BRFSS 2005 - Mecklenburg County: (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
-Mecklenburg County	881	495	58.4	54.2-62.4	386	41.6	37.6-45.8
GENDER
Male	313	208	64.0	57.0-70.5	105	36.0	29.5-43.0
Female	568	287	52.9	48.0-57.7	281	47.1	42.3-52.0
RACE
White	601	391	67.3	62.5-71.7	210	32.7	28.3-37.5
Other	276	100	41.4	34.0-49.3	176	58.6	50.7-66.0
AGE
18-44	346	218	64.2	57.5-70.3	128	35.8	29.7-42.5
45+	526	271	51.4	46.5-56.3	255	48.6	43.7-53.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	232	85	41.9	33.1-51.2	147	58.1	48.8-66.9
Some College +	647	410	65.4	61.0-69.6	237	34.6	30.4-39.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	361	158	47.2	40.2-54.3	203	52.8	45.7-59.8
$50,000+	385	273	72.0	66.3-77.0	112	28.0	23.0-33.7

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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
-Mecklenburg County	881	495	58.4	54.2-62.4	386	41.6	37.6-45.8
GENDER
Male	313	208	64.0	57.0-70.5	105	36.0	29.5-43.0
Female	568	287	52.9	48.0-57.7	281	47.1	42.3-52.0
RACE
White	601	391	67.3	62.5-71.7	210	32.7	28.3-37.5
Other	276	100	41.4	34.0-49.3	176	58.6	50.7-66.0
AGE
18-44	346	218	64.2	57.5-70.3	128	35.8	29.7-42.5
45+	526	271	51.4	46.5-56.3	255	48.6	43.7-53.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	232	85	41.9	33.1-51.2	147	58.1	48.8-66.9
Some College +	647	410	65.4	61.0-69.6	237	34.6	30.4-39.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	361	158	47.2	40.2-54.3	203	52.8	45.7-59.8
$50,000+	385	273	72.0	66.3-77.0	112	28.0	23.0-33.7

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

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?