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-WHITE FEMALES

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	1,576	931	56.3	52.5-59.9	466	29.6	26.3-33.2	116	8.6	6.5-11.2	36	3.3	2.1- 5.2	27	2.2	1.3- 3.7
AGE
18-24	114	35	32.0	21.0-45.4	36	31.4	19.8-45.8	28	23.4	13.3-37.8	7	7.1	2.7-17.2	8	6.1	2.7-13.5
25-34	271	119	42.2	34.2-50.6	107	42.3	34.2-50.9	29	9.5	5.6-15.7	9	3.8	1.4- 9.8	7	2.2	0.8- 5.9
35-44	370	211	57.1	50.0-63.9	104	26.7	20.8-33.6	34	9.0	5.8-13.5	15	4.8	2.5- 9.2	6	2.3	0.8- 6.8
45-54	360	208	61.4	54.3-68.2	127	30.4	24.4-37.1	16	4.5	2.5- 8.0	5	2.0	0.6- 6.3	4	1.6	0.4- 7.1
55-64	216	163	77.3	68.5-84.2	45	19.3	12.8-28.0	7	3.1	1.2- 7.5	0	0.0	. - .	1	0.3	0.0- 2.4
65-74	140	104	80.4	70.2-87.8	34	18.8	11.6-29.1	1	0.3	0.0- 2.2	0	0.0	. - .	1	0.4	0.1- 2.9
75+	95	84	81.4	66.4-90.6	11	18.6	9.4-33.6	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	52	25	48.6	29.8-67.8	11	12.1	4.7-27.6	7	17.0	6.2-38.6	4	14.9	4.1-41.5	5	7.5	2.5-20.0
H.S. or G.E.D.	296	169	56.5	47.9-64.7	81	22.3	16.2-29.9	29	11.6	6.7-19.4	9	3.8	1.7- 8.2	8	5.8	2.5-12.7
Some Post-H.S.	468	245	48.2	41.2-55.2	167	38.1	31.4-45.3	32	8.3	4.6-14.6	15	3.6	1.7- 7.5	9	1.8	0.7- 4.3
College Graduate	759	491	62.5	57.3-67.4	207	27.9	23.4-32.9	48	6.8	4.6-10.0	8	2.1	0.8- 5.1	5	0.7	0.2- 2.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	90	40	40.2	26.7-55.4	28	35.6	22.0-52.1	11	13.5	5.4-30.1	5	5.3	1.9-13.8	6	5.4	2.0-13.6
$15,000- 24,999	185	85	42.8	32.1-54.2	62	29.9	21.0-40.6	23	15.9	9.0-26.6	7	5.1	2.0-12.6	8	6.3	2.5-14.8
$25,000- 34,999	164	87	52.4	40.7-63.9	52	32.8	22.8-44.6	17	6.8	3.6-12.6	2	0.3	0.1- 1.3	6	7.7	2.7-19.9
$35,000- 49,999	248	143	55.9	46.5-65.0	77	25.4	18.5-34.0	22	10.2	5.7-17.7	6	8.4	3.7-18.1	0	0.0	. - .
$50,000-74,999	234	123	46.7	37.9-55.7	87	40.9	32.2-50.2	15	7.9	4.3-14.2	6	2.8	0.8- 9.0	3	1.7	0.4- 6.5
$75,000+	366	243	66.2	59.3-72.6	105	28.0	22.1-34.7	12	3.6	1.8- 7.0	5	1.7	0.6- 5.1	1	0.5	0.1- 3.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	106	55	47.2	36.3-58.3	41	37.9	27.9-49.1	9	14.0	6.2-28.8	1	0.9	0.1- 6.2	0	0.0	. - .
Guilford	102	68	58.7	46.2-70.2	23	20.3	13.1-30.1	6	9.2	3.4-22.6	2	5.0	1.0-22.2	3	6.7	1.9-21.4
Mecklenburg	101	60	60.7	49.8-70.7	29	26.1	18.0-36.2	9	9.7	4.6-19.2	3	3.5	1.0-11.4	0	0.0	. - .
Orange	166	105	49.4	37.5-61.4	42	25.5	17.2-36.1	11	10.0	5.0-19.0	4	11.2	2.9-34.5	4	3.9	1.2-11.6
Wake	119	68	55.9	45.9-65.5	37	32.2	23.6-42.2	9	7.5	3.5-15.4	3	2.3	0.7- 7.2	2	2.0	0.5- 7.8
Chatham/Lee	72	43	53.9	41.3-66.0	22	33.4	22.6-46.2	5	9.5	3.6-22.8	2	3.2	0.8-11.8	0	0.0	. - .
Nash/Wilson	38	22	52.6	35.3-69.3	14	44.5	28.0-62.2	2	2.9	0.7-11.3	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Craven/Pamlico	92	50	47.0	36.2-58.1	32	42.0	31.1-53.8	7	8.2	3.7-17.3	2	1.5	0.4- 6.1	1	1.2	0.2- 8.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	46	31	70.4	54.9-82.2	8	14.1	6.8-26.9	4	10.3	3.8-24.9	1	1.7	0.2-11.5	2	3.5	0.9-13.1
Appalachian/Wilkes	75	40	57.6	43.7-70.4	26	28.7	18.4-41.7	5	5.8	2.3-13.9	3	4.8	1.2-17.1	1	3.1	0.4-19.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance	58	34	59.4	43.8-73.3	18	24.8	14.8-38.3	5	14.1	5.8-30.5	1	1.8	0.2-11.5	0	0.0	. - .
Graham/Swain/Jackson	61	33	50.0	35.7-64.2	19	26.5	16.3-40.1	6	11.8	5.3-24.2	1	2.1	0.3-13.7	2	9.6	2.5-30.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	26	12	40.2	22.1-61.5	13	58.1	36.9-76.6	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	1.7	0.2-11.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	32	19	59.3	37.3-78.2	7	17.2	7.2-35.6	2	5.0	1.1-19.4	2	5.1	1.1-19.9	2	13.4	2.7-45.9
Northeast NC I	39	21	55.8	38.3-72.0	14	29.8	17.0-46.9	3	11.1	3.2-32.2	0	0.0	. - .	1	3.3	0.5-20.0
Northeast NC II	79	47	55.2	42.6-67.1	18	22.0	13.7-33.4	10	17.5	9.1-30.8	1	0.8	0.1- 5.5	3	4.6	1.1-17.0
Northeastern Partnership	118	68	55.3	44.9-65.3	32	24.0	16.7-33.3	13	15.8	8.9-26.5	1	0.6	0.1- 4.1	4	4.2	1.3-13.2
Mountain AHEC	242	138	56.5	48.3-64.4	84	35.3	28.0-43.5	16	7.0	3.5-13.7	2	0.5	0.1- 2.2	2	0.7	0.2- 2.6
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	415	233	51.8	44.0-59.5	127	30.3	23.8-37.7	31	8.4	4.2-16.1	12	5.5	2.6-11.6	12	4.0	1.8- 8.4
Piedmont	802	497	58.6	53.6-63.4	217	28.1	23.8-32.9	59	8.7	6.2-12.0	18	2.8	1.5- 5.1	11	1.8	0.8- 3.8
Western NC	359	201	54.3	46.5-61.8	122	34.6	27.4-42.6	26	8.5	4.7-14.7	6	1.6	0.6- 4.4	4	1.0	0.4- 3.0

