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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

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
-Durham County 199 167 80.9 73.5-86.6 13 7.7 4.4-13.3 9 4.5 2.3- 8.7 8 5.5 2.6-11.6 2 1.4 0.3- 6.1
GENDER
Male 86 64 73.7 62.0-82.7 8 9.8 4.7-19.1 6 5.5 2.4-12.2 6 8.6 3.6-19.1 2 2.4 0.5-10.6
Female 113 103 90.1 82.2-94.7 5 5.1 2.1-11.9 3 3.2 1.0-10.2 2 1.6 0.4- 6.1 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 137 114 79.8 70.9-86.6 9 8.1 4.1-15.2 7 5.5 2.6-11.4 5 4.5 1.6-11.9 2 2.0 0.4- 8.9
Other 59 50 81.9 66.4-91.2 4 7.5 2.5-20.4 2 2.6 0.6-10.6 3 8.1 2.4-23.9 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 114 90 76.8 66.8-84.5 10 10.0 5.3-18.4 7 5.5 2.5-11.5 6 6.1 2.5-13.8 1 1.6 0.2-10.5
45+ 85 77 87.9 75.7-94.4 3 3.8 1.1-11.7 2 2.8 0.7-11.2 2 4.6 0.9-19.8 1 0.9 0.1- 6.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 34 30 88.6 70.4-96.2 4 11.4 3.8-29.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 165 137 79.0 70.6-85.5 9 6.9 3.5-13.1 9 5.6 2.8-10.7 8 6.9 3.2-14.2 2 1.7 0.4- 7.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 76 65 84.9 73.3-91.9 2 2.9 0.7-11.6 4 4.6 1.6-12.1 5 7.7 2.9-18.6 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000+ 91 73 75.0 63.1-84.1 9 11.8 6.0-22.0 4 4.5 1.6-11.9 3 5.8 1.7-17.9 2 2.8 0.6-12.3

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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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