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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: NE Partnership II (Beaufort/Camden/Chowan/Edgecombe/Martin/Pasq./Perq./Tyrrell/Wash.)

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 II 481 354 73.1 68.4-77.4 37 8.3 5.8-11.6 42 9.9 7.1-13.5 34 6.3 4.4- 9.0 14 2.4 1.4- 4.3
GENDER
Male 159 99 64.0 55.5-71.6 14 9.0 5.2-15.0 24 15.7 10.4-23.0 16 8.4 5.0-13.7 6 3.0 1.3- 6.8
Female 322 255 80.6 75.5-84.8 23 7.7 4.9-11.9 18 5.2 3.2- 8.3 18 4.7 2.9- 7.5 8 1.9 0.9- 4.1
RACE
White 309 212 67.8 61.7-73.4 26 9.4 6.3-14.0 29 10.1 6.9-14.6 29 9.0 6.1-13.2 13 3.6 2.0- 6.5
Other 171 141 80.9 73.1-86.9 11 6.5 3.4-12.1 13 9.6 5.3-16.6 5 2.3 0.9- 5.7 1 0.7 0.1- 4.8
AGE
18-44 139 96 69.2 59.9-77.2 18 12.8 7.8-20.5 14 11.1 6.4-18.7 11 6.8 3.5-12.7 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 341 257 75.3 69.9-80.0 19 5.7 3.6- 9.0 28 9.2 6.2-13.5 23 6.0 3.9- 9.2 14 3.8 2.1- 6.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 266 221 82.6 76.7-87.2 12 4.8 2.6- 8.6 16 7.0 4.0-11.7 12 4.4 2.3- 7.9 5 1.3 0.5- 3.5
Some College + 215 133 61.7 54.1-68.8 25 12.5 8.2-18.5 26 13.4 8.9-19.7 22 8.7 5.5-13.4 9 3.7 1.8- 7.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 292 221 73.8 67.6-79.3 21 8.5 5.4-13.2 26 9.9 6.5-14.9 17 5.5 3.2- 9.1 7 2.3 1.0- 4.9
$50,000+ 88 51 61.2 50.0-71.4 12 13.0 7.1-22.6 11 13.5 7.4-23.2 10 9.7 5.1-17.9 4 2.6 0.8- 8.2

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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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