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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico 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
-Carteret/Curr./Craven/Dare/Hyde/Paml. 161 68 41.2 33.0-49.8 53 31.3 23.9-39.7 25 19.4 13.0-27.9 5 2.8 1.1- 7.0 10 5.4 2.8-10.2
GENDER
Male 75 24 33.6 22.9-46.3 26 30.3 20.4-42.3 15 24.5 14.8-37.6 3 3.9 1.2-11.5 7 7.8 3.6-16.0
Female 86 44 51.3 40.2-62.3 27 32.7 22.8-44.3 10 12.5 6.7-22.4 2 1.3 0.3- 5.0 3 2.2 0.7- 6.9
RACE
White 144 63 43.3 34.7-52.3 44 28.3 21.1-36.8 23 19.8 13.1-28.8 4 2.3 0.8- 6.5 10 6.4 3.3-11.9
Other 15 3 24.0 7.0-56.9 9 52.1 25.2-77.8 2 17.9 3.9-54.2 1 6.0 0.8-33.3 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 61 14 26.3 15.3-41.2 23 37.8 25.2-52.2 12 19.6 10.8-32.9 4 4.9 1.6-13.5 8 11.6 5.6-22.5
45+ 99 53 50.6 39.8-61.3 30 27.3 19.0-37.5 13 19.4 11.2-31.5 1 1.4 0.2- 9.2 2 1.4 0.3- 5.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 44 13 28.9 16.2-45.9 15 28.4 16.7-43.9 8 25.8 13.0-44.6 3 7.2 2.3-20.3 5 9.9 3.9-22.7
Some College + 116 54 46.4 36.6-56.5 38 32.8 23.9-43.0 17 16.6 10.1-26.1 2 0.8 0.2- 3.1 5 3.5 1.4- 8.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 81 26 32.1 21.6-44.8 33 40.1 28.5-52.9 10 14.5 7.1-27.3 5 6.0 2.3-14.8 7 7.3 3.3-15.4
$50,000+ 60 32 50.7 37.2-64.0 16 24.9 15.3-37.9 10 20.5 11.0-35.1 0 0.0 . - . 2 3.9 1.0-14.2

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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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