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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

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
-Eastern NC 1,991 18 0.9 0.5- 1.7 670 35.4 32.6-38.4 612 32.0 29.1-35.0 509 24.2 21.9-26.8 182 7.4 6.2- 8.8
GENDER
Male 896 7 0.9 0.3- 2.3 217 29.3 25.2-33.7 275 33.0 28.8-37.6 285 27.5 24.0-31.3 112 9.3 7.4-11.6
Female 1,095 11 0.9 0.4- 1.9 453 44.1 40.4-47.8 337 30.5 27.2-34.1 224 19.7 17.0-22.6 70 4.8 3.7- 6.2
RACE
White 1,559 10 0.5 0.2- 1.0 484 34.0 30.9-37.4 473 30.6 27.7-33.7 432 26.4 23.7-29.3 160 8.4 7.0-10.1
African American 291 6 1.6 0.6- 4.4 133 47.1 39.4-54.9 83 30.9 24.2-38.6 55 16.7 12.4-22.2 14 3.6 1.9- 6.9
Other Minorities 136 2 2.9 0.6-14.0 49 26.8 18.1-37.7 56 46.3 32.2-61.1 22 19.2 11.3-30.5 7 4.8 1.7-12.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 77 1 3.2 0.5-19.5 26 27.2 17.7-39.5 33 43.7 30.7-57.7 14 21.1 11.8-34.9 3 4.7 1.3-16.0
Non-Hispanic 1,913 17 0.7 0.4- 1.3 644 36.1 33.1-39.1 578 31.1 28.2-34.2 495 24.5 22.1-27.1 179 7.6 6.4- 9.1
AGE
18-24 122 2 2.0 0.4- 8.1 54 44.3 33.2-56.1 46 37.6 26.7-49.9 19 15.7 9.0-26.1 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1
25-34 345 2 0.4 0.1- 1.5 141 38.5 32.5-44.9 124 37.0 31.0-43.4 69 21.6 16.7-27.3 9 2.5 1.2- 5.2
35-44 440 3 0.6 0.2- 2.0 166 37.4 32.2-42.9 134 29.5 24.8-34.7 108 24.6 20.3-29.5 29 8.0 5.1-12.2
45-54 409 4 0.7 0.2- 1.9 135 34.7 29.2-40.7 122 29.1 24.1-34.5 113 27.8 23.0-33.1 35 7.8 5.3-11.3
55-64 366 4 1.5 0.5- 4.4 99 26.7 21.7-32.3 104 30.1 24.6-36.3 105 28.0 23.0-33.5 54 13.7 10.2-18.1
65-74 194 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 49 21.2 15.7-28.0 51 25.4 19.0-33.1 62 35.6 28.2-43.8 31 17.6 12.0-25.0
75+ 105 1 0.5 0.1- 3.5 24 23.8 15.3-35.1 28 26.3 18.0-36.7 30 26.5 18.5-36.5 22 22.8 14.9-33.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 153 5 3.8 1.2-11.4 56 37.0 26.8-48.5 41 29.1 20.2-40.0 34 20.9 13.7-30.5 17 9.2 4.9-16.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 577 6 0.7 0.3- 1.7 208 36.8 31.3-42.6 181 34.2 28.1-40.7 137 21.8 17.5-26.9 45 6.6 4.6- 9.2
Some Post-H.S. 543 2 0.2 0.1- 0.9 190 39.4 33.9-45.1 169 31.5 26.7-36.8 125 21.1 17.2-25.6 57 7.7 5.6-10.6
College Graduate 717 5 0.7 0.2- 1.9 215 29.5 25.6-33.8 221 31.4 27.4-35.6 213 31.1 27.2-35.3 63 7.3 5.6- 9.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 145 3 1.5 0.4- 4.7 54 26.9 19.4-35.9 45 45.5 34.4-57.0 24 15.7 9.8-24.2 19 10.5 5.9-18.0
$15,000- 24,999 289 3 0.7 0.2- 2.6 112 36.2 29.2-43.8 98 35.5 28.1-43.6 56 21.7 15.7-29.1 20 6.0 3.3-10.5
$25,000- 34,999 252 3 1.2 0.3- 4.4 95 41.6 32.0-51.9 78 32.8 22.8-44.7 52 18.3 11.7-27.6 24 6.1 3.7- 9.8
$35,000- 49,999 315 2 0.5 0.1- 2.0 107 35.8 29.6-42.5 85 26.8 21.4-33.1 89 26.6 21.3-32.6 32 10.3 6.7-15.4
$50,000-74,999 330 4 2.6 0.8- 8.2 104 33.7 27.7-40.3 104 30.3 24.8-36.5 88 26.3 21.0-32.5 30 7.1 4.8-10.3
$75,000+ 441 1 0.1 0.0- 0.5 125 28.7 24.0-33.9 141 33.8 28.8-39.3 135 29.5 24.9-34.5 39 7.9 5.5-11.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 483 9 1.5 0.7- 3.4 169 34.7 28.6-41.4 134 30.2 23.2-38.2 108 23.0 18.2-28.7 63 10.6 7.9-14.1
No 1,464 8 0.7 0.3- 1.8 489 35.6 32.4-39.0 463 32.4 29.4-35.6 391 24.9 22.2-27.8 113 6.3 5.0- 7.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 432 3 0.8 0.2- 2.5 117 32.4 26.8-38.5 126 29.6 24.5-35.2 123 26.4 21.1-32.4 63 10.9 8.2-14.3
Non-Veteran 1,555 15 0.9 0.4- 2.0 551 36.4 33.1-39.9 485 32.7 29.4-36.3 385 23.5 21.0-26.3 119 6.4 5.1- 8.0

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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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