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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)*

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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 189 104 51.3 42.4-60.1 47 26.7 19.3-35.7 18 10.6 6.0-18.0 9 4.7 2.0-11.0 11 6.7 3.4-12.9
GENDER
Male 90 42 41.0 29.3-53.9 24 30.3 19.3-44.2 10 12.4 5.8-24.4 4 5.4 1.6-16.9 10 11.0 5.3-21.3
Female 99 62 65.0 54.0-74.7 23 21.8 14.3-31.9 8 8.1 3.6-17.1 5 3.9 1.4-10.7 1 1.1 0.1- 7.2
RACE
White 170 97 51.3 42.1-60.4 44 28.1 20.2-37.5 15 10.6 5.8-18.5 7 4.9 2.0-11.6 7 5.1 2.2-11.3
Other 18 6 46.0 18.4-76.3 3 6.0 1.6-20.2 3 11.4 2.6-38.3 2 2.7 0.5-13.3 4 33.8 10.5-69.1
AGE
18-44 54 22 41.6 26.4-58.6 12 28.2 14.9-46.9 6 5.9 2.1-15.3 5 9.2 3.0-25.1 9 15.0 6.9-29.6
45+ 135 82 57.2 47.0-66.8 35 25.7 18.0-35.4 12 13.4 7.0-24.2 4 2.0 0.7- 6.0 2 1.7 0.4- 7.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 57 26 39.9 25.3-56.6 12 26.9 13.9-45.7 9 13.6 5.4-30.3 2 6.1 1.4-23.3 8 13.5 6.0-27.6
Some College + 131 77 56.9 46.5-66.8 35 26.7 18.5-37.0 9 9.0 4.4-17.6 7 4.1 1.4-11.1 3 3.3 0.9-11.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 97 56 55.4 42.6-67.6 19 16.1 9.2-26.8 9 10.2 4.1-23.2 5 8.1 3.0-20.0 8 10.1 4.5-21.2
$50,000+ 70 37 49.6 35.9-63.4 19 31.5 19.5-46.7 8 13.6 6.4-26.5 4 1.9 0.4- 7.8 2 3.4 0.7-14.8

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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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