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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Franklin/Nash/Wilson 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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson 366 255 66.7 60.7-72.2 37 10.3 7.2-14.4 30 8.4 5.7-12.2 31 11.7 7.9-17.1 13 2.9 1.6- 5.1
GENDER
Male 134 80 57.5 47.8-66.7 15 11.5 6.7-19.0 14 8.8 5.1-14.9 20 19.2 12.2-28.9 5 3.0 1.2- 7.2
Female 232 175 75.5 68.6-81.2 22 9.1 5.8-14.0 16 8.1 4.7-13.5 11 4.6 2.4- 8.7 8 2.7 1.3- 5.8
RACE
White 227 144 60.7 53.1-67.8 23 10.1 6.6-15.3 22 10.1 6.4-15.5 27 15.2 10.1-22.2 11 3.9 2.1- 7.3
Other 137 109 75.7 65.4-83.8 14 10.6 5.8-18.7 8 6.0 2.9-12.0 4 6.5 2.2-17.4 2 1.2 0.3- 5.6
AGE
18-44 135 82 57.8 48.1-66.9 20 14.2 9.0-21.7 15 11.9 6.9-19.6 14 14.6 8.3-24.4 4 1.6 0.5- 4.4
45+ 229 172 72.5 64.8-79.0 16 7.6 4.3-13.1 15 6.3 3.6-10.6 17 10.0 5.7-16.8 9 3.7 1.8- 7.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 205 160 73.8 65.6-80.6 19 9.3 5.6-15.1 8 3.5 1.7- 7.2 12 10.3 5.6-18.2 6 3.0 1.3- 6.9
Some College + 160 94 57.6 48.6-66.2 18 11.5 6.9-18.5 22 14.6 9.4-22.1 19 13.6 8.1-21.8 7 2.7 1.2- 5.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 205 154 72.1 63.9-79.0 21 11.7 7.3-18.4 11 4.9 2.6- 9.0 13 9.2 4.9-16.6 6 2.1 0.9- 5.1
$50,000+ 72 33 46.3 33.8-59.4 8 8.6 4.0-17.4 17 23.2 14.2-35.7 11 18.6 10.2-31.6 3 3.3 1.0-10.5

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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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