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2009 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 5,188 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
-Piedmont NC 2,915 1,408 41.9 39.2-44.7 937 31.4 28.8-34.1 279 11.9 10.1-13.9 115 4.7 3.5- 6.4 176 10.1 8.0-12.7
GENDER
Male 1,361 528 35.1 31.4-38.9 449 30.0 26.6-33.7 172 14.5 11.9-17.7 72 5.9 4.0- 8.6 140 14.4 11.2-18.4
Female 1,554 880 50.9 47.1-54.8 488 33.2 29.6-37.0 107 8.3 6.4-10.8 43 3.2 2.0- 5.1 36 4.3 2.4- 7.8
RACE
White 2,460 1,204 43.0 40.0-45.9 808 33.1 30.3-36.0 215 11.1 9.2-13.2 93 4.0 2.9- 5.4 140 8.9 6.8-11.5
African American 316 144 41.3 33.9-49.2 85 24.5 18.6-31.5 49 14.3 10.0-20.2 15 8.6 4.1-17.1 23 11.2 6.2-19.5
Other Minorities 117 51 35.2 24.6-47.5 37 28.0 17.7-41.3 11 13.4 6.0-27.3 6 3.5 1.4- 8.3 12 19.9 9.7-36.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 84 31 27.6 17.5-40.6 31 30.5 18.6-45.8 9 11.5 5.5-22.7 3 3.9 1.1-13.1 10 26.5 13.1-46.3
Non-Hispanic 2,821 1,370 42.9 40.1-45.7 904 31.4 28.9-34.1 269 11.9 10.1-14.0 112 4.8 3.5- 6.5 166 9.0 7.1-11.4
AGE
18-24 77 20 19.0 11.3-30.1 17 22.8 13.0-37.1 10 11.0 5.4-21.1 9 10.3 5.0-20.3 21 36.8 23.5-52.5
25-34 325 119 36.5 29.6-44.0 111 34.7 27.7-42.4 46 15.2 10.2-22.0 16 4.3 2.4- 7.8 33 9.3 6.3-13.7
35-44 615 246 39.5 34.4-44.8 214 32.5 27.9-37.5 82 15.0 11.7-19.1 29 4.0 2.5- 6.5 44 9.0 6.0-13.3
45-54 692 297 39.7 34.8-44.8 258 36.6 31.9-41.6 65 11.9 8.7-15.9 31 5.2 2.3-11.5 41 6.6 4.5- 9.6
55-64 612 336 57.9 52.7-62.9 189 27.7 23.6-32.2 45 7.0 4.8-10.0 19 3.3 1.9- 5.8 23 4.0 2.5- 6.6
65+ 577 380 65.4 60.0-70.4 142 24.7 20.5-29.5 30 5.5 3.1- 9.6 11 2.3 1.0- 5.1 14 2.1 1.1- 4.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 135 50 34.1 21.6-49.3 32 20.2 10.1-36.4 19 12.5 6.7-22.4 10 5.4 2.1-12.9 24 27.8 14.0-47.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 594 257 33.4 28.1-39.2 173 31.5 25.5-38.3 69 12.6 9.0-17.3 38 9.5 5.5-15.9 57 13.0 9.3-17.9
Some Post-H.S. 676 316 37.4 32.2-43.0 228 30.0 25.1-35.3 62 16.2 11.5-22.2 20 3.8 2.0- 7.3 50 12.6 8.1-19.2
College Graduate 1,509 785 49.4 45.9-53.0 504 33.7 30.5-37.1 128 9.2 7.5-11.3 47 2.9 2.0- 4.0 45 4.7 3.1- 7.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 119 51 31.2 20.0-45.1 24 15.7 8.5-27.2 17 13.6 6.3-27.0 12 5.6 2.6-11.5 15 33.8 17.7-54.9
$15,000- 24,999 271 122 34.8 26.9-43.7 81 36.6 27.1-47.4 27 11.5 6.8-18.8 9 3.9 1.7- 8.9 32 13.1 7.8-21.1
$25,000- 34,999 237 107 36.5 26.8-47.3 81 37.4 26.5-49.6 22 9.7 5.4-16.8 13 9.6 3.0-26.5 14 6.8 3.6-12.5
$35,000- 49,999 344 153 38.9 31.5-46.8 117 32.9 26.4-40.3 34 11.3 7.1-17.3 15 6.4 3.4-11.5 25 10.6 5.1-20.8
$50,000-74,999 482 243 42.6 36.2-49.2 142 29.6 23.9-36.1 55 15.8 10.5-23.1 13 2.1 1.1- 3.9 29 9.9 5.7-16.6
$75,000+ 1,154 561 45.2 41.2-49.3 415 33.9 30.3-37.8 100 11.3 8.8-14.4 36 3.4 2.0- 5.6 42 6.2 3.8- 9.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 648 342 45.9 39.4-52.6 177 23.7 18.9-29.2 60 8.8 6.1-12.5 28 8.2 4.3-14.9 41 13.4 8.0-21.7
No 2,123 988 39.8 36.8-43.0 715 33.7 30.7-36.9 212 13.3 11.1-15.9 80 3.7 2.7- 5.1 128 9.4 7.2-12.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 372 175 40.7 33.4-48.3 131 37.6 30.0-45.9 32 12.9 7.8-20.6 13 3.6 1.7- 7.4 21 5.2 3.0- 9.0
Non-Veteran 2,295 1,096 41.9 38.9-45.1 735 30.3 27.6-33.3 228 12.1 10.1-14.4 96 5.1 3.7- 7.1 140 10.5 8.1-13.6

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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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