Total
Respond.^

Only one

Two

Three

Four

Five or more

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

1,576

931

56.3

52.5-59.9

466

29.6

26.3-33.2

116

8.6

6.5-11.2

3.3

2.1- 5.2

2.2

1.3- 3.7

AGE

18-24

114

32.0

21.0-45.4

31.4

19.8-45.8

23.4

13.3-37.8

7.1

2.7-17.2

6.1

2.7-13.5

25-34

271

119

42.2

34.2-50.6

107

42.3

34.2-50.9

9.5

5.6-15.7

3.8

1.4- 9.8

2.2

0.8- 5.9

35-44

370

211

57.1

50.0-63.9

104

26.7

20.8-33.6

9.0

5.8-13.5

4.8

2.5- 9.2

2.3

0.8- 6.8

45-54

360

208

61.4

54.3-68.2

127

30.4

24.4-37.1

4.5

2.5- 8.0

2.0

0.6- 6.3

1.6

0.4- 7.1

55-64

216

163

77.3

68.5-84.2

19.3

12.8-28.0

3.1

1.2- 7.5

0.0

. - .

0.3

0.0- 2.4

65-74

140

104

80.4

70.2-87.8

18.8

11.6-29.1

0.3

0.0- 2.2

0.0

. - .

0.4

0.1- 2.9

75+

81.4

66.4-90.6

18.6

9.4-33.6

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

48.6

29.8-67.8

12.1

4.7-27.6

17.0

6.2-38.6

14.9

4.1-41.5

7.5

2.5-20.0

H.S. or G.E.D.

296

169

56.5

47.9-64.7

22.3

16.2-29.9

11.6

6.7-19.4

3.8

1.7- 8.2

5.8

2.5-12.7

Some Post-H.S.

