BRFSS 2005 - Buncombe County: (During the past 30 days, have you had at least one drink of any alcoholic beverage such as beer, wine, a malt beverage, or liquor?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	17,233	6,747	42.9	41.8-43.9	10,486	57.1	56.1-58.2
-Buncombe County	453	204	47.4	41.4-53.5	249	52.6	46.5-58.6
GENDER
Male	161	77	46.7	36.9-56.7	84	53.3	43.3-63.1
Female	292	127	48.1	41.4-55.0	165	51.9	45.0-58.6
RACE
White	384	184	50.9	44.7-57.1	200	49.1	42.9-55.3
Other	69	20	32.8	18.5-51.2	49	67.2	48.8-81.5
AGE
18-44	170	91	52.0	42.4-61.4	79	48.0	38.6-57.6
45+	281	112	41.3	35.0-47.9	169	58.7	52.1-65.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	179	56	36.8	27.2-47.6	123	63.2	52.4-72.8
Some College +	271	148	54.7	47.4-61.8	123	45.3	38.2-52.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	262	105	45.0	37.3-53.0	157	55.0	47.0-62.7
$50,000+	122	78	63.7	54.0-72.4	44	36.3	27.6-46.0

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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: 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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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	17,233	6,747	42.9	41.8-43.9	10,486	57.1	56.1-58.2
-Buncombe County	453	204	47.4	41.4-53.5	249	52.6	46.5-58.6
GENDER
Male	161	77	46.7	36.9-56.7	84	53.3	43.3-63.1
Female	292	127	48.1	41.4-55.0	165	51.9	45.0-58.6
RACE
White	384	184	50.9	44.7-57.1	200	49.1	42.9-55.3
Other	69	20	32.8	18.5-51.2	49	67.2	48.8-81.5
AGE
18-44	170	91	52.0	42.4-61.4	79	48.0	38.6-57.6
45+	281	112	41.3	35.0-47.9	169	58.7	52.1-65.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	179	56	36.8	27.2-47.6	123	63.2	52.4-72.8
Some College +	271	148	54.7	47.4-61.8	123	45.3	38.2-52.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	262	105	45.0	37.3-53.0	157	55.0	47.0-62.7
$50,000+	122	78	63.7	54.0-72.4	44	36.3	27.6-46.0

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

Alcohol Consumption

During the past 30 days, have you had at least one drink of any alcoholic beverage such as beer, wine, a malt beverage, or liquor?