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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow 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
-Onslow County 387 225 54.5 48.8-60.0 60 14.7 11.4-18.9 53 15.7 12.0-20.4 36 10.6 7.4-15.1 13 4.4 2.3- 8.3
GENDER
Male 146 68 44.3 35.8-53.2 19 12.6 8.0-19.3 26 18.3 12.5-26.0 22 16.2 10.3-24.5 11 8.6 4.4-16.0
Female 241 157 64.1 57.3-70.4 41 16.8 12.3-22.4 27 13.3 9.1-19.1 14 5.3 3.1- 9.1 2 0.5 0.1- 2.1
RACE
White 292 163 51.9 45.5-58.2 50 17.1 13.0-22.3 39 15.3 11.2-20.6 28 10.2 6.9-14.7 12 5.5 2.8-10.5
Other 93 62 63.3 50.8-74.2 9 7.2 3.6-14.0 13 16.0 9.1-26.7 8 12.2 5.1-26.3 1 1.3 0.2- 8.8
AGE
18-44 189 93 45.1 37.4-53.1 44 20.7 15.3-27.3 32 19.2 13.7-26.4 17 11.9 7.0-19.4 3 3.1 0.8-11.1
45+ 195 130 64.6 56.9-71.7 15 7.8 4.6-13.1 21 12.0 7.7-18.2 19 9.4 5.9-14.8 10 6.1 3.2-11.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 178 112 57.1 48.7-65.2 23 12.6 8.3-18.9 20 13.9 9.0-21.1 17 12.5 7.2-20.7 6 3.8 1.6- 8.6
Some College + 207 113 52.4 44.7-60.1 36 16.4 11.7-22.4 32 17.1 12.0-23.6 19 9.1 5.6-14.5 7 5.0 2.0-11.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 231 148 60.5 53.0-67.6 36 15.6 11.1-21.4 23 11.5 7.5-17.2 19 10.0 5.8-16.7 5 2.4 1.0- 5.8
$50,000+ 85 33 35.8 25.7-47.3 15 15.1 8.9-24.4 21 26.6 17.5-38.1 12 13.3 7.4-22.7 4 9.2 3.2-23.5

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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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