BRFSS 2003 - Western North Carolina**: (On the days when you drank, about how many drinks did you drink on the average?*)

BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Western North Carolina**

Alcohol Consumption

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
North Carolina	3,515	1,755	44.8	42.3-47.3	1,091	32.0	29.5-34.5	343	11.1	9.5-13.0	141	5.4	4.2- 6.9	185	6.8	5.4- 8.5
-Western NC	728	372	46.8	40.8-52.8	236	35.1	28.7-42.2	67	9.5	6.8-13.1	19	3.1	1.8- 5.2	34	5.5	3.4- 9.0
GENDER
Male	344	157	41.0	32.9-49.7	107	35.9	26.3-46.9	38	10.1	6.6-15.1	13	4.2	2.2- 7.8	29	8.8	5.1-14.6
Female	384	215	54.5	47.0-61.8	129	34.1	27.1-41.7	29	8.7	5.0-14.6	6	1.6	0.6- 4.2	5	1.2	0.5- 3.0
RACE
White	669	349	48.3	41.9-54.7	221	36.1	29.3-43.6	57	8.9	6.2-12.5	18	3.3	1.9- 5.6	24	3.4	2.0- 5.8
African American	24	13	46.7	23.5-71.4	7	34.4	13.4-64.0	1	4.8	0.7-27.8	0	0.0	. - .	3	14.2	3.5-42.8
Other Minorities	34	9	11.9	4.7-26.8	8	16.4	5.8-38.5	9	26.3	9.1-55.9	1	1.2	0.2- 8.6	7	44.3	18.6-73.4
AGE
18-24	64	13	21.5	11.4-36.8	20	33.0	17.9-52.7	13	13.3	6.6-25.0	4	5.5	1.8-15.6	14	26.8	14.2-44.6
25-34	128	48	34.9	21.1-51.9	48	43.9	24.8-65.1	17	12.4	5.5-25.9	6	4.0	1.3-11.5	9	4.7	2.1-10.3
35-44	145	71	46.4	36.2-57.0	48	34.1	24.5-45.1	19	14.9	8.4-25.0	2	3.1	0.8-11.5	5	1.5	0.6- 3.9
45-54	155	80	47.2	35.0-59.6	61	46.1	33.5-59.2	9	5.3	2.5-10.9	3	1.0	0.3- 3.4	2	0.4	0.1- 2.1
55-64	102	63	64.2	50.8-75.8	28	25.3	15.3-38.9	6	5.9	2.2-14.9	3	3.1	0.8-10.7	2	1.4	0.3- 6.5
65-74	90	61	72.4	59.2-82.6	24	21.7	12.9-34.3	2	1.7	0.3- 7.8	1	2.9	0.4-18.1	2	1.3	0.3- 5.1
75+	42	35	82.2	64.4-92.2	7	17.8	7.8-35.6	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	51	21	25.8	10.7-50.2	12	42.9	13.8-77.9	8	12.5	4.0-32.7	2	3.0	0.5-17.0	8	15.9	5.5-37.9
H.S. or G.E.D.	153	82	43.5	32.5-55.3	37	30.6	19.3-44.8	21	14.7	8.3-24.6	5	4.1	1.5-10.8	8	7.1	2.4-19.7
Some Post-H.S.	224	107	45.1	35.7-55.0	82	39.9	30.1-50.6	19	7.4	4.2-12.8	5	2.2	0.7- 6.3	11	5.4	2.5-11.0
College Graduate	300	162	57.0	49.5-64.2	105	31.6	25.4-38.6	19	6.8	3.5-12.8	7	3.2	1.3- 7.5	7	1.3	0.6- 3.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	66	30	43.8	28.2-60.7	17	19.3	10.8-31.9	8	11.6	3.3-33.7	1	0.4	0.1- 2.8	10	24.9	12.6-43.3
$15,000- 24,999	116	40	27.0	16.6-40.7	40	36.8	21.8-54.9	22	20.4	11.4-33.7	4	4.0	1.2-12.3	10	11.8	4.1-29.7
$25,000- 34,999	95	45	51.7	37.9-65.2	34	34.3	22.6-48.1	5	3.6	1.2-10.2	3	4.2	0.9-17.3	8	6.3	2.8-13.7
$35,000- 49,999	112	66	62.6	49.4-74.2	36	31.2	20.2-44.9	7	4.7	2.0-10.6	1	0.7	0.1- 4.6	2	0.8	0.2- 3.8
