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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 240 191 77.7 71.1-83.2 19 9.7 6.0-15.2 11 4.3 2.2- 8.1 15 6.9 4.0-11.6 4 1.4 0.5- 3.9
GENDER
Male 104 68 66.6 56.2-75.7 14 15.0 8.8-24.4 7 5.8 2.6-12.6 12 10.6 5.8-18.6 3 2.0 0.6- 6.4
Female 136 123 90.8 84.0-94.9 5 3.4 1.3- 8.7 4 2.4 0.8- 7.2 3 2.6 0.8- 8.1 1 0.8 0.1- 5.5
RACE
White 204 167 80.4 73.4-85.9 15 8.3 4.8-14.0 8 3.6 1.6- 7.8 10 6.0 3.1-11.3 4 1.7 0.6- 4.8
Other 33 21 63.4 44.1-79.2 4 16.8 6.4-37.5 3 7.9 2.3-23.7 5 11.8 4.7-26.7 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 119 84 69.9 59.9-78.4 12 11.8 6.5-20.7 9 6.5 3.1-13.2 11 9.5 5.1-17.1 3 2.2 0.7- 7.0
45+ 120 106 86.3 77.4-92.1 7 7.3 3.4-15.2 2 1.8 0.4- 7.4 4 4.0 1.4-11.2 1 0.6 0.1- 4.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 26 16 54.4 33.6-73.8 2 10.8 2.6-35.0 4 16.9 6.0-39.4 2 12.9 3.4-38.7 2 5.1 1.2-18.9
Some College + 214 175 81.1 74.4-86.3 17 9.5 5.7-15.4 7 2.5 1.1- 5.5 13 6.0 3.4-10.5 2 0.9 0.2- 3.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 79 56 65.0 51.6-76.4 6 10.8 4.6-23.5 5 7.4 2.8-18.0 9 13.4 6.8-24.9 3 3.3 1.0-10.5
$50,000+ 114 98 85.4 76.8-91.1 9 9.2 4.7-17.2 4 3.2 1.1- 8.9 3 2.2 0.7- 7.1 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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