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

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
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,631 4,556 79.6 78.2-80.9 396 7.5 6.6- 8.4 222 4.0 3.4- 4.7 310 6.1 5.4- 7.0 147 2.9 2.4- 3.5
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes 107 89 79.1 67.0-87.6 5 4.9 2.0-11.7 2 1.2 0.3- 4.7 5 6.5 2.1-18.6 6 8.3 3.2-20.0
GENDER
Male 46 34 71.9 53.0-85.3 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.2 0.5- 8.4 4 10.8 3.1-31.1 6 15.1 5.9-33.8
Female 61 55 87.8 74.8-94.5 5 10.9 4.5-24.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.4 0.2- 9.1 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 100 82 77.3 64.6-86.4 5 5.3 2.1-12.6 2 1.3 0.3- 5.0 5 7.1 2.3-20.0 6 9.0 3.5-21.5
Other 6 6 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 51 38 68.0 49.6-82.1 4 8.0 2.9-20.3 1 1.1 0.2- 7.6 4 11.2 3.3-31.8 4 11.7 3.6-32.3
45+ 56 51 91.7 80.8-96.7 1 1.3 0.2- 8.8 1 1.3 0.2- 8.5 1 1.3 0.2- 8.5 2 4.4 1.1-16.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 34 26 81.7 65.8-91.2 2 3.9 1.0-14.8 1 1.9 0.3-12.6 3 7.6 2.4-22.0 2 4.8 1.1-18.1
Some College + 73 63 77.9 61.3-88.6 3 5.3 1.7-15.3 1 0.9 0.1- 5.9 2 6.0 1.1-26.6 4 9.9 3.2-26.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 61 47 77.4 64.4-86.7 4 8.1 3.0-20.1 2 2.2 0.6- 8.6 4 5.6 2.0-14.4 4 6.7 2.5-17.1
$50,000+ 29 28 95.4 73.8-99.4 0 0.0 . - . 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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