BRFSS 2005 - Buncombe County: (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
-Buncombe County	199	1	0.5	0.1- 3.8	50	27.0	19.6-36.1	62	31.8	24.6-39.9	71	35.3	27.7-43.8	15	5.3	2.9- 9.4
GENDER
Male	75	0	0.0	. - .	14	23.2	12.2-39.6	24	30.7	20.3-43.6	30	39.1	27.0-52.8	7	6.9	3.0-15.3
Female	124	1	1.1	0.1- 7.2	36	30.7	21.9-41.2	38	32.8	23.7-43.4	41	31.7	22.9-42.1	8	3.7	1.8- 7.6
RACE
White	181	1	0.6	0.1- 4.3	45	25.5	18.7-33.8	57	32.2	24.9-40.6	65	36.9	29.0-45.7	13	4.7	2.6- 8.3
Other	18	0	0.0	. - .	5	37.1	11.4-72.9	5	29.0	10.3-59.2	6	24.7	8.8-52.7	2	9.3	1.6-39.4
AGE
18-44	89	0	0.0	. - .	27	32.4	21.5-45.5	32	32.6	22.8-44.2	28	33.0	22.7-45.2	2	2.0	0.4-10.0
45+	109	1	1.5	0.2- 9.7	22	17.0	11.0-25.4	30	30.9	21.8-41.8	43	39.8	30.1-50.3	13	10.9	6.1-18.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	54	0	0.0	. - .	17	34.2	18.5-54.2	15	25.0	14.1-40.4	16	32.1	18.3-50.0	6	8.7	3.3-20.9
Some College +	145	1	0.8	0.1- 5.4	33	23.9	16.5-33.3	47	34.8	26.2-44.4	55	36.7	28.1-46.3	9	3.8	1.8- 7.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	104	0	0.0	. - .	33	32.4	21.4-45.6	28	25.2	16.9-36.0	35	37.1	26.3-49.5	8	5.3	2.2-12.0
$50,000+	76	1	1.6	0.2-10.8	13	19.3	10.8-32.0	27	38.5	27.3-51.1	29	34.3	23.9-46.4	6	6.3	2.7-14.2

*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: Buncombe County

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
-Buncombe County	199	1	0.5	0.1- 3.8	50	27.0	19.6-36.1	62	31.8	24.6-39.9	71	35.3	27.7-43.8	15	5.3	2.9- 9.4
GENDER
Male	75	0	0.0	. - .	14	23.2	12.2-39.6	24	30.7	20.3-43.6	30	39.1	27.0-52.8	7	6.9	3.0-15.3
Female	124	1	1.1	0.1- 7.2	36	30.7	21.9-41.2	38	32.8	23.7-43.4	41	31.7	22.9-42.1	8	3.7	1.8- 7.6
RACE
White	181	1	0.6	0.1- 4.3	45	25.5	18.7-33.8	57	32.2	24.9-40.6	65	36.9	29.0-45.7	13	4.7	2.6- 8.3
Other	18	0	0.0	. - .	5	37.1	11.4-72.9	5	29.0	10.3-59.2	6	24.7	8.8-52.7	2	9.3	1.6-39.4
AGE
18-44	89	0	0.0	. - .	27	32.4	21.5-45.5	32	32.6	22.8-44.2	28	33.0	22.7-45.2	2	2.0	0.4-10.0
45+	109	1	1.5	0.2- 9.7	22	17.0	11.0-25.4	30	30.9	21.8-41.8	43	39.8	30.1-50.3	13	10.9	6.1-18.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	54	0	0.0	. - .	17	34.2	18.5-54.2	15	25.0	14.1-40.4	16	32.1	18.3-50.0	6	8.7	3.3-20.9
Some College +	145	1	0.8	0.1- 5.4	33	23.9	16.5-33.3	47	34.8	26.2-44.4	55	36.7	28.1-46.3	9	3.8	1.8- 7.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	104	0	0.0	. - .	33	32.4	21.4-45.6	28	25.2	16.9-36.0	35	37.1	26.3-49.5	8	5.3	2.2-12.0
$50,000+	76	1	1.6	0.2-10.8	13	19.3	10.8-32.0	27	38.5	27.3-51.1	29	34.3	23.9-46.4	6	6.3	2.7-14.2