BRFSS 2003 - Western North Carolina**: (Considering all types of alcoholic beverages, how many times during the past 30 days did you have 5 or more drinks on an occasion?*)

BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Western North Carolina**

Alcohol Consumption

Considering all types of alcoholic beverages, how many times during the past 30 days did you have 5 or more drinks on an occasion?*

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	Total Respond.^	None	Once	Twice	3-7 times	8-30 times
North Carolina	3,527	2,893	79.2	76.7-81.4	241	7.5	6.1- 9.2	129	4.4	3.3- 5.7	181	5.6	4.4- 7.0	83	3.4	2.4- 4.8
-Western NC	724	601	75.7	67.8-82.2	51	13.4	7.6-22.4	24	3.0	1.7- 5.1	35	5.9	3.5-10.0	13	2.0	1.0- 3.8
GENDER
Male	345	253	64.7	53.6-74.5	35	19.6	10.6-33.4	20	4.5	2.5- 8.0	26	8.3	4.4-15.0	11	2.9	1.4- 5.9
Female	379	348	91.5	86.5-94.7	16	4.5	2.2- 8.8	4	0.8	0.3- 2.7	9	2.6	1.0- 6.3	2	0.7	0.2- 2.8
RACE
White	664	559	78.9	70.5-85.4	45	12.7	6.7-22.6	18	2.1	1.2- 3.5	31	4.5	2.9- 7.0	11	1.8	0.9- 3.7
African American	24	18	71.0	44.0-88.4	3	12.9	3.5-38.0	1	4.8	0.7-27.8	2	11.4	2.1-42.9	0	0.0	. - .
Other Minorities	35	23	25.8	11.4-48.3	3	25.6	6.7-62.5	5	16.8	4.4-47.3	2	26.2	5.0-70.4	2	5.6	1.2-22.1
AGE
18-24	61	33	57.1	40.0-72.7	8	20.4	9.2-39.5	7	5.9	2.5-13.5	8	8.8	3.8-19.0	5	7.7	2.9-19.1
25-34	129	90	64.6	40.5-83.0	18	23.7	7.2-55.6	8	5.1	1.6-15.1	10	4.9	2.2-10.3	3	1.7	0.5- 5.9
35-44	144	120	76.9	61.5-87.4	10	9.1	4.2-18.7	6	3.2	1.3- 7.7	7	10.5	2.9-31.5	1	0.2	0.0- 1.5
45-54	153	140	83.1	62.1-93.7	7	10.8	2.4-37.5	1	0.8	0.1- 5.6	4	5.2	1.7-15.2	1	0.1	0.0- 0.8
55-64	101	91	87.4	72.7-94.8	4	6.7	1.5-25.3	0	0.0	. - .	4	2.9	1.0- 8.1	2	2.9	0.7-11.6
65-74	92	85	86.6	68.7-95.0	3	9.0	2.3-29.4	2	3.2	0.5-16.2	1	0.6	0.1- 4.3	1	0.6	0.1- 4.3
75+	42	41	99.6	96.9-99.9	1	0.4	0.1- 3.1	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	51	35	37.6	17.2-63.6	6	37.7	11.7-73.4	2	6.4	1.3-25.8	6	15.8	3.9-46.1	2	2.5	0.5-10.6
H.S. or G.E.D.	152	122	73.4	58.3-84.5	15	18.9	8.7-36.3	5	2.5	1.0- 6.2	7	3.0	1.3- 7.0	3	2.2	0.6- 7.4
Some Post-H.S.	223	182	79.0	70.2-85.8	12	6.0	2.5-14.1	9	3.2	1.4- 6.9	15	8.5	4.7-15.1	5	3.2	1.1- 8.7
College Graduate	298	262	88.9	83.3-92.8	18	6.8	3.7-12.1	8	1.9	0.8- 4.3	7	2.0	0.7- 5.4	3	0.5	0.2- 1.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	65	46	69.0	51.5-82.4	8	14.1	5.3-32.3	1	0.4	0.1- 2.8	7	9.4	3.6-22.3	3	7.1	2.0-22.1
$15,000- 24,999	112	85	54.4	36.1-71.5	6	19.5	6.3-46.4	10	10.9	4.6-23.6	8	12.8	3.4-37.7	3	2.5	0.7- 8.3
$25,000- 34,999	95	78	83.9	73.0-90.9	8	8.6	3.7-19.0	2	2.3	0.5- 9.0	6	4.3	1.6-10.7	1	0.9	0.1- 6.4
