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-MALES

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	1,641	1,214	72.5	68.8-76.0	143	8.9	6.8-11.6	87	5.9	4.2- 8.2	130	7.7	5.8-10.1	67	4.9	3.3- 7.3
RACE
White	1,294	973	73.7	69.4-77.7	114	8.8	6.4-12.0	58	5.1	3.4- 7.5	95	7.1	5.0- 9.9	54	5.3	3.4- 8.2
African American	234	168	68.0	58.6-76.1	21	11.3	6.3-19.4	16	7.0	3.5-13.3	20	8.9	4.9-15.4	9	4.9	2.1-10.8
Asian	4	4	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Native American	26	18	79.5	47.8-94.2	3	11.5	2.0-45.7	3	6.0	1.2-24.3	1	1.8	0.2-13.5	1	1.3	0.2- 9.8
Other Minorities	73	43	61.3	43.6-76.4	5	6.2	1.8-19.6	10	16.1	6.0-36.6	13	15.2	6.7-30.9	2	1.2	0.3- 5.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic	81	45	60.1	42.8-75.2	8	6.6	2.1-19.0	8	13.9	4.6-35.0	17	17.5	8.5-32.5	3	1.9	0.6- 6.1
-English Speaking	28	19	78.6	54.3-91.9	5	5.3	1.8-14.8	0	0.0	. - .	3	13.2	3.5-39.0	1	2.8	0.4-18.6
-Spanish Speaking	53	26	55.3	35.7-73.4	3	6.9	1.8-23.7	8	17.5	5.9-41.9	14	18.6	8.1-37.0	2	1.7	0.4- 6.8
Non-Hispanic	1,558	1,167	73.3	69.4-76.8	135	9.1	6.8-11.9	79	5.4	3.9- 7.6	113	7.1	5.2- 9.5	64	5.1	3.4- 7.6
AGE
18-24	119	60	49.1	36.0-62.3	17	13.9	7.3-24.9	15	10.8	4.8-22.6	15	10.5	4.8-21.7	12	15.7	7.5-29.8
25-34	319	199	66.7	57.8-74.6	45	13.2	7.6-21.9	21	5.0	2.7- 9.1	39	11.7	6.9-19.1	15	3.4	1.8- 6.3
35-44	357	248	74.1	67.5-79.8	30	5.9	3.5- 9.9	27	8.0	4.8-12.8	37	9.6	6.1-14.8	15	2.4	1.2- 4.7
45-54	337	258	77.8	69.7-84.2	27	7.1	3.8-13.0	13	4.3	1.4-12.3	22	4.8	2.8- 8.2	17	6.0	2.9-11.8
55-64	253	214	85.4	78.1-90.6	14	6.6	3.2-13.1	7	3.9	1.4-10.6	13	2.3	1.3- 4.2	5	1.7	0.6- 4.4
65-74	158	143	88.5	78.2-94.3	8	7.2	2.9-16.9	3	1.4	0.3- 6.3	3	2.7	0.5-12.7	1	0.2	0.0- 1.7
75+	91	87	94.8	82.9-98.6	2	1.8	0.3- 9.2	1	3.0	0.4-18.5	0	0.0	. - .	1	0.3	0.0- 2.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	185	134	67.9	54.4-78.9	15	14.3	6.1-30.0	11	7.0	2.4-18.5	16	7.2	3.2-15.2	9	3.6	1.6- 8.0
H.S. or G.E.D.	406	264	60.8	52.9-68.2	40	10.3	6.5-15.9	30	10.8	6.3-17.8	47	12.2	7.6-19.2	25	5.9	3.4-10.1
Some Post-H.S.	395	286	71.2	62.9-78.3	38	8.3	4.7-14.2	18	3.5	1.9- 6.4	34	8.5	5.0-13.9	19	8.5	4.1-16.7
College Graduate	653	528	83.1	78.9-86.7	50	6.6	4.6- 9.4	28	3.9	2.3- 6.5	33	4.2	2.5- 6.9	14	2.2	1.0- 4.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	92	58	53.7	35.7-70.8	7	7.6	2.9-18.6	9	16.0	5.3-39.5	11	6.8	3.2-14.0	7	15.9	5.1-39.9
$15,000- 24,999	248	162	61.3	50.8-70.9	22	10.5	5.6-19.0	18	6.2	3.0-12.5	30	12.1	6.5-21.4	16	9.8	4.6-19.7
$25,000- 34,999	165	107	72.5	62.2-80.9	20	7.0	3.8-12.4	9	6.8	2.8-15.2	21	9.0	4.8-16.4	8	4.7	1.9-11.3
