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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

Alcohol Consumption

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 5,642 2,572 43.5 41.9-45.2 1,842 32.5 31.0-34.0 637 12.1 11.1-13.3 257 5.1 4.4- 6.0 334 6.7 5.9- 7.7
-Durham County 200 89 39.9 32.6-47.8 75 39.0 31.6-47.0 18 8.2 4.9-13.3 8 6.6 2.7-15.2 10 6.3 3.1-12.2
GENDER
Male 86 29 31.8 22.0-43.5 39 43.5 32.3-55.4 7 6.4 2.8-14.2 4 9.1 2.9-24.6 7 9.2 4.1-19.6
Female 114 60 50.2 40.4-60.0 36 33.3 24.6-43.3 11 10.5 5.7-18.6 4 3.5 1.3- 9.0 3 2.5 0.8- 7.7
RACE
White 137 64 44.4 35.7-53.6 53 41.3 32.6-50.6 13 8.3 4.7-14.3 3 2.2 0.7- 6.9 4 3.8 1.2-11.4
Other 60 25 32.9 20.4-48.3 19 30.0 18.1-45.4 5 8.6 3.1-21.6 5 16.5 5.7-39.1 6 12.0 4.9-26.4
AGE
18-44 114 38 28.4 20.2-38.5 49 46.1 35.8-56.8 13 8.8 4.9-15.5 6 9.3 3.5-22.6 8 7.3 3.4-15.0
45+ 86 51 59.4 47.6-70.3 26 26.9 18.3-37.6 5 7.1 2.7-17.5 2 2.0 0.5- 7.7 2 4.5 0.9-19.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 33 13 33.9 18.2-54.2 11 33.3 17.4-54.1 4 10.4 3.6-26.7 2 16.4 3.2-53.7 3 6.0 1.8-18.3
Some College + 167 76 41.3 33.3-49.7 64 40.3 32.2-48.9 14 7.7 4.3-13.4 6 4.4 1.9-10.0 7 6.3 2.8-13.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 77 29 30.0 19.8-42.7 30 43.2 30.4-57.1 7 6.2 2.8-13.2 5 11.9 3.7-32.6 6 8.6 3.5-19.3
$50,000+ 90 41 41.3 31.1-52.4 38 41.9 31.4-53.1 6 7.6 3.3-16.9 2 3.3 0.7-13.2 3 5.9 1.7-18.2

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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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