$35,000- 49,999	112	94	84.2	73.2-91.3	9	8.1	3.1-19.8	3	3.0	0.9- 9.0	5	4.5	1.8-11.0	1	0.2	0.0- 1.1
$50,000-74,999	93	82	88.3	77.1-94.5	2	2.2	0.4-10.3	4	1.9	0.5- 6.7	4	6.5	2.1-18.1	1	1.0	0.1- 7.1
$75,000+	134	122	84.0	70.0-92.1	6	11.8	4.8-26.2	2	0.6	0.1- 2.6	2	3.1	0.6-14.2	2	0.6	0.1- 2.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	197	165	77.9	68.7-85.1	13	10.1	5.2-18.6	3	3.4	0.8-13.5	13	7.3	3.9-13.1	3	1.3	0.4- 4.2
Guilford	205	168	74.5	65.3-82.0	11	7.1	3.7-13.3	7	4.9	1.9-11.9	15	10.4	5.5-18.9	4	3.0	1.0- 8.7
Mecklenburg	236	192	74.5	64.4-82.5	19	9.8	5.0-18.2	10	6.4	2.5-15.7	11	5.1	2.7- 9.5	4	4.2	1.0-15.4
Orange	290	236	71.4	61.8-79.3	24	10.2	6.4-15.9	8	7.2	2.2-21.0	16	8.9	5.1-15.2	6	2.3	1.0- 5.5
Wake	239	204	83.2	75.4-88.9	11	4.1	2.1- 7.8	11	5.9	2.4-13.6	8	4.3	1.8- 9.9	5	2.5	0.9- 7.0
Chatham/Lee	166	137	80.5	72.1-86.8	8	7.4	3.4-15.6	9	4.8	2.4- 9.6	8	4.2	2.0- 8.5	4	3.1	1.1- 8.4
Nash/Wilson	111	89	72.3	58.2-83.0	10	14.2	5.6-31.4	4	4.4	1.7-11.2	2	1.9	0.4- 7.5	6	7.3	3.2-15.9
Craven/Pamlico	185	157	81.0	72.4-87.4	13	6.6	3.6-11.6	2	1.4	0.3- 6.2	12	10.7	5.6-19.3	1	0.4	0.1- 2.8
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	113	85	72.5	62.2-80.8	7	6.7	3.1-13.9	6	7.4	3.2-16.5	8	6.2	2.9-12.8	7	7.3	3.3-15.1
Appalachian/Wilkes	151	125	77.8	67.4-85.6	9	5.0	2.5- 9.6	5	3.8	1.4- 9.8	8	6.6	2.8-14.6	4	6.9	2.4-18.4
Franklin/Gran./Vance	143	109	63.6	50.3-75.0	15	11.7	6.4-20.6	3	1.5	0.4- 5.8	12	16.6	7.8-31.9	4	6.7	1.9-20.6
Graham/Swain/Jackson	144	113	53.6	31.3-74.5	11	6.5	3.1-13.3	10	9.1	4.1-19.2	6	25.8	6.6-63.2	4	4.9	1.5-15.1
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	120	98	79.9	69.0-87.6	10	10.7	4.9-21.8	7	6.4	2.9-13.8	1	0.3	0.0- 1.8	4	2.7	0.8- 8.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	91	65	62.9	49.8-74.3	8	11.2	4.6-24.8	6	12.1	5.3-25.2	10	11.3	6.0-20.1	2	2.5	0.5-10.9
Northeast NC I	123	103	78.6	67.9-86.4	9	9.5	4.5-19.0	6	8.4	3.7-18.0	5	3.6	1.4- 8.8	0	0.0	. - .
Northeast NC II	177	133	68.7	58.9-77.1	13	8.2	4.1-15.7	5	3.7	1.2-10.5	19	12.4	7.6-19.5	7	6.9	2.6-17.1
Northeastern Partnership	300	236	71.5	63.8-78.1	22	8.6	5.1-14.2	11	5.0	2.5- 9.8	24	9.9	6.4-15.1	7	5.0	1.9-12.6
Mountain AHEC	489	407	75.4	65.0-83.5	36	14.0	7.0-26.2	15	2.6	1.2- 5.5	23	6.7	3.5-12.6	8	1.2	0.5- 2.8
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	1,042	839	79.1	75.0-82.7	75	7.5	5.3-10.4	39	4.0	2.5- 6.3	58	5.1	3.5- 7.2	31	4.4	2.8- 7.0
Piedmont	1,761	1,453	79.9	76.6-82.9	115	6.3	4.8- 8.2	66	4.8	3.3- 6.9	88	5.7	4.1- 7.9	39	3.3	1.9- 5.5

