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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Duplin/Greene/Harnett/Jones/Lenoir/Sampson/Wayne 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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 137 111 81.1 72.3-87.6 6 4.3 1.8- 9.8 7 6.8 2.9-15.1 10 5.3 2.7-10.2 3 2.5 0.7- 8.7
GENDER
Male 62 48 78.3 64.5-87.8 1 2.0 0.3-13.1 4 9.1 3.1-23.9 8 8.5 4.0-17.1 1 2.1 0.3-13.6
Female 75 63 84.7 73.4-91.7 5 7.2 2.9-16.8 3 3.9 1.2-11.7 2 1.4 0.3- 5.7 2 2.9 0.5-15.1
RACE
White 103 83 80.1 70.2-87.3 5 5.4 2.1-12.9 6 6.4 2.8-14.0 8 6.4 3.0-13.2 1 1.7 0.2-11.0
Other 34 28 83.3 61.6-93.9 1 2.0 0.3-13.2 1 7.5 1.1-37.6 2 2.9 0.7-11.8 2 4.3 0.7-21.2
AGE
18-44 80 63 80.2 68.0-88.6 3 4.1 1.3-12.5 6 9.2 3.6-21.7 6 4.3 1.8- 9.9 2 2.2 0.4-11.5
45+ 57 48 82.6 68.5-91.2 3 4.6 1.4-14.6 1 2.9 0.4-17.9 4 6.9 2.4-18.2 1 3.0 0.4-18.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 47 35 75.3 58.4-86.8 1 1.8 0.3-12.1 4 11.8 4.0-30.1 6 8.3 3.3-19.2 1 2.8 0.4-17.5
Some College + 90 76 85.3 75.5-91.6 5 6.1 2.4-14.6 3 3.2 1.0- 9.8 4 3.2 1.2- 8.4 2 2.2 0.4-11.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 76 56 71.4 57.8-81.9 5 5.8 2.3-13.8 7 12.2 5.3-25.8 5 6.2 2.5-14.8 3 4.5 1.2-15.1
$50,000+ 42 38 93.6 80.9-98.0 1 3.5 0.5-20.9 0 0.0 . - . 3 2.9 0.9- 9.2 0 0.0 . - .

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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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