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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Alcohol Consumption

Considering all types of alcoholic beverages, how many times during the past 30 days did you have 5 or more drinks on an occasion?*

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  Total
Respond.^
None Once Twice 3-7 times 8-30 times
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,215 4,119 71.2 68.8-73.5 398 10.4 8.9-12.0 257 6.6 5.2- 8.2 309 8.6 7.0-10.5 132 3.3 2.5- 4.2
-Eastern NC 1,286 969 64.3 58.7-69.6 108 10.5 7.9-13.8 71 9.0 5.5-14.5 95 11.7 8.1-16.6 43 4.5 2.7- 7.2
GENDER
Male 595 412 56.4 48.6-63.9 56 10.6 7.2-15.3 42 12.4 6.9-21.2 61 15.3 9.9-22.9 24 5.3 2.9- 9.7
Female 691 557 76.8 71.2-81.6 52 10.5 7.0-15.2 29 3.7 2.3- 5.7 34 6.0 3.6- 9.8 19 3.1 1.5- 6.1
RACE
White 992 759 63.4 56.9-69.4 86 12.0 8.7-16.2 53 10.7 6.2-18.1 62 10.0 6.5-15.0 32 3.9 2.3- 6.5
African American 188 136 70.4 58.1-80.3 15 6.0 3.3-10.4 10 2.9 1.3- 6.2 20 12.9 6.6-23.4 7 8.0 2.5-22.8
Other Minorities 99 67 58.1 35.5-77.7 7 7.8 2.6-21.0 8 6.8 2.7-16.1 13 24.6 7.6-56.7 4 2.7 0.9- 8.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 51 37 62.2 28.0-87.5 6 6.0 2.2-15.5 3 2.1 0.6- 7.5 5 29.7 6.8-71.0 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 1,232 929 64.4 58.8-69.6 102 10.8 8.1-14.3 68 9.5 5.7-15.3 90 10.6 7.5-14.8 43 4.7 2.9- 7.6
AGE
18-24 64 34 43.2 26.6-61.4 11 13.6 6.2-27.4 8 26.2 9.4-54.9 6 9.3 3.5-22.4 5 7.7 2.9-19.1
25-34 179 121 61.0 48.4-72.2 21 12.7 6.7-22.9 14 9.5 4.4-19.6 19 16.1 8.0-29.7 4 0.7 0.2- 1.9
35-44 259 167 50.1 39.3-60.8 36 13.7 8.6-21.1 20 8.9 4.3-17.6 28 20.0 10.3-35.1 8 7.4 2.7-18.4
45-54 276 199 71.0 61.5-78.9 26 11.3 6.2-19.6 13 3.9 2.0- 7.3 20 7.1 3.5-13.6 18 6.9 3.3-13.7
55-64 247 209 85.2 77.9-90.3 10 5.0 2.1-11.4 10 3.6 1.8- 7.1 15 4.8 2.4- 9.2 3 1.5 0.3- 8.0
65+ 251 230 91.9 83.5-96.2 4 0.9 0.3- 2.8 6 2.0 0.8- 5.2 7 4.3 1.1-15.1 4 0.9 0.3- 2.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 84 52 58.4 38.6-75.8 8 5.3 2.2-11.9 6 5.3 1.9-13.9 11 17.1 6.7-37.4 7 14.0 4.1-37.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 322 236 61.5 51.8-70.4 23 11.9 6.4-21.1 22 11.6 5.8-21.8 25 9.8 5.9-15.9 16 5.1 2.4-10.7
Some Post-H.S. 388 293 61.4 49.5-72.0 35 8.6 5.4-13.4 24 13.9 6.0-28.9 24 12.3 5.5-25.5 12 3.8 1.8- 8.1
College Graduate 492 388 70.8 63.1-77.5 42 12.9 8.3-19.6 19 3.3 1.8- 5.9 35 10.8 6.3-17.9 8 2.1 0.7- 6.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 83 53 57.2 38.0-74.4 9 6.3 2.7-14.0 5 5.4 1.3-19.7 11 24.8 11.3-45.9 5 6.3 1.5-23.1
$15,000- 24,999 138 103 56.5 38.2-73.2 5 3.0 1.1- 8.0 12 7.6 3.3-16.5 13 27.0 11.7-50.8 5 5.8 1.0-27.9
$25,000- 34,999 123 93 68.3 51.5-81.4 11 12.4 5.0-27.7 6 10.6 3.1-30.6 11 5.3 2.6-10.4 2 3.3 0.5-18.1
$35,000- 49,999 184 142 65.3 53.2-75.8 11 11.7 5.3-23.8 11 11.1 4.8-23.5 11 7.0 3.2-14.8 9 4.8 2.1-10.4
$50,000-74,999 220 163 60.7 49.6-70.8 23 15.5 9.2-25.0 7 5.3 1.6-16.1 17 10.3 4.8-20.9 10 8.1 3.6-17.6
$75,000+ 399 303 65.3 53.3-75.7 37 11.1 6.4-18.4 25 12.8 4.8-30.1 28 9.7 5.1-17.6 6 1.1 0.4- 3.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 361 274 57.8 45.5-69.2 22 9.0 5.0-15.9 20 16.3 6.6-35.0 28 12.1 6.6-21.3 17 4.7 2.1-10.2
No 855 643 65.2 58.8-71.2 80 11.9 8.6-16.3 44 5.5 3.3- 8.9 64 12.7 8.0-19.5 24 4.7 2.5- 8.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 268 205 64.0 51.1-75.2 20 12.2 6.7-21.2 13 4.2 2.1- 8.2 20 14.5 5.6-32.8 10 5.1 2.1-11.9
Non-Veteran 903 674 63.5 56.8-69.8 80 10.8 7.7-14.9 47 9.8 5.2-17.6 71 11.1 7.5-16.2 31 4.8 2.7- 8.5

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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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