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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption-WHITES

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 6,906 4,028 54.2 52.3-56.0 805 12.9 11.7-14.3 878 14.9 13.6-16.4 901 14.6 13.2-16.0 294 3.4 2.9- 4.0
GENDER
Male 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
Female 4,342 2,764 61.8 59.5-63.9 526 13.3 11.8-15.0 504 13.3 11.8-15.0 415 9.5 8.3-10.9 133 2.1 1.7- 2.7
AGE
18-24 365 167 45.9 37.9-54.1 50 13.3 8.5-20.2 75 20.6 14.9-27.8 70 19.5 13.9-26.6 3 0.7 0.1- 3.0
25-34 946 439 41.1 36.5-45.8 159 18.8 15.3-22.9 167 19.9 16.3-24.2 161 18.4 14.3-23.3 20 1.8 1.0- 3.2
35-44 1,268 625 47.4 43.5-51.4 211 16.3 13.6-19.3 204 18.2 15.3-21.6 194 15.3 12.7-18.2 34 2.8 1.8- 4.5
45-54 1,319 695 52.1 47.9-56.3 161 13.0 10.4-16.0 185 14.9 11.9-18.4 226 16.4 13.5-19.7 52 3.7 2.5- 5.4
55-64 1,181 752 62.1 57.9-66.1 116 9.3 7.2-12.0 125 11.8 9.3-14.9 131 12.7 10.0-15.9 57 4.1 2.9- 6.0
65-74 1,021 737 72.5 68.4-76.2 54 5.2 3.6- 7.4 79 7.4 5.4- 9.9 73 7.8 5.7-10.7 78 7.1 5.2- 9.8
75+ 765 587 75.6 71.0-79.7 51 8.6 6.1-12.2 36 3.9 2.6- 6.0 42 6.1 4.2- 9.0 49 5.7 3.8- 8.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 919 776 77.8 72.1-82.7 51 8.4 5.6-12.3 43 6.1 4.0- 9.3 35 6.5 3.4-12.1 14 1.2 0.5- 2.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,007 1,414 65.6 62.0-69.0 198 10.2 8.4-12.3 191 12.7 10.3-15.6 135 8.5 6.5-11.1 69 3.0 2.1- 4.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,792 1,003 52.0 48.1-55.9 231 14.7 12.0-17.8 246 15.5 12.8-18.6 238 15.2 12.5-18.4 74 2.7 1.9- 3.8
College Graduate 2,173 823 35.9 33.0-38.9 324 15.8 13.7-18.2 398 20.2 17.8-22.9 492 22.7 20.3-25.4 136 5.4 4.2- 6.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 644 498 74.5 68.3-79.8 45 7.4 4.8-11.2 51 8.6 5.8-12.5 34 7.2 3.8-13.1 16 2.4 1.1- 4.9
$15,000- 24,999 1,099 760 65.9 60.9-70.6 90 7.6 5.4-10.6 116 12.4 9.4-16.3 93 11.3 8.1-15.6 40 2.7 1.6- 4.6
$25,000- 34,999 750 459 55.2 49.4-60.9 108 16.0 12.1-20.7 80 14.9 10.8-20.1 81 11.1 8.0-15.4 22 2.8 1.5- 5.2
$35,000- 49,999 989 536 55.6 50.9-60.2 140 13.8 11.0-17.3 130 13.4 10.5-16.9 141 12.6 10.0-15.7 42 4.6 3.1- 6.8
$50,000-74,999 844 399 48.7 43.6-53.8 132 17.7 14.2-21.9 140 16.2 13.1-19.8 134 15.2 12.1-18.9 39 2.3 1.5- 3.5
$75,000+ 1,025 342 30.5 26.7-34.5 156 14.5 11.8-17.7 198 22.2 18.5-26.6 265 27.9 23.8-32.4 64 4.9 3.4- 7.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 400 221 53.5 47.6-59.3 45 11.4 8.3-15.4 54 16.3 12.0-21.6 61 14.8 11.2-19.3 19 4.1 2.5- 6.7
