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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 145 110 72.7 63.3-80.4 17 15.0 9.1-23.9 5 3.7 1.5- 8.9 9 5.2 2.4-10.9 4 3.4 1.2- 8.8
GENDER
Male 72 47 66.0 52.8-77.2 12 18.5 10.2-31.2 5 6.0 2.4-14.2 5 5.0 1.7-14.1 3 4.5 1.4-13.1
Female 73 63 83.5 70.5-91.5 5 9.4 3.5-22.9 0 0.0 . - . 4 5.5 2.0-14.3 1 1.6 0.2-10.4
RACE
White 131 100 72.3 62.3-80.5 15 14.9 8.7-24.4 4 3.6 1.3- 9.4 8 5.4 2.4-11.7 4 3.7 1.4- 9.6
Other 14 10 76.2 45.7-92.4 2 15.8 3.5-49.5 1 4.8 0.6-28.5 1 3.3 0.4-20.9 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 68 44 65.1 51.5-76.6 14 21.6 12.4-35.0 2 3.1 0.8-11.6 5 5.9 2.2-15.1 3 4.2 1.3-12.6
45+ 76 65 83.9 72.1-91.3 3 5.1 1.5-15.6 3 4.8 1.5-14.2 4 4.1 1.3-12.2 1 2.1 0.3-13.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 66 47 69.5 54.9-81.1 8 17.1 8.2-32.2 4 5.4 2.0-14.3 5 4.1 1.5-10.4 2 3.8 1.0-14.1
Some College + 79 63 75.9 63.4-85.2 9 12.9 6.5-23.8 1 2.0 0.3-12.6 4 6.3 2.1-17.5 2 2.9 0.7-11.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 84 61 70.3 57.2-80.7 10 16.6 8.5-29.9 5 6.4 2.6-14.9 6 4.0 1.7- 9.5 2 2.7 0.6-10.5
$50,000+ 49 40 76.8 60.3-87.8 7 16.3 7.6-31.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.4 0.6-25.2 1 2.5 0.4-16.0

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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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