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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Chatham/Lee/Moore 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
-Chatham/Lee/Moore 452 250 52.4 46.9-57.8 53 11.2 8.4-14.8 62 16.3 12.4-21.2 60 15.0 11.3-19.5 27 5.2 3.5- 7.6
GENDER
Male 182 85 46.4 38.3-54.8 20 9.7 6.0-15.3 31 20.2 14.0-28.3 32 18.0 12.3-25.5 14 5.7 3.3- 9.7
Female 270 165 59.1 52.3-65.6 33 12.9 9.1-18.0 31 11.9 8.2-17.0 28 11.6 7.8-16.9 13 4.5 2.5- 8.0
RACE
White 360 181 46.6 40.9-52.4 47 13.0 9.6-17.3 52 16.7 12.7-21.6 54 16.8 12.7-21.8 26 7.0 4.6-10.3
Other 90 67 66.9 53.2-78.2 6 6.6 2.7-15.1 10 15.5 7.5-29.6 6 10.5 4.4-22.8 1 0.5 0.1- 3.4
AGE
18-44 151 78 49.9 40.4-59.4 22 12.3 7.8-18.7 27 19.9 12.9-29.5 22 17.2 10.9-26.2 2 0.7 0.2- 2.9
45+ 299 171 53.8 47.4-60.1 31 10.6 7.2-15.3 35 14.0 10.0-19.3 37 13.3 9.4-18.4 25 8.4 5.6-12.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 185 140 70.0 60.5-78.0 13 6.6 3.6-11.9 17 12.0 6.6-20.9 10 9.1 4.5-17.3 5 2.3 0.9- 5.8
Some College + 266 109 38.1 31.9-44.8 40 14.8 10.7-20.2 45 19.8 14.8-26.0 50 19.8 14.9-25.8 22 7.5 4.8-11.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 232 147 58.8 50.6-66.6 24 9.3 6.0-14.3 26 14.6 9.1-22.5 27 14.7 9.6-22.0 8 2.6 1.2- 5.3
$50,000+ 121 37 27.8 20.4-36.7 19 15.1 9.3-23.7 24 24.0 16.4-33.6 25 22.1 14.9-31.5 16 11.0 6.6-17.8

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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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