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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston 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
-Gaston County 374 270 70.7 65.2-75.7 37 10.0 7.1-13.8 34 10.1 7.0-14.4 24 6.7 4.4-10.1 9 2.5 1.2- 5.1
GENDER
Male 134 78 60.7 51.5-69.2 17 12.2 7.5-19.4 13 10.5 6.0-17.6 19 11.8 7.3-18.4 7 4.8 2.1-10.4
Female 240 192 78.8 72.1-84.3 20 8.2 5.2-12.7 21 9.8 5.9-15.8 5 2.5 1.0- 6.4 2 0.6 0.1- 2.6
RACE
White 311 222 70.1 64.0-75.6 30 9.8 6.8-14.1 31 11.1 7.5-16.0 20 6.3 4.0-10.0 8 2.7 1.2- 5.7
Other 62 48 74.6 60.5-84.9 6 9.1 3.8-20.1 3 6.2 1.8-19.5 4 8.2 3.1-20.3 1 1.8 0.3-11.8
AGE
18-44 138 89 65.1 55.9-73.3 18 11.3 7.0-17.8 20 15.5 9.6-23.9 10 6.9 3.6-13.0 1 1.2 0.2- 7.9
45+ 232 178 74.8 67.9-80.7 18 8.7 5.3-13.9 14 6.4 3.6-11.1 14 6.6 3.8-11.3 8 3.5 1.6- 7.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 202 162 77.4 70.0-83.5 14 7.7 4.4-13.0 14 9.1 5.2-15.4 8 3.9 1.9- 8.0 4 1.9 0.6- 5.6
Some College + 171 107 63.1 54.7-70.8 23 12.7 8.2-19.0 20 11.3 6.9-18.0 16 9.7 5.8-15.9 5 3.2 1.2- 8.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 225 167 73.0 65.8-79.1 16 6.9 4.1-11.5 19 10.4 6.3-16.6 18 7.8 4.8-12.5 5 2.0 0.7- 5.3
$50,000+ 74 43 57.4 45.0-68.9 14 19.1 11.4-30.2 10 11.5 5.9-21.3 4 6.8 2.5-17.4 3 5.2 1.7-15.3

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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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