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

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
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,642 2,572 43.5 41.9-45.2 1,842 32.5 31.0-34.0 637 12.1 11.1-13.3 257 5.1 4.4- 6.0 334 6.7 5.9- 7.7
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes 107 61 51.7 40.6-62.6 28 25.4 17.3-35.7 10 10.7 5.5-20.0 1 1.2 0.2- 7.9 7 11.0 4.5-24.8
GENDER
Male 46 19 38.2 23.9-55.0 16 30.8 18.3-46.9 5 11.0 4.1-26.3 1 2.2 0.3-13.9 5 17.9 6.7-39.8
Female 61 42 68.1 54.5-79.2 12 18.8 10.6-31.3 5 10.4 4.3-23.0 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.7 0.7-10.3
RACE
White 100 58 52.4 41.0-63.5 25 25.5 17.0-36.2 9 8.9 4.5-16.8 1 1.3 0.2- 8.6 7 12.0 4.9-26.5
Other 6 2 36.3 7.2-80.8 3 27.6 5.6-71.1 1 36.1 5.7-84.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 51 18 30.9 18.5-47.0 21 38.3 24.5-54.4 6 11.7 5.1-24.5 1 2.2 0.3-14.2 5 16.8 5.9-39.6
45+ 56 43 75.3 60.0-86.0 7 10.7 4.9-21.6 4 9.6 3.0-26.8 0 0.0 . - . 2 4.4 1.1-16.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 34 16 41.4 24.0-61.2 11 37.3 20.4-58.0 3 12.6 3.4-37.0 0 0.0 . - . 4 8.7 3.1-22.1
Some College + 73 45 56.3 42.5-69.1 17 20.0 12.3-31.0 7 9.9 4.6-20.0 1 1.7 0.2-11.2 3 12.1 3.8-32.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 61 28 43.3 30.1-57.6 20 35.0 22.7-49.6 8 14.4 7.1-26.9 1 2.2 0.3-14.2 4 5.1 1.9-13.2
$50,000+ 29 24 83.0 63.9-93.1 4 12.5 4.5-30.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.6 0.6-26.2

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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 (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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