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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston 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
-Gaston County 100 80 79.0 68.8-86.6 9 8.7 4.3-16.8 1 0.6 0.1- 4.1 4 5.9 2.2-14.8 6 5.8 2.4-13.3
GENDER
Male 54 37 69.2 54.7-80.7 7 12.7 5.9-25.2 1 1.0 0.1- 6.6 3 7.7 2.5-21.5 6 9.5 3.9-21.1
Female 46 43 94.4 82.1-98.4 2 2.6 0.6-10.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.1 0.4-18.9 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 87 70 80.2 69.3-87.9 7 6.8 3.1-14.1 1 0.7 0.1- 4.8 4 7.0 2.6-17.4 5 5.4 2.0-13.8
Other 12 9 70.8 38.4-90.4 2 20.9 5.2-55.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 8.4 1.1-41.8
AGE
18-44 47 34 69.0 52.6-81.7 7 14.5 6.6-28.8 0 0.0 . - . 3 9.5 3.1-25.9 3 6.9 2.0-21.4
45+ 52 45 88.5 76.6-94.8 2 3.2 0.7-13.7 1 1.2 0.2- 8.0 1 2.4 0.3-15.0 3 4.7 1.4-14.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 37 23 63.1 45.1-78.1 6 15.9 6.7-33.1 1 1.5 0.2-10.2 4 15.3 5.8-34.5 3 4.2 1.3-12.7
Some College + 63 57 89.0 76.8-95.2 3 4.3 1.3-13.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 6.7 2.2-19.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 56 40 70.5 55.6-82.0 7 12.6 5.7-25.6 1 1.1 0.1- 7.2 4 10.7 4.0-25.5 4 5.1 1.8-14.1
$50,000+ 31 29 91.3 70.8-97.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 8.7 2.1-29.2

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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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