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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 407 165 39.3 33.9-44.9 45 13.0 9.4-17.7 85 19.8 15.7-24.5 95 23.3 19.0-28.2 17 4.6 2.8- 7.6
GENDER
Male 149 44 28.8 21.1-37.9 16 14.1 8.5-22.6 29 17.4 11.8-24.9 49 32.0 24.4-40.8 11 7.7 4.2-13.8
Female 258 121 48.3 41.4-55.3 29 12.1 8.1-17.7 56 21.8 16.6-28.2 46 15.8 11.7-21.0 6 1.9 0.8- 4.6
RACE
White 319 113 34.0 28.3-40.1 35 12.7 8.8-18.0 73 21.1 16.6-26.5 82 26.6 21.4-32.5 16 5.6 3.3- 9.4
Other 85 52 57.4 44.6-69.3 10 14.4 7.2-26.6 11 15.0 7.9-26.8 11 11.7 6.2-21.2 1 1.4 0.2- 9.5
AGE
18-44 193 75 38.1 30.6-46.2 20 13.8 8.5-21.6 42 19.4 13.9-26.4 52 26.6 20.2-34.1 4 2.2 0.8- 6.0
45+ 213 90 40.7 33.2-48.7 25 12.3 8.0-18.3 43 20.2 14.7-27.1 42 19.6 14.3-26.4 13 7.2 4.0-12.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 84 58 67.6 55.1-78.1 9 13.9 7.2-25.3 8 7.4 3.5-14.8 8 9.0 4.1-18.6 1 2.1 0.3-13.4
Some College + 323 107 30.8 25.5-36.6 36 12.8 8.8-18.2 77 23.5 18.6-29.2 87 27.6 22.4-33.4 16 5.4 3.2- 8.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 150 72 46.4 37.0-56.2 15 13.7 7.6-23.7 31 18.1 12.3-25.9 29 18.9 12.7-27.1 3 2.8 0.8- 8.9
$50,000+ 170 55 31.8 24.7-39.9 19 11.2 7.1-17.3 41 24.7 18.0-32.8 43 25.1 18.6-33.0 12 7.2 3.9-12.8

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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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