BRFSS 2004 - New Hanover County: (On the days when you drank, about how many drinks did you drink on the average?*)

	Total Respond.^	Only one	Two	Three	Four	Five or more
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
-New Hanover County	201	92	45.2	37.6-53.0	69	31.2	24.5-38.7	18	9.6	5.9-15.4	13	7.5	4.2-12.9	9	6.5	3.1-13.2
GENDER
Male	95	33	36.2	26.3-47.4	37	35.2	25.5-46.3	11	10.5	5.7-18.4	7	9.0	4.3-18.0	7	9.1	4.0-19.4
Female	106	59	56.1	45.2-66.4	32	26.4	18.4-36.3	7	8.6	3.6-18.9	6	5.6	2.3-12.9	2	3.4	0.6-16.4
RACE
White	180	83	45.6	37.7-53.7	62	31.5	24.5-39.5	16	9.8	5.7-16.1	11	7.4	4.0-13.4	8	5.7	2.6-12.0
Other	20	9	43.0	20.3-69.2	6	26.6	10.8-52.1	2	8.9	2.0-31.9	2	8.0	1.7-31.0	1	13.4	2.0-54.3
AGE
18-44	86	26	28.8	19.6-40.2	33	35.1	24.6-47.2	9	11.8	5.8-22.4	10	11.1	5.7-20.6	8	13.2	6.2-25.9
45+	115	66	59.7	49.6-69.0	36	27.8	20.0-37.2	9	7.7	3.9-14.7	3	4.2	1.4-12.5	1	0.6	0.1- 4.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	40	20	43.2	27.9-60.0	8	22.1	11.2-39.1	6	10.7	4.5-23.1	1	2.7	0.4-17.0	5	21.3	9.1-42.1
Some College +	161	72	45.8	37.3-54.5	61	34.1	26.5-42.7	12	9.3	5.1-16.4	12	9.0	5.0-15.8	4	1.8	0.6- 4.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	86	41	44.4	32.9-56.6	29	33.0	22.3-45.9	6	9.2	3.8-20.9	6	7.0	3.0-15.6	4	6.3	1.8-19.7
$50,000+	71	31	43.1	31.5-55.5	24	29.7	20.1-41.7	7	9.3	4.3-19.0	5	9.6	4.0-21.2	4	8.3	2.9-21.8

* 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.

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

Alcohol Consumption

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	Total Respond.^	Only one			Two			Three			Four			Five or more
	Total Respond.^	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
-New Hanover County	201	92	45.2	37.6-53.0	69	31.2	24.5-38.7	18	9.6	5.9-15.4	13	7.5	4.2-12.9	9	6.5	3.1-13.2
GENDER
Male	95	33	36.2	26.3-47.4	37	35.2	25.5-46.3	11	10.5	5.7-18.4	7	9.0	4.3-18.0	7	9.1	4.0-19.4
Female	106	59	56.1	45.2-66.4	32	26.4	18.4-36.3	7	8.6	3.6-18.9	6	5.6	2.3-12.9	2	3.4	0.6-16.4
RACE
White	180	83	45.6	37.7-53.7	62	31.5	24.5-39.5	16	9.8	5.7-16.1	11	7.4	4.0-13.4	8	5.7	2.6-12.0
Other	20	9	43.0	20.3-69.2	6	26.6	10.8-52.1	2	8.9	2.0-31.9	2	8.0	1.7-31.0	1	13.4	2.0-54.3
AGE
18-44	86	26	28.8	19.6-40.2	33	35.1	24.6-47.2	9	11.8	5.8-22.4	10	11.1	5.7-20.6	8	13.2	6.2-25.9
45+	115	66	59.7	49.6-69.0	36	27.8	20.0-37.2	9	7.7	3.9-14.7	3	4.2	1.4-12.5	1	0.6	0.1- 4.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	40	20	43.2	27.9-60.0	8	22.1	11.2-39.1	6	10.7	4.5-23.1	1	2.7	0.4-17.0	5	21.3	9.1-42.1
Some College +	161	72	45.8	37.3-54.5	61	34.1	26.5-42.7	12	9.3	5.1-16.4	12	9.0	5.0-15.8	4	1.8	0.6- 4.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	86	41	44.4	32.9-56.6	29	33.0	22.3-45.9	6	9.2	3.8-20.9	6	7.0	3.0-15.6	4	6.3	1.8-19.7
$50,000+	71	31	43.1	31.5-55.5	24	29.7	20.1-41.7	7	9.3	4.3-19.0	5	9.6	4.0-21.2	4	8.3	2.9-21.8