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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 409 276 64.4 59.0-69.4 59 17.2 13.4-21.8 41 10.3 7.3-14.2 23 6.1 4.0- 9.3 10 2.1 1.0- 4.0
GENDER
Male 138 68 51.3 42.4-60.1 31 22.5 15.9-30.9 16 13.0 7.8-20.8 17 10.1 6.1-16.3 6 3.1 1.3- 7.0
Female 271 208 74.5 68.2-79.9 28 13.1 9.0-18.5 25 8.2 5.4-12.3 6 3.0 1.3- 6.9 4 1.2 0.4- 3.8
RACE
White 257 167 63.2 56.5-69.5 39 18.3 13.4-24.4 28 10.2 6.8-15.0 17 6.3 3.8-10.3 6 2.0 0.8- 4.8
Other 151 108 65.8 56.6-74.0 20 15.7 10.1-23.6 13 10.5 5.7-18.4 6 5.8 2.6-12.5 4 2.2 0.8- 6.0
AGE
18-44 162 85 50.4 42.0-58.7 40 28.7 21.5-37.1 18 10.0 6.1-16.0 15 9.1 5.3-15.0 4 1.9 0.7- 5.2
45+ 244 188 75.7 69.0-81.4 19 7.7 4.9-12.1 23 10.7 6.7-16.6 8 3.7 1.7- 7.7 6 2.2 0.9- 5.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 228 163 65.7 58.3-72.4 31 17.3 12.2-23.9 15 8.2 4.7-13.8 13 6.9 4.0-11.8 6 1.9 0.8- 4.7
Some College + 181 113 62.6 54.5-70.0 28 17.0 11.8-24.0 26 13.1 8.6-19.5 10 5.0 2.5- 9.7 4 2.2 0.8- 6.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 232 161 65.1 57.8-71.8 33 18.4 13.1-25.1 17 7.6 4.5-12.6 17 7.3 4.4-11.9 4 1.5 0.5- 4.5
$50,000+ 87 42 49.5 38.4-60.7 21 24.7 16.4-35.4 16 16.5 9.8-26.3 5 6.7 2.7-15.5 3 2.6 0.8- 8.1

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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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