BRFSS 2006 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (During the past 30 days, how many days per week or per month did you have at least one drink of any alcoholic beverage?*)

2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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?*

View results for a demographic group:

Select a different topic:

View results for a different geographical area:

	Total Respond.^	No drinks	1-2 days	3-7 days	8-29 days	Everyday
North Carolina	5,866	44	0.9	0.5- 1.6	1,800	31.3	29.6-33.0	1,812	32.0	30.3-33.7	1,670	28.3	26.8-30.0	540	7.5	6.7- 8.4
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance	141	1	0.5	0.1- 3.7	40	31.5	21.6-43.5	49	38.4	27.6-50.4	32	19.8	13.2-28.6	19	9.8	5.9-15.7
Buncombe	160	1	0.6	0.1- 3.9	51	34.4	25.1-44.9	41	23.7	16.9-32.2	51	29.4	21.9-38.3	16	12.0	6.8-20.1
Cabarrus	126	2	2.1	0.5- 8.7	56	45.4	34.8-56.5	42	34.1	24.5-45.1	21	16.3	10.1-25.2	5	2.1	0.8- 5.4
Catawba	156	0	0.0	. - .	50	33.5	23.9-44.7	53	36.6	27.4-46.9	45	24.8	17.8-33.5	8	5.1	2.3-11.2
Cumberland	160	1	0.6	0.1- 3.9	63	39.3	30.2-49.1	45	25.9	18.6-34.8	39	31.1	22.2-41.7	12	3.2	1.7- 5.9
Davidson	155	0	0.0	. - .	57	37.0	28.0-47.0	47	30.1	22.1-39.5	43	29.5	21.4-39.1	8	3.4	1.7- 6.9
Durham	211	2	2.0	0.4- 8.7	60	32.7	23.3-43.7	66	30.8	23.3-39.5	71	31.1	23.4-40.0	12	3.4	1.8- 6.2
Forsyth	169	1	0.2	0.0- 1.6	45	24.6	17.7-33.2	54	37.8	28.5-48.0	48	28.1	20.7-36.9	21	9.4	5.8-14.8
Gaston	123	1	1.0	0.1- 6.5	48	42.5	31.2-54.7	38	26.6	17.9-37.7	28	23.8	14.9-35.9	8	6.0	2.6-13.2
Guilford	199	1	0.3	0.0- 2.2	56	28.8	21.2-37.7	72	36.8	29.0-45.3	54	27.1	20.3-35.2	16	7.1	3.9-12.4
Iredell	155	1	0.4	0.1- 3.1	61	39.8	29.8-50.6	43	24.5	17.3-33.4	39	28.6	19.5-39.8	11	6.8	3.3-13.4
Johnston	166	2	2.1	0.4-11.1	54	32.6	23.4-43.4	51	30.2	22.0-40.0	40	23.0	15.9-31.9	19	12.2	6.2-22.5
Mecklenburg	462	4	1.0	0.3- 3.4	121	23.3	18.4-29.0	143	36.1	29.7-42.9	165	34.7	29.2-40.6	29	5.0	2.9- 8.4
New Hanover	208	0	0.0	. - .	48	23.4	17.2-31.1	58	30.0	21.9-39.7	77	35.9	28.1-44.6	25	10.6	6.8-16.2
