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

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 6,536 5,206 74.9 73.3-76.4 582 10.3 9.4-11.4 297 5.8 5.0- 6.7 312 6.2 5.4- 7.2 139 2.8 2.2- 3.5
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 120 96 62.4 47.8-75.1 8 12.8 6.0-25.1 7 9.5 3.7-22.2 8 14.9 5.6-34.0 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0
GENDER
Male 62 45 50.9 33.5-68.0 5 12.9 4.7-30.9 5 13.3 4.7-32.5 6 22.2 8.2-47.8 1 0.7 0.1- 4.7
Female 58 51 82.1 64.6-92.0 3 12.6 4.1-32.3 2 2.9 0.7-10.8 2 2.5 0.6-10.3 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 109 89 64.3 48.4-77.6 6 8.6 3.6-19.2 6 10.1 3.8-24.4 7 16.5 6.2-37.2 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3
Other 11 7 47.9 16.5-81.0 2 45.2 13.8-81.0 1 4.4 0.5-27.6 1 2.6 0.3-18.0 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 47 32 43.1 26.7-61.2 8 22.2 10.3-41.4 3 12.5 3.8-34.4 4 22.2 7.4-50.4 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 73 64 88.6 79.1-94.1 0 0.0 . - . 4 5.3 2.0-13.5 4 5.1 1.9-13.2 1 1.0 0.1- 6.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 32 21 50.3 29.2-71.2 5 26.7 10.3-53.7 3 15.0 3.6-45.3 3 7.9 1.9-27.8 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 87 74 66.9 47.5-81.9 3 7.2 2.3-20.7 4 7.3 2.1-22.6 5 17.9 5.9-43.1 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 72 59 61.0 40.8-78.0 4 9.5 2.8-27.6 3 7.0 1.6-25.7 6 22.5 8.3-48.4 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000+ 39 30 67.6 45.5-83.9 2 10.1 2.5-32.8 4 17.2 5.2-43.9 2 3.7 0.9-14.5 1 1.4 0.2- 9.5

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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: 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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