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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 996 500 41.0 36.4-45.8 291 28.1 24.3-32.2 121 17.4 13.5-22.2 28 6.5 2.6-15.4 56 7.0 5.0- 9.8
GENDER
Male 462 173 29.2 23.5-35.5 149 29.5 23.8-36.0 72 22.3 16.1-30.2 21 9.2 3.0-25.0 47 9.8 6.8-13.9
Female 534 327 56.2 50.5-61.8 142 26.3 21.9-31.2 49 11.1 7.8-15.6 7 2.9 1.2- 7.0 9 3.5 1.4- 8.3
RACE
White 936 479 42.1 37.3-47.0 276 28.3 24.5-32.4 112 16.1 12.3-20.8 25 6.9 2.7-16.7 44 6.7 4.6- 9.6
African American 17 8 20.2 6.7-47.0 3 17.5 3.9-52.7 3 45.7 15.1-79.9 1 3.8 0.5-24.6 2 12.8 2.9-42.5
Other Minorities 40 12 36.0 15.7-62.8 11 30.5 12.1-58.2 6 23.6 8.8-50.0 2 0.8 0.2- 3.7 9 9.1 3.4-22.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 12 6 29.7 9.0-64.4 6 70.3 35.6-91.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 983 494 41.3 36.6-46.1 284 27.2 23.5-31.2 121 17.8 13.7-22.7 28 6.6 2.6-15.6 56 7.1 5.1-10.0
AGE
18-24 28 6 12.9 3.8-35.9 6 14.0 4.9-34.3 9 26.4 10.6-52.2 2 34.5 8.2-75.7 5 12.1 3.7-33.1
25-34 88 28 27.5 17.8-40.0 28 27.4 17.9-39.5 20 30.5 19.2-44.7 4 4.6 1.4-13.9 8 10.0 4.7-19.9
35-44 141 58 36.4 27.0-46.9 42 30.9 22.4-41.0 20 18.2 8.3-35.3 6 4.4 1.8-10.6 15 10.1 5.5-17.7
45-54 207 85 41.7 34.0-49.8 68 31.6 24.8-39.2 30 15.9 10.6-23.1 6 3.2 1.2- 8.1 18 7.7 4.4-13.2
55-64 233 126 52.9 45.6-60.2 77 34.1 27.3-41.6 20 9.2 5.7-14.5 5 1.8 0.7- 4.7 5 2.0 0.7- 5.2
65+ 291 194 64.9 58.1-71.2 66 24.7 19.2-31.0 22 6.9 4.2-11.1 5 2.1 0.8- 5.6 4 1.4 0.4- 4.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 47 12 11.3 4.2-26.7 13 23.0 8.9-47.8 7 13.1 4.2-34.0 6 39.9 10.5-79.0 9 12.8 4.3-32.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 227 99 38.1 30.0-47.0 63 26.8 20.2-34.6 31 15.4 9.8-23.3 9 6.3 2.8-13.6 25 13.4 8.1-21.4
Some Post-H.S. 273 150 43.8 35.2-52.8 66 22.5 16.2-30.4 38 24.8 16.1-36.2 7 3.8 1.4- 9.9 12 5.0 2.3-10.6
College Graduate 449 239 47.3 41.4-53.2 149 34.0 28.7-39.6 45 14.2 9.2-21.4 6 1.0 0.4- 2.4 10 3.5 1.7- 7.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 55 25 40.1 25.1-57.3 14 32.8 18.5-51.1 8 12.2 5.2-26.2 2 1.6 0.4- 6.3 6 13.3 5.4-29.2
$15,000- 24,999 125 58 33.5 24.6-43.8 32 26.0 17.5-36.7 20 21.5 12.5-34.4 3 3.2 1.0- 9.5 12 15.8 8.0-28.9
$25,000- 34,999 109 51 39.1 28.3-51.2 30 22.8 14.8-33.3 13 18.8 10.0-32.5 6 10.9 4.1-26.0 9 8.5 3.9-17.3
$35,000- 49,999 149 84 45.5 35.1-56.3 39 27.9 19.5-38.2 15 17.9 9.5-31.0 3 2.1 0.5- 8.2 8 6.6 2.9-14.5
$50,000-74,999 183 101 52.2 42.8-61.3 46 24.6 17.9-32.7 21 13.2 7.8-21.4 3 1.4 0.4- 4.2 12 8.7 3.9-18.2
$75,000+ 263 117 35.3 28.1-43.2 104 38.2 30.2-47.0 33 23.0 13.8-35.8 4 1.2 0.4- 3.4 5 2.3 0.9- 5.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 270 140 44.4 37.1-52.0 80 31.1 24.4-38.7 25 13.4 8.1-21.4 8 3.2 1.4- 7.4 17 7.9 4.6-13.4
No 683 339 42.2 37.2-47.3 202 28.3 24.2-32.8 88 18.8 13.9-25.0 18 3.8 2.1- 6.8 36 6.9 4.5-10.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 149 72 48.0 38.3-57.9 45 29.7 21.7-39.2 17 12.5 7.1-21.3 5 1.8 0.7- 4.5 10 7.9 3.9-15.5
Non-Veteran 753 389 40.3 35.0-45.9 212 27.7 23.3-32.6 87 17.0 12.5-22.9 21 7.7 2.9-18.9 44 7.3 4.9-10.6

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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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