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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption-FEMALES

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 9,447 6,486 67.4 66.2-68.6 1,105 12.7 11.9-13.6 980 10.6 9.8-11.4 697 7.5 6.9- 8.2 179 1.7 1.4- 2.0
RACE
White 7,025 4,573 63.4 62.0-64.8 853 13.2 12.2-14.3 824 12.1 11.2-13.1 612 9.1 8.3-10.0 163 2.2 1.8- 2.6
African American 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
Asian 49 35 67.7 45.7-83.9 7 26.6 11.3-50.8 4 3.0 1.0- 8.7 3 2.7 0.8- 9.4 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 202 167 82.2 73.9-88.3 15 8.3 4.0-16.4 13 5.3 2.9- 9.4 5 3.6 1.3- 9.8 2 0.6 0.1- 2.6
Other Minorities 323 265 83.9 78.8-88.0 26 7.7 4.9-11.7 15 4.7 2.7- 8.0 15 3.4 1.7- 6.5 2 0.4 0.1- 1.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 367 292 80.1 74.7-84.6 32 7.9 5.2-11.9 24 7.3 4.6-11.4 18 4.4 2.5- 7.6 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3
-English Speaking 177 117 62.9 53.6-71.3 22 11.2 6.7-18.1 21 15.0 9.2-23.4 16 10.1 5.7-17.4 1 0.8 0.1- 5.5
-Spanish Speaking 190 175 92.0 86.2-95.5 10 5.7 2.8-11.1 3 1.9 0.5- 6.3 2 0.4 0.1- 1.7 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 9,067 6,184 66.8 65.6-68.0 1,070 13.0 12.1-13.9 956 10.8 10.0-11.6 679 7.7 7.0- 8.4 178 1.8 1.5- 2.1
AGE
18-24 502 315 64.2 58.8-69.2 89 18.6 14.5-23.4 61 11.4 8.4-15.2 35 5.6 3.8- 8.3 2 0.2 0.0- 0.7
25-34 1,494 909 60.7 57.6-63.6 259 17.7 15.5-20.3 202 13.2 11.3-15.5 118 8.1 6.6-10.0 6 0.2 0.1- 0.7
35-44 1,728 1,025 59.7 56.8-62.5 272 16.8 14.6-19.2 235 12.7 10.9-14.7 177 9.9 8.3-11.7 19 1.0 0.6- 1.7
45-54 1,745 1,119 64.6 61.8-67.3 238 13.5 11.6-15.7 212 12.1 10.4-14.1 145 8.1 6.7- 9.7 31 1.6 1.1- 2.5
55-64 1,548 1,102 71.7 68.9-74.3 138 9.4 7.8-11.3 137 8.3 6.8-10.0 120 7.6 6.1- 9.3 51 3.1 2.2- 4.2
65-74 1,295 1,050 79.7 76.9-82.3 55 4.1 3.0- 5.5 83 7.0 5.4- 8.9 68 5.5 4.2- 7.3 39 3.7 2.6- 5.3
75+ 1,080 926 83.7 80.6-86.3 48 5.0 3.5- 6.9 46 5.2 3.7- 7.2 30 3.6 2.4- 5.3 30 2.7 1.8- 4.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,517 1,374 89.9 87.8-91.7 66 4.6 3.5- 6.2 43 3.2 2.1- 4.7 24 1.6 1.0- 2.6 10 0.7 0.3- 1.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,824 2,217 78.9 77.0-80.7 267 10.0 8.7-11.5 199 6.7 5.7- 7.9 114 3.7 3.0- 4.6 27 0.7 0.5- 1.2
Some Post-H.S. 2,456 1,620 64.9 62.4-67.2 330 14.9 13.1-16.8 275 10.8 9.4-12.3 185 7.7 6.5- 9.1 46 1.8 1.3- 2.5
College Graduate 2,637 1,265 47.0 44.6-49.3 441 17.7 15.9-19.7 461 18.0 16.2-19.9 374 14.2 12.7-15.9 96 3.1 2.5- 3.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,224 1,022 82.4 79.2-85.2 98 9.0 6.8-11.9 52 4.6 3.3- 6.3 46 3.6 2.6- 5.1 6 0.4 0.1- 1.0
$15,000- 24,999 1,702 1,348 80.4 78.0-82.6 140 8.3 6.8-10.1 119 6.3 5.0- 7.8 80 4.3 3.3- 5.5 15 0.7 0.4- 1.4
$25,000- 34,999 1,059 713 67.9 64.3-71.3 112 11.6 9.2-14.5 135 11.9 9.8-14.3 78 7.1 5.4- 9.2 21 1.5 0.9- 2.6
$35,000- 49,999 1,147 672 60.7 57.3-64.1 197 17.1 14.6-19.9 146 11.9 9.9-14.3 104 8.3 6.6-10.4 28 1.9 1.3- 2.9
$50,000-74,999 1,005 580 58.7 54.9-62.3 154 15.1 12.6-17.9 145 14.3 11.8-17.1 96 9.3 7.4-11.8 30 2.7 1.8- 4.1
$75,000+ 1,120 484 43.3 39.9-46.8 200 18.5 15.9-21.5 214 18.9 16.3-21.9 187 16.4 14.0-19.1 35 2.8 1.9- 4.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 3,138 2,479 77.7 75.8-79.5 261 8.9 7.7-10.3 194 6.9 5.8- 8.1 148 4.7 3.9- 5.7 56 1.8 1.3- 2.5
No 6,073 3,828 62.5 61.0-64.0 817 14.4 13.3-15.5 773 12.6 11.6-13.6 535 8.9 8.0- 9.8 120 1.7 1.4- 2.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 163 92 57.6 48.1-66.5 22 13.6 8.5-21.0 30 18.6 12.5-26.6 15 8.5 4.6-15.1 4 1.8 0.6- 5.3
Non-Veteran 9,243 6,371 67.6 66.4-68.8 1,079 12.7 11.9-13.7 944 10.4 9.7-11.2 674 7.5 6.9- 8.2 175 1.7 1.4- 2.0
Currently Serving 35 18 59.7 40.7-76.1 4 11.2 3.9-28.1 6 15.3 6.2-32.9 7 13.8 6.0-28.7 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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