BRFSS 2004 - Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County	637	358	57.2	52.8-61.5	279	42.8	38.5-47.2
GENDER
Male	247	156	63.4	56.5-69.7	91	36.6	30.3-43.5
Female	390	202	51.2	45.7-56.7	188	48.8	43.3-54.3
RACE
White	437	282	68.0	63.1-72.6	155	32.0	27.4-36.9
Other	195	75	36.5	29.2-44.5	120	63.5	55.5-70.8
AGE
18-44	321	205	62.7	56.6-68.5	116	37.3	31.5-43.4
45+	314	151	50.3	43.9-56.6	163	49.7	43.4-56.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	182	70	37.3	29.5-45.8	112	62.7	54.2-70.5
Some College +	454	288	66.4	61.5-70.9	166	33.6	29.1-38.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	264	129	48.0	41.1-55.1	135	52.0	44.9-58.9
$50,000+	241	175	72.7	66.0-78.5	66	27.3	21.5-34.0

*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: Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County	637	358	57.2	52.8-61.5	279	42.8	38.5-47.2
GENDER
Male	247	156	63.4	56.5-69.7	91	36.6	30.3-43.5
Female	390	202	51.2	45.7-56.7	188	48.8	43.3-54.3
RACE
White	437	282	68.0	63.1-72.6	155	32.0	27.4-36.9
Other	195	75	36.5	29.2-44.5	120	63.5	55.5-70.8
AGE
18-44	321	205	62.7	56.6-68.5	116	37.3	31.5-43.4
45+	314	151	50.3	43.9-56.6	163	49.7	43.4-56.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	182	70	37.3	29.5-45.8	112	62.7	54.2-70.5
Some College +	454	288	66.4	61.5-70.9	166	33.6	29.1-38.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	264	129	48.0	41.1-55.1	135	52.0	44.9-58.9
$50,000+	241	175	72.7	66.0-78.5	66	27.3	21.5-34.0