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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico 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
-Carteret/Curr./Craven/Dare/Hyde/Paml. 359 198 54.5 48.5-60.3 39 9.4 6.8-13.0 46 13.7 10.1-18.4 52 15.8 11.9-20.8 24 6.5 4.1-10.1
GENDER
Male 134 59 46.3 37.0-55.9 11 6.5 3.5-11.7 22 16.8 10.9-25.1 28 21.2 14.5-29.9 14 9.2 5.1-16.2
Female 225 139 62.1 55.0-68.8 28 12.2 8.3-17.6 24 10.8 7.2-16.1 24 10.8 7.1-16.1 10 4.0 2.1- 7.4
RACE
White 294 151 51.4 45.1-57.8 35 10.3 7.2-14.3 37 13.6 9.8-18.7 48 16.8 12.6-22.0 23 7.9 5.0-12.3
Other 62 46 67.4 51.3-80.2 4 6.4 2.3-16.6 8 13.6 6.1-27.8 4 12.6 4.6-30.1 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 125 66 55.1 44.9-64.9 17 9.8 5.7-16.1 18 16.3 10.0-25.6 21 16.3 10.3-24.9 3 2.5 0.8- 7.6
45+ 232 131 54.1 46.8-61.2 22 9.3 6.0-14.1 28 12.2 8.3-17.5 30 15.2 10.5-21.6 21 9.2 5.6-14.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 144 101 67.8 58.2-76.1 13 8.1 4.5-14.0 14 11.4 6.4-19.6 13 10.8 5.9-18.8 3 1.9 0.6- 5.9
Some College + 214 97 44.8 37.6-52.3 25 10.1 6.7-15.0 32 15.5 10.8-21.6 39 19.6 14.2-26.4 21 10.0 6.1-15.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 190 111 59.9 51.5-67.7 24 10.9 7.1-16.4 22 11.7 7.3-18.3 25 14.4 9.2-21.8 8 3.0 1.4- 6.3
$50,000+ 95 35 38.4 28.5-49.3 8 6.0 2.8-12.3 17 18.8 11.7-28.7 22 22.6 15.0-32.7 13 14.2 7.9-24.4

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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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