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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe 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?

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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 (Excludes Buncombe County) 598 403 61.8 56.8-66.6 60 11.4 8.6-15.0 63 12.7 9.6-16.8 50 10.3 7.6-13.8 22 3.6 2.1- 6.1
GENDER
Male 212 114 51.4 43.5-59.3 23 11.9 7.7-18.0 27 14.2 9.1-21.4 31 15.5 10.6-22.1 17 7.0 3.9-12.1
Female 386 289 70.8 64.8-76.1 37 11.1 7.7-15.7 36 11.5 8.0-16.2 19 5.9 3.6- 9.4 5 0.8 0.3- 2.3
RACE
White 504 337 62.1 56.8-67.1 51 11.7 8.7-15.5 53 12.1 8.9-16.2 44 10.8 7.9-14.6 19 3.4 1.9- 5.9
Other 91 63 58.1 41.2-73.4 9 10.0 3.5-25.4 10 18.7 8.4-36.7 6 7.2 2.4-19.9 3 5.9 1.4-22.0
AGE
18-44 202 118 52.5 43.8-61.0 26 13.9 8.8-21.1 28 17.2 11.1-25.6 24 13.6 8.7-20.8 6 2.9 0.9- 8.6
45+ 392 281 67.1 61.2-72.5 34 10.1 7.0-14.3 35 10.2 7.1-14.5 26 8.4 5.6-12.5 16 4.2 2.3- 7.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 286 228 73.6 66.2-79.9 17 7.1 4.1-12.0 18 7.8 4.5-13.4 15 8.0 4.6-13.5 8 3.5 1.4- 8.4
Some College + 309 173 51.5 44.8-58.2 43 15.5 11.2-21.0 44 16.6 11.9-22.7 35 12.5 8.7-17.6 14 3.8 2.1- 6.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 345 245 65.9 59.1-72.0 34 11.7 8.0-17.0 31 10.8 7.0-16.1 22 7.4 4.6-11.8 13 4.2 2.1- 8.4
$50,000+ 123 61 46.4 36.6-56.6 17 14.4 8.7-23.0 18 16.0 9.9-24.7 21 19.1 12.4-28.3 6 4.0 1.6- 9.5

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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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