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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 168 1 0.9 0.1- 6.3 44 26.8 19.7-35.4 58 37.3 29.1-46.2 48 27.6 20.7-35.7 17 7.4 4.4-12.2
GENDER
Male 63 1 2.1 0.3-13.4 11 18.0 9.8-30.7 20 37.4 25.1-51.6 23 34.7 23.2-48.3 8 7.9 3.5-16.6
Female 105 0 0.0 . - . 33 33.9 23.8-45.7 38 37.1 26.8-48.8 25 21.9 14.6-31.5 9 7.0 3.6-13.4
RACE
White 149 1 1.1 0.2- 7.4 36 25.3 17.8-34.6 51 35.8 27.3-45.2 44 29.1 21.6-37.8 17 8.7 5.2-14.3
Other 18 0 0.0 . - . 7 31.1 13.8-56.1 7 48.2 24.6-72.7 4 20.6 7.2-46.5 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 54 0 0.0 . - . 18 34.5 21.7-50.0 23 41.4 27.7-56.5 12 21.6 12.2-35.3 1 2.5 0.3-15.7
45+ 113 1 1.6 0.2-10.7 26 21.1 14.0-30.4 35 34.3 24.8-45.2 35 31.8 23.0-42.2 16 11.2 6.7-18.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 64 0 0.0 . - . 23 32.0 20.9-45.7 21 39.5 26.5-54.1 16 23.7 14.2-36.8 4 4.7 1.7-12.6
Some College + 104 1 1.6 0.2-10.2 21 23.3 14.6-35.1 37 35.8 25.8-47.2 32 30.2 21.2-40.9 13 9.2 5.0-16.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 85 0 0.0 . - . 27 28.2 19.2-39.3 27 39.8 28.6-52.3 22 25.0 16.4-36.1 9 7.0 3.6-13.4
$50,000+ 58 1 2.5 0.3-15.5 8 19.7 9.1-37.5 24 36.7 24.2-51.4 21 34.9 22.6-49.6 4 6.3 2.1-17.2

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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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