BRFSS 2004 - Gaston County: (On the days when you drank, about how many drinks did you drink on the average?*)

	Total Respond.^	Only one	Two	Three	Four	Five or more
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
-Gaston County	104	46	43.2	33.1-53.8	29	26.1	17.9-36.4	9	8.7	4.2-17.0	8	8.3	4.1-16.2	12	13.8	7.7-23.4
GENDER
Male	56	19	34.0	22.2-48.2	13	21.4	12.3-34.7	7	13.2	6.1-26.1	6	10.4	4.6-21.6	11	21.0	11.5-35.2
Female	48	27	56.9	40.5-71.9	16	33.1	19.6-50.1	2	1.9	0.5- 7.5	2	5.3	1.2-21.0	1	2.9	0.4-17.9
RACE
White	89	44	50.4	39.0-61.7	21	19.4	12.1-29.6	8	9.1	4.2-18.6	6	8.0	3.5-17.0	10	13.2	6.9-23.7
Other	14	2	10.0	2.1-37.1	7	54.4	28.0-78.5	1	7.1	1.0-37.3	2	10.7	2.4-36.8	2	17.8	4.4-50.2
AGE
18-44	49	18	36.2	23.0-52.0	16	30.7	18.4-46.7	3	4.1	1.2-13.5	4	8.0	2.9-20.1	8	20.9	10.5-37.3
45+	54	28	51.2	36.8-65.4	12	19.6	10.6-33.4	6	13.5	5.8-28.4	4	8.9	3.2-22.1	4	6.8	2.4-17.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	40	11	29.9	16.7-47.6	10	23.3	12.0-40.4	5	8.9	3.4-21.7	5	13.7	5.6-29.6	9	24.2	12.3-42.0
Some College +	64	35	52.2	38.7-65.3	19	27.9	17.4-41.6	4	8.5	3.0-21.5	3	4.7	1.5-14.2	3	6.7	2.1-19.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	58	21	36.7	23.9-51.6	16	24.4	14.2-38.8	6	8.7	3.6-19.4	5	10.1	4.1-22.6	10	20.1	10.6-34.8
$50,000+	31	18	52.8	34.6-70.4	8	24.6	12.1-43.6	2	10.4	2.7-32.8	1	3.5	0.5-20.9	2	8.7	2.1-29.2

* 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.

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Alcohol Consumption

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	Total Respond.^	Only one			Two			Three			Four			Five or more
	Total Respond.^	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
-Gaston County	104	46	43.2	33.1-53.8	29	26.1	17.9-36.4	9	8.7	4.2-17.0	8	8.3	4.1-16.2	12	13.8	7.7-23.4
GENDER
Male	56	19	34.0	22.2-48.2	13	21.4	12.3-34.7	7	13.2	6.1-26.1	6	10.4	4.6-21.6	11	21.0	11.5-35.2
Female	48	27	56.9	40.5-71.9	16	33.1	19.6-50.1	2	1.9	0.5- 7.5	2	5.3	1.2-21.0	1	2.9	0.4-17.9
RACE
White	89	44	50.4	39.0-61.7	21	19.4	12.1-29.6	8	9.1	4.2-18.6	6	8.0	3.5-17.0	10	13.2	6.9-23.7
Other	14	2	10.0	2.1-37.1	7	54.4	28.0-78.5	1	7.1	1.0-37.3	2	10.7	2.4-36.8	2	17.8	4.4-50.2
AGE
18-44	49	18	36.2	23.0-52.0	16	30.7	18.4-46.7	3	4.1	1.2-13.5	4	8.0	2.9-20.1	8	20.9	10.5-37.3
45+	54	28	51.2	36.8-65.4	12	19.6	10.6-33.4	6	13.5	5.8-28.4	4	8.9	3.2-22.1	4	6.8	2.4-17.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	40	11	29.9	16.7-47.6	10	23.3	12.0-40.4	5	8.9	3.4-21.7	5	13.7	5.6-29.6	9	24.2	12.3-42.0
Some College +	64	35	52.2	38.7-65.3	19	27.9	17.4-41.6	4	8.5	3.0-21.5	3	4.7	1.5-14.2	3	6.7	2.1-19.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	58	21	36.7	23.9-51.6	16	24.4	14.2-38.8	6	8.7	3.6-19.4	5	10.1	4.1-22.6	10	20.1	10.6-34.8
$50,000+	31	18	52.8	34.6-70.4	8	24.6	12.1-43.6	2	10.4	2.7-32.8	1	3.5	0.5-20.9	2	8.7	2.1-29.2