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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

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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  Total
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
-Northeastern Partnership 996 699 66.4 62.6-70.0 87 9.5 7.6-11.9 94 11.4 8.7-14.8 83 9.4 7.4-11.9 33 3.3 2.2- 4.8
GENDER
Male 344 198 56.0 49.5-62.3 31 8.9 6.1-12.7 50 17.0 12.0-23.6 46 13.4 9.8-18.0 19 4.7 2.9- 7.6
Female 652 501 75.5 71.5-79.1 56 10.1 7.6-13.3 44 6.5 4.7- 8.9 37 5.9 4.1- 8.4 14 2.1 1.1- 3.6
RACE
White 575 362 58.3 53.6-62.8 56 11.0 8.3-14.4 67 13.3 10.2-17.0 65 12.9 10.0-16.5 25 4.6 3.0- 7.1
African American 377 301 76.3 69.2-82.2 29 8.2 5.5-12.0 25 10.1 5.3-18.2 15 3.8 2.2- 6.7 7 1.6 0.7- 3.5
Other Minorities 1 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-24 37 25 70.8 50.6-85.2 7 17.7 7.2-37.3 2 5.7 1.3-21.9 2 4.1 0.9-16.7 1 1.7 0.2-11.5
25-34 126 83 61.9 51.6-71.3 14 12.1 6.9-20.6 16 15.9 9.6-25.3 12 9.6 5.3-17.0 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7
35-44 157 98 56.9 46.1-67.2 23 13.7 8.7-20.8 15 14.7 6.6-29.8 19 12.7 7.4-20.9 2 2.0 0.5- 7.5
45-54 197 125 59.7 51.7-67.3 21 10.6 6.8-16.2 18 10.5 6.4-16.8 20 12.3 7.7-19.3 13 6.8 3.7-12.3
55-64 199 133 67.2 59.7-74.0 15 7.5 4.3-12.7 25 11.7 7.7-17.3 17 8.8 5.3-14.2 9 4.7 2.4- 9.1
65-74 164 132 77.9 69.6-84.4 5 3.2 1.3- 7.9 14 9.8 5.5-16.7 8 6.0 2.9-12.3 5 3.1 1.2- 7.9
75+ 115 102 89.6 82.1-94.2 2 1.9 0.4- 8.2 4 3.2 1.1- 9.4 5 4.0 1.6- 9.7 2 1.3 0.3- 5.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 220 186 80.8 73.4-86.6 13 7.5 4.1-13.3 9 4.5 2.1- 9.2 6 3.8 1.6- 8.7 6 3.3 1.3- 8.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 352 263 70.3 62.9-76.8 26 7.7 5.1-11.5 29 12.5 7.2-21.0 25 7.3 4.7-11.3 9 2.2 1.1- 4.3
Some Post-H.S. 230 153 63.6 55.9-70.7 21 10.3 6.4-16.2 28 13.4 9.0-19.5 22 9.7 5.7-15.9 6 3.0 1.2- 7.1
College Graduate 194 97 45.8 38.1-53.6 27 14.4 9.7-20.7 28 14.8 9.9-21.5 30 19.3 13.5-26.8 12 5.8 3.2-10.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 170 139 80.1 71.8-86.4 12 8.7 4.5-16.0 10 6.3 3.0-12.5 5 2.7 1.0- 7.3 4 2.2 0.8- 6.2
$15,000- 24,999 197 162 78.3 65.9-87.1 11 4.8 2.4- 9.4 12 10.9 3.9-26.9 12 5.9 3.2-10.8 0 0.0 . - .
$25,000- 34,999 103 64 61.1 50.1-71.2 12 17.1 9.8-28.3 9 7.1 3.4-14.4 13 10.0 5.5-17.5 5 4.6 1.6-12.5
$35,000- 49,999 130 67 48.6 39.0-58.3 22 16.2 10.5-24.1 21 15.8 9.9-24.2 12 13.6 7.2-24.2 8 5.8 2.9-11.5
$50,000-74,999 86 49 55.5 43.9-66.5 7 8.0 3.6-16.8 16 19.2 11.6-29.9 7 8.7 3.9-18.1 7 8.7 3.8-18.4
$75,000+ 83 37 45.4 33.9-57.3 12 12.2 6.6-21.3 10 14.2 7.4-25.5 19 23.9 15.2-35.7 5 4.3 1.5-11.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 381 295 73.5 67.5-78.8 23 8.7 5.6-13.3 26 6.4 4.1- 9.8 24 7.9 4.7-12.8 13 3.5 2.0- 6.3
No 579 377 63.0 58.3-67.4 62 10.4 8.0-13.5 65 12.8 9.9-16.5 56 10.4 7.9-13.6 19 3.3 2.0- 5.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 117 66 56.2 46.2-65.7 10 8.4 4.3-15.7 24 20.6 13.7-29.9 12 10.6 5.7-18.8 5 4.3 1.7-10.5
Non-Veteran 869 630 68.8 64.7-72.7 76 9.8 7.6-12.4 67 9.4 6.6-13.2 68 8.9 6.8-11.5 28 3.2 2.1- 4.8
Currently Serving 8 2 16.0 3.2-52.7 1 7.7 1.0-41.3 2 37.7 9.9-77.0 3 38.6 11.8-74.7 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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