$35,000- 49,999	250	187	75.7	67.3-82.5	22	8.3	4.5-14.8	10	3.6	1.4- 8.5	20	9.4	5.2-16.5	11	3.1	1.3- 6.9
$50,000-74,999	235	186	78.1	69.8-84.6	19	6.8	3.7-12.2	9	3.7	1.5- 9.0	15	9.2	4.9-16.7	6	2.3	0.9- 5.9
$75,000+	347	275	75.2	67.0-81.9	25	7.9	4.9-12.5	19	5.4	2.9- 9.8	18	7.0	3.1-15.0	10	4.4	1.6-11.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	85	67	74.5	60.6-84.8	4	6.6	2.0-19.5	3	6.4	1.5-23.5	9	10.9	5.3-21.0	2	1.6	0.3- 7.0
Guilford	81	54	63.6	49.7-75.5	8	9.2	4.2-19.2	4	6.2	1.8-19.3	12	15.8	7.6-29.9	3	5.2	1.6-16.0
Mecklenburg	105	79	67.0	51.9-79.2	8	11.2	4.4-26.0	7	8.7	2.7-24.6	8	6.3	2.9-13.5	3	6.7	1.5-25.1
Orange	111	82	69.1	58.0-78.3	11	10.8	5.8-19.2	3	2.4	0.7- 7.5	9	11.9	5.8-22.9	6	5.8	2.4-13.1
Wake	103	81	76.3	63.3-85.7	8	5.8	2.6-12.3	4	7.1	1.9-22.7	5	6.0	2.0-16.9	5	4.9	1.7-13.0
Chatham/Lee	75	58	76.9	63.8-86.2	5	8.8	3.1-22.4	4	4.6	1.6-12.9	4	4.1	1.4-11.1	4	5.6	2.0-15.0
Nash/Wilson	57	38	59.0	41.5-74.5	8	21.0	8.2-44.2	4	6.9	2.6-17.2	1	1.8	0.3-12.0	6	11.4	4.9-24.2
Craven/Pamlico	82	65	75.8	62.2-85.5	6	4.7	2.0-10.6	2	2.4	0.5-10.8	9	17.1	8.6-31.2	0	0.0	. - .
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	62	37	58.5	44.8-71.0	7	10.8	5.0-21.7	6	12.0	5.1-25.5	6	8.0	3.3-18.4	6	10.7	4.7-22.7
Appalachian/Wilkes	73	55	70.9	55.7-82.5	6	6.0	2.6-13.4	3	3.8	1.1-12.4	6	9.6	3.6-22.8	3	9.6	2.8-28.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance	68	43	49.2	33.4-65.1	9	13.8	6.5-27.0	1	1.5	0.2-10.3	11	25.1	12.0-45.4	4	10.3	3.0-29.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson	77	53	41.0	19.6-66.6	7	6.7	2.5-16.7	8	10.1	3.8-24.5	5	35.1	9.2-74.4	4	7.0	2.0-22.0
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	66	51	76.0	60.7-86.7	8	14.4	6.0-30.5	4	6.1	2.2-16.2	1	0.4	0.1- 2.7	2	3.1	0.7-13.2
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	46	30	55.0	38.3-70.6	3	10.7	3.1-31.0	4	16.5	6.5-36.0	7	13.7	6.5-26.6	2	4.2	0.9-17.3
Northeast NC I	58	48	76.8	60.4-87.8	5	12.1	4.6-28.5	4	9.6	3.4-24.6	1	1.4	0.2- 9.5	0	0.0	. - .
Northeast NC II	83	54	63.7	50.2-75.4	7	8.7	3.3-20.9	4	5.5	1.7-16.3	13	13.9	7.7-23.7	5	8.3	2.6-23.5
Northeastern Partnership	141	102	67.1	56.2-76.5	12	9.6	4.6-18.6	8	6.5	2.8-14.3	14	10.7	6.1-18.1	5	6.1	1.9-18.1
Mountain AHEC	232	172	65.7	51.2-77.8	23	19.4	8.7-37.8	13	4.0	1.8- 8.9	17	9.1	4.2-18.6	7	1.8	0.7- 4.4
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	500	369	74.8	68.8-80.1	43	8.4	5.4-12.9	28	5.5	3.2- 9.3	38	5.8	3.8- 8.6	22	5.5	3.1- 9.4
Piedmont	796	592	73.2	68.0-77.8	65	6.9	4.8- 9.8	39	6.4	4.1-10.0	66	8.4	5.7-12.2	34	5.2	2.9- 8.9
Western NC	345	253	64.7	53.6-74.5	35	19.6	10.6-33.4	20	4.5	2.5- 8.0	26	8.3	4.4-15.0	11	2.9	1.4- 5.9

