BRFSS 2004 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (Considering all types of alcoholic beverages, how many times during the past 30 days did you have 5 or more drinks on an occasion?*)

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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
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
COUNTY/REGIONS***
Alamance	138	108	74.7	64.2-83.0	14	11.8	6.6-20.3	5	5.9	1.8-17.3	9	6.8	3.2-14.1	2	0.7	0.2- 3.0
Buncombe	173	145	82.0	74.5-87.6	9	5.5	2.8-10.8	4	2.0	0.7- 5.8	12	7.9	4.4-13.9	3	2.6	0.8- 7.9
Cabarrus	163	135	82.8	74.9-88.6	13	9.8	5.3-17.5	8	3.8	1.8- 8.2	4	2.0	0.6- 6.2	3	1.5	0.5- 4.8
Catawba	140	117	75.2	62.9-84.4	10	9.3	4.7-17.5	3	3.2	0.9-10.8	6	5.4	2.2-12.8	4	6.9	1.7-24.1
Cumberland	170	143	82.9	75.3-88.5	8	5.3	2.5-11.0	8	3.7	1.7- 8.0	6	4.4	1.9- 9.7	5	3.6	1.4- 9.4
Davidson	113	91	80.1	70.5-87.1	8	7.8	3.6-16.2	2	2.5	0.6- 9.7	9	7.0	3.6-13.2	3	2.6	0.7- 8.7
Durham	199	167	80.9	73.5-86.6	13	7.7	4.4-13.3	9	4.5	2.3- 8.7	8	5.5	2.6-11.6	2	1.4	0.3- 6.1
Forsyth	189	155	80.3	73.0-86.1	14	8.8	5.1-14.7	5	2.3	0.9- 5.8	10	6.1	3.1-11.8	5	2.5	0.9- 6.5
Gaston	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
Guilford	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
Iredell	165	128	78.5	70.9-84.5	22	13.5	8.7-20.5	8	4.6	2.2- 9.3	5	2.3	0.9- 5.8	2	1.1	0.3- 4.7
Johnston	151	118	73.6	64.2-81.3	9	9.3	4.7-17.4	10	6.7	3.3-12.8	7	6.3	2.7-13.9	7	4.1	1.9- 8.7
Mecklenburg	356	281	77.5	72.2-82.1	23	7.8	5.1-11.8	19	5.2	3.1- 8.4	25	7.6	5.0-11.5	8	1.8	0.9- 3.9
New Hanover	196	158	76.5	68.4-83.0	12	8.1	4.3-15.0	3	1.4	0.4- 4.5	18	10.3	6.2-16.8	5	3.7	1.4- 9.2
Onslow	160	126	73.5	64.0-81.2	10	7.1	3.7-13.1	7	4.3	1.9- 9.3	12	9.7	4.9-18.4	5	5.4	2.0-13.7
Orange	240	191	77.7	71.1-83.2	19	9.7	6.0-15.2	11	4.3	2.2- 8.1	15	6.9	4.0-11.6	4	1.4	0.5- 3.9
Pitt	163	124	73.6	65.0-80.7	12	8.0	4.3-14.4	11	5.5	3.0-10.1	9	6.2	3.1-12.0	7	6.7	3.0-14.1
Randolph	103	82	75.0	62.9-84.1	5	4.7	1.9-11.3	5	4.5	1.7-11.7	9	13.1	6.1-25.8	2	2.7	0.6-10.9
Robeson	88	64	74.5	63.1-83.4	9	11.8	6.0-21.8	6	3.8	1.6- 9.0	7	8.6	3.8-18.5	2	1.3	0.3- 5.8
Rowan	143	113	71.9	61.4-80.4	8	5.6	2.5-11.8	5	5.6	1.9-15.0	14	13.7	7.8-23.0	3	3.3	0.9-11.8
Union	166	141	84.6	77.3-89.9	8	3.3	1.6- 6.9	8	5.1	2.4-10.4	7	5.8	2.6-12.5	2	1.2	0.3- 4.7
Wake	333	278	82.9	77.7-87.0	21	6.5	4.1-10.2	11	3.3	1.7- 6.4	15	5.7	3.4- 9.6	8	1.6	0.7- 3.4
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico	159	127	79.6	71.6-85.8	13	8.9	4.7-16.1	5	2.9	1.1- 7.2	10	6.5	3.5-12.0	4	2.1	0.7- 5.9
Northeast Partnership II	125	105	83.4	74.8-89.5	8	6.3	3.0-12.8	2	2.1	0.5- 8.1	8	6.3	3.0-12.8	2	1.9	0.4- 9.1
Northeast Partnership I	97	85	88.9	80.2-94.1	4	3.9	1.4-11.0	4	3.4	1.1- 9.9	2	1.9	0.5- 7.4	2	1.9	0.5- 7.4
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