Total
Respond.^

None

Once

Twice

3-7 times

8-30 times

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

3,527

2,893

79.2

76.7-81.4

241

7.5

6.1- 9.2

129

4.4

3.3- 5.7

181

5.6

4.4- 7.0

3.4

2.4- 4.8

-Western NC

724

601

75.7

67.8-82.2

13.4

7.6-22.4

3.0

1.7- 5.1

5.9

3.5-10.0

2.0

1.0- 3.8

GENDER

Male

345

253

64.7

53.6-74.5

19.6

10.6-33.4

4.5

2.5- 8.0

8.3

4.4-15.0

2.9

1.4- 5.9

Female

379

348

91.5

86.5-94.7

4.5

2.2- 8.8

0.8

0.3- 2.7

2.6

1.0- 6.3

0.7

0.2- 2.8

RACE

White

664

559

78.9

70.5-85.4

12.7

6.7-22.6

2.1

1.2- 3.5

4.5

2.9- 7.0

1.8

0.9- 3.7

African American

71.0

44.0-88.4

12.9

3.5-38.0

4.8

0.7-27.8

11.4

2.1-42.9

0.0

. - .

Other Minorities

25.8

11.4-48.3

25.6

6.7-62.5

16.8

4.4-47.3

26.2

5.0-70.4

5.6

1.2-22.1

AGE

18-24

57.1

40.0-72.7

20.4

9.2-39.5

5.9

2.5-13.5

8.8

3.8-19.0

7.7

2.9-19.1

25-34

129

64.6

40.5-83.0

23.7

7.2-55.6

5.1

1.6-15.1

4.9

2.2-10.3

1.7

0.5- 5.9

35-44

144

120

76.9

61.5-87.4

9.1

4.2-18.7

3.2

1.3- 7.7

10.5

2.9-31.5

0.2

0.0- 1.5

45-54

153

140

83.1

62.1-93.7

10.8

2.4-37.5

0.8

0.1- 5.6

5.2

1.7-15.2

0.1

0.0- 0.8

55-64

101

87.4

72.7-94.8

6.7

1.5-25.3

0.0

. - .

2.9

1.0- 8.1

2.9

0.7-11.6

65-74

86.6

68.7-95.0

9.0

2.3-29.4

3.2

0.5-16.2

0.6

0.1- 4.3

0.6

0.1- 4.3

75+

99.6

96.9-99.9

0.4

0.1- 3.1

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

37.6

17.2-63.6

37.7

11.7-73.4

6.4

1.3-25.8

15.8

3.9-46.1

2.5

0.5-10.6

H.S. or G.E.D.

152

122

73.4

58.3-84.5

18.9

8.7-36.3

2.5

1.0- 6.2

3.0

1.3- 7.0

2.2

0.6- 7.4

Some Post-H.S.

