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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC*

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 5,797 2,816 43.6 41.8-45.3 1,796 31.4 29.7-33.1 611 11.8 10.7-13.1 237 4.4 3.7- 5.1 337 8.9 7.7-10.2
-Mtn. AHEC 349 191 49.4 42.8-56.0 98 30.4 24.4-37.1 33 10.1 6.6-15.1 13 4.6 2.4- 8.8 14 5.5 3.0- 9.7
GENDER
Male 155 68 39.8 30.8-49.4 49 34.3 25.3-44.6 19 11.7 6.6-19.7 6 5.0 1.9-12.4 13 9.2 5.0-16.5
Female 194 123 61.7 53.3-69.4 49 25.4 19.0-33.1 14 8.1 4.5-14.2 7 4.2 1.8- 9.5 1 0.7 0.1- 4.5
RACE
White 317 178 49.8 42.9-56.7 91 31.1 24.8-38.1 28 10.1 6.5-15.5 11 5.0 2.5- 9.5 9 4.1 2.0- 8.2
Other 30 11 41.5 20.8-65.7 7 24.4 8.9-51.4 5 10.4 3.6-26.8 2 1.3 0.3- 6.1 5 22.5 8.1-48.9
AGE
18-44 113 45 38.8 28.2-50.5 36 35.1 24.7-47.1 12 7.4 3.8-13.7 8 7.9 3.4-17.0 12 10.9 5.7-19.7
45+ 236 146 57.8 49.9-65.3 62 26.7 20.4-34.0 21 12.2 7.2-20.0 5 2.1 0.8- 5.5 2 1.2 0.3- 5.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 90 37 36.0 24.3-49.5 31 38.1 25.8-52.2 10 9.6 3.9-21.7 3 5.6 1.7-17.2 9 10.7 5.1-21.3
Some College + 258 153 55.6 48.1-62.9 67 26.8 20.7-34.1 23 10.4 6.6-16.0 10 4.2 1.9- 8.9 5 3.0 1.1- 7.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 165 89 48.8 39.1-58.5 43 25.2 17.6-34.6 14 9.2 4.5-17.8 8 7.9 3.7-16.0 11 9.0 4.6-16.8
$50,000+ 146 83 51.2 41.4-60.9 40 31.4 22.7-41.7 16 13.2 7.7-21.6 5 2.1 0.6- 6.8 2 2.0 0.4- 9.1

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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.


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

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