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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption-MALES

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 3,450 1,798 50.2 47.5-52.8 385 12.3 10.7-14.1 486 15.9 14.0-18.0 583 17.2 15.3-19.4 198 4.5 3.7- 5.4
RACE
White 2,564 1,264 46.0 43.0-49.1 279 12.6 10.6-14.8 374 16.7 14.5-19.2 486 19.9 17.5-22.6 161 4.8 3.9- 6.0
African American 598 360 58.1 52.0-64.0 69 12.8 9.2-17.6 72 13.9 10.0-18.9 68 11.2 8.1-15.3 29 4.0 2.4- 6.6
Asian 26 22 85.6 53.0-96.9 1 0.7 0.1- 5.1 2 13.2 2.5-47.6 1 0.6 0.1- 4.1 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 81 56 70.7 46.8-86.8 12 9.2 4.1-19.4 7 17.6 4.5-49.1 6 2.6 1.0- 6.5 0 0.0 . - .
Other Minorities 163 88 63.0 51.8-72.8 22 10.4 6.1-17.4 27 12.7 7.0-21.7 18 9.9 4.7-19.5 8 4.1 1.8- 9.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 170 88 64.0 53.0-73.6 21 8.7 4.8-15.2 31 12.4 6.9-21.1 22 12.0 6.3-21.4 8 3.1 1.2- 7.6
-English Speaking 54 25 66.1 45.6-81.9 8 11.5 3.6-31.3 9 5.4 2.1-13.1 10 15.8 6.2-34.6 2 1.3 0.3- 6.1
-Spanish Speaking 116 63 63.4 50.5-74.6 13 7.9 3.9-15.1 22 14.3 7.6-25.4 12 10.9 4.8-22.9 6 3.6 1.3- 9.5
Non-Hispanic 3,277 1,709 49.0 46.3-51.7 363 12.6 10.9-14.5 455 16.2 14.2-18.4 560 17.7 15.7-19.9 190 4.6 3.8- 5.6
AGE
18-24 217 99 51.6 41.9-61.1 22 10.6 5.9-18.4 42 17.7 11.5-26.2 46 18.2 12.1-26.5 8 1.9 0.7- 4.9
25-34 528 206 40.6 34.5-47.0 89 17.1 12.9-22.2 106 20.8 16.1-26.3 107 18.6 13.6-24.8 20 3.0 1.7- 5.2
35-44 684 323 47.7 42.4-53.2 88 13.9 10.6-18.0 106 17.2 13.3-21.9 141 17.4 14.0-21.4 26 3.7 2.2- 6.3
45-54 681 341 48.9 43.2-54.7 67 11.0 8.0-15.0 99 15.2 11.3-20.2 132 19.8 15.4-25.0 42 5.1 3.3- 7.7
55-64 585 329 52.4 46.5-58.1 65 11.0 8.0-15.1 74 15.2 11.3-20.2 83 16.3 12.3-21.2 34 5.0 3.2- 7.9
65-74 460 300 67.0 60.5-72.8 32 6.0 3.7- 9.4 44 8.0 5.3-11.9 42 10.8 7.1-16.1 42 8.2 5.3-12.5
75+ 275 186 63.3 55.0-71.0 19 8.7 4.8-15.1 14 4.7 2.5- 8.5 30 12.6 7.9-19.6 26 10.6 6.5-17.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 603 414 61.9 55.0-68.4 57 11.8 8.3-16.6 63 12.4 8.6-17.6 51 11.2 6.8-17.9 18 2.7 1.4- 5.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,021 612 58.7 53.8-63.4 106 10.4 7.9-13.5 127 14.0 10.8-17.9 119 12.1 9.2-15.9 57 4.8 3.3- 7.0
Some Post-H.S. 805 408 49.2 43.6-54.9 90 12.9 9.4-17.4 121 16.8 12.9-21.7 138 17.7 13.7-22.5 48 3.3 2.2- 5.1
College Graduate 1,010 356 34.5 30.3-38.8 132 14.2 11.4-17.5 174 19.2 15.8-23.2 274 25.9 22.3-29.9 74 6.2 4.6- 8.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 297 205 65.9 55.6-74.9 32 10.6 6.0-18.0 31 8.6 5.1-14.1 18 11.6 5.4-23.4 11 3.3 1.5- 7.0
$15,000- 24,999 608 353 58.4 51.9-64.6 61 9.0 6.1-13.0 79 14.7 10.6-19.9 81 13.9 9.9-19.2 34 4.0 2.4- 6.7
$25,000- 34,999 366 200 51.0 43.0-59.0 46 13.1 8.8-19.1 56 19.5 13.4-27.6 51 13.5 9.0-19.9 13 2.8 1.3- 6.3
