BRFSS 2004 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (On the days when you drank, about how many drinks did you drink on the average?*)

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Alcohol Consumption

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	Total Respond.^	Only one	Two	Three	Four	Five or more
North Carolina	5,642	2,572	43.5	41.9-45.2	1,842	32.5	31.0-34.0	637	12.1	11.1-13.3	257	5.1	4.4- 6.0	334	6.7	5.9- 7.7
COUNTY/REGIONS***
Alamance	138	66	41.8	32.6-51.6	39	29.0	20.9-38.8	15	11.4	6.7-18.8	11	8.3	4.5-14.9	7	9.4	3.8-21.7
Buncombe	171	79	42.8	34.9-51.1	55	33.3	25.8-41.6	23	14.3	9.3-21.3	8	5.1	2.5-10.3	6	4.6	2.0-10.0
Cabarrus	161	67	43.6	35.1-52.4	57	33.6	26.1-41.9	20	14.3	9.0-22.0	7	3.8	1.7- 8.1	10	4.8	2.4- 9.3
Catawba	143	63	37.4	28.8-46.9	50	34.7	26.2-44.3	15	12.1	6.7-20.9	7	5.8	2.4-12.9	8	10.0	3.7-24.7
Cumberland	170	72	39.3	31.5-47.8	57	35.6	27.8-44.3	29	17.9	12.1-25.8	5	2.1	0.8- 5.3	7	5.0	2.3-10.7
Davidson	114	40	35.9	26.5-46.6	43	36.7	26.8-47.8	13	10.2	5.7-17.6	8	8.3	3.9-17.0	10	8.8	4.5-16.5
Durham	200	89	39.9	32.6-47.8	75	39.0	31.6-47.0	18	8.2	4.9-13.3	8	6.6	2.7-15.2	10	6.3	3.1-12.2
Forsyth	188	95	48.8	40.8-56.9	58	31.8	24.6-39.9	16	8.1	4.8-13.3	8	5.4	2.4-11.7	11	5.9	3.0-11.2
Gaston	104	46	43.2	33.1-53.8	29	26.1	17.9-36.4	9	8.7	4.2-17.0	8	8.3	4.1-16.2	12	13.8	7.7-23.4
Guilford	183	84	44.1	36.1-52.3	63	36.3	28.6-44.8	20	9.3	5.7-14.8	6	4.5	1.9-10.2	10	5.8	2.9-11.2
Iredell	165	71	46.6	38.3-55.1	53	27.6	21.0-35.4	31	18.1	12.3-25.7	4	2.4	0.8- 6.6	6	5.3	2.2-12.5
Johnston	150	64	38.6	29.8-48.2	46	28.8	20.8-38.4	16	11.3	6.6-18.9	9	9.0	4.5-17.2	15	12.2	7.0-20.4
Mecklenburg	357	158	42.6	37.1-48.4	132	35.6	30.4-41.3	38	11.9	8.5-16.5	16	5.4	3.2- 9.1	13	4.4	2.4- 7.8
New Hanover	201	92	45.2	37.6-53.0	69	31.2	24.5-38.7	18	9.6	5.9-15.4	13	7.5	4.2-12.9	9	6.5	3.1-13.2
Onslow	159	64	37.4	29.5-45.9	56	34.3	26.7-42.8	17	11.1	6.8-17.7	8	6.8	2.8-15.7	14	10.4	5.6-18.3
Orange	241	117	45.9	38.9-53.1	83	36.9	30.2-44.3	18	7.6	4.5-12.3	12	6.0	3.1-11.3	11	3.6	1.9- 6.6
Pitt	161	70	39.4	31.3-48.2	54	32.2	24.7-40.6	18	12.9	7.5-21.1	9	6.1	2.9-12.1	10	9.5	4.9-17.6
Randolph	106	42	36.5	26.7-47.5	34	27.4	19.2-37.4	14	19.5	11.4-31.2	9	6.3	3.1-12.2	7	10.4	4.6-22.0
Robeson	86	36	40.2	29.0-52.6	19	22.2	13.4-34.4	13	15.8	8.6-27.2	6	7.1	3.0-16.0	12	14.7	7.9-25.5
Rowan	142	63	36.3	28.1-45.5	45	35.3	26.6-45.1	14	12.3	6.8-21.4	10	7.7	3.9-14.7	10	8.3	4.1-16.3
Union	166	94	53.7	44.7-62.5	44	29.0	21.4-38.0	14	10.0	5.7-16.9	6	3.0	1.2- 7.0	8	4.3	2.1- 8.7
Wake	331	153	46.8	40.7-52.9	115	32.0	26.6-37.9	34	10.8	7.5-15.3	12	4.8	2.4- 9.2	17	5.7	3.4- 9.5
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico	161	68	41.2	33.0-49.8	53	31.3	23.9-39.7	25	19.4	13.0-27.9	5	2.8	1.1- 7.0	10	5.4	2.8-10.2
Northeast Partnership II	127	59	42.3	33.2-52.1	40	31.6	23.4-41.1	15	14.0	8.2-23.0	8	7.1	3.3-14.5	5	5.0	1.9-12.2
Northeast Partnership I	99	44	35.5	24.4-48.3	37	36.2	24.7-49.5	10	23.2	9.8-45.7	4	2.6	0.9- 7.5	4	2.5	0.8- 7.1