Guilford 310 148 48.3 41.7-54.8 49 15.7 11.4-21.2 47 15.5 10.9-21.5 50 15.8 11.6-21.0 16 4.8 2.8- 8.2
Mecklenburg 290 112 34.0 27.6-41.1 39 12.9 9.1-18.0 50 19.8 13.5-28.0 73 27.9 21.1-35.8 16 5.4 3.2- 8.9
Orange 371 106 29.0 21.7-37.4 52 14.6 9.8-21.3 78 23.3 16.8-31.4 111 28.4 22.7-34.9 24 4.7 3.0- 7.2
Wake 324 121 34.9 29.3-41.0 49 15.6 11.5-20.7 75 24.5 19.3-30.5 68 21.7 16.9-27.4 11 3.4 1.8- 6.3
Chatham/Lee 291 159 53.2 46.1-60.2 33 10.4 7.2-14.7 40 17.3 12.1-24.3 38 11.9 8.3-16.6 21 7.2 4.5-11.4
Nash/Wilson 234 156 64.8 56.7-72.2 20 8.5 5.2-13.6 24 9.1 5.9-13.8 25 14.0 8.3-22.7 9 3.5 1.8- 6.9
Craven/Pamlico 350 187 52.6 46.3-58.9 48 14.8 10.9-19.8 40 11.0 7.7-15.4 47 16.0 11.5-22.0 28 5.5 3.7- 8.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 406 303 74.1 68.9-78.8 41 10.4 7.5-14.2 28 7.5 5.0-11.1 23 5.6 3.6- 8.6 11 2.4 1.2- 4.6
Appalachian/Wilkes 433 288 64.4 58.0-70.4 38 6.9 4.8- 9.7 46 12.3 8.7-17.0 46 13.4 9.4-18.8 15 3.0 1.7- 5.3
Franklin/Gran./Vance 290 190 60.4 51.8-68.4 27 8.3 5.3-12.9 37 14.9 9.8-21.9 24 13.3 7.3-22.9 12 3.1 1.6- 5.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson 367 239 63.8 57.7-69.6 38 10.1 7.1-14.2 25 6.8 4.4-10.4 48 15.8 11.5-21.2 17 3.5 2.1- 5.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 200 142 70.1 62.0-77.1 27 16.0 10.4-24.0 17 8.5 5.1-13.9 12 4.4 2.4- 7.9 2 1.0 0.2- 4.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 260 201 73.9 66.7-80.0 20 7.8 4.8-12.5 21 8.0 5.0-12.6 15 9.0 4.9-15.7 3 1.4 0.4- 4.6
Northeast NC I 210 136 60.8 52.7-68.2 25 15.1 9.8-22.5 23 9.5 6.1-14.7 13 7.9 4.2-14.3 13 6.7 3.7-12.0
Northeast NC II 349 206 54.5 48.1-60.7 39 11.0 7.8-15.2 43 12.9 9.3-17.7 47 16.5 11.7-22.6 14 5.2 2.5-10.5
Northeastern Partnership 559 342 56.1 50.9-61.2 64 12.1 9.2-15.6 66 12.0 9.1-15.7 60 14.2 10.5-19.0 27 5.6 3.3- 9.4
Mountain AHEC 1,162 715 58.2 53.5-62.8 116 9.8 7.7-12.5 124 12.5 10.1-15.4 152 14.9 10.8-20.2 55 4.5 3.2- 6.4
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,060 1,295 57.2 53.5-60.8 235 13.4 10.8-16.5 233 14.0 11.6-16.9 215 12.3 10.2-14.8 82 3.1 2.2- 4.3
Piedmont 2,961 1,519 50.1 47.5-52.8 389 13.8 12.2-15.7 448 16.4 14.4-18.6 470 16.1 14.1-18.2 135 3.6 2.8- 4.5
Western NC 1,885 1,214 62.5 58.8-66.1 181 9.3 7.5-11.5 197 11.6 9.7-13.9 216 13.2 10.2-16.9 77 3.4 2.5- 4.6

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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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