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2009 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 13,127 5,382 45.5 44.0-47.1 7,745 54.5 52.9-56.0
-Piedmont NC 6,699 3,006 48.9 46.9-50.9 3,693 51.1 49.1-53.1
GENDER
Male 2,532 1,407 57.3 54.0-60.6 1,125 42.7 39.4-46.0
Female 4,167 1,599 41.0 38.6-43.5 2,568 59.0 56.5-61.4
RACE
White 5,395 2,526 51.6 49.4-53.8 2,869 48.4 46.2-50.6
African American 923 334 43.4 38.5-48.5 589 56.6 51.5-61.5
Other Minorities 333 122 39.6 31.2-48.7 211 60.4 51.3-68.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 235 92 39.2 29.7-49.7 143 60.8 50.3-70.3
Non-Hispanic 6,442 2,903 49.7 47.7-51.7 3,539 50.3 48.3-52.3
AGE
18-24 180 82 44.1 34.8-53.8 98 55.9 46.2-65.2
25-34 631 334 52.3 46.6-57.9 297 47.7 42.1-53.4
35-44 1,076 623 58.5 54.2-62.6 453 41.5 37.4-45.8
45-54 1,336 714 55.8 52.0-59.5 622 44.2 40.5-48.0
55-64 1,369 630 48.0 44.3-51.7 739 52.0 48.3-55.7
65+ 2,044 605 29.6 26.8-32.4 1,439 70.4 67.6-73.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 821 153 28.3 21.9-35.8 668 71.7 64.2-78.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,834 619 40.8 36.8-44.9 1,215 59.2 55.1-63.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,619 700 47.7 43.7-51.6 919 52.3 48.4-56.3
College Graduate 2,416 1,532 63.7 60.8-66.4 884 36.3 33.6-39.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 606 126 31.5 24.0-40.1 480 68.5 59.9-76.0
$15,000- 24,999 939 289 33.9 28.9-39.4 650 66.1 60.6-71.1
$25,000- 34,999 637 243 47.7 40.8-54.7 394 52.3 45.3-59.2
$35,000- 49,999 837 353 43.6 38.0-49.3 484 56.4 50.7-62.0
$50,000-74,999 954 491 51.6 46.5-56.6 463 48.4 43.4-53.5
$75,000+ 1,689 1,167 69.1 65.9-72.1 522 30.9 27.9-34.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,149 683 38.7 35.0-42.5 1,466 61.3 57.5-65.0
No 4,190 2,168 54.5 52.0-57.0 2,022 45.5 43.0-48.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 783 384 51.7 46.3-57.1 399 48.3 42.9-53.7
Non-Veteran 5,363 2,362 48.7 46.4-51.0 3,001 51.3 49.0-53.6

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^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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