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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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%)
TOTAL 719 595 83.1 79.5-86.2 41 5.9 4.2- 8.3 25 2.4 1.5- 3.9 45 6.7 4.7- 9.4 13 1.9 1.0- 3.7
GENDER
Male 331 245 76.0 70.2-80.9 24 7.1 4.5-10.8 13 3.0 1.6- 5.6 39 10.9 7.6-15.5 10 3.0 1.5- 6.1
Female 388 350 92.6 89.5-94.8 17 4.4 2.7- 7.2 12 1.6 0.8- 3.0 6 1.1 0.5- 2.4 3 0.4 0.1- 1.2
AGE
18-24 67 54 77.9 63.6-87.7 5 8.0 3.2-18.8 2 1.3 0.3- 5.7 3 4.7 1.4-14.0 3 8.1 2.4-24.0
25-34 173 138 78.4 69.6-85.2 9 5.2 2.6-10.3 9 3.5 1.5- 7.9 13 10.9 5.8-19.6 4 2.0 0.6- 5.9
35-44 182 152 85.4 78.4-90.4 12 6.6 3.5-12.0 3 1.0 0.3- 3.2 10 5.2 2.4-10.9 5 1.8 0.6- 5.6
45-54 157 130 86.2 79.6-90.9 9 4.8 2.3- 9.8 7 2.3 1.0- 5.3 10 6.0 3.1-11.1 1 0.7 0.1- 4.9
55-64 85 73 85.1 74.0-91.9 2 1.7 0.4- 7.4 4 5.9 2.0-15.8 6 7.3 3.0-16.8 0 0.0 . - .
65-74 42 36 82.5 61.7-93.3 4 16.1 5.7-37.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.4 0.3- 5.5 0 0.0 . - .
75+ 8 8 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 98 75 80.5 69.8-88.0 4 4.7 1.4-14.6 5 2.8 1.1- 6.9 9 6.8 3.3-13.6 5 5.1 1.7-14.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 259 212 81.5 75.2-86.6 17 7.9 4.7-13.0 10 2.5 1.2- 5.2 14 5.0 2.7- 9.0 6 3.0 1.2- 7.4
Some Post-H.S. 188 157 81.5 73.3-87.6 13 6.0 3.3-10.5 7 2.7 1.1- 6.8 10 9.7 5.0-18.0 1 0.1 0.0- 0.9
College Graduate 172 149 88.5 82.1-92.8 7 3.7 1.6- 8.1 3 1.7 0.4- 7.2 12 5.8 3.0-10.9 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 115 89 81.2 70.8-88.4 10 6.6 3.4-12.4 7 3.1 1.3- 7.3 7 8.2 3.1-19.6 2 0.9 0.2- 4.1
$15,000- 24,999 148 123 84.2 75.8-90.1 7 6.5 2.8-14.4 6 2.7 1.0- 7.0 7 3.8 1.7- 8.2 5 2.8 1.0- 7.7
$25,000- 34,999 115 104 91.5 84.4-95.5 3 2.4 0.8- 7.2 4 2.5 0.9- 6.6 3 2.0 0.6- 6.2 1 1.7 0.2-11.2
$35,000- 49,999 113 89 71.8 59.9-81.3 9 9.9 4.9-19.1 4 3.3 1.0-10.6 8 9.8 4.3-20.9 3 5.2 1.6-15.6
$50,000-74,999 77 60 79.5 67.9-87.6 6 8.5 3.6-18.6 1 1.1 0.2- 7.5 9 10.2 5.0-20.0 1 0.7 0.1- 4.6
$75,000+ 57 51 86.1 71.3-93.9 1 1.1 0.2- 7.7 1 2.8 0.4-17.4 4 10.0 3.6-24.6 0 0.0 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 190 157 84.0 76.9-89.2 7 3.6 1.4- 8.8 4 1.5 0.5- 5.0 17 8.8 5.1-14.7 5 2.1 0.7- 6.4
No 501 416 83.3 79.1-86.9 30 6.3 4.3- 9.2 21 2.9 1.7- 4.9 26 5.5 3.5- 8.6 8 1.9 0.9- 4.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 108 87 77.2 65.6-85.7 8 7.9 3.6-16.5 2 1.5 0.4- 5.9 8 9.6 4.2-20.4 3 3.9 1.0-13.4
Non-Veteran 589 490 84.5 80.7-87.6 32 5.5 3.7- 8.0 22 2.3 1.4- 3.9 35 6.2 4.2- 9.0 10 1.5 0.7- 3.3
Currently Serving 19 16 83.4 52.6-95.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 10.8 1.6-48.1 2 5.8 1.1-25.7 0 0.0 . - .

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available.

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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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