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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Northeast NC II (Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington)

Alcohol Consumption

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%)
North Carolina 9,407 5,865 58.6 56.9-60.2 1,053 12.3 11.3-13.4 1,092 13.8 12.6-15.0 1,057 12.3 11.3-13.5 340 3.0 2.6- 3.5
-Northeast NC II 512 331 60.6 55.2-65.8 54 11.0 8.1-14.8 55 11.1 8.3-14.7 55 13.2 9.6-17.9 17 4.1 2.1- 7.7
GENDER
Male 185 100 50.5 41.9-59.1 21 12.1 7.6-18.8 22 11.0 7.0-16.8 30 19.8 13.4-28.4 12 6.6 3.0-13.8
Female 327 231 70.4 64.3-75.8 33 10.0 6.9-14.3 33 11.1 7.6-16.1 25 6.8 4.3-10.5 5 1.7 0.6- 4.7
RACE
White 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
Other 161 124 73.8 63.9-81.7 15 11.3 6.1-20.0 12 7.3 3.9-13.5 7 5.8 2.2-14.4 3 1.9 0.6- 6.0
AGE
18-44 174 98 51.0 42.0-59.9 22 12.7 7.8-19.8 24 13.9 9.1-20.7 27 19.0 12.2-28.3 3 3.4 0.8-13.9
45+ 333 230 68.4 62.4-73.8 30 9.3 6.3-13.5 31 8.9 6.0-13.0 28 8.7 5.8-12.7 14 4.7 2.7- 8.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 264 204 71.3 63.4-78.1 21 8.9 5.4-14.3 19 8.9 5.4-14.3 15 7.5 4.0-13.4 5 3.5 1.0-11.6
Some College + 246 126 48.8 41.5-56.0 32 13.2 9.0-18.9 36 13.6 9.5-18.9 40 19.7 13.7-27.6 12 4.8 2.6- 8.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 277 186 62.2 54.7-69.1 29 11.1 7.3-16.7 30 11.7 7.8-17.0 25 10.3 6.5-16.0 7 4.7 1.8-11.9
$50,000+ 97 44 44.3 33.8-55.3 16 16.3 9.7-26.1 16 15.1 9.0-24.3 15 19.3 10.9-31.8 6 5.0 2.1-11.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 452 255 54.4 48.8-59.8 53 11.9 8.9-15.7 57 15.2 11.3-20.1 67 13.9 10.7-18.0 20 4.7 2.6- 8.3
Guilford 442 237 54.6 48.9-60.1 64 14.5 10.8-19.0 63 13.4 10.0-17.9 60 13.3 10.0-17.4 18 4.2 2.4- 7.5
Mecklenburg 446 209 45.0 39.2-50.9 59 12.6 9.5-16.5 74 17.8 13.2-23.6 83 19.9 15.2-25.5 21 4.8 3.0- 7.5
Orange 451 162 39.1 31.6-47.1 60 13.4 9.3-18.9 83 19.2 13.9-26.0 120 24.2 19.4-29.7 26 4.2 2.7- 6.4
Wake 452 212 48.4 42.8-54.0 62 12.9 9.8-16.8 92 19.4 15.5-24.0 74 16.9 13.0-21.7 12 2.3 1.3- 4.3
Chatham/Lee 399 232 59.7 53.6-65.6 49 11.7 8.7-15.7 47 12.9 9.1-17.9 48 10.6 7.7-14.4 23 5.1 3.2- 8.0
Nash/Wilson 378 268 70.9 65.0-76.2 29 7.0 4.7-10.3 34 7.4 5.2-10.6 35 11.9 7.9-17.6 12 2.8 1.5- 5.0
Craven/Pamlico 454 270 57.6 52.0-63.1 53 12.6 9.4-16.7 50 11.4 8.3-15.5 51 13.4 9.7-18.3 30 4.9 3.3- 7.4
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 437 322 72.8 67.6-77.4 42 9.9 7.2-13.5 33 8.3 5.7-11.8 27 5.9 3.9- 8.7 13 3.2 1.7- 6.0
Appalachian/Wilkes 454 302 64.7 58.4-70.5 41 7.0 5.0- 9.8 48 12.2 8.7-16.8 48 13.2 9.3-18.4 15 2.9 1.6- 5.1
Franklin/Gran./Vance 477 332 66.1 58.6-72.9 42 7.6 5.2-11.0 52 13.0 9.1-18.3 34 9.3 5.5-15.3 17 3.9 1.9- 8.1
Graham/Swain/Jackson 425 278 61.4 49.5-72.1 44 8.4 5.7-12.1 36 15.1 5.8-33.7 50 12.6 8.7-17.9 17 2.6 1.5- 4.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 469 354 74.6 69.5-79.1 54 12.4 9.0-16.8 28 5.8 3.9- 8.6 28 6.1 3.8- 9.5 5 1.1 0.4- 2.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 418 326 75.8 70.3-80.6 30 7.3 4.8-10.9 31 7.1 4.8-10.3 26 8.7 5.5-13.3 5 1.1 0.4- 2.9
Northeast NC I 459 336 72.2 66.7-77.0 51 12.1 8.8-16.4 33 6.4 4.4- 9.2 23 5.5 3.5- 8.7 16 3.8 2.2- 6.5
Northeastern Partnership 971 667 64.7 60.6-68.6 105 11.4 9.1-14.2 88 9.4 7.4-11.9 78 10.5 8.0-13.7 33 4.0 2.5- 6.3
Mountain AHEC 1,302 809 58.1 53.6-62.5 133 10.4 8.2-13.2 139 12.6 10.1-15.7 163 14.2 10.4-19.0 58 4.7 3.3- 6.5
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,302 2,259 62.8 59.9-65.7 345 12.2 10.2-14.4 316 12.4 10.5-14.7 281 10.0 8.5-11.8 101 2.5 1.9- 3.4
Piedmont 4,034 2,266 55.3 53.0-57.5 505 13.1 11.7-14.6 561 15.1 13.4-16.8 545 13.5 11.9-15.2 157 3.1 2.5- 3.9
Western NC 2,071 1,340 62.8 59.2-66.2 203 9.6 7.8-11.8 215 11.5 9.5-13.7 231 12.5 9.8-15.9 82 3.6 2.7- 4.8

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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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