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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Franklin/Nash/Wilson 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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson 109 89 78.3 67.8-86.1 10 9.5 4.9-17.7 5 4.7 1.9-11.2 3 3.7 1.1-11.7 2 3.8 0.9-14.1
GENDER
Male 52 36 68.9 53.7-80.9 9 14.4 7.1-27.0 3 5.3 1.7-15.3 2 5.2 1.3-18.5 2 6.2 1.5-21.9
Female 57 53 93.1 81.7-97.6 1 1.9 0.3-12.1 2 3.7 0.8-15.7 1 1.4 0.2- 9.3 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 80 64 77.6 65.5-86.3 8 9.7 4.6-19.3 4 5.1 1.8-13.6 3 5.3 1.6-16.4 1 2.3 0.3-14.3
Other 29 25 80.0 56.4-92.5 2 9.1 2.2-30.7 1 3.6 0.5-22.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 7.3 1.0-37.0
AGE
18-44 52 39 70.1 54.0-82.4 6 11.6 5.0-24.8 3 6.4 2.1-18.3 2 4.3 0.9-17.8 2 7.6 1.9-25.8
45+ 56 49 86.4 72.4-93.9 4 7.5 2.5-20.1 2 2.9 0.6-12.7 1 3.2 0.4-19.3 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 44 34 72.9 55.1-85.6 6 13.1 5.5-28.1 2 5.1 1.3-18.4 1 3.7 0.5-22.0 1 5.2 0.7-28.5
Some College + 65 55 82.4 68.9-90.8 4 6.8 2.4-18.0 3 4.3 1.3-13.7 2 3.7 0.8-15.6 1 2.8 0.4-17.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 51 43 83.0 67.2-92.1 4 6.2 2.2-16.5 2 4.7 1.2-17.1 1 1.2 0.2- 8.0 1 4.8 0.7-27.1
$50,000+ 38 31 75.5 56.3-88.0 2 7.3 1.8-25.4 2 4.0 0.8-17.0 2 8.8 2.2-28.9 1 4.4 0.6-25.2

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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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