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	137	111	81.1	72.3-87.6	6	4.3	1.8- 9.8	7	6.8	2.9-15.1	10	5.3	2.7-10.2	3	2.5	0.7- 8.7
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	159	130	76.9	67.4-84.2	7	4.1	1.9- 8.5	5	3.4	1.4- 8.2	10	10.7	5.2-20.8	7	4.9	2.2-10.5
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	130	108	84.7	76.8-90.2	11	9.1	4.8-16.5	3	2.2	0.7- 6.8	2	1.3	0.3- 5.7	6	2.7	1.2- 6.1
Chatham/Lee/Moore	201	169	79.2	70.3-86.0	17	12.0	6.5-21.0	7	4.2	1.8- 9.3	7	4.3	1.9- 9.7	1	0.3	0.0- 2.0
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	165	115	70.0	60.8-77.8	21	11.3	6.7-18.3	9	6.4	3.0-13.2	11	5.5	2.7-10.6	9	6.9	3.0-15.0
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	97	78	77.7	67.0-85.7	7	7.9	3.5-16.7	3	3.2	1.0- 9.8	5	5.1	2.1-12.2	4	6.1	2.2-15.4
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	107	89	79.1	67.0-87.6	5	4.9	2.0-11.7	2	1.2	0.3- 4.7	5	6.5	2.1-18.6	6	8.3	3.2-20.0
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	121	93	74.3	64.2-82.4	8	6.1	2.8-12.8	8	6.9	3.3-13.8	8	9.2	4.4-18.0	4	3.4	1.0-11.4
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	194	166	85.8	78.6-90.8	8	4.4	2.0- 9.2	6	3.8	1.5- 9.2	10	3.1	1.3- 7.4	4	2.9	0.9- 8.7
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP**
Yes	289	239	80.7	74.6-85.7	18	7.5	4.4-12.7	9	3.3	1.6- 6.6	17	6.4	3.8-10.4	6	2.1	0.9- 5.0
No	5,342	4,317	79.5	78.1-80.9	378	7.5	6.6- 8.4	213	4.0	3.4- 4.7	293	6.1	5.3- 7.0	141	2.9	2.4- 3.6
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	1,747	1,387	78.0	75.5-80.3	120	7.2	5.9- 8.8	76	4.2	3.2- 5.5	108	6.9	5.5- 8.6	56	3.7	2.7- 5.0
Piedmont	3,324	2,704	79.8	78.0-81.5	248	8.1	7.0- 9.4	130	4.0	3.2- 4.9	169	5.9	4.9- 7.0	73	2.2	1.7- 3.0
Western NC	560	465	81.5	77.1-85.2	28	5.1	3.4- 7.8	16	3.4	1.9- 6.1	33	5.8	3.8- 8.6	18	4.2	2.4- 7.2
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)****
Mountain AHEC	361	306	84.8	79.7-88.8	17	4.9	2.9- 8.3	10	3.3	1.5- 6.9	21	4.2	2.5- 6.8	7	2.9	1.2- 6.7
Northwest	983	791	77.3	73.7-80.6	77	8.5	6.6-11.0	29	3.2	2.1- 4.9	56	6.6	4.8- 9.0	30	4.4	2.8- 6.9
Charlotte	888	721	79.1	75.5-82.3	60	7.4	5.5- 9.9	41	4.6	3.2- 6.6	45	6.7	4.8- 9.2	21	2.2	1.3- 3.7
Greensboro	785	625	77.8	73.7-81.4	64	9.0	6.6-12.0	32	4.4	2.9- 6.8	48	6.2	4.4- 8.8	16	2.6	1.4- 4.7
Southern Regional	521	408	78.2	73.5-82.3	40	7.2	5.0-10.4	30	5.3	3.5- 8.0	29	6.6	4.1-10.4	14	2.7	1.4- 5.1
Coastal	349	285	78.4	72.6-83.3	18	5.7	3.4- 9.4	9	3.7	1.6- 8.1	25	7.9	5.2-12.0	12	4.3	2.3- 7.8
Wake	874	726	82.0	78.5-85.1	58	7.5	5.5-10.1	34	3.6	2.3- 5.4	33	5.1	3.4- 7.6	23	1.8	1.1- 2.9
Area L	158	127	76.7	68.0-83.7	14	9.2	5.2-15.7	7	5.4	2.5-11.0	5	3.7	1.4- 9.7	5	5.0	1.9-12.4
Eastern	680	544	79.4	75.4-82.9	44	6.8	4.8- 9.5	27	3.3	2.2- 5.1	46	7.3	5.2-10.2	19	3.2	1.9- 5.2

