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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico 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
-Carteret/Curr./Craven/Dare/Hyde/Paml. 159 127 79.6 71.6-85.8 13 8.9 4.7-16.1 5 2.9 1.1- 7.2 10 6.5 3.5-12.0 4 2.1 0.7- 5.9
GENDER
Male 74 55 74.7 62.5-84.0 6 9.9 4.1-22.1 2 2.1 0.5- 8.7 8 10.0 4.9-19.2 3 3.2 1.0- 9.9
Female 85 72 86.0 76.4-92.1 7 7.5 3.4-15.9 3 3.9 1.1-12.3 2 1.9 0.4- 8.0 1 0.6 0.1- 4.5
RACE
White 142 113 80.1 72.0-86.2 11 7.5 3.9-13.8 5 3.4 1.3- 8.3 9 6.7 3.4-12.6 4 2.5 0.9- 6.8
Other 15 12 75.1 41.7-92.7 2 18.6 4.0-55.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 6.3 0.9-34.3 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 61 40 68.3 54.1-79.8 8 12.3 5.2-26.7 2 2.7 0.6-11.7 8 12.5 6.1-23.9 3 4.2 1.2-13.2
45+ 97 86 87.2 77.7-93.0 5 6.6 2.6-15.5 3 3.1 0.9- 9.5 2 2.5 0.6- 9.6 1 0.7 0.1- 4.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 45 35 77.4 61.6-88.0 3 7.2 2.0-22.5 2 3.8 0.9-15.0 3 7.1 2.3-20.2 2 4.4 1.1-16.5
Some College + 113 91 80.5 70.7-87.6 10 9.7 4.7-19.1 3 2.5 0.7- 8.1 7 6.3 2.9-13.1 2 1.0 0.2- 4.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 81 63 78.7 66.3-87.4 8 10.7 4.5-23.5 2 1.5 0.4- 5.9 5 6.3 2.5-15.2 3 2.8 0.8- 8.8
$50,000+ 57 47 80.3 66.6-89.2 3 6.5 2.0-19.3 1 2.0 0.3-13.2 5 9.1 3.8-20.3 1 2.0 0.3-13.2

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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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