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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

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 14,725 5,798 44.3 43.0-45.6 8,927 55.7 54.4-57.0
-Eastern NC 4,762 1,722 40.9 38.8-43.1 3,040 59.1 56.9-61.2
GENDER
Male 1,637 762 50.4 46.8-54.0 875 49.6 46.0-53.2
Female 3,125 960 31.8 29.6-34.0 2,165 68.2 66.0-70.4
RACE
White 3,215 1,321 46.1 43.4-48.7 1,894 53.9 51.3-56.6
African American 1,088 279 30.6 26.7-34.9 809 69.4 65.1-73.3
Other Minorities 438 116 34.4 27.6-42.0 322 65.6 58.0-72.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 213 66 40.3 31.0-50.4 147 59.7 49.6-69.0
Non-Hispanic 4,532 1,654 41.1 38.9-43.3 2,878 58.9 56.7-61.1
AGE
18-24 178 74 41.6 32.9-50.9 104 58.4 49.1-67.1
25-34 552 263 53.4 47.9-58.9 289 46.6 41.1-52.1
35-44 750 336 45.3 40.7-49.9 414 54.7 50.1-59.3
45-54 931 366 41.5 37.7-45.5 565 58.5 54.5-62.3
55-64 990 365 36.7 33.2-40.3 625 63.3 59.7-66.8
65-74 781 205 28.8 25.3-32.7 576 71.2 67.3-74.7
75+ 551 103 19.9 16.2-24.2 448 80.1 75.8-83.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 731 122 27.8 21.7-34.8 609 72.2 65.2-78.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,538 483 36.9 33.3-40.6 1,055 63.1 59.4-66.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,263 468 41.3 37.1-45.7 795 58.7 54.3-62.9
College Graduate 1,223 649 55.5 52.0-59.0 574 44.5 41.0-48.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 542 92 21.2 15.5-28.4 450 78.8 71.6-84.5
$15,000- 24,999 841 231 36.0 30.4-42.0 610 64.0 58.0-69.6
$25,000- 34,999 588 183 36.1 30.5-42.1 405 63.9 57.9-69.5
$35,000- 49,999 661 261 44.3 39.0-49.6 400 55.7 50.4-61.0
$50,000-74,999 650 301 47.3 41.9-52.8 349 52.7 47.2-58.1
$75,000+ 794 483 63.0 58.2-67.5 311 37.0 32.5-41.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,797 497 34.3 30.8-38.1 1,300 65.7 61.9-69.2
No 2,778 1,165 44.9 42.2-47.6 1,613 55.1 52.4-57.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 785 349 46.8 42.2-51.5 436 53.2 48.5-57.8
Non-Veteran 3,976 1,372 39.7 37.3-42.1 2,604 60.3 57.9-62.7

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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.

** 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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