BRFSS 2005 - Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**: (During the past 30 days, have you had at least one drink of any alcoholic beverage such as beer, wine, a malt beverage, or liquor?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	17,233	6,747	42.9	41.8-43.9	10,486	57.1	56.1-58.2
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	767	259	34.8	30.4-39.4	508	65.2	60.6-69.6
GENDER
Male	268	109	43.0	35.4-51.0	159	57.0	49.0-64.6
Female	499	150	28.0	23.3-33.2	349	72.0	66.8-76.7
RACE
White	682	232	34.6	30.1-39.3	450	65.4	60.7-69.9
Other	85	27	36.1	21.2-54.2	58	63.9	45.8-78.8
AGE
18-44	252	90	35.0	27.6-43.1	162	65.0	56.9-72.4
45+	512	168	34.7	29.8-39.9	344	65.3	60.1-70.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	367	76	24.0	18.2-31.0	291	76.0	69.0-81.8
Some College +	400	183	46.1	40.0-52.4	217	53.9	47.6-60.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	484	149	34.2	28.6-40.2	335	65.8	59.8-71.4
$50,000+	160	81	45.8	35.7-56.3	79	54.2	43.7-64.3

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^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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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	17,233	6,747	42.9	41.8-43.9	10,486	57.1	56.1-58.2
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	767	259	34.8	30.4-39.4	508	65.2	60.6-69.6
GENDER
Male	268	109	43.0	35.4-51.0	159	57.0	49.0-64.6
Female	499	150	28.0	23.3-33.2	349	72.0	66.8-76.7
RACE
White	682	232	34.6	30.1-39.3	450	65.4	60.7-69.9
Other	85	27	36.1	21.2-54.2	58	63.9	45.8-78.8
AGE
18-44	252	90	35.0	27.6-43.1	162	65.0	56.9-72.4
45+	512	168	34.7	29.8-39.9	344	65.3	60.1-70.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	367	76	24.0	18.2-31.0	291	76.0	69.0-81.8
Some College +	400	183	46.1	40.0-52.4	217	53.9	47.6-60.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	484	149	34.2	28.6-40.2	335	65.8	59.8-71.4
$50,000+	160	81	45.8	35.7-56.3	79	54.2	43.7-64.3

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**

Alcohol Consumption

During the past 30 days, have you had at least one drink of any alcoholic beverage such as beer, wine, a malt beverage, or liquor?