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 MALES

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	1,295	545	38.2	34.3-42.3	428	34.3	30.2-38.5	150	12.4	9.8-15.6	70	5.6	4.0- 7.9	102	9.5	6.9-12.9
AGE
18-24	83	19	22.7	11.4-40.0	23	24.2	13.2-40.2	13	9.8	4.8-18.9	9	10.2	4.4-21.9	19	33.1	19.1-50.9
25-34	233	63	24.7	17.9-33.1	85	41.8	32.0-52.2	34	17.7	10.7-27.9	17	5.1	2.1-11.5	34	10.7	6.9-16.4
35-44	273	94	41.3	33.5-49.6	103	31.8	25.0-39.4	37	13.9	9.3-20.5	16	7.2	3.7-13.3	23	5.8	3.3-10.1
45-54	265	118	39.7	31.4-48.7	79	34.8	26.1-44.6	37	15.0	9.4-23.0	13	4.5	2.1- 9.5	18	5.9	2.8-12.1
55-64	212	96	45.6	36.7-54.8	85	44.7	35.7-54.1	16	4.9	2.4- 9.7	11	3.5	1.7- 7.0	4	1.3	0.4- 4.2
65-74	141	92	69.8	58.4-79.2	35	22.5	14.4-33.4	9	5.0	1.7-13.9	3	2.1	0.6- 7.6	2	0.5	0.1- 2.1
75+	83	60	67.0	52.1-79.1	18	22.4	12.8-36.2	3	6.5	1.9-20.6	1	3.7	0.5-21.8	1	0.4	0.1- 2.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	87	35	35.7	21.7-52.6	25	31.6	15.3-54.1	10	10.9	4.5-24.0	7	12.7	4.5-31.1	10	9.1	4.1-19.3
H.S. or G.E.D.	292	110	28.9	22.2-36.7	82	28.4	20.8-37.4	41	20.6	13.4-30.2	18	6.5	3.2-12.6	41	15.6	9.8-24.0
Some Post-H.S.	322	126	35.2	27.2-44.2	106	34.3	26.2-43.4	40	12.5	8.1-18.8	25	5.9	3.3-10.5	25	12.1	6.3-22.1
College Graduate	592	272	45.5	40.0-51.2	215	38.1	32.7-43.8	59	8.2	5.7-11.7	20	3.7	2.0- 6.7	26	4.5	2.5- 8.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	57	28	50.6	30.0-70.9	14	11.4	5.7-21.6	2	2.0	0.4-10.1	2	2.0	0.4- 9.7	11	34.0	14.8-60.4
$15,000- 24,999	150	44	25.0	16.2-36.6	39	18.0	10.3-29.6	25	18.4	10.4-30.5	20	17.6	8.9-31.7	22	21.0	10.6-37.4
$25,000- 34,999	125	47	30.3	20.5-42.2	34	37.9	25.5-52.2	10	13.1	6.0-26.3	12	5.1	2.4-10.8	22	13.6	7.8-22.5
$35,000- 49,999	206	86	38.5	29.7-48.0	72	34.0	25.8-43.3	23	15.4	8.8-25.5	14	8.2	3.8-16.8	11	3.9	1.7- 8.9
$50,000-74,999	208	77	36.2	27.6-45.6	85	37.1	28.6-46.4	31	16.3	10.3-25.0	8	5.3	2.4-11.5	7	5.1	2.1-11.8
$75,000+	319	142	39.5	32.3-47.3	123	41.5	33.7-49.7	34	10.9	6.1-18.7	5	2.2	0.7- 6.5	15	5.9	2.4-13.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	73	41	57.9	44.6-70.1	19	22.0	13.7-33.5	6	11.0	4.4-25.0	4	6.6	2.2-18.4	3	2.5	0.7- 8.4
Guilford	60	26	37.5	25.1-51.7	21	35.1	22.5-50.2	8	12.0	5.9-22.9	2	7.7	1.3-34.6	3	7.7	2.4-21.8
Mecklenburg	78	32	32.9	21.7-46.4	30	40.9	26.6-56.9	8	6.9	3.1-14.6	1	0.4	0.1- 3.1	7	18.8	7.4-40.1
Orange	99	40	38.9	28.6-50.3	33	34.3	24.3-46.0	15	14.4	8.4-23.6	7	8.3	3.4-19.1	4	4.0	1.3-11.2
Wake	84	32	33.1	22.8-45.3	30	38.2	27.1-50.5	10	11.6	5.9-21.5	4	6.5	2.2-17.5	8	10.7	4.4-23.5
Chatham/Lee	61	26	49.5	34.6-64.4	21	33.5	21.5-48.2	10	11.4	5.6-21.8	1	0.8	0.1- 5.6	3	4.8	1.4-15.0
Nash/Wilson	40	18	40.2	23.6-59.5	12	24.5	12.9-41.6	2	4.9	1.2-18.0	6	25.9	9.0-55.1	2	4.5	1.1-16.7
Craven/Pamlico	70	31	41.4	28.5-55.7	23	35.1	22.7-49.9	7	7.0	3.1-15.1	2	1.4	0.4- 5.7	7	15.0	6.8-29.9
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	55	20	33.2	21.6-47.4	20	39.1	26.4-53.6	5	8.6	3.4-20.2	3	6.0	1.8-18.0	7	13.1	6.0-26.2
Appalachian/Wilkes	71	29	37.8	25.5-52.0	27	30.3	20.2-42.9	7	12.0	5.5-24.1	2	5.0	1.1-20.3	6	14.8	5.9-32.6
Franklin/Gran./Vance	42	11	20.6	10.0-37.8	17	40.9	21.5-63.6	5	18.0	5.7-44.3	3	7.1	2.1-21.5	6	13.4	5.0-31.1
Graham/Swain/Jackson	67	32	41.8	29.4-55.2	20	29.9	18.7-44.0	7	10.8	4.8-22.6	1	1.6	0.2-10.6	7	16.0	7.3-31.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	33	15	38.6	21.5-59.1	10	31.9	16.9-52.0	2	4.9	1.1-19.0	3	13.8	3.4-41.9	3	10.8	3.2-30.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	28	4	13.1	4.6-31.8	9	30.3	15.3-51.1	7	27.2	12.1-50.4	3	10.8	2.9-32.8	5	18.7	7.5-39.4
Northeast NC I	34	16	38.3	22.1-57.6	8	26.3	12.8-46.3	2	10.3	2.0-39.9	5	16.7	5.6-40.5	3	8.5	2.7-23.8
Northeast NC II	61	21	32.3	20.4-46.9	19	26.3	16.3-39.5	8	15.0	6.4-31.4	5	10.1	3.4-26.7	8	16.4	7.0-33.8
Northeastern Partnership	95	37	33.6	23.3-45.6	27	26.3	17.6-37.3	10	14.0	6.5-27.4	10	11.6	5.1-24.2	11	14.6	6.9-28.5
Mountain AHEC	206	104	46.3	34.7-58.3	61	35.7	22.9-51.0	21	9.5	5.4-16.1	9	5.2	2.5-10.7	11	3.3	1.3- 8.1
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	347	139	43.1	34.6-51.9	106	27.6	20.9-35.5	38	12.7	8.2-19.3	30	8.9	5.3-14.6	34	7.7	4.9-11.9
Piedmont	638	258	35.0	30.2-40.1	223	36.2	31.0-41.8	81	13.0	9.5-17.6	28	4.6	2.7- 7.8	48	11.2	7.3-16.6
Western NC	310	148	43.6	34.6-53.0	99	37.3	26.9-49.0	31	9.2	5.9-14.1	12	4.5	2.3- 8.6	20	5.3	2.9- 9.6

