1	1.6- 6.0	13	1.6	0.7- 3.3	7	2.5	0.9- 6.7
35-44	447	391	87.4	82.5-91.1	23	5.4	3.1- 9.2	14	3.0	1.4- 6.3	17	3.8	1.9- 7.3	2	0.4	0.1- 2.1
45-54	427	399	93.9	89.6-96.6	18	3.0	1.5- 6.0	3	0.2	0.0- 0.5	4	1.1	0.3- 3.9	3	1.8	0.5- 6.5
55-64	247	240	97.7	93.1-99.3	5	1.9	0.5- 6.9	1	0.1	0.0- 0.9	1	0.3	0.0- 2.0	0	0.0	. - .
65-74	156	151	98.5	96.2-99.4	0	0.0	. - .	2	0.5	0.1- 2.7	2	0.5	0.1- 2.2	1	0.4	0.1- 2.7
75+	98	95	97.3	87.8-99.5	1	0.1	0.0- 0.9	0	0.0	. - .	1	0.4	0.1- 3.0	1	2.1	0.3-13.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	92	75	86.3	74.7-93.1	7	9.0	3.5-21.2	4	2.2	0.6- 8.1	5	2.2	0.9- 5.8	1	0.2	0.0- 1.3
H.S. or G.E.D.	396	335	83.3	76.7-88.3	30	7.7	4.2-13.6	14	3.2	1.7- 6.0	13	4.1	1.9- 8.5	4	1.7	0.5- 5.7
Some Post-H.S.	546	488	88.1	83.3-91.6	25	4.6	2.7- 7.8	10	1.8	0.7- 5.0	14	3.0	1.5- 6.2	9	2.5	1.1- 5.6
College Graduate	851	780	91.3	88.1-93.8	36	4.7	2.9- 7.4	14	2.0	0.9- 4.4	19	1.6	0.9- 2.9	2	0.3	0.1- 1.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	132	97	72.0	59.4-81.9	12	13.6	6.2-27.4	9	6.0	2.7-13.0	9	4.6	2.1- 9.7	5	3.8	1.3-10.8
$15,000- 24,999	260	211	81.6	73.4-87.7	26	8.7	5.0-14.5	10	4.6	1.8-11.6	11	4.0	1.6- 9.8	2	1.1	0.2- 6.4
$25,000- 34,999	213	185	87.3	78.3-92.9	11	3.1	1.3- 7.0	5	1.2	0.4- 3.2	8	5.1	1.6-14.7	4	3.3	1.0-10.8
$35,000- 49,999	283	261	87.1	79.1-92.4	10	4.7	2.0-10.9	4	3.6	1.1-10.9	6	2.5	1.0- 6.4	2	2.0	0.4- 8.8
$50,000-74,999	254	231	90.2	84.0-94.1	12	5.9	2.9-11.7	5	1.6	0.6- 4.3	5	1.4	0.4- 4.1	1	1.0	0.1- 6.7
$75,000+	399	375	93.0	88.7-95.7	12	3.4	1.6- 7.1	5	1.5	0.5- 4.6	7	2.1	0.9- 4.7	0	0.0	. - .
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	112	98	81.8	68.6-90.2	9	14.0	6.4-27.9	0	0.0	. - .	4	3.2	1.0- 9.6	1	1.0	0.1- 6.5
Guilford	124	114	86.3	74.7-93.1	3	4.8	1.4-15.1	3	3.6	0.9-12.8	3	4.6	1.2-15.8	1	0.7	0.1- 4.7
Mecklenburg	131	113	84.8	75.7-90.9	11	7.8	3.9-15.2	3	3.3	0.8-12.0	3	3.4	1.1-10.2	1	0.7	0.1- 4.9
Orange	179	154	72.9	57.9-84.0	13	9.8	4.9-18.5	5	10.4	2.7-32.5	7	6.9	2.9-15.6	0	0.0	. - .
Wake	136	123	90.7	83.4-95.0	3	2.2	0.7- 7.2	7	4.6	1.8-11.5	3	2.4	0.8- 7.3	0	0.0	. - .
Chatham/Lee	91	79	84.8	74.1-91.6	3	5.8	1.8-17.3	5	5.1	2.0-12.2	4	4.3	1.5-11.3	0	0.0	. - .
Nash/Wilson	54	51	96.0	87.7-98.8	2	2.1	0.5- 8.1	0	0.0	. - .	1	1.9	0.3-12.3	0	0.0	. - .
Craven/Pamlico	103	92	87.7	77.9-93.5	7	8.9	4.0-18.8	0	0.0	. - .	3	2.5	0.8- 8.0	1	0.9	0.1- 6.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	51	48	95.4	86.4-98.5	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	2	3.1	0.8-11.6	1	1.5	0.2-10.3
Appalachian/Wilkes	78	70	87.3	74.5-94.2	3	3.5	1.1-10.7	2	3.7	0.7-17.2	2	2.5	0.5-10.9	1	3.1	0.4-18.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance	75	66	89.7	78.5-95.5	6	7.9	2.9-19.7	2	1.3	0.3- 5.2	1	1.1	0.2- 7.4	0	0.0	. - .
Graham/Swain/Jackson	67	60	83.2	66.9-92.4	4	6.0	2.2-15.4	2	6.9	1.6-25.4	1	3.9	0.6-22.8	0	0.0	. - .
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	54	47	87.1	73.2-94.3	2	3.9	1.0-14.5	3	7.0	2.0-22.1	0	0.0	. - .	2	2.0	0.5- 8.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	45	35	75.2	55.2-88.2	5	12.0	3.3-35.2	2	5.2	1.1-21.8	3	7.6	2.3-21.8	0	0.0	. - .
Northeast NC I	65	55	80.7	66.2-89.9	4	6.3	2.2-16.8	2	6.9	1.8-23.4	4	6.1	2.1-16.6	0	0.0	. - .
Northeast NC II	94	79	77.0	63.4-86.6	6	7.5	3.3-16.2	1	0.8	0.1- 5.6	6	10.0	4.1-22.5	2	4.7	0.8-22.5
Northeastern Partnership	159	134	78.2	68.1-85.7	10	7.1	3.6-13.3	3	2.8	0.9- 8.5	10	8.8	4.2-17.4	2	3.2	0.6-16.2
Mountain AHEC	257	235	90.1	83.1-94.4	13	6.0	2.8-12.3	2	0.5	0.1- 2.1	6	3.1	1.0- 8.8	1	0.4	0.1- 2.6
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	542	470	85.0	79.5-89.3	32	6.1	3.6-10.3	11	1.9	0.9- 4.0	20	4.1	2.1- 8.0	9	2.9	1.2- 6.7
Piedmont	965	861	89.1	85.9-91.6	50	5.5	3.7- 8.1	27	2.7	1.5- 4.6	22	2.0	1.2- 3.5	5	0.7	0.2- 2.0
Western NC	379	348	91.5	86.5-94.7	16	4.5	2.2- 8.8	4	0.8	0.3- 2.7	9	2.6	1.0- 6.3	2	0.7	0.2- 2.8