$50,000-74,999	94	44	43.4	30.2-57.5	37	43.9	29.8-59.1	7	6.1	2.6-13.8	5	5.6	1.9-15.3	1	1.0	0.1- 7.1
$75,000+	135	80	57.1	45.2-68.2	45	31.7	22.1-43.2	8	10.6	4.5-23.3	0	0.0	. - .	2	0.6	0.1- 2.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	197	106	51.7	43.2-60.0	64	28.0	21.6-35.5	17	14.2	8.0-23.9	5	3.3	1.2- 8.7	5	2.8	1.0- 7.9
Guilford	204	116	47.9	39.7-56.3	53	24.9	18.5-32.6	18	11.2	6.5-18.6	7	7.3	2.9-17.2	10	8.6	4.5-16.1
Mecklenburg	236	118	43.9	36.0-52.1	76	34.0	26.2-42.8	24	9.5	5.9-15.0	5	1.5	0.5- 4.0	13	11.2	5.3-22.0
Orange	289	155	45.1	37.3-53.1	83	28.8	22.4-36.2	29	12.2	8.1-18.0	12	9.4	3.7-22.1	10	4.5	2.2- 9.0
Wake	238	118	44.6	37.3-52.0	77	34.3	27.7-41.7	22	8.8	5.5-13.9	9	6.5	2.7-14.5	12	5.8	2.8-11.7
Chatham/Lee	167	86	52.8	44.0-61.4	52	31.3	24.0-39.7	20	11.1	6.9-17.4	5	2.4	1.0- 5.9	4	2.4	0.8- 6.8
Nash/Wilson	109	53	42.9	32.2-54.3	37	31.5	22.4-42.1	6	4.5	1.9-10.4	8	15.2	6.1-32.9	5	6.0	2.4-14.1
Craven/Pamlico	181	91	42.7	34.4-51.3	60	37.2	29.0-46.2	16	8.2	4.8-13.6	4	1.3	0.5- 3.4	10	10.7	5.5-19.8
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	113	55	45.7	35.9-55.9	31	29.5	21.0-39.7	10	9.1	4.8-16.6	4	3.8	1.3-10.4	13	11.9	6.7-20.4
Appalachian/Wilkes	152	72	46.2	36.6-56.1	54	29.2	21.8-37.9	13	9.8	5.4-17.1	6	5.1	1.9-13.2	7	9.6	4.1-21.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance	142	61	36.8	26.7-48.1	49	32.0	21.8-44.4	14	13.9	7.1-25.5	10	9.9	4.9-19.2	8	7.4	3.3-15.6
Graham/Swain/Jackson	147	71	41.4	32.7-50.7	45	28.3	20.6-37.4	17	12.9	7.9-20.5	2	1.6	0.4- 6.1	12	15.8	8.8-26.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	116	46	34.7	25.1-45.7	47	40.9	30.7-52.0	8	8.1	3.5-17.3	5	6.2	2.0-17.5	10	10.2	5.1-19.4
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	93	34	30.8	21.2-42.3	24	24.3	15.8-35.5	16	19.0	10.8-31.2	7	7.6	3.2-16.9	12	18.3	10.2-30.7
Northeast NC I	121	58	42.7	33.1-52.9	38	29.7	21.4-39.5	13	15.0	8.4-25.4	5	5.6	1.8-15.9	7	7.1	3.4-14.4
Northeast NC II	176	83	39.5	31.2-48.3	48	26.2	19.2-34.7	23	15.2	9.3-23.9	7	6.8	2.7-16.1	15	12.4	6.7-21.7
Northeastern Partnership	297	141	40.4	33.8-47.3	86	27.2	21.5-33.7	36	15.2	10.3-21.8	12	6.4	3.0-13.1	22	10.9	6.5-17.7
Mountain AHEC	494	260	48.4	41.0-55.9	158	34.5	26.6-43.4	45	9.3	6.2-13.6	11	2.9	1.5- 5.8	20	4.9	2.4- 9.7
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	1,030	480	43.4	38.4-48.5	322	30.7	26.3-35.4	102	11.0	8.1-14.8	55	8.3	5.7-11.9	71	6.6	4.8- 9.0
Piedmont	1,757	903	45.0	41.7-48.4	533	31.9	28.7-35.2	174	11.4	9.2-14.0	67	4.6	3.2- 6.6	80	7.1	5.1- 9.8

