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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties

Alcohol Consumption

During the past 30 days, what is the largest number of drinks you had on any occasion?

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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 6,444 1,995 26.5 25.1-27.9 1,798 25.9 24.5-27.3 1,082 18.2 17.0-19.6 445 7.5 6.7- 8.4 1,124 21.9 20.5-23.4
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 121 36 23.1 15.8-32.6 35 19.4 13.1-27.8 19 15.3 9.3-24.3 6 3.3 1.4- 7.9 25 38.8 26.3-53.0
GENDER
Male 62 15 17.3 9.3-29.7 16 15.3 8.4-26.0 7 10.2 4.4-21.7 5 5.1 2.0-12.5 19 52.2 35.4-68.5
Female 59 21 33.0 21.4-47.2 19 26.5 16.4-39.8 12 24.1 13.5-39.1 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6 6 16.1 6.7-33.7
RACE
White 111 35 23.9 16.2-33.7 32 20.2 13.4-29.2 18 16.2 9.7-25.8 5 2.9 1.1- 7.4 21 36.9 23.8-52.3
Other 10 1 16.7 2.3-63.4 3 13.3 3.3-40.7 1 8.5 1.1-44.2 1 7.2 0.9-40.0 4 54.1 19.7-85.0
AGE
18-44 49 11 13.7 6.7-26.0 9 10.6 5.0-20.9 12 17.4 9.0-30.9 2 2.2 0.5- 8.8 15 56.2 38.5-72.4
45+ 72 25 36.6 25.3-49.6 26 32.1 21.8-44.7 7 12.4 5.5-25.5 4 5.0 1.7-14.1 10 13.8 7.4-24.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 33 11 26.2 13.0-45.8 6 10.3 4.2-23.1 2 6.6 1.5-25.1 3 5.9 1.7-18.2 11 51.0 30.5-71.2
Some College + 87 25 22.1 13.8-33.3 28 22.4 14.3-33.5 17 19.2 11.2-31.0 3 2.3 0.6- 8.1 14 34.0 19.1-53.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 73 23 23.8 14.2-37.1 20 17.2 10.0-28.0 13 16.3 8.6-28.8 4 4.1 1.4-11.3 13 38.6 21.7-58.7
$50,000+ 39 12 27.6 15.2-44.8 12 24.6 13.2-41.2 4 11.5 4.2-27.9 2 2.8 0.5-13.5 9 33.6 17.1-55.4

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*This question 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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
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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