Total
Respond.^

None

Once

Twice

3-7 times

8-30 times

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

COUNTY/REGIONS***

Alamance

138

108

74.7

64.2-83.0

11.8

6.6-20.3

5.9

1.8-17.3

6.8

3.2-14.1

0.7

0.2- 3.0

Buncombe

173

145

82.0

74.5-87.6

5.5

2.8-10.8

2.0

0.7- 5.8

7.9

4.4-13.9

2.6

0.8- 7.9

Cabarrus

163

135

82.8

74.9-88.6

9.8

5.3-17.5

3.8

1.8- 8.2

2.0

0.6- 6.2

1.5

0.5- 4.8

Catawba

140

117

75.2

62.9-84.4

9.3

4.7-17.5

3.2

0.9-10.8

5.4

2.2-12.8

6.9

1.7-24.1

Cumberland

170

143

82.9

75.3-88.5

5.3

2.5-11.0

3.7

1.7- 8.0

4.4

1.9- 9.7

3.6

1.4- 9.4

Davidson

113

80.1

70.5-87.1

7.8

3.6-16.2

2.5

0.6- 9.7

7.0

3.6-13.2

2.6

0.7- 8.7

Durham

199

167

80.9

73.5-86.6

7.7

4.4-13.3

4.5

2.3- 8.7

5.5

2.6-11.6

1.4

0.3- 6.1

Forsyth

189

155

80.3

73.0-86.1

8.8

5.1-14.7

2.3

0.9- 5.8

6.1

3.1-11.8

2.5

0.9- 6.5

Gaston

100

79.0

68.8-86.6

8.7

4.3-16.8

0.6

0.1- 4.1

5.9

2.2-14.8

5.8

2.4-13.3

Guilford

181

146

80.2

72.7-86.0

8.9

5.1-15.1

4.0

1.8- 8.8

4.1

1.8- 8.9

2.8

1.1- 6.8

Iredell

165

128

78.5

70.9-84.5

13.5

8.7-20.5

4.6

2.2- 9.3

2.3

0.9- 5.8

1.1

0.3- 4.7

Johnston

151

118

73.6

64.2-81.3

9.3

4.7-17.4

6.7

3.3-12.8

6.3

2.7-13.9

4.1

1.9- 8.7

Mecklenburg

356

281

77.5

72.2-82.1

7.8

5.1-11.8

5.2

3.1- 8.4

7.6

5.0-11.5

1.8

0.9- 3.9

New Hanover

196

158

76.5

68.4-83.0

8.1

4.3-15.0

1.4

0.4- 4.5

10.3

6.2-16.8

3.7

1.4- 9.2

Onslow

160

126

73.5

64.0-81.2

7.1

3.7-13.1

4.3

1.9- 9.3

9.7

4.9-18.4

5.4

2.0-13.7

Orange

240

191

77.7

71.1-83.2

9.7

6.0-15.2

4.3

2.2- 8.1

6.9

4.0-11.6

1.4

0.5- 3.9

Pitt

163

124

73.6

65.0-80.7

8.0

4.3-14.4

5.5

3.0-10.1

6.2

3.1-12.0

6.7

3.0-14.1

Randolph

103

75.0

62.9-84.1

4.7

1.9-11.3

4.5

1.7-11.7

13.1

6.1-25.8

2.7

0.6-10.9

Robeson

74.5

63.1-83.4

11.8

6.0-21.8

3.8

1.6- 9.0

8.6

3.8-18.5

1.3

0.3- 5.8

Rowan

143

113

71.9

61.4-80.4

5.6

2.5-11.8

5.6

1.9-15.0

13.7

7.8-23.0

3.3

0.9-11.8

Union

166

141

84.6

77.3-89.9

3.3

1.6- 6.9

5.1

2.4-10.4

5.8

2.6-12.5

1.2

0.3- 4.7

Wake

333

278

82.9

77.7-87.0

6.5

4.1-10.2

3.3

1.7- 6.4

5.7

3.4- 9.6

1.6

0.7- 3.4

Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico

159

127

79.6

71.6-85.8

8.9

4.7-16.1

2.9

1.1- 7.2

6.5

3.5-12.0

2.1

0.7- 5.9

Northeast Partnership II

125

105

83.4

74.8-89.5

6.3

3.0-12.8

2.1

0.5- 8.1

6.3

3.0-12.8

1.9

0.4- 9.1

Northeast Partnership I

88.9

80.2-94.1

3.9

1.4-11.0

3.4

1.1- 9.9

1.9

0.5- 7.4

1.9

0.5- 7.4

Franklin/Nash/Wilson

109

78.3

67.8-86.1

9.5

4.9-17.7

4.7

1.9-11.2

3.7

1.1-11.7

3.8

0.9-14.1

Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne

137

111

81.1

72.3-87.6

4.3

1.8- 9.8

6.8

2.9-15.1

5.3

2.7-10.2

2.5

0.7- 8.7

Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender

159

130

76.9

67.4-84.2

