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

Alcohol Consumption

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%)
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
-NE 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
GENDER
Male 53 19 28.6 16.3-45.0 21 33.4 19.6-50.7 8 32.6 14.1-58.9 2 2.3 0.5- 9.7 3 3.1 0.9-10.2
Female 46 25 50.3 34.1-66.4 16 42.2 26.7-59.5 2 3.0 0.6-14.0 2 3.4 0.8-13.5 1 1.1 0.2- 7.7
RACE
White 56 28 46.6 32.2-61.5 17 27.9 16.9-42.5 5 17.5 7.2-36.6 4 5.3 1.8-14.3 2 2.8 0.6-12.2
Other 43 16 24.3 12.3-42.5 20 44.5 23.7-67.4 5 29.0 8.1-65.4 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.2 0.5- 8.9
AGE
18-44 43 15 21.9 11.2-38.6 18 36.5 19.6-57.6 7 37.1 15.3-65.8 1 1.9 0.3-12.7 2 2.5 0.5-11.6
45+ 56 29 51.9 37.4-66.0 19 35.8 23.1-50.8 3 6.4 2.1-18.3 3 3.5 1.1-10.9 2 2.4 0.6- 9.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 51 19 29.0 15.4-47.7 23 39.6 22.3-60.0 5 26.9 7.6-62.1 1 0.6 0.1- 4.6 3 3.8 1.1-12.6
Some College + 48 25 43.5 28.9-59.3 14 32.0 18.6-49.2 5 18.7 7.7-38.7 3 5.1 1.6-15.5 1 0.8 0.1- 5.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 60 26 30.8 17.7-47.9 26 41.5 24.6-60.8 5 25.4 7.6-58.6 2 1.4 0.3- 5.8 1 0.9 0.1- 6.1
$50,000+ 23 11 45.5 25.6-66.9 6 25.6 10.8-49.4 3 18.3 6.1-43.7 1 4.5 0.6-26.1 2 6.0 1.3-24.4

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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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