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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

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 5,614 2,744 41.0 39.1-42.9 1,721 32.1 30.2-33.9 568 12.0 10.8-13.4 230 5.3 4.4- 6.4 351 9.6 8.3-11.2
-Eastern NC 1,656 740 35.3 32.2-38.5 538 31.1 28.1-34.3 173 14.0 11.3-17.1 81 6.8 5.1- 9.2 124 12.8 10.0-16.3
GENDER
Male 730 248 26.1 22.1-30.5 250 30.9 26.5-35.5 100 17.2 13.2-22.1 41 7.3 4.8-11.0 91 18.5 14.1-23.8
Female 926 492 49.1 45.0-53.3 288 31.5 27.7-35.6 73 9.0 6.9-11.7 40 6.1 4.1- 8.9 33 4.2 2.8- 6.4
RACE
White 1,280 590 35.6 32.1-39.2 417 32.1 28.5-35.8 130 14.2 11.0-18.2 58 7.3 5.1-10.3 85 10.8 8.1-14.3
African American 261 106 39.5 31.6-47.9 89 30.4 23.8-37.8 28 13.8 9.1-20.3 15 6.8 3.3-13.5 23 9.6 5.4-16.4
Other Minorities 109 40 24.2 15.8-35.1 31 26.0 16.3-38.8 15 12.8 6.8-22.7 7 3.7 1.5- 8.5 16 33.4 19.5-51.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 63 21 19.7 11.3-32.2 16 19.9 10.5-34.5 13 16.2 8.2-29.5 2 5.5 1.1-22.7 11 38.6 21.9-58.5
Non-Hispanic 1,591 717 36.6 33.4-39.9 522 32.1 29.0-35.4 160 13.8 11.1-17.0 79 7.0 5.1- 9.4 113 10.6 8.2-13.5
AGE
18-24 66 12 18.2 9.1-33.0 19 22.8 13.8-35.2 14 25.4 13.8-42.1 9 14.4 6.8-27.9 12 19.3 9.9-34.2
25-34 254 79 24.0 18.3-30.8 89 34.4 27.2-42.5 32 13.2 8.5-19.9 22 8.4 5.1-13.5 32 20.0 13.2-29.1
35-44 328 127 34.0 28.0-40.6 107 30.6 24.7-37.1 46 15.0 10.9-20.4 14 6.4 3.1-12.7 34 14.1 8.5-22.4
45-54 357 139 37.2 31.3-43.5 129 35.0 29.2-41.3 41 13.7 9.7-18.9 20 5.1 3.1- 8.2 28 9.1 5.9-13.6
55-64 349 189 50.9 44.7-57.1 116 33.1 27.5-39.2 25 9.1 6.0-13.5 9 3.1 1.5- 6.1 10 3.8 1.9- 7.3
65-74 196 123 60.8 53.0-68.2 51 28.0 21.4-35.6 12 6.4 3.5-11.5 5 2.4 0.9- 6.0 5 2.4 0.9- 6.1
75+ 99 67 71.6 61.0-80.2 26 22.8 15.2-32.9 3 2.7 0.8- 8.6 1 0.5 0.1- 3.7 2 2.3 0.5-10.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 111 37 21.9 12.4-35.5 35 24.6 14.1-39.4 13 12.9 6.0-25.5 7 7.2 2.9-17.1 19 33.4 19.4-51.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 463 202 35.2 29.7-41.1 121 26.0 21.1-31.7 64 15.9 11.6-21.3 29 9.3 5.8-14.8 47 13.6 9.4-19.1
Some Post-H.S. 449 186 30.4 25.0-36.4 159 32.7 26.8-39.3 44 15.9 10.0-24.3 26 8.1 4.5-14.0 34 13.0 8.0-20.3
College Graduate 633 315 43.9 39.1-48.9 223 36.5 31.8-41.4 52 10.9 8.0-14.6 19 3.4 2.0- 5.7 24 5.4 3.3- 8.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 82 30 41.3 23.6-61.6 27 21.8 12.5-35.2 8 9.5 4.1-20.4 7 6.3 2.7-14.3 10 21.1 8.3-44.0
$15,000- 24,999 221 87 25.2 18.4-33.6 68 26.8 18.3-37.3 29 21.4 11.9-35.3 12 5.6 2.7-11.3 25 21.0 12.1-34.0
$25,000- 34,999 178 70 29.0 21.5-37.8 52 24.4 17.6-32.9 22 16.3 9.7-26.1 13 14.6 7.4-26.7 21 15.8 9.0-26.2
$35,000- 49,999 252 108 32.9 25.4-41.4 81 39.3 31.1-48.2 30 13.2 8.0-20.9 12 3.5 1.8- 6.6 21 11.1 6.7-17.7
$50,000-74,999 292 148 43.1 35.6-50.9 87 29.5 23.1-36.7 28 13.0 8.5-19.3 12 7.1 2.9-16.6 17 7.3 4.2-12.6
$75,000+ 477 213 38.5 33.0-44.4 182 36.0 30.5-41.9 38 8.4 5.8-12.1 20 6.1 3.6-10.3 24 10.9 6.1-18.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 474 215 35.0 29.0-41.5 146 28.5 22.8-35.0 46 13.5 8.3-21.3 23 6.7 3.8-11.5 44 16.3 10.9-23.6
No 1,132 506 35.9 32.2-39.8 378 32.2 28.6-36.1 122 13.9 11.1-17.3 54 6.6 4.5- 9.5 72 11.3 8.2-15.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 337 143 33.7 28.0-39.9 108 30.1 24.4-36.4 35 14.0 9.3-20.5 17 6.7 3.6-12.1 34 15.6 10.8-22.0
Non-Veteran 1,318 597 35.7 32.1-39.4 430 31.4 27.9-35.1 138 14.0 11.0-17.6 63 6.8 4.8- 9.6 90 12.1 8.9-16.3

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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.

** 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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