BRFSS 2004 - Buncombe County: (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
-Buncombe County	365	175	49.6	43.8-55.4	190	50.4	44.6-56.2
GENDER
Male	140	77	56.0	46.8-64.8	63	44.0	35.2-53.2
Female	225	98	43.4	36.4-50.7	127	56.6	49.3-63.6
RACE
White	324	161	51.6	45.5-57.6	163	48.4	42.4-54.5
Other	39	14	38.0	22.2-56.9	25	62.0	43.1-77.8
AGE
18-44	134	76	59.0	49.3-68.1	58	41.0	31.9-50.7
45+	231	99	43.1	36.0-50.4	132	56.9	49.6-64.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	130	37	28.3	20.3-38.0	93	71.7	62.0-79.7
Some College +	235	138	62.0	54.9-68.6	97	38.0	31.4-45.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	207	86	44.2	36.7-52.0	121	55.8	48.0-63.3
$50,000+	89	62	72.2	61.3-81.0	27	27.8	19.0-38.7

*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: Buncombe County

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
-Buncombe County	365	175	49.6	43.8-55.4	190	50.4	44.6-56.2
GENDER
Male	140	77	56.0	46.8-64.8	63	44.0	35.2-53.2
Female	225	98	43.4	36.4-50.7	127	56.6	49.3-63.6
RACE
White	324	161	51.6	45.5-57.6	163	48.4	42.4-54.5
Other	39	14	38.0	22.2-56.9	25	62.0	43.1-77.8
AGE
18-44	134	76	59.0	49.3-68.1	58	41.0	31.9-50.7
45+	231	99	43.1	36.0-50.4	132	56.9	49.6-64.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	130	37	28.3	20.3-38.0	93	71.7	62.0-79.7
Some College +	235	138	62.0	54.9-68.6	97	38.0	31.4-45.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	207	86	44.2	36.7-52.0	121	55.8	48.0-63.3
$50,000+	89	62	72.2	61.3-81.0	27	27.8	19.0-38.7