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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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
-Mountain AHEC 942 578 58.4 54.4-62.3 105 11.7 9.4-14.5 120 14.0 11.4-17.2 95 11.2 9.0-13.9 44 4.7 3.3- 6.6
GENDER
Male 341 169 48.5 42.2-54.9 42 12.7 9.1-17.4 47 15.2 10.9-20.8 52 15.5 11.6-20.5 31 8.1 5.3-12.1
Female 601 409 67.0 62.3-71.4 63 10.9 8.2-14.4 73 13.0 10.0-16.7 43 7.5 5.3-10.3 13 1.7 0.9- 3.1
RACE
White 807 485 58.1 53.9-62.1 88 11.6 9.2-14.6 109 14.2 11.4-17.5 85 11.6 9.2-14.5 40 4.6 3.2- 6.6
African American 49 27 48.3 32.4-64.5 9 14.0 5.4-31.7 5 16.1 6.6-34.0 6 16.3 7.1-33.2 2 5.3 1.3-19.2
Other Minorities 3 3 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-24 49 30 55.8 39.2-71.1 6 11.7 4.4-27.4 7 16.9 7.8-32.9 6 15.7 6.5-33.1 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 125 63 45.5 34.5-57.1 19 17.7 10.2-29.0 20 18.5 10.0-31.5 20 16.0 9.6-25.5 3 2.3 0.4-13.3
35-44 153 78 49.4 40.1-58.8 17 10.6 6.3-17.2 29 20.6 14.0-29.2 21 13.4 8.4-20.8 8 6.0 2.7-12.9
45-54 182 110 60.1 51.1-68.4 27 12.9 8.4-19.2 28 17.1 11.2-25.2 13 7.5 4.2-13.1 4 2.5 0.8- 7.0
55-64 162 102 64.6 55.4-72.8 14 9.7 5.4-16.8 13 6.3 3.2-12.0 17 11.3 6.6-18.7 16 8.0 4.6-13.7
65-74 140 94 64.3 54.3-73.2 11 9.3 4.8-17.3 13 10.1 5.5-17.7 13 10.8 5.9-19.1 9 5.5 2.7-11.2
75+ 127 97 68.5 57.1-78.1 11 10.3 5.3-19.0 10 9.1 4.4-17.9 5 5.8 2.3-14.2 4 6.2 2.0-17.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 142 117 77.6 66.4-85.9 10 9.8 4.9-18.7 6 5.6 1.7-16.8 4 4.1 1.3-11.8 5 2.9 0.7-10.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 264 195 70.2 62.6-76.7 21 7.0 4.1-11.6 22 9.5 6.0-14.8 18 9.1 5.4-15.1 8 4.2 1.8- 9.6
Some Post-H.S. 254 151 56.2 48.7-63.5 30 12.9 8.4-19.2 35 15.9 10.9-22.6 24 9.8 6.4-14.9 14 5.2 3.0- 9.0
College Graduate 279 113 38.4 31.7-45.5 44 16.5 12.1-22.2 56 20.7 15.3-27.5 49 18.8 13.9-24.8 17 5.6 3.3- 9.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 120 94 76.3 64.5-85.1 11 9.6 4.1-20.6 4 3.6 1.1-11.0 6 6.5 2.4-16.2 5 4.0 1.6- 9.7
$15,000- 24,999 165 110 63.1 53.0-72.1 14 9.2 4.9-16.4 21 16.4 9.8-26.1 12 6.8 3.5-13.0 8 4.6 1.7-11.7
$25,000- 34,999 123 74 51.6 40.8-62.2 16 17.7 10.4-28.7 20 14.1 8.5-22.7 9 10.1 5.1-18.9 4 6.4 2.1-18.0
$35,000- 49,999 129 76 61.1 50.6-70.6 21 14.1 8.8-21.9 14 12.2 6.4-22.0 15 10.7 5.9-18.6 3 1.9 0.6- 5.8
$50,000-74,999 115 51 42.5 32.2-53.4 14 12.7 7.1-21.9 21 18.0 11.4-27.2 22 20.9 13.5-30.8 7 5.9 2.6-12.8
$75,000+ 94 35 37.3 26.6-49.4 14 15.1 8.6-25.1 17 17.3 10.2-27.6 19 22.1 13.8-33.3 9 8.3 4.2-15.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 322 233 71.1 64.3-77.0 29 7.6 5.0-11.5 28 10.9 6.8-16.9 21 6.5 4.0-10.3 11 3.9 1.9- 7.9
No 593 327 51.8 46.9-56.8 75 14.1 10.9-18.0 90 15.8 12.4-19.8 70 13.4 10.4-17.2 31 4.9 3.2- 7.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 142 74 47.4 37.6-57.4 21 15.2 9.5-23.3 15 12.8 7.1-22.2 20 15.9 9.9-24.7 12 8.7 4.5-16.2
Non-Veteran 795 501 60.9 56.6-65.1 84 11.0 8.6-14.1 104 14.2 11.3-17.7 74 10.0 7.8-12.8 32 3.8 2.5- 5.8
Currently Serving 4 2 16.9 2.4-62.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 22.9 2.4-78.5 1 60.2 12.6-94.1 0 0.0 . - .

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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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