468

245

48.2

41.2-55.2

167

38.1

31.4-45.3

8.3

4.6-14.6

3.6

1.7- 7.5

1.8

0.7- 4.3

College Graduate

759

491

62.5

57.3-67.4

207

27.9

23.4-32.9

6.8

4.6-10.0

2.1

0.8- 5.1

0.7

0.2- 2.0

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

40.2

26.7-55.4

35.6

22.0-52.1

13.5

5.4-30.1

5.3

1.9-13.8

5.4

2.0-13.6

$15,000- 24,999

185

42.8

32.1-54.2

29.9

21.0-40.6

15.9

9.0-26.6

5.1

2.0-12.6

6.3

2.5-14.8

$25,000- 34,999

164

52.4

40.7-63.9

32.8

22.8-44.6

6.8

3.6-12.6

0.3

0.1- 1.3

7.7

2.7-19.9

$35,000- 49,999

248

143

55.9

46.5-65.0

25.4

18.5-34.0

10.2

5.7-17.7

8.4

3.7-18.1

0.0

. - .

$50,000-74,999

234

123

46.7

37.9-55.7

40.9

32.2-50.2

7.9

4.3-14.2

2.8

0.8- 9.0

1.7

0.4- 6.5

$75,000+

366

243

66.2

59.3-72.6

105

28.0

22.1-34.7

3.6

1.8- 7.0

1.7

0.6- 5.1

0.5

0.1- 3.4

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

106

47.2

36.3-58.3

37.9

27.9-49.1

14.0

6.2-28.8

0.9

0.1- 6.2

0.0

. - .

Guilford

102

58.7

46.2-70.2

20.3

13.1-30.1

9.2

3.4-22.6

5.0

1.0-22.2

6.7

1.9-21.4

Mecklenburg

101

60.7

49.8-70.7

26.1

18.0-36.2

9.7

4.6-19.2

3.5

1.0-11.4

0.0

. - .

Orange

166

105

49.4

37.5-61.4

25.5

17.2-36.1

10.0

5.0-19.0

11.2

2.9-34.5

3.9

1.2-11.6

Wake

119

55.9

45.9-65.5

32.2

23.6-42.2

7.5

3.5-15.4

2.3

0.7- 7.2

2.0

0.5- 7.8

Chatham/Lee

53.9

41.3-66.0

33.4

22.6-46.2

9.5

3.6-22.8

3.2

0.8-11.8

0.0

. - .

Nash/Wilson

52.6

35.3-69.3

44.5

28.0-62.2

2.9

0.7-11.3

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

Craven/Pamlico

47.0

36.2-58.1

42.0

31.1-53.8

8.2

3.7-17.3

1.5

0.4- 6.1

1.2

0.2- 8.1

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

70.4

54.9-82.2

14.1

6.8-26.9

10.3

3.8-24.9

1.7

0.2-11.5

3.5

0.9-13.1

Appalachian/Wilkes

57.6

43.7-70.4

28.7

18.4-41.7

5.8

2.3-13.9

4.8

1.2-17.1

3.1

0.4-19.0

Franklin/Gran./Vance

59.4

43.8-73.3

24.8

14.8-38.3

14.1

5.8-30.5

1.8

0.2-11.5

0.0

. - .

Graham/Swain/Jackson

50.0

35.7-64.2

26.5

16.3-40.1

11.8

5.3-24.2

2.1

0.3-13.7

9.6

2.5-30.7

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

40.2

22.1-61.5

58.1

36.9-76.6

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

1.7

0.2-11.5

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

59.3

37.3-78.2

17.2

7.2-35.6

5.0

1.1-19.4

5.1

1.1-19.9

13.4

2.7-45.9

Northeast NC I

55.8

38.3-72.0

29.8

17.0-46.9

11.1

3.2-32.2

0.0

. - .

3.3

0.5-20.0

Northeast NC II

55.2

42.6-67.1

22.0

13.7-33.4

17.5

9.1-30.8

0.8

0.1- 5.5

4.6

1.1-17.0

Northeastern Partnership

118

55.3

44.9-65.3

24.0

16.7-33.3

15.8

8.9-26.5

0.6

0.1- 4.1

4.2

1.3-13.2

Mountain AHEC

242

138

56.5

48.3-64.4

35.3

28.0-43.5

7.0

3.5-13.7

0.5

0.1- 2.2

0.7

0.2- 2.6

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

415

233

51.8

44.0-59.5

127

30.3

23.8-37.7

8.4

4.2-16.1

5.5

2.6-11.6

4.0

1.8- 8.4

Piedmont

802

497

58.6

53.6-63.4

217

28.1

23.8-32.9

8.7

6.2-12.0

2.8

1.5- 5.1

1.8

0.8- 3.8

Western NC

359

201

54.3

46.5-61.8

122

34.6

27.4-42.6

8.5

4.7-14.7

1.6

0.6- 4.4

1.0

0.4- 3.0

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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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