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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

Alcohol Consumption

Heavy Drinking*

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  Total
Respond.^
No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,915 14,446 96.8 96.4-97.1 469 3.2 2.9- 3.6
-Mountain AHEC 936 902 96.8 95.1-97.8 34 3.2 2.2- 4.9
GENDER
Male 338 322 95.8 92.5-97.6 16 4.2 2.4- 7.5
Female 598 580 97.6 95.9-98.6 18 2.4 1.4- 4.1
RACE
White 802 772 96.8 95.2-97.8 30 3.2 2.2- 4.8
African American 49 48 99.5 96.4-99.9 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6
Other Minorities 3 3 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-24 49 47 97.4 89.7-99.4 2 2.6 0.6-10.3
25-34 123 115 96.8 92.1-98.7 8 3.2 1.3- 7.9
35-44 151 145 95.3 87.9-98.3 6 4.7 1.7-12.1
45-54 182 179 98.5 95.4-99.5 3 1.5 0.5- 4.6
55-64 161 153 94.7 89.0-97.6 8 5.3 2.4-11.0
65-74 139 134 97.6 93.1-99.2 5 2.4 0.8- 6.9
75+ 126 125 99.3 95.4-99.9 1 0.7 0.1- 4.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 140 137 99.5 98.3-99.8 3 0.5 0.2- 1.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 261 258 98.2 92.8-99.6 3 1.8 0.4- 7.2
Some Post-H.S. 253 240 95.0 91.3-97.2 13 5.0 2.8- 8.7
College Graduate 278 264 95.6 91.9-97.6 14 4.4 2.4- 8.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 120 117 98.4 94.3-99.6 3 1.6 0.4- 5.7
$15,000- 24,999 162 158 96.9 88.8-99.2 4 3.1 0.8-11.2
$25,000- 34,999 122 118 98.0 92.8-99.5 4 2.0 0.5- 7.2
$35,000- 49,999 128 125 97.3 91.8-99.2 3 2.7 0.8- 8.2
$50,000-74,999 114 108 94.7 87.6-97.8 6 5.3 2.2-12.4
$75,000+ 94 88 94.1 86.7-97.5 6 5.9 2.5-13.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 321 310 97.7 95.3-98.9 11 2.3 1.1- 4.7
No 588 566 96.3 94.0-97.8 22 3.7 2.2- 6.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 141 135 96.3 91.0-98.5 6 3.7 1.5- 9.0
Non-Veteran 790 762 96.8 95.0-98.0 28 3.2 2.0- 5.0
Currently Serving 4 4 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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*Data in this table were derived from the alcohol consumption questions.
No = Respondents reported having LESS than 2 drinks/day for MALES and LESS than 1 drink/day for FEMALES.
Yes = Respondents reported having MORE than 2 drinks/day for MALES and MORE than 1 drink/day for FEMALES.

^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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