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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 161 41 20.7 15.1-27.8 48 28.7 21.3-37.5 27 17.9 11.8-26.2 14 10.8 6.1-18.3 31 21.8 15.2-30.3
GENDER
Male 58 12 16.8 9.5-28.1 18 27.4 16.9-41.4 7 14.5 6.7-28.9 6 13.8 6.0-28.8 15 27.4 16.6-41.6
Female 103 29 23.7 16.1-33.5 30 29.7 20.1-41.5 20 20.5 12.5-31.6 8 8.5 4.0-17.1 16 17.7 10.3-28.6
RACE
White 143 34 19.1 13.5-26.3 44 30.3 22.2-39.8 24 16.4 10.6-24.4 12 9.9 5.3-17.8 29 24.4 16.9-33.8
Other 17 6 25.8 10.4-50.9 4 21.2 7.3-47.7 3 28.6 9.3-61.0 2 16.7 4.2-48.1 2 7.7 1.8-27.1
AGE
18-44 54 6 9.1 3.9-19.7 14 28.5 16.6-44.4 11 20.8 10.8-36.3 7 15.0 7.0-29.2 16 26.7 16.1-40.8
45+ 106 35 30.3 21.8-40.3 34 29.1 20.6-39.3 16 15.6 9.3-25.1 6 7.0 2.8-16.3 15 18.0 10.5-29.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 62 16 19.8 11.8-31.3 16 19.6 11.2-32.0 10 17.6 9.0-31.5 5 12.1 5.0-26.2 15 30.9 19.0-46.1
Some College + 99 25 21.4 14.2-31.0 32 34.8 24.5-46.8 17 18.1 10.6-29.4 9 9.9 4.6-19.9 16 15.7 9.3-25.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 83 23 23.8 15.6-34.5 21 22.2 14.3-32.8 12 15.3 8.2-26.7 8 13.4 6.3-26.3 19 25.3 16.2-37.2
$50,000+ 54 11 16.6 9.0-28.7 20 39.1 25.1-55.3 9 13.3 6.7-24.6 5 10.3 4.2-23.0 9 20.7 10.3-37.3

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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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