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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford 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
-Guilford County 181 146 80.2 72.7-86.0 15 8.9 5.1-15.1 7 4.0 1.8- 8.8 8 4.1 1.8- 8.9 5 2.8 1.1- 6.8
GENDER
Male 94 68 74.4 63.8-82.8 8 9.0 4.2-18.2 5 5.6 2.3-13.2 8 6.5 2.9-13.9 5 4.5 1.8-10.8
Female 87 78 89.9 80.5-95.1 7 8.7 3.9-18.3 2 1.3 0.3- 5.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 137 110 78.3 69.3-85.3 12 9.3 5.0-16.8 6 5.0 2.1-11.2 5 4.2 1.5-10.7 4 3.3 1.2- 8.6
Other 43 35 85.8 71.2-93.7 3 7.8 2.2-24.3 1 1.1 0.1- 7.4 3 3.8 1.2-11.6 1 1.5 0.2-10.2
AGE
18-44 74 53 71.8 58.9-81.9 13 18.3 10.1-30.7 3 3.5 1.0-11.1 4 4.8 1.5-14.2 1 1.7 0.2-10.9
45+ 104 90 85.9 76.5-91.9 2 2.1 0.5- 8.4 4 4.5 1.5-12.5 4 3.6 1.2-10.9 4 3.8 1.4-10.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 31 23 80.6 61.8-91.4 3 8.3 2.0-28.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 3.5 0.8-13.4 3 7.7 2.3-22.9
Some College + 150 123 80.1 71.7-86.5 12 9.1 4.9-16.1 7 4.9 2.2-10.7 6 4.2 1.7-10.2 2 1.7 0.4- 6.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 66 46 70.1 55.9-81.3 8 13.9 6.4-27.7 3 3.2 0.9-10.4 6 8.4 3.3-19.7 3 4.5 1.3-13.7
$50,000+ 83 71 83.2 72.0-90.5 6 7.7 3.3-17.2 3 4.4 1.4-13.3 1 2.0 0.3-13.0 2 2.7 0.7-10.2

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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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