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2009 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 5,188 2,488 40.8 38.6-43.0 1,623 30.6 28.6-32.7 535 12.1 10.7-13.7 203 4.9 3.8- 6.3 339 11.6 9.7-13.8
-Eastern NC 1,277 580 37.7 33.2-42.4 395 29.7 25.5-34.4 135 10.4 8.0-13.4 60 4.7 3.2- 7.0 107 17.4 12.7-23.3
GENDER
Male 591 211 30.1 24.3-36.6 194 28.0 22.1-34.7 78 12.2 8.7-16.8 33 5.5 3.2- 9.2 75 24.3 17.2-33.1
Female 686 369 49.8 44.0-55.7 201 32.5 27.1-38.4 57 7.6 5.3-10.8 27 3.5 2.2- 5.7 32 6.5 4.1-10.1
RACE
White 988 467 37.7 32.7-43.0 301 27.4 23.0-32.2 93 9.7 7.2-12.9 43 5.1 3.2- 8.2 84 20.2 14.4-27.6
African American 188 73 43.3 31.7-55.7 69 34.9 25.0-46.1 27 13.3 6.8-24.6 8 2.7 0.9- 7.8 11 5.8 2.4-13.0
Other Minorities 94 37 26.9 14.9-43.5 22 38.1 18.2-63.1 14 11.7 5.5-23.0 9 5.8 2.6-12.5 12 17.5 6.1-40.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 50 16 16.7 7.3-33.8 16 50.9 22.7-78.5 8 9.5 3.1-26.0 5 4.4 1.4-12.4 5 18.5 4.1-54.9
Non-Hispanic 1,224 562 38.8 34.2-43.6 378 28.6 24.6-32.9 127 10.5 8.0-13.6 55 4.8 3.1- 7.2 102 17.4 12.6-23.5
AGE
18-24 61 17 26.5 14.1-44.2 16 19.6 10.3-34.2 7 9.3 4.0-20.4 4 3.7 1.0-12.3 17 40.9 21.8-63.2
25-34 178 65 36.3 25.6-48.5 56 25.7 17.6-35.9 23 7.3 4.4-11.9 12 6.4 2.4-16.4 22 24.3 13.9-39.1
35-44 257 92 26.3 19.1-35.2 88 36.8 26.4-48.6 36 14.2 8.2-23.4 12 3.2 1.5- 6.8 29 19.5 11.8-30.4
45-54 278 104 37.5 28.8-47.0 90 28.8 20.5-38.7 40 17.0 10.9-25.7 18 6.9 3.6-12.6 26 9.9 5.6-16.8
55-64 246 135 53.9 44.5-63.0 75 30.7 22.8-39.8 20 7.1 3.7-13.4 9 5.6 2.5-12.4 7 2.7 0.9- 7.4
65+ 247 160 59.8 49.9-68.9 68 35.8 26.8-45.9 9 2.3 1.1- 4.7 5 1.1 0.4- 2.6 5 1.1 0.4- 2.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 83 28 32.0 16.2-53.3 20 22.3 11.3-39.4 13 19.2 7.7-40.4 5 3.1 0.8-11.2 17 23.4 10.0-45.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 324 141 39.6 31.3-48.6 91 22.7 17.0-29.6 39 11.8 7.8-17.5 18 5.0 2.6- 9.5 35 20.9 13.1-31.6
Some Post-H.S. 383 183 35.1 27.1-44.0 107 30.2 21.4-40.7 42 8.2 5.3-12.5 19 4.5 2.4- 8.1 32 22.1 12.4-36.2
College Graduate 487 228 40.7 34.0-47.7 177 36.3 30.0-43.0 41 9.3 5.8-14.4 18 5.3 2.3-11.5 23 8.5 4.9-14.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 84 26 32.1 16.1-53.9 22 28.2 14.4-48.0 15 13.1 6.2-25.5 7 8.4 2.6-23.6 14 18.2 7.5-37.9
$15,000- 24,999 137 59 24.5 14.9-37.6 42 40.1 24.2-58.4 14 11.9 4.6-27.6 9 2.9 1.3- 6.4 13 20.6 8.6-41.8
$25,000- 34,999 121 64 47.9 32.7-63.4 28 22.6 13.0-36.4 11 9.5 4.0-20.7 5 2.5 0.8- 7.2 13 17.6 7.6-35.7
$35,000- 49,999 185 84 38.6 28.8-49.4 57 30.1 21.6-40.2 21 11.6 6.3-20.4 10 6.6 3.1-13.5 13 13.1 6.2-25.6
$50,000-74,999 216 101 38.8 29.7-48.9 71 28.2 20.5-37.4 21 11.3 6.2-19.7 9 4.6 1.8-11.1 14 17.0 9.0-29.9
$75,000+ 395 167 37.9 29.5-47.0 144 27.9 20.9-36.1 38 8.3 5.1-13.3 17 6.0 2.7-12.9 29 20.0 10.3-35.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 360 173 34.5 26.2-43.8 100 24.7 17.9-33.0 36 7.9 4.7-12.9 17 6.8 2.9-14.9 34 26.2 14.7-42.1
No 850 379 38.0 32.7-43.6 273 32.1 26.6-38.0 89 10.7 7.7-14.6 41 4.2 2.8- 6.4 68 15.0 10.6-20.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 261 110 35.8 26.8-45.8 90 38.4 27.4-50.8 27 12.0 6.9-20.1 11 5.6 2.6-11.9 23 8.2 4.4-14.6
Non-Veteran 901 420 37.9 32.5-43.5 265 26.9 22.5-31.8 94 10.2 7.4-13.9 46 4.8 2.9- 7.9 76 20.2 14.1-28.0

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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 cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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