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

Alcohol Consumption

On the days when you drank, about how many drinks did you drink on the average?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Only one Two Three Four Five or more
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,642 2,572 43.5 41.9-45.2 1,842 32.5 31.0-34.0 637 12.1 11.1-13.3 257 5.1 4.4- 6.0 334 6.7 5.9- 7.7
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County) 193 112 57.5 48.9-65.6 50 26.6 19.8-34.8 16 8.3 4.4-15.3 6 2.5 0.9- 6.9 9 5.1 2.2-11.1
GENDER
Male 97 50 51.5 39.9-63.0 28 29.2 19.6-41.2 9 9.5 4.2-20.1 4 2.9 0.7-10.9 6 6.9 2.6-16.8
Female 96 62 65.9 54.2-75.9 22 23.0 15.0-33.6 7 6.8 2.4-17.8 2 1.9 0.4- 7.6 3 2.5 0.6-10.5
RACE
White 165 101 60.9 51.8-69.2 43 26.6 19.3-35.4 11 6.0 2.8-12.0 5 2.5 0.8- 7.7 5 4.1 1.5-10.3
Other 28 11 32.5 13.7-59.5 7 26.9 11.0-52.3 5 25.9 8.1-58.1 1 2.2 0.3-14.4 4 12.5 2.6-43.0
AGE
18-44 81 39 46.4 33.6-59.8 19 26.9 16.3-41.0 13 14.8 7.2-28.0 4 4.0 1.0-14.1 6 8.0 2.9-20.3
45+ 111 72 66.3 55.9-75.3 31 26.8 18.7-36.9 3 3.0 0.8-10.9 2 1.2 0.3- 4.9 3 2.6 0.7- 9.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 55 26 43.1 28.8-58.6 9 18.0 8.7-33.4 8 18.0 8.0-35.6 4 6.3 1.7-20.1 8 14.7 6.1-31.1
Some College + 136 85 63.5 53.4-72.5 40 30.8 22.2-40.8 8 4.1 1.5-10.8 2 0.8 0.2- 3.5 1 0.8 0.1- 5.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 96 51 52.6 40.4-64.5 22 24.8 16.0-36.4 11 12.1 5.4-24.7 5 2.8 1.0- 7.6 7 7.8 2.9-19.3
$50,000+ 62 41 62.7 48.7-74.9 18 30.2 19.1-44.1 2 5.4 1.4-19.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.7 0.2-11.3

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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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