Total
Respond.^

Only one

Two

Three

Four

Five or more

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

3,515

1,755

44.8

42.3-47.3

1,091

32.0

29.5-34.5

343

11.1

9.5-13.0

141

5.4

4.2- 6.9

185

6.8

5.4- 8.5

-Western NC

728

372

46.8

40.8-52.8

236

35.1

28.7-42.2

9.5

6.8-13.1

3.1

1.8- 5.2

5.5

3.4- 9.0

GENDER

Male

344

157

41.0

32.9-49.7

107

35.9

26.3-46.9

10.1

6.6-15.1

4.2

2.2- 7.8

8.8

5.1-14.6

Female

384

215

54.5

47.0-61.8

129

34.1

27.1-41.7

8.7

5.0-14.6

1.6

0.6- 4.2

1.2

0.5- 3.0

RACE

White

669

349

48.3

41.9-54.7

221

36.1

29.3-43.6

8.9

6.2-12.5

3.3

1.9- 5.6

3.4

2.0- 5.8

African American

46.7

23.5-71.4

34.4

13.4-64.0

4.8

0.7-27.8

0.0

. - .

14.2

3.5-42.8

Other Minorities

11.9

4.7-26.8

16.4

5.8-38.5

26.3

9.1-55.9

1.2

0.2- 8.6

44.3

18.6-73.4

AGE

18-24

21.5

11.4-36.8

33.0

17.9-52.7

13.3

6.6-25.0

5.5

1.8-15.6

26.8

14.2-44.6

25-34

128

34.9

21.1-51.9

43.9

24.8-65.1

12.4

5.5-25.9

4.0

1.3-11.5

4.7

2.1-10.3

35-44

145

46.4

36.2-57.0

34.1

24.5-45.1

14.9

8.4-25.0

3.1

0.8-11.5

1.5

0.6- 3.9

45-54

155

47.2

35.0-59.6

46.1

33.5-59.2

5.3

2.5-10.9

1.0

0.3- 3.4

0.4

0.1- 2.1

55-64

102

64.2

50.8-75.8

25.3

15.3-38.9

5.9

2.2-14.9

3.1

0.8-10.7

1.4

0.3- 6.5

65-74

72.4

59.2-82.6

21.7

12.9-34.3

1.7

0.3- 7.8

2.9

0.4-18.1

1.3

0.3- 5.1

75+

82.2

64.4-92.2

17.8

7.8-35.6

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

25.8

10.7-50.2

42.9

13.8-77.9

12.5

4.0-32.7

3.0

0.5-17.0

15.9

5.5-37.9

H.S. or G.E.D.

153

43.5

32.5-55.3

30.6

19.3-44.8

14.7

8.3-24.6

4.1

1.5-10.8

7.1

2.4-19.7

Some Post-H.S.

224

107

45.1

35.7-55.0

39.9

30.1-50.6

7.4

4.2-12.8

2.2

0.7- 6.3

5.4

2.5-11.0

College Graduate

300

162

57.0

49.5-64.2

105

31.6

25.4-38.6

6.8

3.5-12.8

3.2

1.3- 7.5

1.3

0.6- 3.2

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

43.8

28.2-60.7

19.3

10.8-31.9

11.6

3.3-33.7

0.4

0.1- 2.8

24.9

12.6-43.3

$15,000- 24,999

116

27.0

16.6-40.7

36.8

21.8-54.9

20.4

11.4-33.7

4.0

1.2-12.3

11.8

4.1-29.7

$25,000- 34,999

51.7

37.9-65.2

34.3

22.6-48.1

3.6

1.2-10.2

4.2

0.9-17.3

6.3

2.8-13.7

$35,000- 49,999

112

62.6

49.4-74.2

31.2

20.2-44.9

4.7

2.0-10.6

0.7

0.1- 4.6

0.8

0.2- 3.8

$50,000-74,999

43.4

30.2-57.5

43.9

29.8-59.1

6.1

2.6-13.8

5.6

1.9-15.3

1.0

0.1- 7.1

$75,000+

135

57.1

45.2-68.2

31.7

22.1-43.2

10.6

4.5-23.3

0.0

. - .

