BRFSS 2004 - Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County): (Drinking alcohol in the past 30 days*)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	14,948	5,675	41.1	40.1-42.1	9,273	58.9	57.9-59.9
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)	598	195	38.2	33.4-43.2	403	61.8	56.8-66.6
GENDER
Male	212	98	48.6	40.7-56.5	114	51.4	43.5-59.3
Female	386	97	29.2	23.9-35.2	289	70.8	64.8-76.1
RACE
White	504	167	37.9	32.9-43.2	337	62.1	56.8-67.1
Other	91	28	41.9	26.6-58.8	63	58.1	41.2-73.4
AGE
18-44	202	84	47.5	39.0-56.2	118	52.5	43.8-61.0
45+	392	111	32.9	27.5-38.8	281	67.1	61.2-72.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	286	58	26.4	20.1-33.8	228	73.6	66.2-79.9
Some College +	309	136	48.5	41.8-55.2	173	51.5	44.8-58.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	345	100	34.1	28.0-40.9	245	65.9	59.1-72.0
$50,000+	123	62	53.6	43.4-63.4	61	46.4	36.6-56.6

*Data in this table were derived from the first alcohol consumption question.

^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.

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)

Alcohol Consumption

Drinking alcohol in the past 30 days*

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	14,948	5,675	41.1	40.1-42.1	9,273	58.9	57.9-59.9
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)	598	195	38.2	33.4-43.2	403	61.8	56.8-66.6
GENDER
Male	212	98	48.6	40.7-56.5	114	51.4	43.5-59.3
Female	386	97	29.2	23.9-35.2	289	70.8	64.8-76.1
RACE
White	504	167	37.9	32.9-43.2	337	62.1	56.8-67.1
Other	91	28	41.9	26.6-58.8	63	58.1	41.2-73.4
AGE
18-44	202	84	47.5	39.0-56.2	118	52.5	43.8-61.0
45+	392	111	32.9	27.5-38.8	281	67.1	61.2-72.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	286	58	26.4	20.1-33.8	228	73.6	66.2-79.9
Some College +	309	136	48.5	41.8-55.2	173	51.5	44.8-58.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	345	100	34.1	28.0-40.9	245	65.9	59.1-72.0
$50,000+	123	62	53.6	43.4-63.4	61	46.4	36.6-56.6