Onslow	143	0	0.0	. - .	44	28.4	20.1-38.5	54	42.4	32.1-53.3	33	21.8	14.7-31.1	12	7.4	3.4-15.4
Orange	220	0	0.0	. - .	42	15.9	11.1-22.2	55	29.7	20.8-40.6	101	45.6	36.9-54.5	22	8.8	5.4-14.1
Pitt	141	2	1.2	0.3- 4.8	54	35.0	26.4-44.8	39	36.0	26.3-47.1	35	21.2	14.6-29.8	11	6.5	3.4-12.1
Randolph	105	1	1.0	0.1- 6.9	41	52.2	37.6-66.4	26	18.9	11.5-29.5	28	24.3	14.7-37.5	9	3.5	1.7- 7.3
Robeson	93	2	1.0	0.2- 4.0	32	35.3	24.3-48.0	33	36.9	25.1-50.4	15	18.6	10.6-30.5	11	8.3	4.3-15.2
Rowan	146	3	2.7	0.7- 9.0	50	41.2	30.4-53.0	43	25.3	17.8-34.5	32	20.6	13.2-30.8	18	10.3	5.9-17.1
Union	153	2	0.6	0.1- 2.4	46	32.6	24.0-42.5	46	28.5	20.4-38.1	44	27.7	20.0-37.0	15	10.7	5.0-21.4
Wake	361	1	2.1	0.3-13.2	98	27.5	22.2-33.5	119	33.7	28.0-39.9	114	29.4	24.2-35.3	29	7.3	4.8-11.1
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico	184	0	0.0	. - .	42	27.3	18.9-37.5	63	33.3	25.4-42.3	63	34.3	25.7-44.2	16	5.1	3.0- 8.5
Northeast Partnership II***	154	0	0.0	. - .	51	32.4	24.0-42.2	42	30.6	21.8-40.9	39	19.7	13.7-27.7	22	17.3	10.5-27.2
Northeast Partnership I***	104	2	2.0	0.4- 9.9	30	26.4	17.4-38.0	29	30.5	21.1-41.9	36	33.9	24.2-45.3	7	7.1	3.0-16.2
Franklin/Nash/Wilson	131	4	3.4	1.3- 8.8	46	31.7	22.9-42.1	45	37.2	27.5-48.1	24	20.5	12.5-31.6	12	7.2	3.8-13.4
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	143	1	0.6	0.1- 4.1	63	44.6	34.6-55.0	45	29.2	21.3-38.7	25	20.9	12.9-31.9	9	4.8	2.3- 9.8
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	170	1	0.4	0.1- 2.6	53	31.6	23.5-41.1	52	34.7	24.3-46.8	45	24.4	17.4-33.2	19	8.9	5.3-14.5
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	115	0	0.0	. - .	34	32.4	20.5-47.1	41	36.0	24.5-49.2	28	21.5	13.8-32.0	12	10.2	4.5-21.4
Chatham/Lee/Moore	189	1	0.2	0.0- 1.6	46	26.6	19.0-35.9	69	39.1	29.6-49.5	48	23.3	16.6-31.5	25	10.8	6.7-17.0
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	162	1	0.4	0.1- 2.9	57	40.9	30.7-52.0	46	27.8	20.0-37.4	45	25.5	17.8-35.2	13	5.3	2.9- 9.5
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	111	2	0.8	0.2- 3.1	36	27.5	19.1-37.8	32	31.2	21.8-42.4	28	32.1	21.8-44.7	13	8.4	4.7-14.8
