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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 166 132 78.2 70.0-84.6 14 6.6 3.7-11.5 8 6.2 3.0-12.4 11 8.7 4.6-15.7 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7
GENDER
Male 61 44 68.6 54.2-80.0 6 7.7 3.2-17.6 5 10.6 4.4-23.3 6 13.1 5.8-26.9 0 0.0 . - .
Female 105 88 85.7 76.8-91.5 8 5.7 2.6-11.7 3 2.8 0.8- 9.2 5 5.2 1.9-13.2 1 0.7 0.1- 4.7
RACE
White 147 117 78.3 69.6-85.0 13 7.2 3.9-12.8 7 6.7 3.1-13.9 9 7.4 3.6-14.4 1 0.5 0.1- 3.1
Other 18 14 76.2 48.6-91.6 1 3.5 0.5-21.9 1 3.5 0.5-21.9 2 16.7 4.3-47.3 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 54 40 76.0 61.9-86.0 5 6.6 2.5-16.3 5 9.1 3.7-20.7 3 7.5 2.4-20.7 1 0.9 0.1- 6.0
45+ 111 91 79.8 69.3-87.3 9 6.6 3.2-13.1 3 4.0 1.1-13.2 8 9.6 4.5-19.4 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 64 49 70.4 55.8-81.8 3 4.6 1.3-15.2 4 7.1 2.6-17.8 7 16.9 8.2-31.8 1 0.9 0.1- 6.5
Some College + 102 83 83.4 73.9-89.9 11 7.9 4.1-14.6 4 5.6 1.9-15.1 4 3.1 1.1- 8.6 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 85 66 73.3 61.0-82.8 6 7.2 3.0-16.1 5 7.9 3.3-18.0 7 10.8 4.9-22.4 1 0.8 0.1- 5.3
$50,000+ 56 46 81.8 67.4-90.7 4 5.3 1.9-14.3 3 6.1 1.7-19.4 3 6.8 2.0-20.5 0 0.0 . - .

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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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