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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: NE Partnership I (Bertie/Gates/Halifax/Hertford/Northampton/Warren)

Alcohol Consumption

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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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%)
North Carolina 14,948 9,273 58.9 57.9-59.9 1,774 12.3 11.6-13.0 1,868 13.8 13.0-14.5 1,537 11.5 10.8-12.2 496 3.6 3.2- 4.0
-NE Partnership I 396 295 69.7 62.6-76.0 35 10.4 7.2-14.8 37 11.7 6.7-19.7 21 5.9 3.7- 9.4 8 2.3 1.1- 5.1
GENDER
Male 136 83 56.3 44.6-67.3 15 12.1 6.9-20.3 17 17.3 8.1-33.5 14 9.5 5.4-16.2 7 4.8 2.1-10.7
Female 260 212 81.2 75.1-86.1 20 8.9 5.5-14.1 20 6.8 4.2-10.7 7 2.8 1.1- 7.1 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5
RACE
White 170 116 62.9 53.9-71.1 17 12.8 7.5-20.9 24 13.9 9.0-20.9 11 7.8 4.1-14.3 2 2.6 0.6-10.6
Other 221 175 74.1 63.1-82.8 18 9.1 5.4-14.7 12 9.8 3.4-25.2 10 4.8 2.3- 9.5 6 2.2 1.0- 5.1
AGE
18-44 134 90 60.5 47.5-72.2 18 14.9 8.9-24.0 14 16.5 6.9-34.7 10 7.1 3.5-13.7 2 1.0 0.2- 3.9
45+ 262 205 76.4 69.9-81.8 17 7.1 4.3-11.6 23 8.1 5.3-12.3 11 5.0 2.6- 9.6 6 3.3 1.3- 8.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 252 200 74.1 63.7-82.3 19 8.4 5.1-13.5 15 10.1 3.8-24.1 11 4.3 2.2- 8.1 7 3.2 1.3- 7.4
Some College + 144 95 62.0 52.4-70.8 16 13.9 8.1-22.9 22 14.5 9.3-21.9 10 8.7 4.4-16.6 1 0.9 0.1- 5.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 251 189 70.4 60.4-78.8 24 11.1 7.0-17.1 21 10.9 4.5-24.1 10 4.4 2.1- 8.8 7 3.2 1.3- 7.4
$50,000+ 45 24 49.9 34.5-65.3 6 14.5 6.2-30.1 8 17.1 8.2-32.3 7 18.5 8.8-34.9 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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