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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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
-Mountain AHEC 444 215 42.7 37.2-48.4 136 30.0 25.0-35.5 53 14.5 10.3-19.9 14 4.5 2.4- 8.4 26 8.3 4.9-13.7
GENDER
Male 177 70 35.5 27.8-44.0 53 28.4 21.2-36.8 28 15.4 9.6-24.0 10 7.8 3.9-15.0 16 12.9 7.0-22.5
Female 267 145 50.7 43.4-58.0 83 31.8 25.4-39.0 25 13.4 8.3-20.9 4 0.8 0.2- 3.0 10 3.2 1.4- 7.4
RACE
White 401 203 45.2 39.5-51.1 125 31.8 26.5-37.6 45 12.8 9.1-17.7 10 4.1 1.9- 8.4 18 6.1 3.5-10.4
African American 13 5 34.5 12.0-67.1 2 10.0 1.8-39.9 3 31.1 7.6-71.2 2 17.3 3.9-51.9 1 7.0 0.9-37.9
Other Minorities 30 7 17.1 6.1-39.4 9 18.3 6.6-41.4 5 26.6 7.0-63.4 2 3.3 0.5-18.4 7 34.8 11.2-69.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 17 7 23.2 8.3-50.2 3 11.6 2.7-38.2 3 23.7 4.8-65.8 1 3.3 0.4-21.4 3 38.2 12.1-73.5
Non-Hispanic 427 208 44.1 38.5-49.9 133 31.3 26.2-37.0 50 13.8 9.9-18.9 13 4.6 2.3- 8.8 23 6.1 3.6-10.2
AGE
18-24 23 5 13.1 4.2-34.3 9 30.3 14.1-53.6 6 31.1 12.8-58.1 1 7.2 1.0-36.9 2 18.3 4.7-50.8
25-34 79 30 38.1 27.1-50.6 29 34.9 24.0-47.6 12 17.4 9.7-29.2 1 1.1 0.2- 7.6 7 8.5 3.5-19.2
35-44 72 23 29.5 19.3-42.4 29 41.6 29.3-55.2 8 8.5 3.9-17.6 5 9.4 3.2-24.3 7 10.9 4.0-26.8
45-54 82 40 46.6 33.4-60.2 21 21.9 12.8-35.0 12 17.7 8.4-33.7 4 8.7 3.2-21.6 5 5.0 1.8-13.4
55-64 87 48 55.3 42.6-67.4 20 20.1 12.3-31.1 13 15.0 7.7-27.0 3 2.8 0.7-10.7 3 6.7 1.9-21.6
65-74 58 40 68.2 52.6-80.6 16 29.7 17.7-45.5 1 0.9 0.1- 6.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.1 0.2- 7.7
75+ 41 28 69.7 52.5-82.8 11 23.6 12.5-40.0 1 3.3 0.5-19.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.4 0.5-20.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 39 12 20.4 10.0-37.3 10 30.9 15.8-51.7 4 8.0 2.4-23.3 4 9.5 3.4-24.2 9 31.1 14.0-55.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 87 44 44.3 31.4-58.0 22 21.3 12.4-34.2 12 19.6 9.3-36.7 4 8.3 2.4-25.3 5 6.5 1.7-21.8
Some Post-H.S. 123 60 45.0 34.7-55.7 37 31.1 22.2-41.6 15 17.7 9.8-29.8 3 1.7 0.4- 6.7 8 4.5 2.0-10.1
College Graduate 195 99 47.4 39.1-55.7 67 33.4 26.1-41.5 22 11.7 7.0-19.0 3 2.9 0.8- 9.5 4 4.7 1.7-12.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 39 12 28.7 14.9-48.1 12 26.3 12.6-47.0 8 19.2 8.0-39.3 4 10.0 3.0-28.8 3 15.7 3.7-47.3
$15,000- 24,999 70 26 24.3 14.9-37.0 19 33.8 20.7-49.9 12 18.8 9.4-33.9 3 5.9 1.1-25.8 10 17.2 6.6-37.7
$25,000- 34,999 63 31 42.5 28.6-57.8 21 30.2 18.7-44.9 7 19.2 7.6-40.7 2 6.2 1.5-22.5 2 1.9 0.3-10.6
$35,000- 49,999 71 31 38.4 26.3-52.1 28 37.4 25.3-51.3 5 8.1 2.8-20.8 3 7.0 2.0-21.7 4 9.2 2.7-27.0
$50,000-74,999 70 34 45.5 31.9-59.7 24 30.9 19.4-45.4 8 14.5 6.1-30.7 2 3.6 0.9-13.3 2 5.6 1.4-20.3
$75,000+ 84 48 57.8 45.3-69.4 23 27.4 18.0-39.5 10 8.9 4.4-17.0 0 0.0 . - . 3 5.8 1.4-21.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 110 50 40.5 30.3-51.7 38 40.0 29.3-51.7 16 16.6 9.3-27.7 2 0.2 0.0- 0.8 4 2.7 0.9- 7.8
No 322 157 42.6 36.1-49.4 96 27.6 22.1-33.8 37 14.3 9.5-21.0 12 5.9 3.1-11.1 20 9.6 5.3-16.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 60 26 43.6 30.0-58.3 13 20.1 11.2-33.6 11 16.0 7.8-30.2 4 9.5 3.2-25.2 6 10.7 3.7-27.1
Non-Veteran 383 189 42.6 36.6-48.8 122 31.6 26.1-37.7 42 14.2 9.7-20.3 10 3.7 1.7- 7.9 20 7.9 4.3-14.0

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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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