$35,000- 49,999 523 272 54.6 48.4-60.7 51 9.6 6.5-13.9 77 14.2 10.2-19.3 93 15.5 11.8-20.0 30 6.1 3.9- 9.5
$50,000-74,999 435 197 50.0 42.8-57.1 58 14.2 10.2-19.6 66 14.6 10.7-19.5 87 17.6 13.2-23.2 27 3.6 2.1- 6.2
$75,000+ 504 155 26.5 21.4-32.2 73 15.5 11.7-20.3 87 21.2 16.1-27.4 149 31.0 25.2-37.5 40 5.9 3.7- 9.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 178 94 52.8 44.1-61.3 19 10.6 6.6-16.6 27 15.7 10.2-23.4 31 15.6 10.6-22.4 7 5.3 2.1-12.9
Guilford 164 81 49.7 40.8-58.6 19 12.6 7.5-20.5 20 13.3 7.8-21.6 34 17.8 12.5-24.6 10 6.6 3.2-13.3
Mecklenburg 168 61 36.3 27.5-46.0 23 11.9 7.5-18.2 30 20.3 12.8-30.8 40 24.1 16.4-34.1 14 7.4 4.2-12.6
Orange 169 59 44.2 33.0-56.1 12 5.6 2.9-10.4 26 13.4 8.4-20.7 57 30.1 22.2-39.5 15 6.7 3.8-11.4
Wake 175 71 43.1 34.5-52.2 20 10.5 6.3-17.0 41 21.6 15.4-29.4 39 22.5 15.7-31.2 4 2.2 0.8- 6.2
Chatham/Lee 152 77 55.3 45.1-65.1 18 10.8 6.6-17.0 17 13.1 7.3-22.5 28 14.3 9.3-21.2 12 6.5 3.5-11.8
Nash/Wilson 140 82 61.8 52.0-70.8 10 6.3 3.3-11.9 17 8.4 5.0-13.7 23 19.2 11.9-29.5 8 4.2 2.0- 8.5
Craven/Pamlico 169 87 49.5 40.6-58.5 15 10.5 6.1-17.6 25 14.0 8.8-21.5 32 21.4 14.5-30.4 10 4.5 2.2- 9.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 161 97 62.5 53.2-70.9 20 12.7 8.1-19.5 14 8.4 4.8-14.5 21 10.6 6.7-16.4 9 5.7 2.7-11.6
Appalachian/Wilkes 167 94 54.0 43.8-63.9 12 6.0 3.3-10.8 25 15.7 9.8-24.3 28 20.5 13.5-29.9 8 3.7 1.8- 7.8
Franklin/Gran./Vance 176 108 57.5 43.8-70.2 15 6.1 3.3-11.1 25 16.9 10.0-26.9 16 12.7 6.2-24.2 12 6.8 2.9-15.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson 162 84 52.0 33.8-69.7 17 6.1 3.3-11.0 21 22.7 7.6-51.1 29 16.0 9.4-26.0 11 3.2 1.6- 6.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 172 109 64.5 55.7-72.4 27 17.0 11.0-25.3 13 6.3 3.5-11.0 18 9.9 5.6-16.8 5 2.4 1.0- 5.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 125 78 66.0 55.3-75.2 12 9.3 4.9-16.9 18 11.6 7.0-18.7 13 10.8 5.8-19.5 4 2.2 0.7- 6.5
Northeast NC I 142 84 63.7 52.7-73.4 16 12.7 7.3-21.2 16 7.5 4.3-12.9 15 9.3 5.0-16.4 11 6.8 3.5-12.8
Northeast NC II 185 100 50.5 41.9-59.1 21 12.1 7.6-18.8 22 11.0 7.0-16.8 30 19.8 13.4-28.4 12 6.6 3.0-13.8
Northeastern Partnership 327 184 54.7 47.7-61.6 37 12.3 8.6-17.3 38 9.9 6.9-14.0 45 16.5 11.6-22.8 23 6.7 3.8-11.5
Mountain AHEC 490 257 48.8 41.6-56.0 51 11.4 7.8-16.3 65 13.3 9.3-18.7 84 19.7 12.9-28.8 33 6.8 4.4-10.5
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,157 654 54.2 49.4-59.0 132 13.4 10.2-17.4 145 13.8 10.7-17.7 167 14.7 11.9-18.0 59 3.9 2.7- 5.7
Piedmont 1,519 717 46.8 43.1-50.5 177 12.3 10.2-14.8 240 18.0 15.3-21.1 291 18.3 15.5-21.4 94 4.6 3.5- 6.0
Western NC 774 427 55.3 49.4-61.1 76 9.7 7.1-13.1 101 11.6 8.7-15.3 125 18.2 13.2-24.6 45 5.1 3.5- 7.5

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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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