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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County 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
GENDER
Male 91 66 68.3 56.3-78.3 7 10.9 4.8-22.9 2 2.1 0.5- 8.2 14 17.0 9.8-27.8 2 1.8 0.4- 7.4
Female 105 92 86.3 76.1-92.5 5 4.9 2.0-11.6 1 0.5 0.1- 3.4 4 2.4 0.9- 6.7 3 5.9 1.8-17.4
RACE
White 176 141 76.5 68.1-83.3 11 8.4 4.3-16.0 3 1.5 0.5- 5.1 16 9.4 5.5-15.4 5 4.1 1.6-10.3
Other 19 16 75.5 43.2-92.6 1 6.1 0.8-33.4 0 0.0 . - . 2 18.4 4.1-54.1 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 85 59 62.4 49.5-73.7 7 12.7 5.7-26.0 2 2.4 0.6- 9.3 14 17.6 9.9-29.4 3 4.9 1.4-16.1
45+ 111 99 89.3 81.6-94.1 5 4.0 1.6- 9.7 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0 4 3.7 1.4- 9.8 2 2.5 0.6- 9.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 39 31 71.0 51.4-85.0 2 5.4 1.3-19.2 1 2.0 0.3-13.0 4 16.2 6.0-36.9 1 5.4 0.8-29.7
Some College + 157 127 78.3 69.5-85.1 10 9.0 4.4-17.7 2 1.2 0.2- 5.3 14 8.4 4.8-14.2 4 3.1 1.1- 8.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 84 72 80.0 65.3-89.4 2 6.6 1.5-25.2 1 1.2 0.2- 8.3 8 10.5 4.5-22.6 1 1.7 0.2-11.0
$50,000+ 69 51 69.7 56.4-80.4 6 8.7 3.9-18.6 1 1.8 0.2-11.6 8 13.5 6.7-25.3 3 6.3 1.8-20.1

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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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