BRFSS 2003 - North Carolina: (On the days when you drank, about how many drinks did you drink on the average?*)

2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption-MALES

On the days when you drank, about how many drinks did you drink on the average?*

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	Total Respond.^	Only one	Two	Three	Four	Five or more
TOTAL	1,637	651	35.9	32.5-39.4	548	34.7	31.1-38.4	199	13.0	10.6-15.9	92	6.6	4.9- 8.9	147	9.8	7.6-12.7
RACE
White	1,295	545	38.2	34.3-42.3	428	34.3	30.2-38.5	150	12.4	9.8-15.6	70	5.6	4.0- 7.9	102	9.5	6.9-12.9
African American	230	75	29.8	22.4-38.5	86	35.6	27.0-45.4	33	15.2	9.4-23.5	13	9.9	4.9-19.1	23	9.4	5.4-16.0
Asian	4	2	91.4	54.4-98.9	2	8.6	1.1-45.6	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Native American	27	6	6.4	1.9-19.2	11	69.4	36.5-90.0	4	7.1	1.5-27.5	2	9.9	1.4-45.3	4	7.2	1.7-25.2
Other Minorities	72	18	16.4	8.5-29.1	18	32.8	19.1-50.1	11	19.7	8.5-39.3	7	12.9	3.7-36.6	18	18.2	9.4-32.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic	79	22	15.2	7.8-27.5	20	34.7	20.6-52.2	11	20.5	9.2-39.6	7	12.5	3.5-35.9	19	17.0	8.7-30.6
-English Speaking	29	13	31.2	12.8-58.4	6	45.8	19.5-74.7	4	11.6	2.9-36.4	1	0.6	0.1- 4.5	5	10.7	3.6-27.6
-Spanish Speaking	50	9	10.6	4.0-25.3	14	31.5	16.5-51.7	7	23.1	9.4-46.4	6	15.9	4.5-43.5	14	18.9	8.7-36.1
Non-Hispanic	1,556	628	37.1	33.5-40.7	527	34.6	31.0-38.5	188	12.6	10.2-15.5	85	6.3	4.6- 8.5	128	9.4	7.1-12.4
AGE
18-24	117	28	23.1	13.3-36.9	35	28.9	18.4-42.3	15	9.2	4.9-16.6	13	10.4	5.3-19.3	26	28.5	17.4-43.1
25-34	320	83	24.0	18.2-31.0	116	41.3	33.0-50.1	45	16.0	10.2-24.0	26	7.2	3.7-13.5	50	11.6	8.0-16.4
35-44	358	119	37.6	30.8-44.8	127	31.1	25.0-38.0	59	18.7	13.4-25.6	17	5.6	3.0-10.5	36	7.0	4.3-11.1
45-54	337	142	37.0	29.8-44.9	111	35.7	27.9-44.2	41	12.7	8.1-19.4	19	7.8	3.8-15.3	24	6.8	3.6-12.2
55-64	253	110	44.0	35.8-52.5	101	43.2	34.9-51.9	23	7.8	4.2-14.0	12	3.5	1.8- 6.8	7	1.5	0.6- 3.8
65-74	156	100	69.1	58.2-78.3	38	21.0	13.5-31.0	12	5.7	2.3-13.2	4	3.8	1.2-11.5	2	0.5	0.1- 1.9
75+	89	65	67.3	52.5-79.2	19	23.7	13.6-38.1	3	5.6	1.6-17.9	1	3.2	0.4-19.1	1	0.3	0.0- 2.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	179	57	26.1	17.9-36.5	57	32.4	21.3-45.8	22	15.5	8.5-26.6	14	15.1	7.5-28.0	29	10.9	6.5-17.6
H.S. or G.E.D.	409	143	28.2	22.5-34.7	118	30.7	24.0-38.4	62	18.7	13.0-26.2	27	6.5	3.8-11.1	59	15.8	10.8-22.5
Some Post-H.S.	395	150	33.2	26.2-41.0	137	35.9	28.4-44.0	49	12.9	8.8-18.5	28	6.6	3.6-11.5	31	11.6	6.4-19.9
College Graduate	652	299	46.0	40.7-51.4	236	37.4	32.3-42.8	66	8.5	6.0-11.9	23	3.9	2.3- 6.7	28	4.2	2.3- 7.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	91	40	35.8	22.2-52.0	23	23.2	11.3-41.6	7	3.6	1.5- 8.4	4	12.4	3.0-39.6	17	25.1	11.8-45.5
$15,000- 24,999	253	71	25.6	18.6-34.2	75	23.0	16.3-31.5	40	18.2	11.5-27.5	26	14.0	8.0-23.3	41	19.2	11.8-29.7