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	132	1	0.8	0.1- 5.6	34	38.5	26.9-51.5	40	24.3	16.7-34.0	40	28.2	19.8-38.6	17	8.2	4.8-13.6
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	126	1	0.8	0.1- 5.4	43	38.9	28.1-50.9	35	25.6	17.5-35.9	36	27.8	18.4-39.6	11	6.9	2.7-16.7
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	192	2	0.4	0.1- 2.6	48	25.2	18.0-34.0	56	29.1	21.8-37.8	58	33.2	24.9-42.8	28	12.0	7.9-17.8
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP***
Yes	336	2	0.4	0.1- 2.4	100	28.5	22.6-35.2	92	29.4	23.5-36.1	105	29.8	23.6-36.8	37	11.9	7.9-17.4
No	5,530	42	0.9	0.5- 1.6	1,700	31.4	29.7-33.2	1,720	32.1	30.4-33.9	1,565	28.3	26.6-29.9	503	7.3	6.5- 8.2
NC REGIONS**
Eastern NC	1,823	15	0.8	0.4- 1.4	590	33.3	30.4-36.4	561	32.0	29.2-35.1	484	26.3	23.6-29.2	173	7.6	6.3- 9.2
Piedmont	3,488	25	1.0	0.5- 2.2	1,050	30.5	28.4-32.8	1,092	32.9	30.6-35.1	1,023	28.9	26.9-30.9	298	6.7	5.8- 7.8
Western NC	555	4	0.5	0.2- 1.4	160	30.6	25.6-36.0	159	27.8	23.2-32.8	163	30.0	25.0-35.5	69	11.2	8.3-14.9
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)
Mountain AHEC***	352	3	0.5	0.1- 1.8	99	28.5	22.6-35.2	97	27.2	21.7-33.5	109	31.9	25.7-38.7	44	12.0	8.6-16.5
Northwest	1,061	7	0.5	0.2- 1.0	347	33.4	29.6-37.5	324	31.2	27.5-35.2	284	27.0	23.5-30.8	99	7.9	6.1-10.3
Charlotte	969	10	1.1	0.5- 2.4	300	29.2	25.3-33.5	300	33.1	28.7-37.8	291	31.2	27.3-35.5	68	5.4	3.8- 7.6
Greensboro	800	4	0.4	0.1- 1.1	216	29.9	25.3-35.0	248	33.9	29.3-38.8	253	28.3	24.2-32.7	79	7.6	5.6-10.2
Southern Regional	505	5	0.7	0.2- 2.0	192	42.3	36.5-48.4	155	28.9	23.8-34.5	103	22.6	17.9-28.1	50	5.4	3.9- 7.6
Coastal	386	1	0.2	0.0- 1.3	108	29.5	24.0-35.7	108	31.4	24.6-39.1	125	29.0	23.7-35.0	44	9.8	6.9-13.8
Wake	915	7	1.9	0.5- 6.6	270	30.4	26.3-34.7	291	32.0	28.1-36.1	270	28.6	24.9-32.6	77	7.2	5.3- 9.6
Area L	184	4	2.9	1.1- 7.5	60	27.4	20.6-35.4	63	38.3	30.0-47.3	42	22.3	16.1-30.1	15	9.2	5.1-15.8
Eastern	694	3	0.2	0.1- 0.6	208	30.1	25.5-35.3	226	34.5	29.9-39.4	193	27.5	22.9-32.7	64	7.6	5.5-10.4

