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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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
-Western NC 1,630 1,069 63.4 60.4-66.2 169 10.6 8.9-12.6 188 12.4 10.5-14.6 145 9.9 8.2-11.9 59 3.7 2.8- 5.1
GENDER
Male 609 344 55.8 51.1-60.5 58 9.7 7.3-12.8 85 14.7 11.5-18.5 80 13.5 10.6-17.1 42 6.3 4.4- 8.9
Female 1,021 725 70.5 67.0-73.8 111 11.5 9.2-14.2 103 10.2 8.2-12.7 65 6.5 4.9- 8.4 17 1.3 0.8- 2.3
RACE
White 1,448 941 62.9 59.8-65.9 148 10.7 8.9-12.7 171 12.3 10.3-14.6 133 10.3 8.5-12.5 55 3.8 2.8- 5.1
African American 70 40 50.1 36.5-63.7 11 13.2 5.8-27.3 10 20.4 11.0-34.8 7 12.3 5.4-25.6 2 4.0 1.0-14.7
Other Minorities 4 4 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-24 90 53 53.2 41.2-64.9 8 8.4 3.7-18.1 14 18.4 10.7-29.9 13 17.7 9.9-29.6 2 2.3 0.5-10.4
25-34 209 122 53.9 45.0-62.5 30 16.1 10.4-24.0 26 14.2 8.4-23.2 28 14.3 9.2-21.6 3 1.4 0.2- 8.7
35-44 295 167 55.8 49.0-62.5 33 11.3 7.6-16.3 52 17.4 13.0-23.0 32 11.0 7.3-16.1 11 4.5 2.3- 8.7
45-54 308 194 65.2 58.6-71.3 45 12.2 8.8-16.8 38 13.4 9.3-18.9 24 7.1 4.6-10.9 7 2.1 0.9- 4.8
55-64 280 195 70.9 64.3-76.8 21 8.2 5.1-13.0 22 6.3 3.8-10.2 24 8.8 5.5-13.6 18 5.8 3.5- 9.6
65-74 249 178 69.0 61.7-75.5 18 7.8 4.6-13.0 23 9.7 6.1-15.0 18 8.9 5.3-14.5 12 4.6 2.4- 8.5
75+ 194 155 73.5 64.5-81.0 14 8.5 4.6-14.9 13 8.2 4.4-14.8 6 4.4 1.8-10.5 6 5.4 2.0-13.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 302 258 81.3 74.4-86.7 13 5.5 2.9-10.3 10 4.5 2.0-10.1 12 5.6 2.9-10.4 9 3.0 1.3- 7.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 483 363 72.7 67.3-77.5 39 7.4 5.0-10.6 41 9.4 6.6-13.1 29 7.4 4.8-11.4 11 3.1 1.5- 6.4
Some Post-H.S. 424 255 58.1 52.3-63.7 53 12.7 9.2-17.3 58 15.0 11.2-19.8 39 10.1 7.1-14.2 19 4.1 2.5- 6.5
College Graduate 418 191 43.7 38.1-49.6 64 16.4 12.7-21.1 78 18.9 14.6-24.2 65 16.1 12.4-20.8 20 4.7 2.9- 7.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 213 165 77.5 69.2-84.1 18 8.2 4.2-15.2 12 6.4 3.3-11.9 12 5.3 2.5-10.9 6 2.7 1.1- 6.1
$15,000- 24,999 303 217 68.7 61.6-75.1 23 6.8 4.2-11.1 33 13.0 8.6-19.1 18 7.1 4.0-12.3 12 4.3 2.1- 8.8
$25,000- 34,999 224 148 60.8 52.6-68.3 24 15.1 9.8-22.7 31 11.8 7.8-17.4 16 8.3 4.8-13.8 5 4.1 1.4-10.9
$35,000- 49,999 219 135 64.2 56.4-71.3 34 13.4 9.2-19.1 18 9.3 5.3-15.7 25 9.7 6.1-15.0 7 3.5 1.5- 7.6
$50,000-74,999 184 96 50.4 42.0-58.9 23 13.4 8.5-20.6 29 15.8 10.7-22.8 28 16.0 10.7-23.2 8 4.3 2.0- 9.1
$75,000+ 148 62 43.3 34.3-52.8 23 16.2 10.5-24.0 27 16.4 10.8-24.1 26 18.1 12.0-26.2 10 6.0 3.2-11.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 579 423 71.1 66.1-75.5 46 7.2 5.1-10.0 50 10.8 7.7-14.7 40 7.1 4.9-10.2 20 3.9 2.3- 6.5
No 1,013 617 58.7 54.9-62.4 122 12.8 10.4-15.5 136 13.5 11.1-16.4 101 11.4 9.1-14.1 37 3.6 2.4- 5.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 224 128 55.0 46.9-62.9 25 11.0 7.1-16.8 27 13.6 8.8-20.4 28 13.3 8.8-19.6 16 7.1 4.0-12.4
Non-Veteran 1,398 936 65.1 61.9-68.1 144 10.6 8.7-12.7 160 12.1 10.1-14.5 115 9.1 7.4-11.2 43 3.1 2.2- 4.4
Currently Serving 5 2 15.2 2.3-57.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 20.6 2.3-74.1 2 64.3 17.8-93.7 0 0.0 . - .

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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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