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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleveland/Lincoln 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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 119 54 44.6 34.6-55.0 34 26.0 18.0-35.9 18 14.4 8.8-22.8 6 6.4 2.8-14.0 7 8.6 3.8-18.0
GENDER
Male 76 26 35.6 24.7-48.3 25 28.2 18.7-40.2 12 15.4 8.5-26.2 6 8.9 3.9-19.0 7 11.9 5.4-24.2
Female 43 28 68.0 48.8-82.5 9 20.1 8.5-40.6 6 11.9 4.9-26.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 109 50 45.9 35.4-56.7 31 25.3 17.2-35.6 16 13.5 7.9-22.1 6 7.0 3.1-15.1 6 8.4 3.5-18.5
Other 10 4 28.4 8.0-64.4 3 34.5 9.7-72.2 2 26.0 6.4-64.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 11.1 1.5-50.9
AGE
18-44 62 21 33.1 21.1-47.9 20 29.1 17.8-43.7 10 14.4 7.2-26.7 5 9.4 3.8-21.5 6 14.0 6.1-29.0
45+ 57 33 60.1 45.7-72.9 14 21.8 12.6-35.0 8 14.4 7.0-27.4 1 2.5 0.3-15.5 1 1.2 0.2- 8.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 44 15 29.8 17.2-46.3 10 22.2 11.2-39.2 12 24.4 13.3-40.5 2 7.1 1.7-24.7 5 16.6 6.5-36.4
Some College + 75 39 53.4 40.3-66.0 24 28.2 18.1-41.2 6 8.5 3.6-19.0 4 6.1 2.2-15.6 2 3.8 0.9-14.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 51 22 38.2 24.7-53.9 10 18.5 8.8-34.7 12 20.6 11.3-34.6 3 8.0 2.4-23.7 4 14.7 5.4-34.1
$50,000+ 47 19 41.1 26.4-57.5 20 36.8 23.2-52.8 3 7.9 2.4-23.3 3 8.2 2.7-22.7 2 6.0 1.4-22.2

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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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