BRFSS 2005 - Mountain AHEC**: (Heavy Drinking*)

	Total Respond.^	No	Yes
North Carolina	17,017	16,512	97.1	96.7-97.4	505	2.9	2.6- 3.3
-Mountain AHEC	1,178	1,133	96.6	95.1-97.7	45	3.4	2.3- 4.9
GENDER
Male	414	403	97.4	94.6-98.8	11	2.6	1.2- 5.4
Female	764	730	95.9	93.9-97.3	34	4.1	2.7- 6.1
RACE
White	1,029	988	96.2	94.5-97.5	41	3.8	2.5- 5.5
African American	63	62	99.6	96.9-99.9	1	0.4	0.1- 3.1
Other Minorities	86	83	98.7	93.4-99.7	3	1.3	0.3- 6.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic	43	41	97.8	90.7-99.5	2	2.2	0.5- 9.3
Non-Hispanic	1,133	1,090	96.6	94.9-97.7	43	3.4	2.3- 5.1
AGE
18-24	58	56	96.1	85.2-99.1	2	3.9	0.9-14.8
25-34	170	165	97.5	93.2-99.1	5	2.5	0.9- 6.8
35-44	181	174	98.7	96.8-99.5	7	1.3	0.5- 3.2
45-54	198	187	94.2	89.2-96.9	11	5.8	3.1-10.8
55-64	212	198	93.5	87.5-96.7	14	6.5	3.3-12.5
65-74	185	182	98.3	93.4-99.6	3	1.7	0.4- 6.6
75+	169	166	98.3	94.2-99.5	3	1.7	0.5- 5.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	180	174	96.4	91.5-98.5	6	3.6	1.5- 8.5
H.S. or G.E.D.	349	341	98.0	94.0-99.3	8	2.0	0.7- 6.0
Some Post-H.S.	298	287	97.4	94.8-98.7	11	2.6	1.3- 5.2
College Graduate	348	328	94.5	90.5-96.8	20	5.5	3.2- 9.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	152	145	94.0	85.5-97.7	7	6.0	2.3-14.5
$15,000- 24,999	242	236	98.4	95.1-99.5	6	1.6	0.5- 4.9
$25,000- 34,999	165	155	94.9	90.0-97.5	10	5.1	2.5-10.0
$35,000- 49,999	167	158	95.1	87.5-98.1	9	4.9	1.9-12.5
$50,000-74,999	141	138	98.9	96.3-99.6	3	1.1	0.4- 3.7
$75,000+	131	123	92.7	84.3-96.8	8	7.3	3.2-15.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	392	379	97.7	95.7-98.7	13	2.3	1.3- 4.3
No	753	722	96.2	94.0-97.6	31	3.8	2.4- 6.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	160	155	97.0	89.4-99.2	5	3.0	0.8-10.6
Non-Veteran	1,017	977	96.6	94.9-97.7	40	3.4	2.3- 5.1

*Heavy drinkers--adult men having more than two drinks per day and adult women having more than one drink per day.

^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: Mountain AHEC**

Alcohol Consumption

Heavy Drinking*

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	Total Respond.^	No			Yes
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	17,017	16,512	97.1	96.7-97.4	505	2.9	2.6- 3.3
-Mountain AHEC	1,178	1,133	96.6	95.1-97.7	45	3.4	2.3- 4.9
GENDER
Male	414	403	97.4	94.6-98.8	11	2.6	1.2- 5.4
Female	764	730	95.9	93.9-97.3	34	4.1	2.7- 6.1
RACE
White	1,029	988	96.2	94.5-97.5	41	3.8	2.5- 5.5
African American	63	62	99.6	96.9-99.9	1	0.4	0.1- 3.1
Other Minorities	86	83	98.7	93.4-99.7	3	1.3	0.3- 6.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic	43	41	97.8	90.7-99.5	2	2.2	0.5- 9.3
Non-Hispanic	1,133	1,090	96.6	94.9-97.7	43	3.4	2.3- 5.1
AGE
18-24	58	56	96.1	85.2-99.1	2	3.9	0.9-14.8
25-34	170	165	97.5	93.2-99.1	5	2.5	0.9- 6.8
35-44	181	174	98.7	96.8-99.5	7	1.3	0.5- 3.2
45-54	198	187	94.2	89.2-96.9	11	5.8	3.1-10.8
55-64	212	198	93.5	87.5-96.7	14	6.5	3.3-12.5
65-74	185	182	98.3	93.4-99.6	3	1.7	0.4- 6.6
75+	169	166	98.3	94.2-99.5	3	1.7	0.5- 5.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	180	174	96.4	91.5-98.5	6	3.6	1.5- 8.5
H.S. or G.E.D.	349	341	98.0	94.0-99.3	8	2.0	0.7- 6.0
Some Post-H.S.	298	287	97.4	94.8-98.7	11	2.6	1.3- 5.2
College Graduate	348	328	94.5	90.5-96.8	20	5.5	3.2- 9.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	152	145	94.0	85.5-97.7	7	6.0	2.3-14.5
$15,000- 24,999	242	236	98.4	95.1-99.5	6	1.6	0.5- 4.9
$25,000- 34,999	165	155	94.9	90.0-97.5	10	5.1	2.5-10.0
$35,000- 49,999	167	158	95.1	87.5-98.1	9	4.9	1.9-12.5
$50,000-74,999	141	138	98.9	96.3-99.6	3	1.1	0.4- 3.7
$75,000+	131	123	92.7	84.3-96.8	8	7.3	3.2-15.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	392	379	97.7	95.7-98.7	13	2.3	1.3- 4.3
No	753	722	96.2	94.0-97.6	31	3.8	2.4- 6.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	160	155	97.0	89.4-99.2	5	3.0	0.8-10.6
Non-Veteran	1,017	977	96.6	94.9-97.7	40	3.4	2.3- 5.1