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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption-WHITE MALES

Drinking alcohol in the past 30 days*

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  Total
Respond.^
YES NO
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,564 1,300 54.0 50.9-57.0 1,264 46.0 43.0-49.1
AGE
18-24 134 82 56.9 43.9-69.0 52 43.1 31.0-56.1
25-34 357 236 68.5 61.3-74.9 121 31.5 25.1-38.7
35-44 505 273 55.7 49.5-61.8 232 44.3 38.2-50.5
45-54 482 266 55.0 48.2-61.6 216 45.0 38.4-51.8
55-64 454 213 50.1 43.6-56.6 241 49.9 43.4-56.4
65-74 387 143 34.7 28.3-41.7 244 65.3 58.3-71.7
75+ 234 83 36.5 28.5-45.4 151 63.5 54.6-71.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 338 92 39.0 30.0-48.9 246 61.0 51.1-70.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 722 294 43.1 37.4-48.9 428 56.9 51.1-62.6
Some Post-H.S. 632 319 52.7 46.2-59.1 313 47.3 40.9-53.8
College Graduate 866 593 70.4 65.9-74.5 273 29.6 25.5-34.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 185 57 34.1 23.6-46.5 128 65.9 53.5-76.4
$15,000- 24,999 362 151 43.1 34.8-51.9 211 56.9 48.1-65.2
$25,000- 34,999 272 125 54.1 45.1-62.9 147 45.9 37.1-54.9
$35,000- 49,999 417 206 45.5 38.7-52.4 211 54.5 47.6-61.3
$50,000-74,999 358 210 52.6 44.7-60.4 148 47.4 39.6-55.3
$75,000+ 447 320 77.7 72.2-82.4 127 22.3 17.6-27.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 156 74 46.8 37.9-56.0 82 53.2 44.0-62.1
Guilford 111 60 55.4 44.7-65.6 51 44.6 34.4-55.3
Mecklenburg 109 78 75.2 63.7-84.0 31 24.8 16.0-36.3
Orange 134 99 71.3 61.4-79.5 35 28.7 20.5-38.6
Wake 127 84 68.7 59.2-76.8 43 31.3 23.2-40.8
Chatham/Lee 117 61 51.8 40.5-62.9 56 48.2 37.1-59.5
Nash/Wilson 85 41 47.3 34.9-60.1 44 52.7 39.9-65.1
Craven/Pamlico 130 71 53.6 43.3-63.7 59 46.4 36.3-56.7
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 148 56 34.8 26.4-44.3 92 65.2 55.7-73.6
Appalachian/Wilkes 159 70 46.7 36.4-57.3 89 53.3 42.7-63.6
Franklin/Gran./Vance 105 42 49.3 36.1-62.6 63 50.7 37.4-63.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson 138 67 46.3 36.6-56.2 71 53.7 43.8-63.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 82 33 40.7 29.0-53.6 49 59.3 46.4-71.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 83 27 34.4 23.8-46.8 56 65.6 53.2-76.2
Northeast NC I 72 34 49.0 35.8-62.3 38 51.0 37.7-64.2
Northeast NC II 128 61 54.4 44.4-64.1 67 45.6 35.9-55.6
Northeastern Partnership 200 95 53.1 44.8-61.3 105 46.9 38.7-55.2
Mountain AHEC 427 206 51.3 43.6-58.9 221 48.7 41.1-56.4
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 741 348 50.5 44.5-56.6 393 49.5 43.4-55.5
Piedmont 1,131 640 58.2 54.0-62.3 491 41.8 37.7-46.0
Western NC 692 312 45.3 39.2-51.5 380 54.7 48.5-60.8

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*Data in this table were derived from the first alcohol consumption question.

^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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