Total
Respond.^

None

Once

Twice

3-7 times

8-30 times

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

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

1,573

1,403

88.0

85.3-90.3

5.5

4.0- 7.5

2.2

1.3- 3.7

2.9

1.9- 4.4

1.4

0.7- 2.8

African American

238

206

86.7

79.2-91.8

7.8

3.7-15.5

3.0

1.5- 6.0

1.8

0.6- 5.2

0.7

0.1- 3.5

Asian

100

. - .

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

Native American

95.2

83.1-98.8

2.2

0.3-15.6

1.0

0.1- 7.8

0.0

. - .

1.5

0.2-10.9

Other Minorities

99.5

96.1-99.9

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

0.5

0.1- 3.9

0.0

. - .

HISPANIC

Hispanic

99.5

96.1-99.9

0.0

. - .

0.5

0.1- 3.9

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

-English Speaking

100

. - .

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

-Spanish Speaking

98.8

90.6-99.9

0.0

. - .

1.2

0.1- 9.4

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

Non-Hispanic

1,846

1,640

88.0

85.5-90.0

5.7

4.3- 7.6

2.3

1.5- 3.6

2.7

1.8- 4.0

1.3

0.7- 2.5

AGE

18-24

145

102

74.7

64.1-83.1

10.9

5.7-20.0

5.5

2.2-13.0

7.6

3.7-14.8

1.3

0.3- 5.6

25-34

351

287

83.9

77.9-88.6

8.9

5.4-14.3

3.1

1.6- 6.0

1.6

0.7- 3.3

2.5

0.9- 6.7

35-44

447

391

87.4

82.5-91.1

5.4

3.1- 9.2

3.0

1.4- 6.3

3.8

1.9- 7.3

0.4

0.1- 2.1

45-54

427

399

93.9

89.6-96.6

3.0

1.5- 6.0

0.2

0.0- 0.5

1.1

0.3- 3.9

1.8

0.5- 6.5

55-64

247

240

97.7

93.1-99.3

1.9

0.5- 6.9

0.1

0.0- 0.9

0.3

0.0- 2.0

0.0

. - .

65-74

156

151

98.5

96.2-99.4

0.0

. - .

0.5

0.1- 2.7

0.5

0.1- 2.2

0.4

0.1- 2.7

75+

97.3

87.8-99.5

0.1

0.0- 0.9

0.0

. - .

0.4

0.1- 3.0

2.1

0.3-13.6

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

86.3

74.7-93.1

9.0

3.5-21.2

2.2

0.6- 8.1

2.2

0.9- 5.8

0.2

0.0- 1.3

H.S. or G.E.D.

396

335

83.3

76.7-88.3

7.7

4.2-13.6

3.2

1.7- 6.0

4.1

1.9- 8.5

1.7

0.5- 5.7

Some Post-H.S.

