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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 139 43 27.2 19.7-36.3 32 27.0 18.6-37.4 26 16.3 10.4-24.8 9 5.9 2.9-11.7 29 23.5 16.2-32.8
GENDER
Male 70 11 16.6 8.7-29.2 17 29.7 18.2-44.5 15 17.4 9.5-29.6 4 4.5 1.5-12.6 23 31.9 21.1-45.0
Female 69 32 45.7 33.4-58.6 15 22.3 13.2-35.2 11 14.6 7.6-26.1 5 8.4 3.3-19.5 6 9.0 3.9-19.4
RACE
White 126 38 26.2 18.5-35.8 29 25.9 17.4-36.8 24 17.6 11.1-26.7 9 6.5 3.2-12.8 26 23.7 16.0-33.5
Other 13 5 36.7 14.0-67.4 3 37.5 12.2-72.2 2 3.9 0.7-19.7 0 0.0 . - . 3 21.9 6.1-54.8
AGE
18-44 64 15 20.2 11.5-33.0 14 30.0 18.0-45.6 12 15.5 7.8-28.5 4 6.3 2.4-15.9 19 27.9 17.5-41.4
45+ 75 28 37.4 26.2-50.1 18 22.6 13.8-34.8 14 17.5 10.0-28.9 5 5.4 2.1-13.1 10 17.1 9.2-29.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 62 19 27.0 16.1-41.5 13 27.1 14.7-44.4 12 16.5 8.1-30.8 4 5.8 2.0-15.7 14 23.6 13.5-38.0
Some College + 77 24 27.4 18.1-39.2 19 26.9 17.0-39.8 14 16.2 9.1-27.1 5 6.1 2.3-14.9 15 23.4 14.1-36.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 79 28 33.1 22.1-46.3 13 21.2 11.1-36.8 18 18.8 10.5-31.3 4 5.0 1.7-13.7 16 21.9 12.9-34.6
$50,000+ 48 14 21.8 12.4-35.5 14 31.7 18.9-48.0 6 13.8 6.0-28.6 5 9.1 3.5-21.7 9 23.6 12.4-40.3

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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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