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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow 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
-Onslow County 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
GENDER
Male 75 49 60.3 47.1-72.1 7 9.6 4.5-19.5 4 5.4 2.0-13.7 10 15.4 7.5-29.2 5 9.3 3.5-22.6
Female 85 77 91.6 83.2-96.0 3 3.6 1.1-11.1 3 2.8 0.8- 9.8 2 2.0 0.5- 7.7 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 125 100 76.0 65.9-83.8 8 6.9 3.3-13.8 6 5.3 2.3-11.7 6 4.9 2.0-11.3 5 7.0 2.6-17.4
Other 32 24 66.1 41.9-84.0 1 5.0 0.7-28.2 1 1.2 0.2- 8.2 6 27.7 11.2-53.9 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 94 67 63.6 51.1-74.5 8 9.6 4.7-18.6 5 5.4 2.1-12.9 10 14.0 6.8-26.9 4 7.4 2.5-20.2
45+ 65 58 90.4 80.2-95.6 2 2.8 0.7-11.4 2 2.5 0.5-11.1 2 2.4 0.6- 9.2 1 1.9 0.3-12.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 66 46 63.6 48.8-76.2 8 14.7 7.3-27.1 4 5.4 1.9-14.2 6 13.2 4.9-31.2 2 3.2 0.8-11.9
Some College + 92 78 80.9 68.4-89.3 2 1.3 0.3- 4.9 3 3.5 1.0-11.7 6 7.1 3.0-15.9 3 7.2 2.1-21.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 82 66 75.2 61.0-85.5 5 7.9 3.2-18.3 4 3.9 1.3-10.9 6 11.6 4.2-28.0 1 1.4 0.2- 9.4
$50,000+ 52 40 70.7 53.8-83.4 3 5.8 1.7-17.9 2 3.9 1.0-14.3 4 8.4 2.9-21.8 3 11.2 3.3-31.8

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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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