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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 166 141 84.6 77.3-89.9 8 3.3 1.6- 6.9 8 5.1 2.4-10.4 7 5.8 2.6-12.5 2 1.2 0.3- 4.7
GENDER
Male 68 53 78.4 66.0-87.2 5 4.5 1.7-11.6 6 9.7 4.2-20.8 4 7.3 2.7-18.3 0 0.0 . - .
Female 98 88 89.6 79.8-94.9 3 2.4 0.8- 7.2 2 1.4 0.3- 5.5 3 4.6 1.2-15.9 2 2.1 0.5- 8.2
RACE
White 147 124 83.9 75.8-89.7 8 3.9 1.9- 8.1 8 6.0 2.8-12.1 6 5.7 2.4-13.1 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6
Other 19 17 88.7 63.1-97.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 6.6 0.9-35.3 1 4.7 0.6-27.4
AGE
18-44 83 67 83.1 72.8-90.0 6 5.3 2.3-11.9 6 7.0 2.9-15.8 2 2.5 0.5-10.8 2 2.2 0.5- 8.7
45+ 83 74 86.4 74.2-93.3 2 1.2 0.3- 4.7 2 3.0 0.7-12.0 5 9.5 3.8-21.9 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 37 30 81.4 63.8-91.6 3 6.3 1.7-20.6 1 1.5 0.2-10.2 2 7.4 1.8-25.8 1 3.3 0.5-20.1
Some College + 129 111 85.5 77.0-91.3 5 2.5 1.0- 6.0 7 6.0 2.7-12.7 5 5.4 2.0-13.5 1 0.6 0.1- 3.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 46 40 87.1 72.3-94.6 3 5.5 1.6-17.6 0 0.0 . - . 2 4.8 1.0-19.6 1 2.6 0.4-16.5
$50,000+ 97 80 83.5 73.9-90.1 5 3.1 1.3- 7.4 7 7.7 3.5-16.3 4 4.9 1.8-12.7 1 0.7 0.1- 5.1

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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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