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

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 (Excludes Buncombe County) 194 166 85.8 78.6-90.8 8 4.4 2.0- 9.2 6 3.8 1.5- 9.2 10 3.1 1.3- 7.4 4 2.9 0.9- 8.7
GENDER
Male 99 77 80.4 69.5-88.0 6 6.1 2.6-14.0 4 4.7 1.5-13.7 8 3.9 1.4-10.4 4 4.9 1.6-14.3
Female 95 89 93.7 84.8-97.5 2 1.8 0.4- 8.0 2 2.5 0.5-10.9 2 2.0 0.3-11.4 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 166 146 86.9 79.4-91.9 6 3.9 1.6- 9.0 5 4.0 1.5-10.2 6 3.3 1.3- 8.3 3 2.0 0.5- 7.6
Other 28 20 77.5 49.8-92.3 2 8.3 1.6-33.3 1 2.4 0.3-16.1 4 1.7 0.6- 5.2 1 10.0 1.4-46.0
AGE
18-44 82 64 78.5 65.4-87.5 3 4.0 1.1-13.9 4 6.0 1.9-17.1 9 6.7 2.7-15.6 2 4.9 1.2-17.5
45+ 111 101 92.0 84.5-96.1 5 4.8 1.9-11.5 2 1.9 0.4- 8.6 1 0.1 0.0- 0.5 2 1.2 0.2- 6.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 56 39 70.7 54.2-83.1 2 3.1 0.6-14.1 5 11.2 4.2-26.5 7 7.4 2.4-20.5 3 7.6 2.0-24.4
Some College + 136 125 92.6 86.0-96.2 6 5.0 2.1-11.6 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7 3 1.2 0.3- 4.2 1 0.8 0.1- 5.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 97 78 80.1 68.0-88.5 4 4.3 1.5-11.6 3 5.1 1.5-16.3 9 5.7 2.1-14.2 3 4.9 1.3-16.6
$50,000+ 62 57 91.1 78.7-96.6 3 6.3 1.8-19.5 1 0.8 0.1- 5.6 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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