BRFSS 2005 - Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties: (During the past 30 days, how many days per week or per month did you have at least one drink of any alcoholic beverage?*)

	Total Respond.^	No drinks	1-2 days	3-7 days	8-29 days	Everyday
North Carolina	6,629	64	0.9	0.7- 1.3	2,124	32.7	31.2-34.3	2,051	31.6	30.1-33.1	1,802	27.4	26.0-28.9	588	7.3	6.6- 8.1
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	121	1	0.7	0.1- 5.1	40	29.0	20.2-39.7	46	39.7	28.5-52.2	26	24.5	14.2-38.9	8	6.1	2.1-16.2
GENDER
Male	63	1	1.2	0.2- 8.0	11	14.9	7.5-27.5	29	45.3	29.0-62.6	16	30.3	15.6-50.6	6	8.3	2.5-24.4
Female	58	0	0.0	. - .	29	53.0	38.6-67.0	17	30.2	18.8-44.8	10	14.5	7.1-27.4	2	2.2	0.5- 8.7
RACE
White	110	1	0.8	0.1- 5.7	40	32.6	22.7-44.4	38	34.0	23.1-46.9	23	25.7	14.5-41.3	8	6.8	2.4-18.1
Other	11	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	8	84.8	54.7-96.3	3	15.2	3.7-45.3	0	0.0	. - .
AGE
18-44	50	1	1.2	0.2- 8.5	21	30.6	18.1-47.0	19	38.4	22.4-57.4	8	24.6	10.3-48.2	1	5.1	0.7-28.6
45+	71	0	0.0	. - .	19	26.5	16.7-39.2	27	41.8	29.7-54.9	18	24.3	15.1-36.7	7	7.5	3.4-15.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	34	1	2.4	0.3-15.7	9	21.3	10.0-39.6	18	53.4	32.7-73.0	4	11.3	3.7-29.8	2	11.6	2.2-43.6
Some College +	86	0	0.0	. - .	31	32.7	21.4-46.4	28	34.1	21.5-49.5	21	29.6	16.1-47.9	6	3.6	1.5- 8.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	74	1	1.2	0.2- 8.1	28	29.0	18.1-43.1	28	42.0	26.6-59.1	13	21.1	8.6-43.0	4	6.7	1.5-24.8
$50,000+	38	0	0.0	. - .	9	26.0	13.0-45.0	14	33.6	19.3-51.7	12	34.8	18.3-56.0	3	5.6	1.7-17.1

*This question asked only of respondents who reported drinking at least one drink in the last month.

^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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
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.

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties

Alcohol Consumption

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
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	6,629	64	0.9	0.7- 1.3	2,124	32.7	31.2-34.3	2,051	31.6	30.1-33.1	1,802	27.4	26.0-28.9	588	7.3	6.6- 8.1
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	121	1	0.7	0.1- 5.1	40	29.0	20.2-39.7	46	39.7	28.5-52.2	26	24.5	14.2-38.9	8	6.1	2.1-16.2
GENDER
Male	63	1	1.2	0.2- 8.0	11	14.9	7.5-27.5	29	45.3	29.0-62.6	16	30.3	15.6-50.6	6	8.3	2.5-24.4
Female	58	0	0.0	. - .	29	53.0	38.6-67.0	17	30.2	18.8-44.8	10	14.5	7.1-27.4	2	2.2	0.5- 8.7
RACE
White	110	1	0.8	0.1- 5.7	40	32.6	22.7-44.4	38	34.0	23.1-46.9	23	25.7	14.5-41.3	8	6.8	2.4-18.1
Other	11	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	8	84.8	54.7-96.3	3	15.2	3.7-45.3	0	0.0	. - .
AGE
18-44	50	1	1.2	0.2- 8.5	21	30.6	18.1-47.0	19	38.4	22.4-57.4	8	24.6	10.3-48.2	1	5.1	0.7-28.6
45+	71	0	0.0	. - .	19	26.5	16.7-39.2	27	41.8	29.7-54.9	18	24.3	15.1-36.7	7	7.5	3.4-15.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	34	1	2.4	0.3-15.7	9	21.3	10.0-39.6	18	53.4	32.7-73.0	4	11.3	3.7-29.8	2	11.6	2.2-43.6
Some College +	86	0	0.0	. - .	31	32.7	21.4-46.4	28	34.1	21.5-49.5	21	29.6	16.1-47.9	6	3.6	1.5- 8.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	74	1	1.2	0.2- 8.1	28	29.0	18.1-43.1	28	42.0	26.6-59.1	13	21.1	8.6-43.0	4	6.7	1.5-24.8
$50,000+	38	0	0.0	. - .	9	26.0	13.0-45.0	14	33.6	19.3-51.7	12	34.8	18.3-56.0	3	5.6	1.7-17.1