Total
Respond.^

No drinks

1-2 days

3-7 days

8-29 days

Everyday

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

5,866

0.9

0.5- 1.6

1,800

31.3

29.6-33.0

1,812

32.0

30.3-33.7

1,670

28.3

26.8-30.0

540

7.5

6.7- 8.4

COUNTY/REGIONS

Alamance

141

0.5

0.1- 3.7

31.5

21.6-43.5

38.4

27.6-50.4

19.8

13.2-28.6

9.8

5.9-15.7

Buncombe

160

0.6

0.1- 3.9

34.4

25.1-44.9

23.7

16.9-32.2

29.4

21.9-38.3

12.0

6.8-20.1

Cabarrus

126

2.1

0.5- 8.7

45.4

34.8-56.5

34.1

24.5-45.1

16.3

10.1-25.2

2.1

0.8- 5.4

Catawba

156

0.0

. - .

33.5

23.9-44.7

36.6

27.4-46.9

24.8

17.8-33.5

5.1

2.3-11.2

Cumberland

160

0.6

0.1- 3.9

39.3

30.2-49.1

25.9

18.6-34.8

31.1

22.2-41.7

3.2

1.7- 5.9

Davidson

155

0.0

. - .

37.0

28.0-47.0

30.1

22.1-39.5

29.5

21.4-39.1

3.4

1.7- 6.9

Durham

211

2.0

0.4- 8.7

32.7

23.3-43.7

30.8

23.3-39.5

31.1

23.4-40.0

3.4

1.8- 6.2

Forsyth

169

0.2

0.0- 1.6

24.6

17.7-33.2

37.8

28.5-48.0

28.1

20.7-36.9

9.4

5.8-14.8

Gaston

123

1.0

0.1- 6.5

42.5

31.2-54.7

26.6

17.9-37.7

23.8

14.9-35.9

6.0

2.6-13.2

Guilford

199

0.3

0.0- 2.2

28.8

21.2-37.7

36.8

29.0-45.3

27.1

20.3-35.2

7.1

3.9-12.4

Iredell

155

0.4

0.1- 3.1

39.8

29.8-50.6

24.5

17.3-33.4

28.6

19.5-39.8

6.8

3.3-13.4

Johnston

166

2.1

0.4-11.1

32.6

23.4-43.4

30.2

22.0-40.0

23.0

15.9-31.9

12.2

6.2-22.5

Mecklenburg

462

1.0

0.3- 3.4

121

23.3

18.4-29.0

143

36.1

29.7-42.9

165

34.7

29.2-40.6

5.0

2.9- 8.4

New Hanover

208

0.0

. - .

23.4

17.2-31.1

30.0

21.9-39.7

35.9

28.1-44.6

10.6

6.8-16.2

Onslow

143

0.0

. - .

28.4

20.1-38.5

42.4

32.1-53.3

21.8

14.7-31.1

7.4

3.4-15.4

Orange

220

0.0

. - .

15.9

11.1-22.2

29.7

20.8-40.6

101

45.6

36.9-54.5

8.8

5.4-14.1

Pitt

141

1.2

0.3- 4.8

35.0

26.4-44.8

36.0

26.3-47.1

21.2

14.6-29.8

6.5

3.4-12.1

Randolph

105

1.0

0.1- 6.9

52.2

37.6-66.4

18.9

11.5-29.5

24.3

14.7-37.5

3.5

1.7- 7.3

Robeson

1.0

0.2- 4.0

35.3

24.3-48.0

36.9

25.1-50.4

18.6

10.6-30.5

8.3

4.3-15.2

Rowan

146

2.7

0.7- 9.0

41.2

30.4-53.0

25.3

17.8-34.5

20.6

13.2-30.8

10.3

5.9-17.1

Union

153

0.6

0.1- 2.4

32.6

24.0-42.5

28.5

20.4-38.1

27.7

20.0-37.0

10.7

5.0-21.4

Wake

361

2.1

0.3-13.2

27.5

22.2-33.5

119

33.7

28.0-39.9

114

29.4

24.2-35.3

7.3

4.8-11.1

Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico

184

0.0

. - .

27.3

18.9-37.5

33.3

25.4-42.3

34.3

25.7-44.2

5.1

3.0- 8.5

Northeast Partnership II***

154

0.0

. - .

32.4

24.0-42.2

30.6

21.8-40.9

19.7

13.7-27.7

17.3

10.5-27.2

Northeast Partnership I***

104

2.0

0.4- 9.9

26.4

17.4-38.0

30.5

21.1-41.9

33.9

24.2-45.3

7.1

3.0-16.2

Franklin/Nash/Wilson

131

3.4

1.3- 8.8

31.7

22.9-42.1

37.2

27.5-48.1

20.5

12.5-31.6

7.2

3.8-13.4

Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne

143

0.6

0.1- 4.1

44.6

34.6-55.0

29.2

21.3-38.7

20.9

12.9-31.9

4.8

2.3- 9.8

Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender

170

0.4

0.1- 2.6

31.6

23.5-41.1

34.7

24.3-46.8

24.4

17.4-33.2

8.9

5.3-14.5

Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance

115

0.0

. - .

