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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 159 130 76.9 67.4-84.2 7 4.1 1.9- 8.5 5 3.4 1.4- 8.2 10 10.7 5.2-20.8 7 4.9 2.2-10.5
GENDER
Male 78 56 69.8 56.6-80.4 3 3.1 0.9- 9.7 3 3.2 1.0- 9.9 9 16.1 7.7-30.6 7 7.8 3.5-16.3
Female 81 74 89.0 78.4-94.7 4 5.8 2.2-14.5 2 3.8 0.9-14.1 1 1.5 0.2- 9.9 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 137 115 81.4 72.9-87.6 6 4.1 1.8- 9.3 4 3.6 1.3- 9.3 7 6.5 3.0-13.3 5 4.4 1.7-10.7
Other 22 15 54.2 27.6-78.5 1 3.6 0.5-22.3 1 2.5 0.3-16.7 3 32.2 10.4-65.9 2 7.5 1.6-28.3
AGE
18-44 62 43 62.8 46.8-76.3 3 3.6 1.0-11.6 2 2.9 0.7-11.8 10 25.0 12.9-43.0 4 5.7 2.0-15.2
45+ 95 85 87.3 77.5-93.2 4 4.5 1.7-11.5 3 3.9 1.2-11.5 0 0.0 . - . 3 4.4 1.3-13.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 55 43 70.0 51.5-83.6 1 2.1 0.3-13.5 1 1.1 0.2- 7.5 6 20.5 8.6-41.5 4 6.4 2.3-16.4
Some College + 103 87 81.6 71.7-88.6 5 4.8 2.0-11.3 4 4.9 1.8-12.5 4 4.6 1.7-11.8 3 4.0 1.2-12.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 81 63 71.1 56.3-82.4 5 5.6 2.2-13.4 2 3.1 0.8-11.8 6 14.7 5.9-32.3 5 5.6 2.2-13.2
$50,000+ 55 48 83.6 69.1-92.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.6 0.2-10.6 4 8.9 3.4-21.6 2 5.9 1.4-20.9

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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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