223

182

79.0

70.2-85.8

6.0

2.5-14.1

3.2

1.4- 6.9

8.5

4.7-15.1

3.2

1.1- 8.7

College Graduate

298

262

88.9

83.3-92.8

6.8

3.7-12.1

1.9

0.8- 4.3

2.0

0.7- 5.4

0.5

0.2- 1.7

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

69.0

51.5-82.4

14.1

5.3-32.3

0.4

0.1- 2.8

9.4

3.6-22.3

7.1

2.0-22.1

$15,000- 24,999

112

54.4

36.1-71.5

19.5

6.3-46.4

10.9

4.6-23.6

12.8

3.4-37.7

2.5

0.7- 8.3

$25,000- 34,999

83.9

73.0-90.9

8.6

3.7-19.0

2.3

0.5- 9.0

4.3

1.6-10.7

0.9

0.1- 6.4

$35,000- 49,999

112

84.2

73.2-91.3

8.1

3.1-19.8

3.0

0.9- 9.0

4.5

1.8-11.0

0.2

0.0- 1.1

$50,000-74,999

88.3

77.1-94.5

2.2

0.4-10.3

1.9

0.5- 6.7

6.5

2.1-18.1

1.0

0.1- 7.1

$75,000+

134

122

84.0

70.0-92.1

11.8

4.8-26.2

0.6

0.1- 2.6

3.1

0.6-14.2

0.6

0.1- 2.3

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

197

165

77.9

68.7-85.1

10.1

5.2-18.6

3.4

0.8-13.5

7.3

3.9-13.1

1.3

0.4- 4.2

Guilford

205

168

74.5

65.3-82.0

7.1

3.7-13.3

4.9

1.9-11.9

10.4

5.5-18.9

3.0

1.0- 8.7

Mecklenburg

236

192

74.5

64.4-82.5

9.8

5.0-18.2

6.4

2.5-15.7

5.1

2.7- 9.5

4.2

1.0-15.4

Orange

290

236

71.4

61.8-79.3

10.2

6.4-15.9

7.2

2.2-21.0

8.9

5.1-15.2

2.3

1.0- 5.5

Wake

239

204

83.2

75.4-88.9

4.1

2.1- 7.8

5.9

2.4-13.6

4.3

1.8- 9.9

2.5

0.9- 7.0

Chatham/Lee

166

137

80.5

72.1-86.8

7.4

3.4-15.6

4.8

2.4- 9.6

4.2

2.0- 8.5

3.1

1.1- 8.4

Nash/Wilson

111

72.3

58.2-83.0

14.2

5.6-31.4

4.4

1.7-11.2

1.9

0.4- 7.5

7.3

3.2-15.9

Craven/Pamlico

185

157

81.0

72.4-87.4

6.6

3.6-11.6

1.4

0.3- 6.2

10.7

5.6-19.3

0.4

0.1- 2.8

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

113

72.5

62.2-80.8

6.7

3.1-13.9

7.4

3.2-16.5

6.2

2.9-12.8

7.3

3.3-15.1

Appalachian/Wilkes

151

125

77.8

67.4-85.6

5.0

2.5- 9.6

3.8

1.4- 9.8

6.6

2.8-14.6

6.9

2.4-18.4

Franklin/Gran./Vance

143

109

63.6

50.3-75.0

11.7

6.4-20.6

1.5

0.4- 5.8

16.6

7.8-31.9

6.7

1.9-20.6

Graham/Swain/Jackson

144

113

53.6

31.3-74.5

6.5

3.1-13.3

9.1

4.1-19.2

25.8

6.6-63.2

4.9

1.5-15.1

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

120

79.9

69.0-87.6

10.7

4.9-21.8

6.4

2.9-13.8

0.3

0.0- 1.8

2.7

0.8- 8.6

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

62.9

49.8-74.3

11.2

4.6-24.8

12.1

5.3-25.2

11.3

6.0-20.1

2.5

0.5-10.9

Northeast NC I

123

103

78.6

67.9-86.4

9.5

4.5-19.0

8.4

3.7-18.0

3.6

1.4- 8.8

0.0

. - .

Northeast NC II

177

133

68.7

58.9-77.1

8.2

4.1-15.7

3.7

1.2-10.5

12.4

7.6-19.5

6.9

2.6-17.1

Northeastern Partnership

300

236

71.5

63.8-78.1

8.6

5.1-14.2

5.0

2.5- 9.8

9.9

6.4-15.1

5.0

1.9-12.6

Mountain AHEC

489

407

75.4

65.0-83.5

14.0

7.0-26.2

2.6

1.2- 5.5

6.7

3.5-12.6

1.2

0.5- 2.8

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

1,042

839

79.1

75.0-82.7

7.5

5.3-10.4

4.0

2.5- 6.3

5.1

3.5- 7.2

4.4

2.8- 7.0

Piedmont

1,761

1,453

79.9

76.6-82.9

115

6.3

4.8- 8.2

4.8

3.3- 6.9

5.7

4.1- 7.9

3.3

1.9- 5.5

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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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