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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

Alcohol Consumption

During the past 30 days, how many days per week or per month did you have at least one drink of any alcoholic beverage?*

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  Total
Respond.^
No drinks 1-2 days 3-7 days 8-29 days Everyday
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,629 64 0.9 0.7- 1.3 2,124 32.7 31.2-34.3 2,051 31.6 30.1-33.1 1,802 27.4 26.0-28.9 588 7.3 6.6- 8.1
-Northeast Partnership II 156 0 0.0 . - . 51 37.8 28.4-48.2 49 29.1 21.2-38.4 42 24.2 17.4-32.6 14 9.0 4.9-15.9
GENDER
Male 70 0 0.0 . - . 18 31.6 19.3-47.2 18 26.0 15.8-39.7 25 30.7 20.3-43.6 9 11.7 5.6-23.1
Female 86 0 0.0 . - . 33 46.4 33.6-59.7 31 33.3 22.6-46.2 17 15.1 8.9-24.5 5 5.2 1.9-13.1
RACE
White 121 0 0.0 . - . 36 34.3 24.6-45.5 38 28.5 19.9-39.0 35 28.0 19.7-38.1 12 9.2 4.9-16.7
Other 35 0 0.0 . - . 15 47.2 26.6-68.7 11 30.6 15.3-51.7 7 13.9 5.9-29.6 2 8.3 1.7-31.7
AGE
18-44 59 0 0.0 . - . 22 43.6 29.4-59.1 22 32.0 20.3-46.4 12 17.7 9.7-30.2 3 6.7 2.1-19.5
45+ 95 0 0.0 . - . 28 29.1 19.9-40.3 26 25.3 16.5-36.7 30 33.4 23.6-44.9 11 12.3 6.6-21.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 60 0 0.0 . - . 20 36.1 23.3-51.3 20 29.9 18.4-44.7 16 24.2 14.4-37.7 4 9.7 3.4-24.8
Some College + 96 0 0.0 . - . 31 39.1 26.4-53.4 29 28.4 18.5-40.9 26 24.1 15.5-35.5 10 8.4 4.2-16.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 83 0 0.0 . - . 32 42.4 29.8-56.0 27 27.7 17.7-40.6 17 19.2 11.4-30.5 7 10.7 4.6-22.9
$50,000+ 57 0 0.0 . - . 14 27.4 16.0-42.6 16 28.9 17.4-44.0 20 33.7 21.7-48.3 7 10.0 4.5-21.0

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*This question 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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