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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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%)
TOTAL 2,674 1,948 69.6 67.2-71.8 299 11.6 10.1-13.2 240 10.4 8.9-12.1 146 6.8 5.6- 8.3 41 1.7 1.1- 2.4
GENDER
Male 885 547 60.2 56.2-64.1 104 11.1 8.9-13.7 118 14.3 11.6-17.7 86 11.2 8.8-14.1 30 3.2 2.0- 4.8
Female 1,789 1,401 76.9 74.3-79.4 195 12.0 10.1-14.1 122 7.2 5.8- 8.9 60 3.4 2.4- 4.7 11 0.5 0.3- 1.0
AGE
18-24 174 108 64.6 55.4-72.8 35 17.9 12.4-25.2 18 8.3 4.8-14.0 12 8.8 4.4-16.9 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4
25-34 465 294 60.9 55.2-66.3 70 15.8 11.9-20.5 57 12.5 9.3-16.7 38 9.2 6.3-13.3 6 1.7 0.5- 4.9
35-44 525 339 59.9 54.2-65.4 72 14.5 10.9-19.0 61 15.1 10.9-20.7 44 9.6 6.7-13.4 9 0.9 0.4- 1.8
45-54 520 358 68.6 63.4-73.3 67 12.0 8.9-15.9 60 11.5 8.6-15.4 27 5.9 3.8- 9.1 8 2.0 0.9- 4.3
55-64 426 339 76.4 70.9-81.2 34 8.2 5.5-12.0 26 7.1 4.6-10.9 18 6.0 3.5-10.3 9 2.2 1.1- 4.6
65-74 327 287 83.5 77.4-88.2 14 4.3 2.4- 7.7 14 5.5 3.0- 9.7 6 3.1 1.2- 7.6 6 3.7 1.6- 8.2
75+ 221 212 94.5 87.3-97.7 5 1.8 0.7- 4.6 2 3.3 0.8-12.3 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 601 502 80.6 75.8-84.5 36 6.4 4.3- 9.3 31 5.5 3.6- 8.5 19 5.5 3.1- 9.5 13 2.1 1.1- 4.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 919 656 68.5 64.4-72.3 111 12.3 9.9-15.2 78 9.6 7.0-12.9 60 8.0 6.0-10.6 14 1.6 0.9- 3.0
Some Post-H.S. 654 463 67.0 62.2-71.4 78 12.5 9.7-16.1 67 12.0 9.1-15.6 38 6.6 4.5- 9.6 8 1.9 0.8- 4.5
College Graduate 495 323 63.5 57.9-68.8 74 14.7 11.0-19.4 63 14.2 10.7-18.6 29 6.5 4.2-10.1 6 1.1 0.4- 2.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 527 408 74.2 68.9-78.9 58 12.3 8.9-16.7 27 6.2 3.9- 9.8 27 5.9 3.7- 9.3 7 1.4 0.6- 3.2
$15,000- 24,999 620 471 73.7 68.5-78.4 51 8.0 5.8-10.9 51 9.2 6.0-13.8 37 7.0 4.7-10.5 10 2.1 1.0- 4.2
$25,000- 34,999 341 228 64.8 58.3-70.8 44 14.3 10.0-20.0 42 11.8 8.4-16.3 22 7.8 4.8-12.6 5 1.3 0.4- 4.0
$35,000- 49,999 301 185 61.9 55.1-68.2 46 12.8 9.3-17.4 39 12.8 8.9-18.1 24 9.8 6.2-15.1 7 2.7 1.0- 7.1
$50,000-74,999 191 113 58.7 50.1-66.8 34 15.1 10.3-21.7 26 15.2 10.0-22.5 15 9.1 5.1-15.7 3 1.8 0.5- 6.2
$75,000+ 145 87 54.6 44.4-64.5 19 14.4 8.5-23.3 30 22.8 15.3-32.4 8 7.7 3.7-15.2 1 0.5 0.1- 3.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 940 748 76.5 72.9-79.8 83 9.2 7.2-11.6 52 6.0 4.4- 8.2 40 6.0 4.1- 8.6 17 2.3 1.3- 4.1
No 1,631 1,124 66.5 63.5-69.4 209 13.1 11.1-15.4 178 12.0 10.1-14.2 97 7.1 5.6- 9.0 23 1.2 0.8- 2.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 309 195 61.9 55.2-68.3 40 11.6 8.1-16.4 41 15.6 11.2-21.4 23 7.5 4.7-11.8 10 3.3 1.4- 7.4
Non-Veteran 2,320 1,730 71.3 68.8-73.7 249 11.2 9.6-13.0 191 9.4 7.8-11.2 119 6.7 5.4- 8.3 31 1.4 1.0- 2.2
Currently Serving 38 19 44.1 26.7-63.1 9 31.2 15.5-52.7 7 15.2 6.6-31.3 3 9.5 2.9-27.0 0 0.0 . - .

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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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