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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 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
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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 141 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8 47 38.8 29.6-49.0 33 22.6 15.6-31.6 43 28.2 20.7-37.1 17 10.1 5.7-17.4
GENDER
Male 70 0 0.0 . - . 21 39.9 27.2-54.2 18 22.7 13.6-35.4 21 26.0 16.5-38.5 10 11.4 5.4-22.4
Female 71 1 0.7 0.1- 4.8 26 37.1 25.8-50.0 15 22.5 13.2-35.7 22 31.7 21.0-44.7 7 8.0 3.4-18.0
RACE
White 126 0 0.0 . - . 41 36.9 27.3-47.6 31 23.4 16.0-33.1 38 29.0 21.0-38.6 16 10.7 5.9-18.7
Other 15 1 2.7 0.3-17.7 6 57.2 28.9-81.4 2 15.2 3.3-48.3 5 20.5 6.7-48.1 1 4.5 0.6-26.9
AGE
18-44 67 0 0.0 . - . 22 39.2 26.4-53.8 15 22.1 12.9-35.2 25 30.0 19.7-42.9 5 8.7 3.3-20.9
45+ 74 1 0.7 0.1- 4.6 25 38.3 26.7-51.3 18 23.5 14.4-36.1 18 25.3 15.8-37.9 12 12.3 6.5-21.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 62 0 0.0 . - . 26 47.8 33.2-62.8 14 20.8 11.3-35.0 15 19.6 10.8-33.1 7 11.8 4.9-25.6
Some College + 79 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6 21 30.0 19.6-42.8 19 24.5 15.3-36.8 28 36.6 25.8-48.8 10 8.5 4.2-16.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 81 1 0.5 0.1- 3.2 29 41.6 29.0-55.5 16 19.0 10.8-31.1 25 27.1 17.5-39.5 10 11.8 5.6-23.4
$50,000+ 48 0 0.0 . - . 13 29.6 17.3-45.6 16 34.6 21.2-50.9 16 33.6 21.0-49.1 3 2.2 0.6- 7.4

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*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.

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