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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Alcohol Consumption

One drink is equivalent to a 12 ounce beer, a 5 ounce glass of wine, or a drink with one shot of liquor.
During the past 30 days, on the days when you drank, about how many drinks did you drink on the average?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Only one Two Three Four Five or more
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,537 3,065 41.3 39.7-42.8 2,041 32.1 30.6-33.7 726 12.8 11.6-14.0 286 4.8 4.1- 5.6 419 9.0 8.0-10.2
-Eastern NC 1,969 848 37.6 34.8-40.5 612 30.7 28.1-33.4 255 15.3 12.9-18.1 102 5.9 4.6- 7.6 152 10.5 8.6-12.7
GENDER
Male 889 289 30.9 26.9-35.0 276 29.7 26.0-33.6 149 17.5 13.8-21.9 60 6.9 5.0- 9.5 115 15.0 12.0-18.6
Female 1,080 559 47.2 43.5-50.9 336 32.1 28.6-35.8 106 12.2 9.7-15.1 42 4.5 3.2- 6.3 37 4.0 2.7- 5.9
RACE
White 1,551 672 37.9 34.9-41.1 487 31.3 28.4-34.3 206 15.1 12.8-17.8 74 5.3 4.0- 6.9 112 10.4 8.2-13.1
African American 284 130 42.8 35.3-50.7 90 33.2 26.1-41.2 29 10.3 6.8-15.2 15 4.3 2.4- 7.8 20 9.4 5.6-15.4
Other Minorities 129 43 24.9 16.1-36.2 33 20.6 13.1-31.0 20 26.1 12.2-47.4 13 14.9 7.2-28.4 20 13.5 7.4-23.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 74 17 19.7 11.3-31.9 24 28.5 18.0-42.1 13 16.1 9.1-27.0 9 15.0 6.3-31.9 11 20.6 11.0-35.4
Non-Hispanic 1,894 831 38.9 35.9-41.9 587 30.8 28.1-33.6 242 15.3 12.7-18.2 93 5.3 4.2- 6.7 141 9.8 7.9-12.0
AGE
18-24 119 30 24.7 15.9-36.2 38 27.8 19.2-38.4 20 21.3 11.7-35.7 13 10.0 5.1-18.5 18 16.2 9.2-27.0
25-34 345 111 30.9 25.2-37.2 102 28.1 22.8-34.1 63 20.5 15.6-26.3 24 6.1 3.9- 9.4 45 14.4 10.3-19.9
35-44 430 155 33.9 28.9-39.3 142 33.2 28.1-38.6 66 15.5 11.9-19.9 25 6.8 4.3-10.5 42 10.6 7.6-14.7
45-54 405 173 40.3 34.7-46.1 135 34.0 28.7-39.7 49 12.2 9.0-16.3 22 5.0 3.1- 7.9 26 8.6 5.6-12.9
55-64 362 188 50.7 44.6-56.8 110 30.5 25.2-36.5 37 10.2 7.1-14.7 10 2.4 1.2- 4.8 17 6.1 3.3-11.0
65-74 195 113 53.7 45.6-61.7 61 34.3 26.9-42.5 14 7.1 4.0-12.3 3 2.9 0.9- 9.2 4 2.0 0.7- 5.6
75+ 104 76 73.9 63.5-82.3 18 16.7 10.0-26.5 5 5.2 2.0-12.7 5 4.2 1.7-10.0 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 144 42 25.7 17.1-36.8 38 25.9 17.5-36.4 22 18.5 10.5-30.5 11 11.3 5.3-22.7 31 18.5 11.8-27.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 572 224 34.4 29.2-40.1 162 25.3 21.0-30.2 86 18.9 13.4-26.0 39 7.0 4.8- 9.9 61 14.3 10.2-19.8
Some Post-H.S. 539 227 35.7 30.6-41.1 166 32.9 27.9-38.4 75 15.3 11.8-19.6 27 5.1 3.2- 8.2 44 11.0 7.8-15.3
College Graduate 713 354 46.8 42.5-51.2 246 35.9 31.7-40.3 72 10.5 8.2-13.3 25 3.7 2.4- 5.8 16 3.1 1.8- 5.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 144 56 33.7 24.1-44.8 42 33.5 23.6-45.2 15 9.9 5.4-17.6 13 6.9 3.6-12.8 18 16.0 9.1-26.4
$15,000- 24,999 287 102 26.2 20.5-32.7 88 28.6 22.0-36.2 40 15.2 10.6-21.5 21 11.7 6.8-19.4 36 18.3 12.4-26.1
$25,000- 34,999 248 107 36.4 27.6-46.1 64 19.5 13.9-26.8 40 24.3 14.3-38.4 11 4.4 2.3- 8.3 26 15.4 8.7-25.7
$35,000- 49,999 310 127 37.3 31.1-43.9 87 28.6 23.0-35.1 54 20.4 15.4-26.6 21 6.1 3.7- 9.9 21 7.5 4.6-12.0
$50,000-74,999 327 142 40.8 34.6-47.3 118 36.9 30.8-43.4 36 9.8 6.8-14.1 15 5.6 2.9-10.7 16 6.8 3.9-11.6
$75,000+ 439 217 43.2 38.0-48.6 145 35.0 29.9-40.5 44 11.2 8.1-15.5 13 3.9 2.1- 6.9 20 6.7 4.2-10.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 469 207 39.4 33.0-46.2 121 24.2 19.3-29.8 62 17.2 10.7-26.5 25 5.6 3.3- 9.3 54 13.7 9.9-18.7
No 1,458 623 36.9 33.8-40.2 484 33.0 30.0-36.2 185 14.4 12.1-17.1 73 6.0 4.5- 7.9 93 9.7 7.5-12.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 428 156 36.3 30.8-42.3 128 28.0 23.1-33.5 64 13.7 10.4-17.8 30 6.6 4.3- 9.8 50 15.5 10.6-22.0
Non-Veteran 1,537 691 38.1 34.9-41.5 482 31.4 28.4-34.6 190 15.7 12.8-19.3 72 5.7 4.2- 7.7 102 9.0 7.1-11.3

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* This question was 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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