546

488

88.1

83.3-91.6

4.6

2.7- 7.8

1.8

0.7- 5.0

3.0

1.5- 6.2

2.5

1.1- 5.6

College Graduate

851

780

91.3

88.1-93.8

4.7

2.9- 7.4

2.0

0.9- 4.4

1.6

0.9- 2.9

0.3

0.1- 1.4

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

132

72.0

59.4-81.9

13.6

6.2-27.4

6.0

2.7-13.0

4.6

2.1- 9.7

3.8

1.3-10.8

$15,000- 24,999

260

211

81.6

73.4-87.7

8.7

5.0-14.5

4.6

1.8-11.6

4.0

1.6- 9.8

1.1

0.2- 6.4

$25,000- 34,999

213

185

87.3

78.3-92.9

3.1

1.3- 7.0

1.2

0.4- 3.2

5.1

1.6-14.7

3.3

1.0-10.8

$35,000- 49,999

283

261

87.1

79.1-92.4

4.7

2.0-10.9

3.6

1.1-10.9

2.5

1.0- 6.4

2.0

0.4- 8.8

$50,000-74,999

254

231

90.2

84.0-94.1

5.9

2.9-11.7

1.6

0.6- 4.3

1.4

0.4- 4.1

1.0

0.1- 6.7

$75,000+

399

375

93.0

88.7-95.7

3.4

1.6- 7.1

1.5

0.5- 4.6

2.1

0.9- 4.7

0.0

. - .

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

112

81.8

68.6-90.2

14.0

6.4-27.9

0.0

. - .

3.2

1.0- 9.6

1.0

0.1- 6.5

Guilford

124

114

86.3

74.7-93.1

4.8

1.4-15.1

3.6

0.9-12.8

4.6

1.2-15.8

0.7

0.1- 4.7

Mecklenburg

131

113

84.8

75.7-90.9

7.8

3.9-15.2

3.3

0.8-12.0

3.4

1.1-10.2

0.7

0.1- 4.9

Orange

179

154

72.9

57.9-84.0

9.8

4.9-18.5

10.4

2.7-32.5

6.9

2.9-15.6

0.0

. - .

Wake

136

123

90.7

83.4-95.0

2.2

0.7- 7.2

4.6

1.8-11.5

2.4

0.8- 7.3

0.0

. - .

Chatham/Lee

84.8

74.1-91.6

5.8

1.8-17.3

5.1

2.0-12.2

4.3

1.5-11.3

0.0

. - .

Nash/Wilson

96.0

87.7-98.8

2.1

0.5- 8.1

0.0

. - .

1.9

0.3-12.3

0.0

. - .

Craven/Pamlico

103

87.7

77.9-93.5

8.9

4.0-18.8

0.0

. - .

2.5

0.8- 8.0

0.9

0.1- 6.1

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

95.4

86.4-98.5

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

3.1

0.8-11.6

1.5

0.2-10.3

Appalachian/Wilkes

87.3

74.5-94.2

3.5

1.1-10.7

3.7

0.7-17.2

2.5

0.5-10.9

3.1

0.4-18.7

Franklin/Gran./Vance

89.7

78.5-95.5

7.9

2.9-19.7

1.3

0.3- 5.2

1.1

0.2- 7.4

0.0

. - .

Graham/Swain/Jackson

83.2

66.9-92.4

6.0

2.2-15.4

6.9

1.6-25.4

3.9

0.6-22.8

0.0

. - .

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

87.1

73.2-94.3

3.9

1.0-14.5

7.0

2.0-22.1

0.0

. - .

2.0

0.5- 8.1

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

75.2

55.2-88.2

12.0

3.3-35.2

5.2

1.1-21.8

7.6

2.3-21.8

0.0

. - .

Northeast NC I

80.7

66.2-89.9

6.3

2.2-16.8

6.9

1.8-23.4

6.1

2.1-16.6

0.0

. - .

Northeast NC II

77.0

63.4-86.6

7.5

3.3-16.2

0.8

0.1- 5.6

10.0

4.1-22.5

4.7

0.8-22.5

Northeastern Partnership

159

134

78.2

68.1-85.7

7.1

3.6-13.3

2.8

0.9- 8.5

8.8

4.2-17.4

3.2

0.6-16.2

Mountain AHEC

257

235

90.1

83.1-94.4

6.0

2.8-12.3

0.5

0.1- 2.1

3.1

1.0- 8.8

0.4

0.1- 2.6

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

542

470

85.0

79.5-89.3

6.1

3.6-10.3

1.9

0.9- 4.0

4.1

2.1- 8.0

2.9

1.2- 6.7

Piedmont

965

861

89.1

85.9-91.6

5.5

3.7- 8.1

2.7

1.5- 4.6

2.0

1.2- 3.5

0.7

0.2- 2.0

Western NC

379

348

91.5

86.5-94.7

4.5

2.2- 8.8

0.8

0.3- 2.7

2.6

1.0- 6.3

0.7

0.2- 2.8

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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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