$25,000- 34,999	164	54	26.7	18.5-37.0	45	38.9	27.3-51.9	20	16.2	9.0-27.6	17	5.2	2.7- 9.9	28	12.9	7.9-20.5
$35,000- 49,999	250	98	36.7	28.6-45.6	89	34.7	26.9-43.4	32	16.2	10.0-25.0	16	7.6	3.9-14.4	15	4.8	2.5- 9.1
$50,000-74,999	236	85	35.6	27.6-44.5	101	39.8	31.6-48.6	33	15.0	9.5-22.9	9	4.9	2.2-10.5	8	4.7	2.0-10.7
$75,000+	347	157	40.4	33.4-47.8	129	39.3	32.0-47.1	36	11.2	6.5-18.6	7	2.9	1.2- 6.8	18	6.2	2.8-13.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	83	45	53.8	41.0-66.1	22	20.8	13.2-31.1	8	15.3	6.9-30.6	4	5.5	1.8-15.8	4	4.6	1.4-14.3
Guilford	82	35	38.2	27.0-50.8	26	29.5	19.4-42.1	12	14.4	7.5-26.0	4	9.6	3.0-27.0	5	8.3	3.4-19.0
Mecklenburg	106	42	32.3	22.9-43.4	40	40.2	28.3-53.4	11	8.7	4.1-17.3	1	0.3	0.0- 2.3	12	18.5	8.8-34.7
Orange	110	44	38.6	28.8-49.3	36	33.1	23.7-44.0	17	15.5	9.4-24.5	8	7.8	3.3-17.3	5	5.0	1.9-12.4
Wake	102	38	32.2	22.7-43.5	36	37.2	27.0-48.8	12	10.5	5.6-18.9	6	10.6	4.0-25.2	10	9.5	4.2-20.2
Chatham/Lee	75	32	49.9	36.8-63.0	27	34.8	23.8-47.7	11	10.3	5.3-19.1	1	0.6	0.1- 4.4	4	4.4	1.5-12.2
Nash/Wilson	57	23	36.7	23.6-52.1	19	27.0	16.5-40.9	3	4.9	1.6-14.3	8	23.4	9.8-46.0	4	8.1	2.9-20.5
Craven/Pamlico	80	34	37.2	25.7-50.3	27	36.2	24.5-49.8	8	7.1	3.3-14.5	2	1.2	0.3- 4.8	9	18.3	9.3-32.9
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	63	23	33.9	22.6-47.3	21	36.7	24.8-50.5	5	7.3	2.8-17.4	3	5.1	1.5-15.6	11	17.1	9.1-29.6
Appalachian/Wilkes	74	30	37.7	25.7-51.6	27	29.5	19.7-41.7	8	12.9	6.2-24.7	3	5.5	1.4-19.4	6	14.4	5.7-31.9
Franklin/Gran./Vance	68	16	22.1	11.6-38.1	28	37.5	23.0-54.7	7	14.4	5.6-32.4	9	14.6	6.9-28.4	8	11.3	5.0-23.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson	77	34	37.7	26.7-50.2	22	27.0	17.1-39.9	10	13.5	7.0-24.6	1	1.4	0.2- 9.2	10	20.4	10.7-35.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	65	23	31.7	19.6-46.8	24	36.9	24.4-51.5	7	10.0	4.0-22.9	3	7.1	1.7-25.1	8	14.3	6.8-27.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	48	10	17.2	8.8-31.1	15	29.5	17.5-45.3	10	22.9	11.4-40.7	3	6.6	1.8-21.6	10	23.7	12.7-40.0
Northeast NC I	57	21	32.3	20.4-46.9	18	31.8	19.9-46.6	8	17.4	8.1-33.5	5	10.1	3.3-27.0	5	8.5	3.5-19.1
Northeast NC II	82	29	29.8	20.0-41.8	25	28.8	18.9-41.1	11	14.6	7.1-27.6	6	10.4	4.0-24.3	11	16.5	8.2-30.3
Northeastern Partnership	139	50	30.4	22.2-40.0	43	29.5	21.3-39.3	19	15.3	8.8-25.3	11	10.3	4.8-20.7	16	14.4	7.9-25.0
Mountain AHEC	232	111	42.8	32.6-53.7	68	34.3	22.5-48.4	27	10.7	6.4-17.4	9	4.6	2.2- 9.5	17	7.6	3.5-15.6
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	497	181	36.9	30.1-44.3	163	30.9	24.9-37.7	61	13.3	9.4-18.7	37	10.1	6.4-15.7	55	8.7	6.1-12.3
Piedmont	796	313	34.3	30.0-38.9	278	36.1	31.4-41.1	100	13.5	10.2-17.6	42	5.5	3.5- 8.6	63	10.6	7.3-15.0
Western NC	344	157	41.0	32.9-49.7	107	35.9	26.3-46.9	38	10.1	6.6-15.1	13	4.2	2.2- 7.8	29	8.8	5.1-14.6

