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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

Alcohol Consumption

Considering all types of alcoholic beverages, how many times during the past 30 days did you have 5 or more drinks on an occasion?*

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  Total
Respond.^
None Once Twice 3-7 times 8-30 times
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,631 4,556 79.6 78.2-80.9 396 7.5 6.6- 8.4 222 4.0 3.4- 4.7 310 6.1 5.4- 7.0 147 2.9 2.4- 3.5
-Mountain AHEC 361 306 84.8 79.7-88.8 17 4.9 2.9- 8.3 10 3.3 1.5- 6.9 21 4.2 2.5- 6.8 7 2.9 1.2- 6.7
GENDER
Male 172 135 79.8 71.9-86.0 10 6.3 3.2-12.0 6 4.2 1.6-10.2 14 4.7 2.5- 8.6 7 5.0 2.1-11.3
Female 189 171 91.6 85.8-95.1 7 3.0 1.3- 6.6 4 2.1 0.6- 7.0 7 3.4 1.4- 8.1 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 319 272 84.9 79.5-89.0 15 4.8 2.7- 8.3 9 3.5 1.6- 7.6 17 4.5 2.7- 7.6 6 2.4 0.9- 5.9
African American 23 22 92.1 60.7-98.9 1 7.9 1.1-39.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-24 18 8 53.1 28.2-76.6 3 18.3 5.0-48.4 2 13.5 2.8-46.1 5 15.1 5.7-34.6 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 62 45 76.2 60.6-87.0 5 5.6 2.2-13.4 4 6.7 1.9-21.1 7 7.6 2.8-18.9 1 4.0 0.6-23.3
35-44 73 62 84.2 71.2-92.0 4 4.1 1.3-11.7 0 0.0 . - . 4 4.6 1.5-13.2 3 7.2 2.1-21.8
45-54 71 63 88.9 77.6-94.9 2 3.5 0.8-13.2 3 4.7 1.3-16.3 2 1.4 0.3- 5.6 1 1.4 0.2- 9.3
55-64 59 54 92.9 82.5-97.3 2 3.8 0.9-14.8 1 1.2 0.2- 8.1 1 1.7 0.2-11.2 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0
65-74 47 43 90.7 73.7-97.1 1 4.5 0.6-25.5 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.7 0.3- 9.1 1 3.2 0.4-19.5
75+ 30 30 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 23 15 67.2 39.7-86.5 1 1.7 0.2-11.9 4 28.0 10.2-57.2 2 2.2 0.4-10.4 1 0.8 0.1- 5.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 69 57 80.5 65.1-90.1 2 3.9 0.9-15.5 1 0.9 0.1- 6.0 6 4.9 1.5-15.1 3 9.8 3.1-26.6
Some Post-H.S. 103 88 87.1 78.7-92.5 5 5.7 2.3-13.2 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1 6 3.9 1.6- 9.1 3 3.0 0.9- 9.2
College Graduate 164 144 88.3 81.4-92.8 9 5.5 2.5-11.9 4 1.8 0.7- 5.1 7 4.4 2.0- 9.3 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 26 21 79.7 50.7-93.8 0 0.0 . - . 3 14.4 3.0-47.9 2 5.9 1.3-22.7 0 0.0 . - .
$15,000- 24,999 51 44 80.5 61.2-91.5 3 6.3 2.0-18.4 2 7.2 1.5-27.5 0 0.0 . - . 2 6.1 1.0-29.3
$25,000- 34,999 51 39 80.3 64.2-90.2 3 5.0 1.5-15.9 0 0.0 . - . 7 7.4 2.6-19.4 2 7.3 1.7-26.0
$35,000- 49,999 52 43 82.7 66.8-91.8 2 7.2 1.8-24.8 1 1.4 0.2- 9.3 6 8.7 3.3-21.3 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000-74,999 64 58 88.3 74.7-95.1 2 5.3 1.1-21.3 0 0.0 . - . 3 4.4 1.3-13.3 1 2.0 0.3-12.8
$75,000+ 59 51 88.6 77.8-94.5 4 5.2 1.7-14.8 2 2.8 0.7-10.8 1 1.7 0.2-11.0 1 1.6 0.2-10.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 90 81 91.6 82.1-96.2 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8 3 3.2 0.7-13.1 4 3.7 1.2-11.2 1 1.2 0.2- 7.8
No 263 220 83.4 77.1-88.2 14 5.7 3.2-10.1 7 3.4 1.4- 8.0 17 4.4 2.5- 7.6 5 3.1 1.1- 8.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 67 61 91.8 81.4-96.7 3 5.0 1.5-15.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 3.2 0.9-11.0
Non-Veteran 292 243 82.6 76.5-87.4 14 4.9 2.7- 8.9 10 4.2 2.0- 8.8 21 5.4 3.2- 8.8 4 2.8 1.0- 7.9
Currently Serving 2 2 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported drinking at least one drink in the last month.

^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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