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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange County

Alcohol Consumption

On the days when you drank, about how many drinks did you drink on the average?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Only one Two Three Four Five or more
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
-Orange County 241 117 45.9 38.9-53.1 83 36.9 30.2-44.3 18 7.6 4.5-12.3 12 6.0 3.1-11.3 11 3.6 1.9- 6.6
GENDER
Male 104 36 35.5 26.0-46.2 42 41.4 31.4-52.1 12 10.7 5.9-18.9 7 7.9 3.4-17.2 7 4.5 2.0- 9.9
Female 137 81 58.2 48.4-67.4 41 31.8 23.2-41.7 6 3.8 1.6- 9.2 5 3.8 1.4-10.0 4 2.4 0.9- 6.6
RACE
White 206 105 48.1 40.5-55.9 71 37.6 30.2-45.6 14 7.3 4.1-12.7 8 4.1 1.9- 8.7 8 2.9 1.4- 5.9
Other 32 11 35.1 18.9-55.6 10 32.1 17.0-52.2 4 9.4 3.3-24.0 4 16.1 5.2-40.1 3 7.3 2.1-22.2
AGE
18-44 119 43 33.6 24.9-43.7 48 43.0 33.1-53.5 11 9.0 4.7-16.7 8 8.8 4.0-18.4 9 5.6 2.7-11.1
45+ 121 74 60.0 49.8-69.3 34 29.8 21.4-39.9 7 6.0 2.6-13.0 4 2.9 1.0- 7.9 2 1.3 0.3- 5.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 25 8 33.3 16.4-56.0 9 33.8 17.4-55.3 2 13.5 3.5-40.0 2 7.8 1.6-30.8 4 11.6 4.0-29.3
Some College + 216 109 47.6 40.1-55.2 74 37.4 30.2-45.2 16 6.8 4.0-11.3 10 5.8 2.8-11.6 7 2.5 1.1- 5.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 79 32 36.5 25.4-49.3 25 32.9 21.6-46.6 9 12.8 6.3-24.2 6 10.0 3.8-23.6 7 7.8 3.5-16.4
$50,000+ 115 60 50.9 40.8-60.9 45 41.8 32.2-52.1 6 4.7 2.0-10.5 4 2.6 0.9- 7.3 0 0.0 . - .

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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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