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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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
-Western NC 661 314 41.6 37.0-46.4 203 30.6 26.3-35.3 80 14.4 10.9-18.8 23 4.7 2.9- 7.6 41 8.6 5.8-12.7
GENDER
Male 291 110 33.8 27.6-40.6 95 31.3 25.0-38.2 43 15.6 10.6-22.3 17 7.2 4.2-12.2 26 12.1 7.5-18.9
Female 370 204 51.8 45.6-58.0 108 29.7 24.4-35.7 37 12.9 8.7-18.7 6 1.4 0.5- 3.7 15 4.1 2.2- 7.7
RACE
White 599 298 43.9 39.1-48.9 186 31.8 27.3-36.7 69 13.1 9.8-17.2 17 4.4 2.5- 7.6 29 6.8 4.4-10.4
African American 21 6 27.9 10.9-55.0 6 22.9 7.9-50.8 4 26.4 7.7-60.7 2 12.5 2.9-40.5 3 10.4 2.9-30.6
Other Minorities 41 10 20.7 9.2-40.2 11 20.0 8.4-40.5 7 25.3 8.8-54.2 4 4.6 1.4-14.4 9 29.5 11.2-58.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 26 11 25.2 11.7-46.2 5 24.8 8.5-54.0 4 20.2 5.7-51.1 1 2.0 0.3-13.2 5 27.9 10.1-57.1
Non-Hispanic 635 303 43.0 38.4-47.8 198 31.1 26.8-35.7 76 13.9 10.6-18.2 22 4.9 3.0- 8.0 36 7.0 4.6-10.4
AGE
18-24 44 12 21.4 10.8-38.0 13 28.6 15.5-46.7 11 26.1 13.0-45.7 1 3.9 0.5-22.7 7 20.0 8.8-39.5
25-34 110 38 33.2 24.3-43.6 41 34.7 25.4-45.3 18 19.6 12.2-29.8 4 4.4 1.6-11.9 9 8.1 3.8-16.4
35-44 109 32 28.0 19.3-38.8 45 43.9 33.3-55.2 15 9.0 5.0-15.7 8 9.7 4.3-20.3 9 9.3 3.9-20.8
45-54 129 62 47.3 37.0-57.8 33 21.3 14.1-30.8 19 17.6 10.1-28.7 6 7.3 3.2-16.1 9 6.5 3.1-13.2
55-64 125 69 54.4 43.9-64.5 35 26.9 18.9-36.7 13 10.9 5.6-20.2 4 2.4 0.7- 7.9 4 5.3 1.6-16.2
65-74 86 60 70.4 58.0-80.4 22 26.4 16.9-38.9 3 2.3 0.7- 7.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.8 0.1- 5.6
75+ 56 40 72.3 57.8-83.3 13 20.9 11.6-34.6 1 2.5 0.4-15.8 0 0.0 . - . 2 4.3 1.0-16.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 61 21 24.6 14.3-38.7 17 35.9 21.4-53.5 6 7.3 2.8-17.4 5 7.9 3.2-18.5 12 24.4 11.9-43.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 142 69 44.2 34.0-55.0 34 21.2 14.1-30.7 22 19.5 11.5-31.2 7 7.1 2.7-17.4 10 7.9 3.5-16.9
Some Post-H.S. 181 84 40.4 31.9-49.5 57 30.0 22.5-38.9 23 19.1 11.6-29.8 4 2.5 0.7- 8.2 13 8.0 3.8-16.0
College Graduate 276 139 46.9 40.0-53.9 95 34.9 28.6-41.9 29 10.5 6.7-16.1 7 3.7 1.6- 8.4 6 3.9 1.6- 9.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 64 23 32.1 19.7-47.7 19 22.7 12.5-37.7 12 25.7 11.8-47.1 4 5.9 1.8-18.2 6 13.5 4.6-33.5
$15,000- 24,999 101 33 21.1 13.6-31.2 28 35.1 23.0-49.5 22 22.0 13.2-34.4 7 9.4 3.8-21.8 11 12.3 4.8-28.3
$25,000- 34,999 92 46 47.4 34.7-60.4 31 28.9 19.4-40.8 9 15.0 6.2-31.8 2 4.4 1.0-16.7 4 4.3 1.4-12.4
$35,000- 49,999 121 57 42.7 32.4-53.7 42 33.1 23.9-43.7 11 8.8 4.3-17.0 5 5.6 2.0-14.7 6 9.8 3.6-24.0
$50,000-74,999 95 47 44.9 33.3-57.1 34 34.0 23.3-46.5 10 14.3 6.9-27.3 2 2.7 0.7-10.1 2 4.2 1.0-15.6
$75,000+ 121 72 57.8 47.4-67.6 31 27.5 19.2-37.6 12 7.8 4.2-14.1 1 1.7 0.2-10.8 5 5.3 1.7-15.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 170 80 41.3 32.8-50.5 53 33.4 25.2-42.8 24 17.6 10.4-28.2 4 2.0 0.6- 7.2 9 5.6 2.7-11.4
No 476 224 41.2 35.8-46.8 147 30.0 25.0-35.5 56 13.8 9.9-18.9 19 5.7 3.4- 9.4 30 9.4 5.9-14.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 99 44 42.6 31.8-54.2 27 26.8 17.8-38.2 15 15.2 8.4-25.8 7 8.1 3.3-18.7 6 7.3 2.5-19.4
Non-Veteran 561 270 41.5 36.5-46.7 175 31.2 26.5-36.4 65 14.3 10.5-19.2 16 4.1 2.3- 7.3 35 8.9 5.7-13.4

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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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