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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico 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
-Carteret/Curr./Craven/Dare/Hyde/Paml. 216 59 20.7 15.4-27.3 62 25.0 19.2-32.0 35 17.7 12.3-24.7 11 6.6 2.7-15.0 49 30.0 22.7-38.6
GENDER
Male 96 17 15.1 8.6-25.1 20 16.7 10.3-26.0 17 20.8 12.7-32.0 6 8.3 2.6-23.8 36 39.1 28.3-51.0
Female 120 42 27.8 19.9-37.2 42 35.5 26.3-46.0 18 13.7 8.2-22.0 5 4.4 1.6-11.4 13 18.6 9.9-32.4
RACE
White 194 51 19.1 14.1-25.4 55 25.3 19.2-32.7 33 19.0 13.1-26.7 9 3.7 1.7- 7.9 46 32.8 24.8-42.0
Other 20 7 30.1 11.5-58.8 6 21.8 8.3-46.0 2 9.5 2.2-33.0 2 25.8 6.1-65.1 3 12.9 3.7-36.2
AGE
18-44 70 17 18.0 10.3-29.5 14 15.4 8.9-25.5 10 15.3 7.9-27.6 4 8.8 2.5-27.0 25 42.4 29.5-56.5
45+ 146 42 23.3 16.8-31.2 48 34.1 26.0-43.2 25 19.9 13.2-28.8 7 4.4 1.9-10.2 24 18.3 12.1-26.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 60 21 27.4 15.9-42.9 15 20.4 11.5-33.6 6 14.3 6.0-30.2 3 12.2 3.0-38.5 15 25.7 14.2-42.2
Some College + 156 38 17.8 12.5-24.6 47 27.1 20.1-35.5 29 19.1 12.9-27.4 8 4.1 1.8- 8.9 34 31.9 23.2-42.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 93 29 23.1 15.0-33.7 21 19.0 11.8-29.0 15 17.6 10.0-29.0 6 11.5 3.8-29.7 22 28.9 18.6-42.1
$50,000+ 89 16 13.0 7.6-21.4 33 32.6 22.8-44.1 14 16.8 9.5-28.1 5 3.9 1.5-10.2 21 33.6 22.6-46.8

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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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