Total
Respond.^

Only one

Two

Three

Four

Five or more

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

1,637

651

35.9

32.5-39.4

548

34.7

31.1-38.4

199

13.0

10.6-15.9

6.6

4.9- 8.9

147

9.8

7.6-12.7

RACE

White

1,295

545

38.2

34.3-42.3

428

34.3

30.2-38.5

150

12.4

9.8-15.6

5.6

4.0- 7.9

102

9.5

6.9-12.9

African American

230

29.8

22.4-38.5

35.6

27.0-45.4

15.2

9.4-23.5

9.9

4.9-19.1

9.4

5.4-16.0

Asian

91.4

54.4-98.9

8.6

1.1-45.6

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

Native American

6.4

1.9-19.2

69.4

36.5-90.0

7.1

1.5-27.5

9.9

1.4-45.3

7.2

1.7-25.2

Other Minorities

16.4

8.5-29.1

32.8

19.1-50.1

19.7

8.5-39.3

12.9

3.7-36.6

18.2

9.4-32.3

HISPANIC

Hispanic

15.2

7.8-27.5

34.7

20.6-52.2

20.5

9.2-39.6

12.5

3.5-35.9

17.0

8.7-30.6

-English Speaking

31.2

12.8-58.4

45.8

19.5-74.7

11.6

2.9-36.4

0.6

0.1- 4.5

10.7

3.6-27.6

-Spanish Speaking

10.6

4.0-25.3

31.5

16.5-51.7

23.1

9.4-46.4

15.9

4.5-43.5

18.9

8.7-36.1

Non-Hispanic

1,556

628

37.1

33.5-40.7

527

34.6

31.0-38.5

188

12.6

10.2-15.5

6.3

4.6- 8.5

128

9.4

7.1-12.4

AGE

18-24

117

23.1

13.3-36.9

28.9

18.4-42.3

9.2

4.9-16.6

10.4

5.3-19.3

28.5

17.4-43.1

25-34

320

24.0

18.2-31.0

116

41.3

33.0-50.1

16.0

10.2-24.0

7.2

3.7-13.5

11.6

8.0-16.4

35-44

358

119

37.6

30.8-44.8

127

31.1

25.0-38.0

18.7

13.4-25.6

5.6

3.0-10.5

7.0

4.3-11.1

45-54

337

142

37.0

29.8-44.9

111

35.7

27.9-44.2

12.7

8.1-19.4

7.8

3.8-15.3

6.8

3.6-12.2

55-64

253

110

44.0

35.8-52.5

101

43.2

34.9-51.9

7.8

4.2-14.0

3.5

1.8- 6.8

1.5

0.6- 3.8

65-74

156

100

69.1

58.2-78.3

21.0

13.5-31.0

5.7

2.3-13.2

3.8

1.2-11.5

0.5

0.1- 1.9

75+

67.3

52.5-79.2

23.7

13.6-38.1

5.6

1.6-17.9

3.2

0.4-19.1

0.3

0.0- 2.2

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

179

26.1

17.9-36.5

32.4

21.3-45.8

15.5

8.5-26.6

15.1

7.5-28.0

10.9

6.5-17.6

H.S. or G.E.D.

409

143

28.2

22.5-34.7

118

30.7

24.0-38.4

18.7

13.0-26.2

6.5

3.8-11.1

15.8

10.8-22.5

Some Post-H.S.