Franklin/Nash/Wilson	109	51	40.6	30.6-51.5	32	32.3	22.8-43.5	12	13.3	7.4-22.8	7	5.3	2.4-11.3	7	8.4	3.8-17.7
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	137	53	31.7	23.9-40.7	48	37.6	28.6-47.4	19	15.7	9.5-24.9	6	5.2	2.2-12.2	11	9.8	4.6-19.5
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	157	74	42.0	33.6-50.9	52	31.9	24.3-40.6	10	6.8	3.4-13.1	9	8.1	4.1-15.3	12	11.1	5.6-21.1
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	132	55	37.9	29.5-47.1	46	35.4	27.0-44.8	18	16.6	10.3-25.6	3	4.2	1.3-12.7	10	6.0	3.0-11.7
Chatham/Lee/Moore	204	106	47.0	39.2-55.0	63	28.8	22.4-36.2	23	14.4	9.2-21.8	5	5.4	1.8-15.1	7	4.4	1.8-10.2
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	164	68	36.0	27.9-44.9	48	33.0	25.0-42.2	27	15.6	10.2-23.0	3	2.5	0.8- 7.8	18	12.9	7.4-21.6
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	96	42	42.8	32.5-53.8	35	35.1	25.5-46.1	11	10.7	5.9-18.8	4	5.5	1.9-14.5	4	5.8	2.2-14.7
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	107	61	51.7	40.6-62.6	28	25.4	17.3-35.7	10	10.7	5.5-20.0	1	1.2	0.2- 7.9	7	11.0	4.5-24.8
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	119	54	44.6	34.6-55.0	34	26.0	18.0-35.9	18	14.4	8.8-22.8	6	6.4	2.8-14.0	7	8.6	3.8-18.0
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	193	112	57.5	48.9-65.6	50	26.6	19.8-34.8	16	8.3	4.4-15.3	6	2.5	0.9- 6.9	9	5.1	2.2-11.1
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP**
Yes	293	125	36.7	30.5-43.4	103	34.9	28.6-41.7	35	18.6	12.2-27.3	17	5.5	3.2- 9.2	13	4.3	2.3- 7.8
No	5,349	2,447	43.9	42.2-45.5	1,739	32.4	30.8-34.0	602	11.8	10.8-13.0	240	5.1	4.3- 6.0	321	6.8	6.0- 7.8
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	1,749	753	39.1	36.4-41.8	573	32.7	30.1-35.4	210	14.3	12.2-16.8	87	5.5	4.3- 6.9	126	8.4	6.8-10.4
Piedmont	3,339	1,534	44.1	42.0-46.3	1,113	33.4	31.4-35.4	363	11.3	10.0-12.8	149	5.2	4.2- 6.4	180	6.0	5.0- 7.1
Western NC	554	285	49.7	44.7-54.7	156	28.0	23.7-32.9	64	11.5	8.6-15.3	21	3.9	2.4- 6.4	28	6.8	4.4-10.4
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)****
Mountain AHEC	358	187	52.1	45.8-58.3	104	29.5	24.1-35.6	39	10.6	7.2-15.5	14	3.4	1.8- 6.4	14	4.3	2.3- 8.1
Northwest	981	446	43.7	39.9-47.5	317	31.4	27.9-35.1	116	11.5	9.4-14.1	46	5.7	4.0- 8.0	56	7.7	5.6-10.7
Charlotte	890	413	43.9	39.9-47.9	293	33.4	29.7-37.3	96	12.2	9.7-15.2	38	4.8	3.2- 7.0	50	5.8	4.1- 8.1
Greensboro	794	369	43.0	38.6-47.4	263	34.9	30.7-39.4	81	10.7	8.3-13.6	42	5.6	3.8- 8.3	39	5.8	3.9- 8.5
Southern Regional	521	236	41.8	37.0-46.8	155	31.1	26.6-36.1	72	14.4	11.1-18.5	16	2.9	1.6- 4.9	42	9.8	6.6-14.1
Coastal	352	162	42.5	36.8-48.5	118	31.6	26.2-37.4	31	10.4	6.9-15.5	23	8.5	5.5-13.0	18	6.9	4.0-11.7
Wake	874	391	43.9	39.8-48.2	296	32.8	29.0-36.8	96	11.2	8.8-14.2	36	5.7	3.8- 8.7	55	6.3	4.5- 8.8
Area L	159	70	38.1	30.0-46.9	54	34.0	25.9-43.2	18	15.3	9.4-23.8	9	4.8	2.4- 9.5	8	7.8	3.7-15.5
Eastern	682	285	38.2	33.9-42.7	235	33.8	29.7-38.2	85	16.5	12.6-21.3	31	4.6	3.1- 6.9	46	6.9	4.9- 9.6