0.6

0.1- 2.3

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

197

106

51.7

43.2-60.0

28.0

21.6-35.5

14.2

8.0-23.9

3.3

1.2- 8.7

2.8

1.0- 7.9

Guilford

204

116

47.9

39.7-56.3

24.9

18.5-32.6

11.2

6.5-18.6

7.3

2.9-17.2

8.6

4.5-16.1

Mecklenburg

236

118

43.9

36.0-52.1

34.0

26.2-42.8

9.5

5.9-15.0

1.5

0.5- 4.0

11.2

5.3-22.0

Orange

289

155

45.1

37.3-53.1

28.8

22.4-36.2

12.2

8.1-18.0

9.4

3.7-22.1

4.5

2.2- 9.0

Wake

238

118

44.6

37.3-52.0

34.3

27.7-41.7

8.8

5.5-13.9

6.5

2.7-14.5

5.8

2.8-11.7

Chatham/Lee

167

52.8

44.0-61.4

31.3

24.0-39.7

11.1

6.9-17.4

2.4

1.0- 5.9

2.4

0.8- 6.8

Nash/Wilson

109

42.9

32.2-54.3

31.5

22.4-42.1

4.5

1.9-10.4

15.2

6.1-32.9

6.0

2.4-14.1

Craven/Pamlico

181

42.7

34.4-51.3

37.2

29.0-46.2

8.2

4.8-13.6

1.3

0.5- 3.4

10.7

5.5-19.8

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

113

45.7

35.9-55.9

29.5

21.0-39.7

9.1

4.8-16.6

3.8

1.3-10.4

11.9

6.7-20.4

Appalachian/Wilkes

152

46.2

36.6-56.1

29.2

21.8-37.9

9.8

5.4-17.1

5.1

1.9-13.2

9.6

4.1-21.0

Franklin/Gran./Vance

142

36.8

26.7-48.1

32.0

21.8-44.4

13.9

7.1-25.5

9.9

4.9-19.2

7.4

3.3-15.6

Graham/Swain/Jackson

147

41.4

32.7-50.7

28.3

20.6-37.4

12.9

7.9-20.5

1.6

0.4- 6.1

15.8

8.8-26.7

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

116

34.7

25.1-45.7

40.9

30.7-52.0

8.1

3.5-17.3

6.2

2.0-17.5

10.2

5.1-19.4

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

30.8

21.2-42.3

24.3

15.8-35.5

19.0

10.8-31.2

7.6

3.2-16.9

18.3

10.2-30.7

Northeast NC I

121

42.7

33.1-52.9

29.7

21.4-39.5

15.0

8.4-25.4

5.6

1.8-15.9

7.1

3.4-14.4

Northeast NC II

176

39.5

31.2-48.3

26.2

19.2-34.7

15.2

9.3-23.9

6.8

2.7-16.1

12.4

6.7-21.7

Northeastern Partnership

297

141

40.4

33.8-47.3

27.2

21.5-33.7

15.2

10.3-21.8

6.4

3.0-13.1

10.9

6.5-17.7

Mountain AHEC

494

260

48.4

41.0-55.9

158

34.5

26.6-43.4

9.3

6.2-13.6

2.9

1.5- 5.8

4.9

2.4- 9.7

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

1,030

480

43.4

38.4-48.5

322

30.7

26.3-35.4

102

11.0

8.1-14.8

8.3

5.7-11.9

6.6

4.8- 9.0

Piedmont

1,757

903

45.0

41.7-48.4

533

31.9

28.7-35.2

174

11.4

9.2-14.0

4.6

3.2- 6.6

7.1

5.1- 9.8

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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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