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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption-WHITE FEMALES

On the days when you drank, about how many drinks did you drink on the average?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Only one Two Three Four Five or more
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,447 1,379 57.6 55.2-59.9 740 29.1 27.0-31.3 203 8.4 7.2- 9.9 69 2.7 2.0- 3.6 56 2.2 1.6- 3.1
AGE
18-24 129 28 25.2 15.8-37.6 51 37.3 27.7-48.0 27 19.5 12.2-29.7 8 5.9 2.6-12.6 15 12.2 6.7-21.1
25-34 437 180 43.0 37.5-48.7 164 37.0 31.8-42.6 59 12.9 9.6-17.1 19 3.9 2.2- 7.1 15 3.1 1.7- 5.8
35-44 569 275 52.8 47.8-57.8 209 33.7 29.1-38.6 51 8.8 6.4-12.0 25 3.8 2.3- 6.0 9 1.0 0.5- 2.0
45-54 520 305 61.3 56.1-66.3 153 26.4 22.2-31.1 36 7.7 5.3-11.0 13 2.2 1.2- 4.1 13 2.4 1.1- 5.0
55-64 405 273 69.1 63.7-74.1 108 25.6 21.0-30.9 19 3.8 2.2- 6.5 3 1.1 0.3- 3.8 2 0.4 0.1- 1.5
65-74 230 187 82.6 76.2-87.6 34 14.5 10.0-20.6 6 2.2 0.8- 6.3 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3 2 0.5 0.1- 1.9
75+ 148 124 86.6 79.8-91.3 20 12.3 7.7-19.1 4 1.1 0.4- 3.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 83 34 38.4 26.5-51.9 26 30.4 19.6-43.9 10 12.7 6.2-24.2 7 9.5 2.9-26.9 6 8.9 3.1-23.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 452 233 54.3 48.6-59.8 132 26.4 21.9-31.4 52 12.2 8.8-16.7 18 4.0 2.3- 6.6 17 3.2 1.8- 5.6
Some Post-H.S. 687 380 56.6 52.0-61.1 202 28.9 24.9-33.2 69 9.1 6.9-12.0 18 2.6 1.5- 4.3 18 2.8 1.5- 5.1
College Graduate 1,224 732 60.5 57.1-63.7 379 30.0 27.0-33.1 72 6.5 5.0- 8.5 26 1.9 1.2- 3.0 15 1.1 0.6- 2.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 116 43 39.2 28.1-51.5 44 37.8 27.0-49.9 15 11.5 6.3-20.0 8 6.3 2.9-13.1 6 5.3 2.2-12.3
$15,000- 24,999 243 125 50.3 42.6-58.0 63 26.2 20.1-33.4 28 11.4 7.6-16.8 15 7.6 3.8-14.8 12 4.5 2.4- 8.2
$25,000- 34,999 258 127 45.5 38.3-53.0 88 33.3 26.5-40.8 23 11.1 6.8-17.6 10 5.0 2.4-10.0 10 5.1 2.4-10.4
$35,000- 49,999 392 205 56.9 51.0-62.6 126 29.6 24.6-35.1 42 9.9 7.0-13.9 11 2.4 1.3- 4.4 8 1.2 0.6- 2.5
$50,000-74,999 389 239 62.2 56.3-67.8 110 28.4 23.3-34.1 25 6.6 4.2-10.2 8 1.1 0.5- 2.4 7 1.7 0.6- 4.4
$75,000+ 601 360 58.7 53.9-63.3 197 32.2 28.0-36.8 33 6.5 4.3- 9.6 8 1.9 0.9- 4.0 3 0.7 0.2- 2.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 539 314 58.6 53.2-63.7 147 27.3 22.8-32.4 38 6.6 4.6- 9.4 22 4.3 2.6- 6.9 18 3.2 1.7- 6.0
No 1,868 1,048 57.6 54.9-60.3 577 29.3 26.9-31.8 161 9.0 7.5-10.8 45 2.2 1.5- 3.1 37 1.9 1.3- 2.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 47 25 53.8 37.0-69.8 15 34.3 19.9-52.2 3 5.9 1.7-18.7 0 0.0 . - . 4 6.1 2.1-16.4
Non-Veteran 2,388 1,350 57.7 55.3-60.1 722 29.0 26.9-31.3 197 8.4 7.1- 9.9 68 2.7 2.0- 3.6 51 2.1 1.5- 3.0
Currently Serving 11 3 24.0 7.1-56.5 3 17.5 4.9-46.5 3 36.0 11.7-70.4 1 11.3 1.6-50.4 1 11.3 1.6-50.4

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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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