Total
Respond.^

None

Once

Twice

3-7 times

8-30 times

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

1,641

1,214

72.5

68.8-76.0

143

8.9

6.8-11.6

5.9

4.2- 8.2

130

7.7

5.8-10.1

4.9

3.3- 7.3

RACE

White

1,294

973

73.7

69.4-77.7

114

8.8

6.4-12.0

5.1

3.4- 7.5

7.1

5.0- 9.9

5.3

3.4- 8.2

African American

234

168

68.0

58.6-76.1

11.3

6.3-19.4

7.0

3.5-13.3

8.9

4.9-15.4

4.9

2.1-10.8

Asian

100

. - .

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

Native American

79.5

47.8-94.2

11.5

2.0-45.7

6.0

1.2-24.3

1.8

0.2-13.5

1.3

0.2- 9.8

Other Minorities

61.3

43.6-76.4

6.2

1.8-19.6

16.1

6.0-36.6

15.2

6.7-30.9

1.2

0.3- 5.0

HISPANIC

Hispanic

60.1

42.8-75.2

6.6

2.1-19.0

13.9

4.6-35.0

17.5

8.5-32.5

1.9

0.6- 6.1

-English Speaking

78.6

54.3-91.9

5.3

1.8-14.8

0.0

. - .

13.2

3.5-39.0

2.8

0.4-18.6

-Spanish Speaking

55.3

35.7-73.4

6.9

1.8-23.7

17.5

5.9-41.9

18.6

8.1-37.0

1.7

0.4- 6.8

Non-Hispanic

1,558

1,167

73.3

69.4-76.8

135

9.1

6.8-11.9

5.4

3.9- 7.6

113

7.1

5.2- 9.5

5.1

3.4- 7.6

AGE

18-24

119

49.1

36.0-62.3

13.9

7.3-24.9

10.8

4.8-22.6

10.5

4.8-21.7

15.7

7.5-29.8

25-34

319

199

66.7

57.8-74.6

13.2

7.6-21.9

5.0

2.7- 9.1

11.7

6.9-19.1

3.4

1.8- 6.3

35-44

357

248

74.1

67.5-79.8

5.9

3.5- 9.9

8.0

4.8-12.8

9.6

6.1-14.8

2.4

1.2- 4.7

45-54

337

258

77.8

69.7-84.2

7.1

3.8-13.0

4.3

1.4-12.3

4.8

2.8- 8.2

6.0

2.9-11.8

55-64

253

214

85.4

78.1-90.6

6.6

3.2-13.1

3.9

1.4-10.6

2.3

1.3- 4.2

1.7

0.6- 4.4

65-74

158

143

88.5

78.2-94.3

7.2

2.9-16.9

1.4

0.3- 6.3

2.7

0.5-12.7

0.2

0.0- 1.7

75+

94.8

82.9-98.6

1.8

0.3- 9.2

3.0

0.4-18.5

0.0

. - .

0.3

0.0- 2.1

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

185

134

67.9

54.4-78.9

14.3

6.1-30.0

7.0

2.4-18.5

7.2

3.2-15.2

3.6

1.6- 8.0

H.S. or G.E.D.

406

264

60.8

52.9-68.2

10.3

6.5-15.9

10.8

6.3-17.8

12.2

7.6-19.2

5.9

3.4-10.1

Some Post-H.S.

