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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC*

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?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,585 6,001 42.9 41.8-44.0 9,584 57.1 56.0-58.2
-Mtn. AHEC 927 362 43.5 39.2-48.0 565 56.5 52.0-60.8
GENDER
Male 347 157 50.0 43.1-56.9 190 50.0 43.1-56.9
Female 580 205 37.9 32.6-43.5 375 62.1 56.5-67.4
RACE
White 826 328 44.0 39.4-48.7 498 56.0 51.3-60.6
Other 97 32 37.9 25.2-52.5 65 62.1 47.5-74.8
AGE
18-44 242 117 46.7 38.5-55.0 125 53.3 45.0-61.5
45+ 684 244 41.2 36.6-45.8 440 58.8 54.2-63.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 393 92 32.4 25.6-40.0 301 67.6 60.0-74.4
Some College + 529 268 52.5 47.1-57.9 261 47.5 42.1-52.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 563 171 34.4 29.2-40.0 392 65.6 60.0-70.8
$50,000+ 234 146 64.5 56.9-71.4 88 35.5 28.6-43.1

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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.


*Mountain AHEC: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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