Total
Respond.^

Only one

Two

Three

Four

Five or more

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

5,642

2,572

43.5

41.9-45.2

1,842

32.5

31.0-34.0

637

12.1

11.1-13.3

257

5.1

4.4- 6.0

334

6.7

5.9- 7.7

COUNTY/REGIONS***

Alamance

138

41.8

32.6-51.6

29.0

20.9-38.8

11.4

6.7-18.8

8.3

4.5-14.9

9.4

3.8-21.7

Buncombe

171

42.8

34.9-51.1

33.3

25.8-41.6

14.3

9.3-21.3

5.1

2.5-10.3

4.6

2.0-10.0

Cabarrus

161

43.6

35.1-52.4

33.6

26.1-41.9

14.3

9.0-22.0

3.8

1.7- 8.1

4.8

2.4- 9.3

Catawba

143

37.4

28.8-46.9

34.7

26.2-44.3

12.1

6.7-20.9

5.8

2.4-12.9

10.0

3.7-24.7

Cumberland

170

39.3

31.5-47.8

35.6

27.8-44.3

17.9

12.1-25.8

2.1

0.8- 5.3

5.0

2.3-10.7

Davidson

114

35.9

26.5-46.6

36.7

26.8-47.8

10.2

5.7-17.6

8.3

3.9-17.0

8.8

4.5-16.5

Durham

200

39.9

32.6-47.8

39.0

31.6-47.0

8.2

4.9-13.3

6.6

2.7-15.2

6.3

3.1-12.2

Forsyth

188

48.8

40.8-56.9

31.8

24.6-39.9

8.1

4.8-13.3

5.4

2.4-11.7

5.9

3.0-11.2

Gaston

104

43.2

33.1-53.8

26.1

17.9-36.4

8.7

4.2-17.0

8.3

4.1-16.2

13.8

7.7-23.4

Guilford

183

44.1

36.1-52.3

36.3

28.6-44.8

9.3

5.7-14.8

4.5

1.9-10.2

5.8

2.9-11.2

Iredell

165

46.6

38.3-55.1

27.6

21.0-35.4

18.1

12.3-25.7

2.4

0.8- 6.6

5.3

2.2-12.5

Johnston

150

38.6

29.8-48.2

28.8

20.8-38.4

11.3

6.6-18.9

9.0

4.5-17.2

12.2

7.0-20.4

Mecklenburg

357

158

42.6

37.1-48.4

132

35.6

30.4-41.3

11.9

8.5-16.5

5.4

3.2- 9.1

4.4

2.4- 7.8

New Hanover

201

45.2

37.6-53.0

31.2

24.5-38.7

9.6

5.9-15.4

7.5

4.2-12.9

6.5

3.1-13.2

Onslow

159

37.4

29.5-45.9

34.3

26.7-42.8

11.1

6.8-17.7

6.8

2.8-15.7

10.4

5.6-18.3

Orange

241

117

45.9

38.9-53.1

36.9

30.2-44.3

7.6

4.5-12.3

6.0

3.1-11.3

3.6

1.9- 6.6

Pitt

161

39.4

31.3-48.2

32.2

24.7-40.6

12.9

7.5-21.1

6.1

2.9-12.1

9.5

4.9-17.6

Randolph

106

36.5

26.7-47.5

27.4

19.2-37.4

19.5

11.4-31.2

6.3

3.1-12.2

10.4

4.6-22.0

Robeson

40.2

29.0-52.6

22.2

13.4-34.4

15.8

8.6-27.2

7.1

3.0-16.0

14.7

7.9-25.5

Rowan

142

36.3

28.1-45.5

35.3

26.6-45.1

12.3

6.8-21.4

7.7

3.9-14.7

8.3

4.1-16.3

Union

166

53.7

44.7-62.5

29.0

21.4-38.0

10.0

5.7-16.9

3.0

1.2- 7.0

4.3

2.1- 8.7

Wake

331

153

46.8

40.7-52.9

115

32.0

26.6-37.9

10.8

7.5-15.3

4.8

2.4- 9.2

5.7

3.4- 9.5

Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico

161

41.2

33.0-49.8

31.3

23.9-39.7

19.4

13.0-27.9

2.8

1.1- 7.0

5.4

2.8-10.2

Northeast Partnership II

127

42.3

33.2-52.1

31.6

23.4-41.1

14.0

8.2-23.0

7.1

3.3-14.5

5.0

1.9-12.2

Northeast Partnership I

35.5

24.4-48.3

36.2

24.7-49.5

23.2

9.8-45.7

2.6

0.9- 7.5

2.5

0.8- 7.1

Franklin/Nash/Wilson

109

40.6

30.6-51.5

32.3

22.8-43.5

13.3

7.4-22.8

5.3

2.4-11.3

8.4

3.8-17.7

Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne

137

31.7

23.9-40.7

37.6

28.6-47.4

15.7

9.5-24.9

5.2

2.2-12.2

9.8

4.6-19.5

Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender

157

42.0

33.6-50.9

31.9