Total
Respond.^

Only one

Two

Three

Four

Five or more

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

1,295

545

38.2

34.3-42.3

428

34.3

30.2-38.5

150

12.4

9.8-15.6

5.6

4.0- 7.9

102

9.5

6.9-12.9

AGE

18-24

22.7

11.4-40.0

24.2

13.2-40.2

9.8

4.8-18.9

10.2

4.4-21.9

33.1

19.1-50.9

25-34

233

24.7

17.9-33.1

41.8

32.0-52.2

17.7

10.7-27.9

5.1

2.1-11.5

10.7

6.9-16.4

35-44

273

41.3

33.5-49.6

103

31.8

25.0-39.4

13.9

9.3-20.5

7.2

3.7-13.3

5.8

3.3-10.1

45-54

265

118

39.7

31.4-48.7

34.8

26.1-44.6

15.0

9.4-23.0

4.5

2.1- 9.5

5.9

2.8-12.1

55-64

212

45.6

36.7-54.8

44.7

35.7-54.1

4.9

2.4- 9.7

3.5

1.7- 7.0

1.3

0.4- 4.2

65-74

141

69.8

58.4-79.2

22.5

14.4-33.4

5.0

1.7-13.9

2.1

0.6- 7.6

0.5

0.1- 2.1

75+

67.0

52.1-79.1

22.4

12.8-36.2

6.5

1.9-20.6

3.7

0.5-21.8

0.4

0.1- 2.6

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

35.7

21.7-52.6

31.6

15.3-54.1

10.9

4.5-24.0

12.7

4.5-31.1

9.1

4.1-19.3

H.S. or G.E.D.

292

110

28.9

22.2-36.7

28.4

20.8-37.4

20.6

13.4-30.2

6.5

3.2-12.6

15.6

9.8-24.0

Some Post-H.S.