4.1

1.9- 8.5

3.4

1.4- 8.2

10.7

5.2-20.8

4.9

2.2-10.5

Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance

130

108

84.7

76.8-90.2

9.1

4.8-16.5

2.2

0.7- 6.8

1.3

0.3- 5.7

2.7

1.2- 6.1

Chatham/Lee/Moore

201

169

79.2

70.3-86.0

12.0

6.5-21.0

4.2

1.8- 9.3

4.3

1.9- 9.7

0.3

0.0- 2.0

Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly

165

115

70.0

60.8-77.8

11.3

6.7-18.3

6.4

3.0-13.2

5.5

2.7-10.6

6.9

3.0-15.0

Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

77.7

67.0-85.7

7.9

3.5-16.7

3.2

1.0- 9.8

5.1

2.1-12.2

6.1

2.2-15.4

Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes

107

79.1

67.0-87.6

4.9

2.0-11.7

1.2

0.3- 4.7

6.5

2.1-18.6

8.3

3.2-20.0

Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln

121

74.3

64.2-82.4

6.1

2.8-12.8

6.9

3.3-13.8

9.2

4.4-18.0

3.4

1.0-11.4

Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)

194

166

85.8

78.6-90.8

4.4

2.0- 9.2

3.8

1.5- 9.2

3.1

1.3- 7.4

2.9

0.9- 8.7

NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP**

Yes

289

239

80.7

74.6-85.7

7.5

4.4-12.7

3.3

1.6- 6.6

6.4

3.8-10.4

2.1

0.9- 5.0

5,342

4,317

79.5

78.1-80.9

378

7.5

6.6- 8.4

213

4.0

3.4- 4.7

293

6.1

5.3- 7.0

141

2.9

2.4- 3.6

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

1,747

1,387

78.0

75.5-80.3

120

7.2

5.9- 8.8

4.2

3.2- 5.5

108

6.9

5.5- 8.6

3.7

2.7- 5.0

Piedmont

3,324

2,704

79.8

78.0-81.5

248

8.1

7.0- 9.4

130

4.0

3.2- 4.9

169

5.9

4.9- 7.0

2.2

1.7- 3.0

Western NC

560

465

81.5

77.1-85.2

5.1

3.4- 7.8

3.4

1.9- 6.1

5.8

3.8- 8.6

4.2

2.4- 7.2

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)****

Mountain AHEC

361

306

84.8

79.7-88.8

4.9

2.9- 8.3

3.3

1.5- 6.9

4.2

2.5- 6.8

2.9

1.2- 6.7

Northwest

983

791

77.3

73.7-80.6

8.5

6.6-11.0

3.2

2.1- 4.9

6.6

4.8- 9.0

4.4

2.8- 6.9

Charlotte

888

721

79.1

75.5-82.3

7.4

5.5- 9.9

4.6

3.2- 6.6

6.7

4.8- 9.2

2.2

1.3- 3.7

Greensboro

785

625

77.8

73.7-81.4

9.0

6.6-12.0

4.4

2.9- 6.8

6.2

4.4- 8.8

2.6

1.4- 4.7

Southern Regional

521

408

78.2

73.5-82.3

7.2

5.0-10.4

5.3

3.5- 8.0

6.6

4.1-10.4

2.7

1.4- 5.1

Coastal

349

285

78.4

72.6-83.3

5.7

3.4- 9.4

3.7

1.6- 8.1

7.9

5.2-12.0

4.3

2.3- 7.8

Wake

874

726

82.0

78.5-85.1

7.5

5.5-10.1

3.6

2.3- 5.4

5.1

3.4- 7.6

1.8

1.1- 2.9

Area L

158

127

76.7

68.0-83.7

9.2

5.2-15.7

5.4

2.5-11.0

3.7

1.4- 9.7

5.0

1.9-12.4

Eastern

680

544

79.4

75.4-82.9

6.8

4.8- 9.5

3.3

2.2- 5.1

7.3

5.2-10.2

3.2

1.9- 5.2

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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, Edgecombe, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.

*** 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.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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