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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: NE Partnership II (Beaufort/Camden/Chowan/Edgecombe/Martin/Pasq./Perq./Tyrrell/Wash.)

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
-NE 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
GENDER
Male 59 45 78.6 65.8-87.5 5 7.2 2.8-17.5 2 3.5 0.9-13.1 6 8.1 3.4-18.1 1 2.5 0.4-15.9
Female 66 60 90.7 80.0-95.9 3 4.8 1.5-14.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 3.6 0.9-13.5 1 0.9 0.1- 6.0
RACE
White 96 83 84.5 74.0-91.3 7 7.6 3.4-16.2 0 0.0 . - . 4 5.2 1.8-14.0 2 2.6 0.5-12.3
Other 29 22 80.6 62.9-91.1 1 2.8 0.4-17.8 2 7.5 1.9-25.7 4 9.1 3.3-22.8 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 43 35 82.8 67.3-91.9 5 8.5 3.3-20.1 0 0.0 . - . 2 5.0 1.1-20.1 1 3.7 0.5-21.9
45+ 82 70 83.8 72.7-90.9 3 4.7 1.3-15.0 2 3.6 0.9-13.4 6 7.3 3.2-15.7 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 42 31 72.6 55.7-84.8 4 9.8 3.7-23.9 2 6.2 1.6-21.6 4 10.4 3.6-26.2 1 1.0 0.1- 7.0
Some College + 83 74 89.1 78.8-94.7 4 4.4 1.4-13.2 0 0.0 . - . 4 4.2 1.5-11.1 1 2.3 0.3-14.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 70 56 80.4 68.3-88.6 5 5.8 2.3-14.0 1 1.8 0.3-11.7 7 9.4 4.3-19.6 1 2.6 0.4-16.1
$50,000+ 37 34 93.3 79.0-98.1 1 1.8 0.2-11.7 1 3.7 0.5-22.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.2 0.2- 8.3

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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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