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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption-WHITE MALES

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 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
AGE
18-24 134 52 43.1 31.0-56.1 10 9.2 3.5-21.8 30 20.0 11.9-31.6 41 26.8 17.4-38.9 1 1.0 0.1- 6.5
25-34 357 121 31.5 25.1-38.7 58 19.5 14.1-26.2 75 22.3 16.6-29.4 92 24.6 17.8-33.1 11 2.1 1.0- 4.4
35-44 505 232 44.3 38.2-50.5 65 14.0 10.3-18.8 77 17.3 13.0-22.6 109 20.0 15.8-24.9 22 4.5 2.5- 7.8
45-54 482 216 45.0 38.4-51.8 52 12.3 8.6-17.3 77 17.4 12.4-23.8 105 19.8 15.0-25.7 32 5.5 3.3- 8.8
55-64 454 241 49.9 43.4-56.4 49 11.3 7.9-16.0 60 15.2 10.9-20.8 72 18.0 13.4-23.6 32 5.7 3.5- 9.1
65-74 387 244 65.3 58.3-71.7 27 6.2 3.7-10.2 40 9.2 6.0-13.8 37 10.0 6.4-15.2 39 9.4 6.0-14.5
75+ 234 151 63.5 54.6-71.5 17 7.7 4.0-14.0 14 5.6 3.0-10.1 28 12.6 7.9-19.6 24 10.7 6.3-17.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 338 246 61.0 51.1-70.0 29 13.6 8.1-21.9 30 10.9 6.7-17.4 26 12.6 6.0-24.5 7 1.9 0.7- 5.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 722 428 56.9 51.1-62.6 69 9.5 6.9-12.9 91 15.7 11.6-20.9 89 13.2 9.4-18.1 45 4.7 3.0- 7.3
Some Post-H.S. 632 313 47.3 40.9-53.8 73 13.9 9.8-19.4 97 16.2 11.9-21.6 113 19.3 14.5-25.2 36 3.3 2.0- 5.3
College Graduate 866 273 29.6 25.5-34.1 108 13.9 10.9-17.5 156 20.1 16.4-24.5 257 29.1 25.1-33.5 72 7.3 5.4- 9.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 185 128 65.9 53.5-76.4 17 6.4 3.4-11.7 21 12.4 6.8-21.5 11 11.0 4.0-26.7 8 4.4 1.7-10.9
$15,000- 24,999 362 211 56.9 48.1-65.2 32 8.5 4.8-14.6 44 12.9 8.1-19.8 52 17.5 11.4-26.0 23 4.3 2.2- 8.2
$25,000- 34,999 272 147 45.9 37.1-54.9 34 15.3 9.8-23.1 39 19.9 13.0-29.3 41 15.1 9.6-23.1 11 3.8 1.7- 8.5
$35,000- 49,999 417 211 54.5 47.6-61.3 41 9.9 6.5-14.8 62 13.1 9.1-18.5 77 15.6 11.6-20.7 26 6.9 4.3-10.9
$50,000-74,999 358 148 47.4 39.6-55.3 50 15.3 10.7-21.4 57 15.5 11.1-21.1 79 19.2 14.2-25.3 24 2.7 1.5- 4.7
$75,000+ 447 127 22.3 17.6-27.8 63 15.0 11.0-20.0 77 22.7 17.0-29.6 142 34.1 27.7-41.2 38 6.0 3.7- 9.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 156 82 53.2 44.0-62.1 16 10.1 6.0-16.4 25 16.5 10.5-24.9 27 16.7 11.1-24.3 6 3.6 1.5- 8.4
Guilford 111 51 44.6 34.4-55.3 14 13.5 7.5-23.1 12 14.8 7.6-26.8 26 20.0 13.5-28.7 8 7.0 3.4-14.2
Mecklenburg 109 31 24.8 16.0-36.3 14 11.1 6.1-19.4 16 20.1 10.2-35.7 37 35.8 24.2-49.2 11 8.2 4.4-14.8
Orange 134 35 28.7 20.5-38.6 10 5.7 2.9-10.7 23 17.3 10.9-26.3 53 40.3 31.2-50.0 13 8.1 4.6-13.9
Wake 127 43 31.3 23.2-40.8 14 12.2 6.8-21.1 32 26.8 18.8-36.7 34 26.3 18.5-36.0 4 3.3 1.2- 9.2
Chatham/Lee 117 56 48.2 37.1-59.5 12 9.8 5.4-17.1 15 17.3 9.4-29.8 23 15.9 10.0-24.4 11 8.7 4.6-16.0
Nash/Wilson 85 44 52.7 39.9-65.1 7 7.7 3.5-15.9 13 11.8 6.5-20.5 15 22.3 11.9-38.0 6 5.5 2.4-12.3
Craven/Pamlico 130 59 46.4 36.3-56.7 15 13.3 7.8-21.9 19 12.0 7.1-19.6 29 24.5 16.3-35.1 8 3.7 1.8- 7.8
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 148 92 65.2 55.7-73.6 19 13.2 8.2-20.4 11 6.9 3.6-12.8 19 10.9 6.7-17.3 7 3.8 1.7- 8.4
Appalachian/Wilkes 159 89 53.3 42.7-63.6 11 5.8 3.1-10.8 23 15.5 9.4-24.5 28 21.4 14.1-31.2 8 3.9 1.8- 8.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance 105 63 50.7 37.4-63.9 8 7.0 3.2-14.4 14 17.2 8.8-30.7 12 20.1 9.6-37.4 8 5.1 2.3-11.1
Graham/Swain/Jackson 138 71 53.7 43.8-63.4 15 8.8 5.1-14.7 14 9.6 5.4-16.5 27 22.8 15.3-32.5 11 5.1 2.7- 9.3
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 82 49 59.3 46.4-71.0 14 22.3 12.7-36.3 10 10.6 5.4-19.6 7 5.9 2.7-12.4 2 2.0 0.4- 8.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 83 56 65.6 53.2-76.2 6 8.9 4.0-18.7 13 13.8 7.7-23.5 5 8.5 3.1-21.2 3 3.2 0.9-10.4
Northeast NC I 72 38 51.0 37.7-64.2 6 13.8 5.9-28.8 11 10.1 5.3-18.4 9 14.3 6.7-27.8 8 10.9 5.1-21.8
Northeast NC II 128 67 45.6 35.9-55.6 13 10.3 5.8-17.6 14 11.3 6.6-18.9 25 24.6 16.1-35.7 9 8.2 3.3-18.9
Northeastern Partnership 200 105 46.9 38.7-55.2 19 11.1 6.9-17.4 25 11.0 7.0-16.9 34 22.2 15.2-31.1 17 8.8 4.5-16.6
Mountain AHEC 427 221 48.7 41.1-56.4 44 10.5 7.1-15.3 55 12.6 9.0-17.4 76 21.4 13.8-31.7 31 6.8 4.3-10.5
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 741 393 49.5 43.4-55.5 82 14.8 10.5-20.4 103 14.1 10.3-18.9 120 17.1 13.3-21.6 43 4.6 3.0- 7.0
Piedmont 1,131 491 41.8 37.7-46.0 130 12.5 10.1-15.4 183 19.5 16.2-23.3 250 21.2 17.9-25.0 77 4.9 3.6- 6.7
Western NC 692 380 54.7 48.5-60.8 67 9.3 6.7-12.7 88 11.2 8.5-14.7 116 19.9 14.3-27.0 41 4.8 3.2- 7.1

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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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