322

126

35.2

27.2-44.2

106

34.3

26.2-43.4

12.5

8.1-18.8

5.9

3.3-10.5

12.1

6.3-22.1

College Graduate

592

272

45.5

40.0-51.2

215

38.1

32.7-43.8

8.2

5.7-11.7

3.7

2.0- 6.7

4.5

2.5- 8.0

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

50.6

30.0-70.9

11.4

5.7-21.6

2.0

0.4-10.1

2.0

0.4- 9.7

34.0

14.8-60.4

$15,000- 24,999

150

25.0

16.2-36.6

18.0

10.3-29.6

18.4

10.4-30.5

17.6

8.9-31.7

21.0

10.6-37.4

$25,000- 34,999

125

30.3

20.5-42.2

37.9

25.5-52.2

13.1

6.0-26.3

5.1

2.4-10.8

13.6

7.8-22.5

$35,000- 49,999

206

38.5

29.7-48.0

34.0

25.8-43.3

15.4

8.8-25.5

8.2

3.8-16.8

3.9

1.7- 8.9

$50,000-74,999

208

36.2

27.6-45.6

37.1

28.6-46.4

16.3

10.3-25.0

5.3

2.4-11.5

5.1

2.1-11.8

$75,000+

319

142

39.5

32.3-47.3

123

41.5

33.7-49.7

10.9

6.1-18.7

2.2

0.7- 6.5

5.9

2.4-13.9

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

57.9

44.6-70.1

22.0

13.7-33.5

11.0

4.4-25.0

6.6

2.2-18.4

2.5

0.7- 8.4

Guilford

37.5

25.1-51.7

35.1

22.5-50.2

12.0

5.9-22.9

7.7

1.3-34.6

7.7

2.4-21.8

Mecklenburg

32.9

21.7-46.4

40.9

26.6-56.9

6.9

3.1-14.6

0.4

0.1- 3.1

18.8

7.4-40.1

Orange

38.9

28.6-50.3

34.3

24.3-46.0

14.4

8.4-23.6

8.3

3.4-19.1

4.0

1.3-11.2

Wake

33.1

22.8-45.3

38.2

27.1-50.5

11.6

5.9-21.5

6.5

2.2-17.5

10.7

4.4-23.5

Chatham/Lee

49.5

34.6-64.4

33.5

21.5-48.2

11.4

5.6-21.8

0.8

0.1- 5.6

4.8

1.4-15.0

Nash/Wilson

40.2

23.6-59.5

24.5

12.9-41.6

4.9

1.2-18.0

25.9

9.0-55.1

4.5

1.1-16.7

Craven/Pamlico

41.4

28.5-55.7

35.1

22.7-49.9

7.0

3.1-15.1

1.4

0.4- 5.7

15.0

6.8-29.9

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

33.2

21.6-47.4

39.1

26.4-53.6

8.6

3.4-20.2

6.0

1.8-18.0

13.1

6.0-26.2

Appalachian/Wilkes

37.8

25.5-52.0

30.3

20.2-42.9

12.0

5.5-24.1

5.0

1.1-20.3

14.8

5.9-32.6

Franklin/Gran./Vance

20.6

10.0-37.8

40.9

21.5-63.6

18.0

5.7-44.3

7.1

2.1-21.5

13.4

5.0-31.1

Graham/Swain/Jackson

41.8

29.4-55.2

29.9

18.7-44.0

10.8

4.8-22.6

1.6

0.2-10.6

16.0

7.3-31.5

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

38.6

21.5-59.1

31.9

16.9-52.0

4.9

1.1-19.0

13.8

3.4-41.9

10.8

3.2-30.7

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

13.1

4.6-31.8

30.3

15.3-51.1

27.2

12.1-50.4

10.8

2.9-32.8

18.7

7.5-39.4

Northeast NC I

38.3

22.1-57.6

26.3

12.8-46.3

10.3

2.0-39.9

16.7

5.6-40.5

8.5

2.7-23.8

Northeast NC II

32.3

20.4-46.9

26.3

16.3-39.5

15.0

6.4-31.4

10.1

3.4-26.7

16.4

7.0-33.8

Northeastern Partnership

33.6

23.3-45.6

26.3

17.6-37.3

14.0

6.5-27.4

11.6

5.1-24.2

14.6

6.9-28.5

Mountain AHEC

206

104

46.3

34.7-58.3

35.7

22.9-51.0

9.5

5.4-16.1

5.2

2.5-10.7

3.3

1.3- 8.1

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

347

139

43.1

34.6-51.9

106

27.6

20.9-35.5

12.7

8.2-19.3

8.9

5.3-14.6

7.7

4.9-11.9

Piedmont

638

258

35.0

30.2-40.1

223

36.2

31.0-41.8

13.0

9.5-17.6

4.6

2.7- 7.8

11.2

7.3-16.6

Western NC

310

148

43.6

34.6-53.0

37.3

26.9-49.0

9.2

5.9-14.1

4.5

2.3- 8.6

5.3

2.9- 9.6

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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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