BRFSS 2004 - Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender Counties: (Drinking alcohol in the past 30 days*)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	14,948	5,675	41.1	40.1-42.1	9,273	58.9	57.9-59.9
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	414	159	39.6	34.4-45.1	255	60.4	54.9-65.6
GENDER
Male	159	79	50.7	42.1-59.2	80	49.3	40.8-57.9
Female	255	80	28.6	23.1-34.7	175	71.4	65.3-76.9
RACE
White	314	135	42.6	36.7-48.8	179	57.4	51.2-63.3
Other	98	24	30.7	19.9-44.1	74	69.3	55.9-80.1
AGE
18-44	145	63	45.8	36.7-55.2	82	54.2	44.8-63.3
45+	267	95	35.8	29.6-42.4	172	64.2	57.6-70.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	210	56	30.8	23.7-39.0	154	69.2	61.0-76.3
Some College +	203	102	48.9	41.3-56.5	101	51.1	43.5-58.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	238	82	36.5	29.6-44.1	156	63.5	55.9-70.4
$50,000+	81	55	67.9	56.0-77.9	26	32.1	22.1-44.0

*Data in this table were derived from the first alcohol consumption question.

^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.

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender Counties

Alcohol Consumption

Drinking alcohol in the past 30 days*

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	14,948	5,675	41.1	40.1-42.1	9,273	58.9	57.9-59.9
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	414	159	39.6	34.4-45.1	255	60.4	54.9-65.6
GENDER
Male	159	79	50.7	42.1-59.2	80	49.3	40.8-57.9
Female	255	80	28.6	23.1-34.7	175	71.4	65.3-76.9
RACE
White	314	135	42.6	36.7-48.8	179	57.4	51.2-63.3
Other	98	24	30.7	19.9-44.1	74	69.3	55.9-80.1
AGE
18-44	145	63	45.8	36.7-55.2	82	54.2	44.8-63.3
45+	267	95	35.8	29.6-42.4	172	64.2	57.6-70.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	210	56	30.8	23.7-39.0	154	69.2	61.0-76.3
Some College +	203	102	48.9	41.3-56.5	101	51.1	43.5-58.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	238	82	36.5	29.6-44.1	156	63.5	55.9-70.4
$50,000+	81	55	67.9	56.0-77.9	26	32.1	22.1-44.0