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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties

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 14,948 9,273 58.9 57.9-59.9 1,774 12.3 11.6-13.0 1,868 13.8 13.0-14.5 1,537 11.5 10.8-12.2 496 3.6 3.2- 4.0
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes 360 254 72.4 66.7-77.5 36 8.8 6.2-12.5 33 9.4 6.3-13.8 30 7.5 4.9-11.3 7 1.8 0.8- 3.9
GENDER
Male 135 90 70.5 60.8-78.6 10 6.9 3.6-13.0 15 11.1 6.1-19.3 16 9.3 5.2-16.3 4 2.2 0.8- 5.8
Female 225 164 74.4 67.9-79.9 26 10.8 7.2-15.7 18 7.7 4.8-12.2 14 5.7 3.2- 9.8 3 1.5 0.5- 4.8
RACE
White 341 242 71.6 65.9-76.8 33 9.1 6.3-12.9 30 8.9 5.8-13.4 29 8.3 5.5-12.5 7 2.0 0.9- 4.3
Other 18 12 80.9 53.8-93.9 2 4.7 0.9-21.2 3 13.8 3.5-41.4 1 0.6 0.1- 4.7 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 131 81 61.0 51.1-70.1 14 9.8 5.5-16.9 19 16.0 9.6-25.5 14 10.7 5.6-19.3 3 2.5 0.8- 7.5
45+ 229 173 79.1 72.7-84.4 22 8.3 5.3-12.8 14 5.5 2.9-10.1 16 5.7 3.3- 9.5 4 1.4 0.5- 4.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 197 164 86.0 79.6-90.6 12 4.9 2.6- 9.0 9 5.1 2.3-10.9 10 3.4 1.7- 6.7 2 0.6 0.1- 2.3
Some College + 163 90 53.5 44.9-61.9 24 14.3 9.4-21.2 24 15.4 9.9-23.3 20 13.2 8.0-21.1 5 3.6 1.5- 8.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 223 163 77.3 70.6-82.8 19 6.9 4.2-11.1 18 7.9 4.7-13.2 19 6.2 3.8-10.0 4 1.7 0.6- 4.7
$50,000+ 62 33 55.4 42.2-67.9 9 15.9 8.1-28.7 9 11.2 5.8-20.8 9 14.0 7.2-25.5 2 3.5 0.8-13.2

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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 (MAHEC): 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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