395

150

33.2

26.2-41.0

137

35.9

28.4-44.0

12.9

8.8-18.5

6.6

3.6-11.5

11.6

6.4-19.9

College Graduate

652

299

46.0

40.7-51.4

236

37.4

32.3-42.8

8.5

6.0-11.9

3.9

2.3- 6.7

4.2

2.3- 7.4

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

35.8

22.2-52.0

23.2

11.3-41.6

3.6

1.5- 8.4

12.4

3.0-39.6

25.1

11.8-45.5

$15,000- 24,999

253

25.6

18.6-34.2

23.0

16.3-31.5

18.2

11.5-27.5

14.0

8.0-23.3

19.2

11.8-29.7

$25,000- 34,999

164

26.7

18.5-37.0

38.9

27.3-51.9

16.2

9.0-27.6

5.2

2.7- 9.9

12.9

7.9-20.5

$35,000- 49,999

250

36.7

28.6-45.6

34.7

26.9-43.4

16.2

10.0-25.0

7.6

3.9-14.4

4.8

2.5- 9.1

$50,000-74,999

236

35.6

27.6-44.5

101

39.8

31.6-48.6

15.0

9.5-22.9

4.9

2.2-10.5

4.7

2.0-10.7

$75,000+

347

157

40.4

33.4-47.8

129

39.3

32.0-47.1

11.2

6.5-18.6

2.9

1.2- 6.8

6.2

2.8-13.4

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

53.8

41.0-66.1

20.8

13.2-31.1

15.3

6.9-30.6

5.5

1.8-15.8

4.6

1.4-14.3

Guilford

38.2

27.0-50.8

29.5

19.4-42.1

14.4

7.5-26.0

9.6

3.0-27.0

8.3

3.4-19.0

Mecklenburg

106

32.3

22.9-43.4

40.2

28.3-53.4

8.7

4.1-17.3

0.3

0.0- 2.3

18.5

8.8-34.7

Orange

110

38.6

28.8-49.3

33.1

23.7-44.0

15.5

9.4-24.5

7.8

3.3-17.3

5.0

1.9-12.4

Wake

102

32.2

22.7-43.5

37.2

27.0-48.8

10.5

5.6-18.9

10.6

4.0-25.2

9.5

4.2-20.2

Chatham/Lee

49.9

36.8-63.0

34.8

23.8-47.7

10.3

5.3-19.1

0.6

0.1- 4.4

4.4

1.5-12.2

Nash/Wilson

36.7

23.6-52.1

27.0

16.5-40.9

4.9

1.6-14.3

23.4

9.8-46.0

8.1

2.9-20.5

Craven/Pamlico

37.2

25.7-50.3

36.2

24.5-49.8

7.1

3.3-14.5

1.2

0.3- 4.8

18.3

9.3-32.9

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

33.9

22.6-47.3

36.7

24.8-50.5

7.3

2.8-17.4

5.1

1.5-15.6

17.1

9.1-29.6

Appalachian/Wilkes

37.7

25.7-51.6

29.5

19.7-41.7

12.9

6.2-24.7

5.5

1.4-19.4

14.4

5.7-31.9

Franklin/Gran./Vance

22.1

11.6-38.1

37.5

23.0-54.7

14.4

5.6-32.4

14.6

6.9-28.4

11.3

5.0-23.7

Graham/Swain/Jackson

37.7

26.7-50.2

27.0

17.1-39.9

13.5

7.0-24.6

1.4

0.2- 9.2

20.4

10.7-35.4

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

31.7

19.6-46.8

36.9

24.4-51.5

10.0

4.0-22.9

7.1

1.7-25.1

14.3

6.8-27.6

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

17.2

8.8-31.1

29.5

17.5-45.3

22.9

11.4-40.7

6.6

1.8-21.6

23.7

12.7-40.0

Northeast NC I

32.3

20.4-46.9

31.8

19.9-46.6

17.4

8.1-33.5

10.1

3.3-27.0

8.5

3.5-19.1

Northeast NC II

29.8

20.0-41.8

28.8

18.9-41.1

14.6

7.1-27.6

10.4

4.0-24.3

16.5

8.2-30.3

Northeastern Partnership

139

30.4

22.2-40.0

29.5

21.3-39.3

15.3

8.8-25.3

10.3

4.8-20.7

14.4

7.9-25.0

Mountain AHEC

232

111

42.8

32.6-53.7

34.3

22.5-48.4

10.7

6.4-17.4

4.6

2.2- 9.5

7.6

3.5-15.6

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

497

181

36.9

30.1-44.3

163

30.9

24.9-37.7

13.3

9.4-18.7

10.1

6.4-15.7

8.7

6.1-12.3

Piedmont

796

313

34.3

30.0-38.9

278

36.1

31.4-41.1

100

13.5

10.2-17.6

5.5

3.5- 8.6

10.6

7.3-15.0

Western NC

344

157

41.0

32.9-49.7

107

35.9

26.3-46.9

10.1

6.6-15.1

4.2

2.2- 7.8

8.8

5.1-14.6

Back to Alcohol Consumption.

* 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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