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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleveland/Lincoln Counties

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 5,631 4,556 79.6 78.2-80.9 396 7.5 6.6- 8.4 222 4.0 3.4- 4.7 310 6.1 5.4- 7.0 147 2.9 2.4- 3.5
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 121 93 74.3 64.2-82.4 8 6.1 2.8-12.8 8 6.9 3.3-13.8 8 9.2 4.4-18.0 4 3.4 1.0-11.4
GENDER
Male 77 54 68.6 55.9-79.0 7 7.9 3.5-17.0 6 7.9 3.4-17.2 7 11.2 5.2-22.8 3 4.3 1.1-15.5
Female 44 39 89.3 74.7-95.9 1 1.3 0.2- 8.7 2 4.4 1.1-16.3 1 3.8 0.5-22.7 1 1.3 0.2- 8.7
RACE
White 111 84 73.3 62.6-81.8 8 6.6 3.0-13.7 7 6.6 3.0-13.8 8 9.9 4.8-19.3 4 3.7 1.1-12.1
Other 10 9 88.2 47.2-98.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 11.8 1.6-52.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 63 44 65.3 50.6-77.6 5 7.0 2.5-17.7 5 8.4 3.3-19.6 7 14.9 7.0-28.8 2 4.4 0.9-19.3
45+ 58 49 86.9 75.7-93.4 3 4.9 1.5-15.1 3 4.9 1.5-14.4 1 1.2 0.2- 8.4 2 2.1 0.5- 8.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 45 29 58.3 41.1-73.8 3 6.9 1.9-22.4 5 11.2 4.3-26.2 5 15.1 6.1-32.7 3 8.4 2.1-27.6
Some College + 76 64 83.7 72.0-91.1 5 5.6 2.1-14.0 3 4.4 1.4-13.0 3 5.7 1.7-17.6 1 0.6 0.1- 3.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 52 40 69.0 51.7-82.2 3 7.9 2.4-23.4 5 11.2 4.4-25.9 2 5.3 1.1-21.3 2 6.6 1.3-26.8
$50,000+ 45 35 77.7 61.1-88.5 5 8.0 3.0-19.7 2 4.6 1.1-17.2 2 8.3 2.1-27.4 1 1.4 0.2- 9.3

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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 percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = 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.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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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