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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 7,073 3,011 46.9 45.1-48.7 4,062 53.1 51.3-54.9
GENDER
Male 2,612 1,369 54.6 51.6-57.5 1,243 45.4 42.5-48.4
Female 4,461 1,642 39.8 37.6-41.9 2,819 60.2 58.1-62.4
RACE
White 5,658 2,553 50.7 48.8-52.7 3,105 49.3 47.3-51.2
African American 980 309 37.1 32.8-41.6 671 62.9 58.4-67.2
Other Minorities 412 138 38.9 32.3-46.0 274 61.1 54.0-67.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 309 85 34.4 27.0-42.7 224 65.6 57.3-73.0
Non-Hispanic 6,751 2,921 48.1 46.2-49.9 3,830 51.9 50.1-53.8
AGE
18-24 235 103 46.3 38.3-54.4 132 53.7 45.6-61.7
25-34 709 355 51.0 46.1-56.0 354 49.0 44.0-53.9
35-44 1,207 638 55.6 52.0-59.1 569 44.4 40.9-48.0
45-54 1,456 720 50.5 47.2-53.7 736 49.5 46.3-52.8
55-64 1,428 613 44.6 41.3-47.9 815 55.4 52.1-58.7
65-74 1,117 359 31.7 28.4-35.2 758 68.3 64.8-71.6
75+ 875 207 25.5 22.0-29.3 668 74.5 70.7-78.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 939 185 26.0 21.4-31.3 754 74.0 68.7-78.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,966 618 37.1 33.6-40.8 1,348 62.9 59.2-66.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,783 746 45.6 42.0-49.3 1,037 54.4 50.7-58.0
College Graduate 2,378 1,460 64.6 61.9-67.3 918 35.4 32.7-38.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 647 126 24.6 19.3-30.8 521 75.4 69.2-80.7
$15,000- 24,999 1,002 264 31.0 26.4-36.1 738 69.0 63.9-73.6
$25,000- 34,999 714 243 35.8 30.5-41.5 471 64.2 58.5-69.5
$35,000- 49,999 976 453 47.6 42.9-52.3 523 52.4 47.7-57.1
$50,000-74,999 1,041 489 48.5 44.0-53.0 552 51.5 47.0-56.0
$75,000+ 1,693 1,130 68.7 65.6-71.7 563 31.3 28.3-34.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,370 764 35.6 32.7-38.6 1,606 64.4 61.4-67.3
No 4,416 2,129 51.7 49.4-53.9 2,287 48.3 46.1-50.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 948 457 52.3 47.7-56.9 491 47.7 43.1-52.3
Non-Veteran 6,123 2,553 46.2 44.3-48.2 3,570 53.8 51.8-55.7

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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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