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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

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
-Durham County 409 206 51.2 45.5-56.9 55 13.7 10.3-18.1 64 15.6 11.8-20.3 75 17.7 14.0-22.2 9 1.7 0.8- 3.5
GENDER
Male 149 60 42.0 32.9-51.7 25 17.5 11.6-25.5 26 17.3 11.1-26.0 33 20.6 14.5-28.5 5 2.5 1.0- 6.2
Female 260 146 59.7 53.1-66.0 30 10.3 7.0-14.8 38 14.0 10.1-19.1 42 15.1 11.1-20.2 4 1.0 0.4- 2.6
RACE
White 232 94 38.2 31.6-45.2 32 14.6 10.1-20.6 44 19.6 14.6-25.9 56 25.3 19.7-31.9 6 2.3 0.9- 5.3
Other 171 109 66.6 57.4-74.7 21 11.4 6.9-18.4 19 11.1 6.1-19.4 19 9.7 5.7-16.0 3 1.2 0.4- 3.7
AGE
18-44 199 82 42.5 34.3-51.1 35 18.5 12.9-25.7 39 19.1 13.3-26.7 43 20.0 14.6-26.8 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 208 122 60.9 53.3-68.0 20 8.3 5.1-13.2 25 11.7 7.6-17.4 32 15.4 10.7-21.5 9 3.8 1.9- 7.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 114 79 69.4 58.0-78.9 14 10.6 5.8-18.5 11 11.7 5.5-23.2 9 7.7 3.7-15.6 1 0.5 0.1- 3.7
Some College + 295 127 42.8 36.5-49.4 41 15.2 10.9-20.8 53 17.4 13.0-22.8 66 22.4 17.6-28.1 8 2.3 1.1- 4.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 186 106 58.8 49.8-67.2 27 14.1 9.1-21.1 23 12.7 7.5-20.7 27 13.6 8.9-20.3 3 0.9 0.3- 2.7
$50,000+ 143 52 37.2 29.0-46.3 16 11.4 6.8-18.6 32 23.1 16.2-31.7 40 26.2 19.4-34.4 3 2.0 0.6- 6.4

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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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