395

286

71.2

62.9-78.3

8.3

4.7-14.2

3.5

1.9- 6.4

8.5

5.0-13.9

8.5

4.1-16.7

College Graduate

653

528

83.1

78.9-86.7

6.6

4.6- 9.4

3.9

2.3- 6.5

4.2

2.5- 6.9

2.2

1.0- 4.5

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

53.7

35.7-70.8

7.6

2.9-18.6

16.0

5.3-39.5

6.8

3.2-14.0

15.9

5.1-39.9

$15,000- 24,999

248

162

61.3

50.8-70.9

10.5

5.6-19.0

6.2

3.0-12.5

12.1

6.5-21.4

9.8

4.6-19.7

$25,000- 34,999

165

107

72.5

62.2-80.9

7.0

3.8-12.4

6.8

2.8-15.2

9.0

4.8-16.4

4.7

1.9-11.3

$35,000- 49,999

250

187

75.7

67.3-82.5

8.3

4.5-14.8

3.6

1.4- 8.5

9.4

5.2-16.5

3.1

1.3- 6.9

$50,000-74,999

235

186

78.1

69.8-84.6

6.8

3.7-12.2

3.7

1.5- 9.0

9.2

4.9-16.7

2.3

0.9- 5.9

$75,000+

347

275

75.2

67.0-81.9

7.9

4.9-12.5

5.4

2.9- 9.8

7.0

3.1-15.0

4.4

1.6-11.8

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

74.5

60.6-84.8

6.6

2.0-19.5

6.4

1.5-23.5

10.9

5.3-21.0

1.6

0.3- 7.0

Guilford

63.6

49.7-75.5

9.2

4.2-19.2

6.2

1.8-19.3

15.8

7.6-29.9

5.2

1.6-16.0

Mecklenburg

105

67.0

51.9-79.2

11.2

4.4-26.0

8.7

2.7-24.6

6.3

2.9-13.5

6.7

1.5-25.1

Orange

111

69.1

58.0-78.3

10.8

5.8-19.2

2.4

0.7- 7.5

11.9

5.8-22.9

5.8

2.4-13.1

Wake

103

76.3

63.3-85.7

5.8

2.6-12.3

7.1

1.9-22.7

6.0

2.0-16.9

4.9

1.7-13.0

Chatham/Lee

76.9

63.8-86.2

8.8

3.1-22.4

4.6

1.6-12.9

4.1

1.4-11.1

5.6

2.0-15.0

Nash/Wilson

59.0

41.5-74.5

21.0

8.2-44.2

6.9

2.6-17.2

1.8

0.3-12.0

11.4

4.9-24.2

Craven/Pamlico

75.8

62.2-85.5

4.7

2.0-10.6

2.4

0.5-10.8

17.1

8.6-31.2

0.0

. - .

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

58.5

44.8-71.0

10.8

5.0-21.7

12.0

5.1-25.5

8.0

3.3-18.4

10.7

4.7-22.7

Appalachian/Wilkes

70.9

55.7-82.5

6.0

2.6-13.4

3.8

1.1-12.4

9.6

3.6-22.8

9.6

2.8-28.2

Franklin/Gran./Vance

49.2

33.4-65.1

13.8

6.5-27.0

1.5

0.2-10.3

25.1

12.0-45.4

10.3

3.0-29.9

Graham/Swain/Jackson

41.0

19.6-66.6

6.7

2.5-16.7

10.1

3.8-24.5

35.1

9.2-74.4

7.0

2.0-22.0

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

76.0

60.7-86.7

14.4

6.0-30.5

6.1

2.2-16.2

0.4

0.1- 2.7

3.1

0.7-13.2

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

55.0

38.3-70.6

10.7

3.1-31.0

16.5

6.5-36.0

13.7

6.5-26.6

4.2

0.9-17.3

Northeast NC I

76.8

60.4-87.8

12.1

4.6-28.5

9.6

3.4-24.6

1.4

0.2- 9.5

0.0

. - .

Northeast NC II

63.7

50.2-75.4

8.7

3.3-20.9

5.5

1.7-16.3

13.9

7.7-23.7

8.3

2.6-23.5

Northeastern Partnership

141

102

67.1

56.2-76.5

9.6

4.6-18.6

6.5

2.8-14.3

10.7

6.1-18.1

6.1

1.9-18.1

Mountain AHEC

232

172

65.7

51.2-77.8

19.4

8.7-37.8

4.0

1.8- 8.9

9.1

4.2-18.6

1.8

0.7- 4.4

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

500

369

74.8

68.8-80.1

8.4

5.4-12.9

5.5

3.2- 9.3

5.8

3.8- 8.6

5.5

3.1- 9.4

Piedmont

796

592

73.2

68.0-77.8

6.9

4.8- 9.8

6.4

4.1-10.0

8.4

5.7-12.2

5.2

2.9- 8.9

Western NC

345

253

64.7

53.6-74.5

19.6

10.6-33.4

4.5

2.5- 8.0

8.3

4.4-15.0

2.9

1.4- 5.9

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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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