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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 434 268 59.0 53.3-64.4 60 13.2 10.0-17.2 60 16.4 12.4-21.3 34 8.5 5.7-12.4 12 3.0 1.6- 5.5
GENDER
Male 133 65 53.0 43.4-62.4 22 14.4 9.2-21.7 24 17.1 11.4-25.0 14 10.0 5.8-16.8 8 5.5 2.5-11.8
Female 301 203 62.8 55.7-69.3 38 12.5 8.7-17.6 36 15.9 10.9-22.6 20 7.5 4.2-12.9 4 1.3 0.5- 3.8
RACE
White 374 227 57.8 51.8-63.7 51 13.1 9.7-17.5 54 16.5 12.5-21.6 31 9.3 6.1-13.8 11 3.2 1.6- 6.3
Other 59 40 63.2 47.4-76.6 9 14.0 6.8-26.6 6 16.2 6.6-34.6 3 4.9 1.4-15.3 1 1.7 0.2-11.3
AGE
18-44 190 107 54.2 45.9-62.3 31 16.2 11.2-22.9 33 19.3 13.2-27.2 15 8.3 4.4-15.1 4 2.0 0.7- 5.9
45+ 242 159 62.9 55.2-70.0 29 10.7 7.0-15.9 27 14.0 9.2-20.6 19 8.7 5.2-14.0 8 3.8 1.7- 8.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 170 133 76.9 68.8-83.5 17 11.5 6.9-18.5 13 6.7 3.7-11.9 5 2.6 0.9- 7.0 2 2.3 0.5- 9.3
Some College + 264 135 47.9 40.7-55.1 43 14.3 10.2-19.6 47 22.4 16.6-29.5 29 12.1 7.9-18.1 10 3.4 1.7- 6.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 180 134 71.6 63.1-78.9 20 11.7 7.3-18.2 14 9.5 5.2-16.8 9 4.7 2.2- 9.6 3 2.5 0.7- 9.0
$50,000+ 171 74 42.5 33.9-51.6 30 15.9 10.7-22.8 37 24.8 17.6-33.8 23 13.4 8.2-20.9 7 3.4 1.5- 7.6

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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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