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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 414 255 60.4 54.9-65.6 41 9.6 7.0-13.1 48 11.9 8.5-16.5 46 11.7 8.6-15.7 24 6.4 4.2- 9.8
GENDER
Male 159 80 49.3 40.8-57.9 20 11.2 7.1-17.3 22 16.1 10.2-24.5 21 13.3 8.4-20.2 16 10.1 6.0-16.4
Female 255 175 71.4 65.3-76.9 21 8.0 5.2-12.3 26 7.7 5.2-11.4 25 10.1 6.7-14.9 8 2.7 1.3- 5.7
RACE
White 314 179 57.4 51.2-63.3 34 10.3 7.3-14.4 41 12.3 8.8-17.0 39 12.7 9.1-17.4 21 7.3 4.6-11.5
Other 98 74 69.3 55.9-80.1 7 7.6 3.3-16.3 7 10.8 3.8-26.7 7 8.6 3.6-19.0 3 3.7 1.2-11.1
AGE
18-44 145 82 54.2 44.8-63.3 25 15.8 10.4-23.1 17 13.4 7.3-23.2 18 14.1 8.6-22.1 3 2.6 0.8- 7.6
45+ 267 172 64.2 57.6-70.4 16 5.9 3.5- 9.6 30 10.9 7.3-15.8 28 10.2 6.9-14.9 21 8.8 5.5-13.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 210 154 69.2 61.0-76.3 18 9.1 5.6-14.3 19 9.8 5.3-17.4 13 8.8 5.0-15.2 6 3.1 1.4- 6.9
Some College + 203 101 51.1 43.5-58.7 22 10.0 6.4-15.2 29 14.2 9.6-20.5 33 14.7 10.3-20.5 18 10.0 6.0-16.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 238 156 63.5 55.9-70.4 17 6.2 3.6-10.2 25 12.0 7.4-19.0 28 13.1 8.8-19.1 12 5.2 2.8- 9.4
$50,000+ 81 26 32.1 22.1-44.0 15 19.6 11.8-30.7 19 20.2 12.4-31.2 15 16.9 10.0-27.1 6 11.2 4.9-23.7

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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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