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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Anson/Hoke/Montgomery/Richmond/Scotland/Stanly Counties

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
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly 535 373 68.1 63.2-72.6 59 11.8 8.9-15.4 49 8.8 6.4-11.9 41 7.7 5.4-11.0 13 3.6 1.9- 6.9
GENDER
Male 201 116 57.7 49.8-65.3 25 13.2 8.8-19.5 23 10.3 6.5-16.0 27 12.1 7.9-18.1 10 6.7 3.3-13.0
Female 334 257 78.3 73.0-82.8 34 10.3 7.2-14.7 26 7.3 4.8-10.8 14 3.5 1.9- 6.4 3 0.6 0.2- 2.2
RACE
White 346 228 63.6 57.4-69.5 39 12.9 9.2-17.8 36 9.6 6.6-13.8 33 8.9 6.0-13.0 10 4.9 2.4- 9.9
Other 187 144 77.1 69.5-83.3 20 10.0 6.2-15.9 13 7.4 4.1-13.2 7 4.1 1.7- 9.6 3 1.3 0.4- 4.6
AGE
18-44 207 131 62.2 54.2-69.6 30 15.1 10.3-21.6 23 11.6 7.4-17.8 21 8.8 5.3-14.3 2 2.2 0.4-11.2
45+ 325 241 72.8 66.6-78.2 28 9.5 6.3-14.2 26 7.0 4.5-10.7 19 6.2 3.7-10.1 11 4.6 2.3- 8.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 298 236 78.3 72.1-83.4 23 8.7 5.6-13.3 22 7.2 4.4-11.4 11 3.2 1.5- 6.4 6 2.7 0.9- 7.7
Some College + 235 136 55.0 47.5-62.3 36 16.2 11.3-22.7 27 11.1 7.3-16.6 29 12.8 8.5-18.8 7 5.0 2.2-10.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 317 233 71.6 65.2-77.3 35 12.2 8.5-17.4 23 7.8 4.8-12.3 20 5.7 3.5- 9.3 6 2.7 0.9- 7.6
$50,000+ 106 56 52.1 41.4-62.6 14 13.7 7.8-22.9 16 12.9 7.5-21.2 16 15.5 8.9-25.6 4 5.9 2.2-14.8

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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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