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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 2,799 1,040 40.2 37.2-43.4 1,759 59.8 56.6-62.8
GENDER
Male 1,077 487 47.0 42.0-52.0 590 53.0 48.0-58.0
Female 1,722 553 34.0 30.7-37.5 1,169 66.0 62.5-69.3
RACE
White 2,572 970 40.5 37.3-43.7 1,602 59.5 56.3-62.7
African American 77 20 40.3 24.0-59.1 57 59.7 40.9-76.0
Other Minorities 138 46 36.6 24.2-51.1 92 63.4 48.9-75.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 58 14 21.5 9.9-40.5 44 78.5 59.5-90.1
Non-Hispanic 2,735 1,024 40.9 37.8-44.1 1,711 59.1 55.9-62.2
AGE
18-24 89 29 36.8 21.6-55.2 60 63.2 44.8-78.4
25-34 190 89 48.5 39.3-57.9 101 51.5 42.1-60.7
35-44 343 145 44.7 37.6-51.9 198 55.3 48.1-62.4
45-54 489 214 40.8 35.3-46.6 275 59.2 53.4-64.7
55-64 649 244 39.2 34.8-43.8 405 60.8 56.2-65.2
65+ 1,017 310 33.0 29.6-36.7 707 67.0 63.3-70.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 396 55 24.5 13.8-39.7 341 75.5 60.3-86.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 913 241 29.1 25.1-33.5 672 70.9 66.5-74.9
Some Post-H.S. 690 283 44.7 38.2-51.4 407 55.3 48.6-61.8
College Graduate 796 461 57.9 52.6-62.9 335 42.1 37.1-47.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 368 63 18.2 13.2-24.7 305 81.8 75.3-86.8
$15,000- 24,999 516 137 27.1 22.2-32.8 379 72.9 67.2-77.8
$25,000- 34,999 346 112 35.3 28.9-42.2 234 64.7 57.8-71.1
$35,000- 49,999 370 152 45.9 39.2-52.7 218 54.1 47.3-60.8
$50,000-74,999 360 184 48.6 40.8-56.4 176 51.4 43.6-59.2
$75,000+ 407 268 60.7 51.1-69.6 139 39.3 30.4-48.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,072 289 31.3 27.5-35.4 783 68.7 64.6-72.5
No 1,611 700 43.0 39.2-46.8 911 57.0 53.2-60.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 353 161 47.6 41.4-53.8 192 52.4 46.2-58.6
Non-Veteran 2,213 783 38.3 34.8-42.0 1,430 61.7 58.0-65.2

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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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