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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleveland/Lincoln 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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 425 304 68.1 62.6-73.2 36 8.7 6.0-12.6 41 10.7 7.7-14.7 33 9.7 6.7-13.9 11 2.7 1.4- 5.2
GENDER
Male 173 95 54.5 46.0-62.6 14 6.7 3.8-11.6 30 18.0 12.5-25.3 26 16.4 10.9-24.0 8 4.3 2.0- 9.1
Female 252 209 82.4 75.8-87.5 22 10.8 6.5-17.3 11 3.1 1.6- 5.7 7 2.7 1.2- 5.9 3 1.0 0.3- 3.5
RACE
White 372 260 66.3 60.4-71.8 33 9.3 6.2-13.5 37 10.6 7.5-14.9 32 10.8 7.4-15.5 10 3.0 1.5- 5.8
Other 53 44 82.1 66.2-91.5 3 4.7 1.1-17.3 4 11.2 4.0-27.6 1 1.5 0.2-10.0 1 0.6 0.1- 3.9
AGE
18-44 176 113 59.7 50.9-67.9 19 11.3 6.7-18.6 23 15.2 9.9-22.6 17 11.0 6.4-18.1 4 2.8 0.9- 8.3
45+ 249 191 75.3 68.6-80.9 17 6.5 3.9-10.8 18 6.9 4.2-11.2 16 8.7 5.1-14.4 7 2.6 1.2- 5.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 221 176 77.0 69.6-82.9 11 4.5 2.3- 8.5 12 6.2 3.4-11.2 13 7.8 4.3-13.9 9 4.5 2.2- 9.2
Some College + 203 127 58.5 50.4-66.3 25 13.3 8.4-20.3 29 15.6 10.5-22.4 20 11.8 7.3-18.5 2 0.8 0.2- 3.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 238 186 77.3 70.5-83.0 17 6.7 3.8-11.4 17 7.0 4.1-11.7 12 6.5 3.5-11.7 6 2.5 1.0- 6.3
$50,000+ 97 51 50.7 39.5-61.9 15 13.9 8.0-23.2 16 18.6 11.2-29.3 13 13.9 7.6-24.1 2 2.9 0.7-11.8

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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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