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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford County

Alcohol Consumption

On the days when you drank, about how many drinks did you drink on the average?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Only one Two Three Four Five or more
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
-Guilford County 183 84 44.1 36.1-52.3 63 36.3 28.6-44.8 20 9.3 5.7-14.8 6 4.5 1.9-10.2 10 5.8 2.9-11.2
GENDER
Male 96 32 33.3 23.9-44.2 39 43.3 32.7-54.5 12 9.8 5.2-17.7 5 6.0 2.3-14.6 8 7.6 3.5-15.7
Female 87 52 62.6 50.3-73.5 24 24.4 15.4-36.4 8 8.4 3.9-17.0 1 1.9 0.3-12.4 2 2.6 0.6-11.3
RACE
White 139 65 42.8 33.8-52.3 47 36.8 27.9-46.6 15 9.4 5.3-16.2 6 5.9 2.5-13.3 6 5.0 2.2-11.3
Other 43 18 47.1 31.0-63.8 16 35.6 21.2-53.3 5 9.0 3.4-21.4 0 0.0 . - . 4 8.3 2.5-24.0
AGE
18-44 75 24 32.9 22.2-45.7 28 35.3 24.4-48.0 13 15.7 8.6-26.8 4 7.3 2.6-18.9 6 8.8 3.6-20.0
45+ 105 58 51.4 40.3-62.3 34 37.9 27.4-49.6 7 4.7 2.1-10.0 2 2.5 0.5-10.9 4 3.6 1.3-10.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 32 14 44.2 26.0-64.1 11 34.5 18.1-55.6 3 9.1 2.5-28.1 1 5.4 0.8-29.6 3 6.9 2.0-21.2
Some College + 151 70 44.1 35.4-53.1 52 36.8 28.3-46.1 17 9.3 5.5-15.4 5 4.3 1.7-10.7 7 5.5 2.5-12.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 67 27 41.8 28.8-56.0 22 29.1 18.2-43.2 9 13.4 6.3-26.2 2 5.4 1.3-19.3 7 10.3 4.4-22.2
$50,000+ 83 38 41.8 31.0-53.4 33 42.7 31.7-54.6 6 6.0 2.6-13.3 3 4.7 1.4-14.7 3 4.8 1.5-14.0

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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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