SCHS Home Search FAQs Guestbook

North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics Navigation Bar

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford 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?

View results for a demographic group:
Select a different topic:
View results for a different geographical area:
  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
-Guilford County 426 243 55.7 50.1-61.1 41 9.8 6.9-13.6 62 15.3 11.8-19.7 54 13.4 10.0-17.8 26 5.8 3.8- 8.7
GENDER
Male 176 80 46.3 38.1-54.8 11 6.2 3.4-11.2 32 19.3 13.6-26.7 34 19.1 13.4-26.6 19 9.0 5.5-14.2
Female 250 163 65.9 58.9-72.2 30 13.7 9.2-19.9 30 11.0 7.5-15.8 20 7.2 4.3-11.6 7 2.3 1.1- 5.0
RACE
White 294 155 49.1 42.7-55.5 28 9.8 6.5-14.6 41 14.5 10.5-19.8 48 18.7 13.8-24.8 22 7.8 5.0-12.0
Other 130 87 68.6 58.7-77.1 13 9.8 5.3-17.5 20 16.6 10.3-25.4 6 3.2 1.4- 7.0 4 1.9 0.7- 5.1
AGE
18-44 147 72 51.5 42.1-60.8 20 11.7 7.3-18.3 32 22.2 15.4-30.8 20 12.6 7.7-19.9 3 2.1 0.6- 7.2
45+ 274 169 58.8 51.9-65.4 21 8.7 5.3-14.0 28 10.1 6.7-14.9 33 14.1 9.6-20.1 23 8.4 5.4-12.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 142 110 75.2 65.5-82.8 8 6.5 2.7-14.6 10 8.8 4.6-16.2 10 7.4 3.6-14.5 4 2.2 0.7- 6.0
Some College + 283 132 45.3 38.9-51.9 33 11.5 8.0-16.3 52 18.8 14.1-24.6 44 16.6 12.0-22.5 22 7.7 4.9-11.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 197 130 67.5 59.4-74.7 14 7.5 4.0-13.9 23 11.7 7.4-18.0 21 9.7 5.9-15.4 9 3.6 1.8- 7.0
$50,000+ 143 60 39.7 31.5-48.6 21 14.5 9.3-21.8 28 21.0 14.5-29.4 21 15.1 9.7-22.8 13 9.7 5.6-16.5

Back to Alcohol Consumption.

^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.

BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 06APR05.

SCHS Home | Search | FAQs | Guestbook