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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln Counties

Alcohol Consumption

One drink is equivalent to a 12 ounce beer, a 5 ounce glass of wine, or a drink with one shot of liquor.
During the past 30 days, on the days when you drank, about how many drinks did you drink on the average?*

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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 6,537 3,065 41.3 39.7-42.8 2,041 32.1 30.6-33.7 726 12.8 11.6-14.0 286 4.8 4.1- 5.6 419 9.0 8.0-10.2
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 141 58 37.7 28.8-47.5 42 32.0 23.6-41.8 21 14.1 8.7-22.0 8 7.5 3.6-14.9 12 8.7 4.8-15.4
GENDER
Male 71 20 29.4 18.3-43.7 23 35.4 23.7-49.1 16 18.3 10.5-30.1 3 5.5 1.7-16.1 9 11.4 5.7-21.6
Female 70 38 51.3 38.4-64.0 19 26.5 16.8-39.0 5 7.1 2.8-16.9 5 10.9 4.3-25.1 3 4.2 1.3-13.1
RACE
White 127 52 37.9 28.5-48.3 39 31.6 23.0-41.7 20 15.3 9.4-23.9 8 8.3 4.0-16.4 8 6.9 3.3-13.8
Other 14 6 35.6 13.9-65.3 3 35.7 11.5-70.3 1 3.1 0.4-20.1 0 0.0 . - . 4 25.7 8.4-56.4
AGE
18-44 66 18 29.3 17.8-44.0 24 36.7 24.6-50.7 10 13.1 6.4-24.9 6 10.8 4.8-22.7 8 10.1 4.8-20.1
45+ 75 40 50.2 37.8-62.6 18 25.0 15.5-37.8 11 15.6 8.4-27.2 2 2.6 0.7-10.0 4 6.5 2.3-17.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 65 25 36.7 23.6-52.3 19 31.6 19.7-46.5 10 13.0 6.2-25.4 3 6.9 2.2-19.8 8 11.8 5.6-23.1
Some College + 76 33 38.6 27.6-51.0 23 32.4 21.6-45.5 11 15.2 8.1-26.7 5 8.2 3.2-19.4 4 5.6 1.9-15.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 81 38 47.4 34.5-60.7 19 21.6 12.7-34.2 12 14.2 7.4-25.6 4 7.0 2.5-18.2 8 9.8 4.6-19.7
$50,000+ 48 17 25.9 15.5-40.0 18 43.5 28.8-59.3 8 17.1 8.2-32.2 3 8.8 2.7-25.4 2 4.7 1.1-18.4

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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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