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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 130 108 84.7 76.8-90.2 11 9.1 4.8-16.5 3 2.2 0.7- 6.8 2 1.3 0.3- 5.7 6 2.7 1.2- 6.1
GENDER
Male 69 54 80.5 68.8-88.5 6 10.7 4.8-22.3 3 3.6 1.1-11.1 2 2.2 0.5- 9.2 4 3.0 1.1- 7.8
Female 61 54 91.0 81.0-96.0 5 6.6 2.5-16.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.4 0.5- 9.8
RACE
White 88 74 86.1 76.7-92.0 7 7.9 3.5-16.7 3 3.5 1.1-10.7 1 0.7 0.1- 4.8 3 1.9 0.6- 5.8
Other 42 34 82.4 66.8-91.6 4 11.1 4.0-27.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.4 0.3-15.3 3 4.1 1.3-12.4
AGE
18-44 75 59 81.1 70.1-88.8 10 13.6 7.1-24.7 1 1.4 0.2- 9.2 1 0.7 0.1- 4.8 4 3.2 1.2- 8.3
45+ 55 49 90.7 79.5-96.1 1 1.3 0.2- 8.8 2 3.5 0.8-14.0 1 2.5 0.3-15.6 2 2.0 0.5- 7.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 62 51 84.0 72.1-91.4 6 10.3 4.5-22.0 2 3.2 0.8-11.9 1 0.8 0.1- 5.5 2 1.7 0.4- 6.5
Some College + 68 57 85.5 74.0-92.4 5 7.6 2.8-19.0 1 1.0 0.1- 6.5 1 2.0 0.3-12.9 4 4.0 1.4-10.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 68 55 81.1 68.7-89.3 7 13.2 6.2-25.8 2 2.5 0.6-10.0 1 0.8 0.1- 5.6 3 2.5 0.8- 7.5
$50,000+ 45 39 87.9 74.7-94.7 2 4.2 1.0-15.8 1 2.5 0.4-15.8 1 2.6 0.4-16.4 2 2.7 0.6-11.2

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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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