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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 2,923 1,461 42.5 39.9-45.1 888 32.9 30.4-35.5 293 11.3 9.7-13.1 117 4.9 3.8- 6.4 164 8.5 6.8-10.5
GENDER
Male 1,327 530 35.0 31.5-38.6 431 33.9 30.3-37.8 173 13.2 10.9-15.9 75 6.6 4.8- 9.0 118 11.2 8.7-14.4
Female 1,596 931 51.9 48.3-55.4 457 31.6 28.4-35.1 120 8.8 6.7-11.3 42 2.7 1.7- 4.5 46 5.0 3.2- 7.7
RACE
White 2,492 1,263 43.6 40.8-46.5 753 32.6 29.9-35.4 252 11.3 9.6-13.2 99 5.1 3.8- 6.9 125 7.3 5.6- 9.6
African American 295 135 38.2 31.3-45.6 98 37.9 30.5-45.8 31 11.7 7.3-18.2 14 4.4 2.4- 8.1 17 7.8 4.3-13.7
Other Minorities 128 59 39.4 29.0-50.8 34 27.5 18.6-38.7 10 10.5 5.0-20.8 4 3.8 1.0-13.3 21 18.8 11.2-29.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 77 26 24.6 14.8-38.0 21 29.4 17.9-44.3 10 15.3 7.2-29.6 4 5.9 1.6-19.9 16 24.7 13.9-40.1
Non-Hispanic 2,842 1,435 43.6 40.9-46.2 865 33.1 30.6-35.8 282 11.0 9.5-12.9 113 4.9 3.7- 6.3 147 7.4 5.8- 9.4
AGE
18-24 99 17 17.4 9.9-28.7 32 38.7 27.4-51.4 19 13.0 7.3-22.0 6 7.2 3.0-16.4 25 23.7 14.5-36.3
25-34 346 128 34.5 28.5-41.0 119 34.6 28.6-41.2 50 14.3 10.2-19.7 18 6.3 3.6-10.9 31 10.3 6.7-15.6
35-44 625 263 41.9 37.0-47.0 205 33.0 28.5-37.9 80 12.4 9.4-16.3 32 5.5 3.6- 8.4 45 7.1 5.0- 9.8
45-54 706 335 45.1 40.5-49.8 235 33.5 29.2-38.1 63 9.3 6.9-12.4 28 4.5 2.6- 7.6 45 7.6 5.2-10.9
55-64 590 344 56.2 51.1-61.1 168 29.9 25.5-34.7 53 10.4 7.5-14.1 16 2.2 1.3- 3.9 9 1.3 0.6- 2.8
65-74 347 215 61.8 55.4-67.9 88 27.6 22.1-33.8 22 6.5 3.9-10.4 15 3.0 1.7- 5.2 7 1.2 0.5- 2.9
75+ 196 151 76.9 69.1-83.3 37 19.1 13.3-26.7 5 2.5 0.8- 7.1 2 0.5 0.1- 2.1 1 1.0 0.1- 6.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 172 67 29.4 21.0-39.5 41 27.4 18.5-38.4 24 14.5 8.4-23.8 13 5.5 2.7-10.8 27 23.2 14.7-34.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 594 272 34.6 29.1-40.5 174 34.2 28.1-40.8 72 12.8 9.5-17.0 29 5.2 2.9- 9.2 47 13.2 8.6-19.7
Some Post-H.S. 720 330 38.3 33.2-43.6 226 33.8 28.6-39.3 82 11.3 8.4-15.1 39 7.1 4.5-11.1 43 9.5 6.1-14.5
College Graduate 1,435 791 50.2 46.6-53.7 447 32.7 29.5-36.2 115 10.1 7.9-12.8 36 3.5 2.2- 5.5 46 3.5 2.5- 5.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 114 39 25.6 16.8-36.9 33 33.7 21.4-48.7 17 13.9 7.3-24.6 10 8.9 4.2-17.9 15 18.0 8.2-34.9
$15,000- 24,999 251 105 31.5 23.6-40.6 79 35.6 27.1-45.0 30 12.5 7.5-20.1 11 3.1 1.4- 6.5 26 17.3 10.1-28.2
$25,000- 34,999 238 133 51.9 41.9-61.7 62 29.0 20.8-38.9 19 10.6 5.3-20.2 12 4.3 2.0- 8.8 12 4.2 2.1- 8.4
$35,000- 49,999 441 212 42.8 36.3-49.6 125 27.1 21.7-33.2 56 11.6 8.4-15.8 22 5.9 3.0-11.3 26 12.6 7.7-20.0
$50,000-74,999 477 245 42.9 36.6-49.4 139 29.2 23.6-35.5 47 11.1 7.4-16.3 19 7.7 4.1-14.0 27 9.1 4.7-16.7
$75,000+ 1,110 561 44.4 40.5-48.3 366 35.4 31.6-39.4 106 11.9 9.4-15.0 35 3.6 2.3- 5.7 42 4.7 3.3- 6.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 736 385 47.2 42.0-52.5 205 30.5 25.9-35.6 70 9.0 6.4-12.5 23 3.7 2.1- 6.6 53 9.6 6.7-13.4
No 2,084 1,033 41.4 38.4-44.4 656 34.1 31.1-37.3 206 11.4 9.5-13.5 88 5.0 3.7- 6.8 101 8.1 6.1-10.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 443 218 44.1 37.4-51.1 138 32.1 26.1-38.8 41 10.6 6.8-16.2 23 3.5 2.0- 6.1 23 9.7 4.5-19.7
Non-Veteran 2,480 1,243 42.2 39.4-45.0 750 33.0 30.3-35.9 252 11.3 9.6-13.3 94 5.1 3.8- 6.8 141 8.3 6.6-10.3

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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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