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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

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
-New Hanover County 372 170 43.6 37.9-49.4 56 14.8 11.3-19.2 57 17.2 13.0-22.5 61 16.5 12.7-21.2 28 7.8 5.2-11.6
GENDER
Male 146 50 36.2 27.8-45.5 16 10.1 6.0-16.4 32 23.2 16.2-32.1 34 20.3 14.4-27.9 14 10.1 5.8-17.1
Female 226 120 50.7 43.4-58.0 40 19.3 14.1-25.9 25 11.5 7.4-17.5 27 12.9 8.5-19.0 14 5.6 3.2- 9.7
RACE
White 304 124 38.3 32.4-44.5 48 16.1 12.0-21.1 50 18.2 13.5-24.0 56 19.2 14.7-24.6 26 8.3 5.6-12.2
Other 65 44 66.0 50.5-78.6 8 9.9 4.5-20.5 6 12.6 5.1-28.0 5 5.6 2.0-14.8 2 6.0 1.3-23.5
AGE
18-44 140 54 39.1 30.1-49.0 24 15.9 10.4-23.5 27 22.1 14.7-31.8 31 20.6 14.1-28.9 4 2.3 0.8- 6.3
45+ 231 115 46.8 39.7-54.0 32 14.1 9.8-19.8 30 13.6 9.3-19.4 30 13.5 9.3-19.1 24 12.1 7.9-18.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 115 74 58.2 47.3-68.2 16 16.3 10.0-25.6 10 12.5 6.5-22.8 11 10.3 5.4-18.9 4 2.6 1.0- 7.2
Some College + 256 95 36.1 29.8-42.9 40 14.1 10.1-19.2 47 19.7 14.5-26.2 50 19.7 14.9-25.6 24 10.5 6.8-15.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 177 90 49.2 40.7-57.7 24 12.2 7.9-18.5 27 19.4 12.7-28.5 22 12.4 8.0-18.8 14 6.8 3.9-11.8
$50,000+ 104 34 33.3 24.4-43.6 16 15.5 9.5-24.3 21 20.5 13.3-30.1 24 22.1 14.7-31.8 9 8.6 4.4-16.1

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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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