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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Duplin/Greene/Harnett/Jones/Lenoir/Sampson/Wayne 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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 468 331 72.0 67.1-76.5 55 10.9 8.1-14.4 43 8.0 5.7-11.3 31 7.5 5.0-11.2 8 1.6 0.7- 3.3
GENDER
Male 166 104 67.2 58.7-74.6 19 9.0 5.5-14.4 18 9.0 5.3-15.0 19 12.7 7.8-20.0 6 2.1 0.9- 5.1
Female 302 227 76.3 70.5-81.3 36 12.6 8.8-17.6 25 7.2 4.7-11.0 12 2.9 1.5- 5.4 2 1.0 0.2- 4.1
RACE
White 310 208 69.7 63.7-75.1 41 12.3 8.8-16.9 32 7.8 5.4-11.3 23 8.0 5.0-12.7 6 2.1 0.9- 4.7
Other 155 120 75.5 66.3-82.9 14 8.6 4.8-14.9 11 8.5 4.3-16.1 8 6.7 3.0-14.4 2 0.7 0.2- 2.9
AGE
18-44 200 119 63.6 55.6-71.0 36 15.9 11.2-22.2 23 9.7 6.0-15.4 20 10.2 6.0-17.0 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2
45+ 268 212 79.7 73.9-84.5 19 6.2 3.8-10.2 20 6.5 4.0-10.5 11 5.0 2.7- 9.1 6 2.5 1.1- 5.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 278 230 81.1 74.7-86.2 16 5.4 3.1- 9.3 18 6.7 3.9-11.2 11 5.9 3.0-11.3 3 0.9 0.3- 3.2
Some College + 189 100 56.3 48.2-64.0 39 20.3 14.6-27.4 25 10.4 6.7-15.9 20 10.3 6.4-16.3 5 2.7 1.0- 6.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 284 208 73.8 67.3-79.5 32 10.3 7.0-14.9 23 7.3 4.4-11.8 18 7.1 4.0-12.4 3 1.4 0.5- 4.4
$50,000+ 87 46 56.3 44.8-67.1 15 16.9 10.0-27.3 13 11.2 6.1-19.6 11 14.0 7.5-24.5 2 1.6 0.4- 6.1

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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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