32.4

20.5-47.1

36.0

24.5-49.2

21.5

13.8-32.0

10.2

4.5-21.4

Chatham/Lee/Moore

189

0.2

0.0- 1.6

26.6

19.0-35.9

39.1

29.6-49.5

23.3

16.6-31.5

10.8

6.7-17.0

Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly

162

0.4

0.1- 2.9

40.9

30.7-52.0

27.8

20.0-37.4

25.5

17.8-35.2

5.3

2.9- 9.5

Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

111

0.8

0.2- 3.1

27.5

19.1-37.8

31.2

21.8-42.4

32.1

21.8-44.7

8.4

4.7-14.8

Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes

132

0.8

0.1- 5.6

38.5

26.9-51.5

24.3

16.7-34.0

28.2

19.8-38.6

8.2

4.8-13.6

Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln

126

0.8

0.1- 5.4

38.9

28.1-50.9

25.6

17.5-35.9

27.8

18.4-39.6

6.9

2.7-16.7

Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)

192

0.4

0.1- 2.6

25.2

18.0-34.0

29.1

21.8-37.8

33.2

24.9-42.8

12.0

7.9-17.8

NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP***

Yes

336

0.4

0.1- 2.4

100

28.5

22.6-35.2

29.4

23.5-36.1

105

29.8

23.6-36.8

11.9

7.9-17.4

5,530

0.9

0.5- 1.6

1,700

31.4

29.7-33.2

1,720

32.1

30.4-33.9

1,565

28.3

26.6-29.9

503

7.3

6.5- 8.2

NC REGIONS**

Eastern NC

1,823

0.8

0.4- 1.4

590

33.3

30.4-36.4

561

32.0

29.2-35.1

484

26.3

23.6-29.2

173

7.6

6.3- 9.2

Piedmont

3,488

1.0

0.5- 2.2

1,050

30.5

28.4-32.8

1,092

32.9

30.6-35.1

1,023

28.9

26.9-30.9

298

6.7

5.8- 7.8

Western NC

555

0.5

0.2- 1.4

160

30.6

25.6-36.0

159

27.8

23.2-32.8

163

30.0

25.0-35.5

11.2

8.3-14.9

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)

Mountain AHEC***

352

0.5

0.1- 1.8

28.5

22.6-35.2

27.2

21.7-33.5

109

31.9

25.7-38.7

12.0

8.6-16.5

Northwest

1,061

0.5

0.2- 1.0

347

33.4

29.6-37.5

324

31.2

27.5-35.2

284

27.0

23.5-30.8

7.9

6.1-10.3

Charlotte

969

1.1

0.5- 2.4

300

29.2

25.3-33.5

300

33.1

28.7-37.8

291

31.2

27.3-35.5

5.4

3.8- 7.6

Greensboro

800

0.4

0.1- 1.1

216

29.9

25.3-35.0

248

33.9

29.3-38.8

253

28.3

24.2-32.7

7.6

5.6-10.2

Southern Regional

505

0.7

0.2- 2.0

192

42.3

36.5-48.4

155

28.9

23.8-34.5

103

22.6

17.9-28.1

5.4

3.9- 7.6

Coastal

386

0.2

0.0- 1.3

108

29.5

24.0-35.7

108

31.4

24.6-39.1

125

29.0

23.7-35.0

9.8

6.9-13.8

Wake

915

1.9

0.5- 6.6

270

30.4

26.3-34.7

291

32.0

28.1-36.1

270

28.6

24.9-32.6

7.2

5.3- 9.6

Area L

184

2.9

1.1- 7.5

27.4

20.6-35.4

38.3

30.0-47.3

22.3

16.1-30.1

9.2

5.1-15.8

Eastern

694

0.2

0.1- 0.6

208

30.1

25.5-35.3

226

34.5

29.9-39.4

193

27.5

22.9-32.7

7.6

5.5-10.4

Back to Alcohol Consumption.

*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.

**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.

***Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Edgecombe, 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.

This page was generated on 26NOV07.