24.3-40.6

6.8

3.4-13.1

8.1

4.1-15.3

11.1

5.6-21.1

Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance

132

37.9

29.5-47.1

35.4

27.0-44.8

16.6

10.3-25.6

4.2

1.3-12.7

6.0

3.0-11.7

Chatham/Lee/Moore

204

106

47.0

39.2-55.0

28.8

22.4-36.2

14.4

9.2-21.8

5.4

1.8-15.1

4.4

1.8-10.2

Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly

164

36.0

27.9-44.9

33.0

25.0-42.2

15.6

10.2-23.0

2.5

0.8- 7.8

12.9

7.4-21.6

Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

42.8

32.5-53.8

35.1

25.5-46.1

10.7

5.9-18.8

5.5

1.9-14.5

5.8

2.2-14.7

Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes

107

51.7

40.6-62.6

25.4

17.3-35.7

10.7

5.5-20.0

1.2

0.2- 7.9

11.0

4.5-24.8

Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln

119

44.6

34.6-55.0

26.0

18.0-35.9

14.4

8.8-22.8

6.4

2.8-14.0

8.6

3.8-18.0

Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)

193

112

57.5

48.9-65.6

26.6

19.8-34.8

8.3

4.4-15.3

2.5

0.9- 6.9

5.1

2.2-11.1

NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP**

Yes

293

125

36.7

30.5-43.4

103

34.9

28.6-41.7

18.6

12.2-27.3

5.5

3.2- 9.2

4.3

2.3- 7.8

5,349

2,447

43.9

42.2-45.5

1,739

32.4

30.8-34.0

602

11.8

10.8-13.0

240

5.1

4.3- 6.0

321

6.8

6.0- 7.8

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

1,749

753

39.1

36.4-41.8

573

32.7

30.1-35.4

210

14.3

12.2-16.8

5.5

4.3- 6.9

126

8.4

6.8-10.4

Piedmont

3,339

1,534

44.1

42.0-46.3

1,113

33.4

31.4-35.4

363

11.3

10.0-12.8

149

5.2

4.2- 6.4

180

6.0

5.0- 7.1

Western NC

554

285

49.7

44.7-54.7

156

28.0

23.7-32.9

11.5

8.6-15.3

3.9

2.4- 6.4

6.8

4.4-10.4

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)****

Mountain AHEC

358

187

52.1

45.8-58.3

104

29.5

24.1-35.6

10.6

7.2-15.5

3.4

1.8- 6.4

4.3

2.3- 8.1

Northwest

981

446

43.7

39.9-47.5

317

31.4

27.9-35.1

116

11.5

9.4-14.1

5.7

4.0- 8.0

7.7

5.6-10.7

Charlotte

890

413

43.9

39.9-47.9

293

33.4

29.7-37.3

12.2

9.7-15.2

4.8

3.2- 7.0

5.8

4.1- 8.1

Greensboro

794

369

43.0

38.6-47.4

263

34.9

30.7-39.4

10.7

8.3-13.6

5.6

3.8- 8.3

5.8

3.9- 8.5

Southern Regional

521

236

41.8

37.0-46.8

155

31.1

26.6-36.1

14.4

11.1-18.5

2.9

1.6- 4.9

9.8

6.6-14.1

Coastal

352

162

42.5

36.8-48.5

118

31.6

26.2-37.4

10.4

6.9-15.5

8.5

5.5-13.0

6.9

4.0-11.7

Wake

874

391

43.9

39.8-48.2

296

32.8

29.0-36.8

11.2

8.8-14.2

5.7

3.8- 8.7

6.3

4.5- 8.8

Area L

159

38.1

30.0-46.9

34.0

25.9-43.2

15.3

9.4-23.8

4.8

2.4- 9.5

7.8

3.7-15.5

Eastern

682

285

38.2

33.9-42.7

235

33.8

29.7-38.2

16.5

12.6-21.3

4.6

3.1- 6.9

6.9

4.9- 9.6

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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, Edgecombe, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.

*** 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.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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