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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 157 74 42.0 33.6-50.9 52 31.9 24.3-40.6 10 6.8 3.4-13.1 9 8.1 4.1-15.3 12 11.1 5.6-21.1
GENDER
Male 79 25 30.7 20.8-42.7 29 33.1 23.0-45.0 5 7.1 2.9-16.7 8 11.9 5.9-22.5 12 17.2 8.7-31.1
Female 78 49 63.0 50.8-73.7 23 29.7 19.9-41.7 5 6.2 2.4-15.1 1 1.2 0.2- 7.9 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 134 66 45.4 36.4-54.8 45 35.1 26.7-44.6 8 6.0 2.8-12.5 7 7.4 3.4-15.2 8 6.1 3.0-12.1
Other 23 8 27.0 11.7-50.7 7 17.4 7.1-36.6 2 10.4 2.4-35.6 2 11.5 2.8-37.5 4 33.7 12.2-65.1
AGE
18-44 62 21 28.8 18.2-42.3 19 27.0 16.7-40.7 6 9.2 3.8-20.5 7 14.4 6.7-28.1 9 20.7 9.5-39.3
45+ 93 51 51.7 40.4-62.9 33 36.3 26.1-47.8 4 5.0 1.6-14.4 2 3.3 0.8-12.9 3 3.7 1.2-11.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 55 25 36.1 23.4-51.1 13 17.9 9.7-30.7 4 9.8 3.6-24.4 4 12.2 4.7-28.2 9 23.9 11.4-43.4
Some College + 101 49 46.2 35.8-57.0 39 41.4 31.2-52.5 6 4.8 2.0-11.0 5 5.4 2.2-12.7 2 2.1 0.5- 8.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 80 33 31.9 21.9-43.9 24 28.7 18.9-41.1 5 7.7 2.9-18.7 8 13.7 6.8-26.0 10 18.0 8.4-34.3
$50,000+ 54 26 48.1 33.9-62.6 21 38.9 25.8-53.9 4 5.7 2.0-15.4 1 2.5 0.4-15.7 2 4.8 1.2-17.2

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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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