BRFSS 2005 - Buncombe County: (During the past 30 days, what is the largest number of drinks you had on any occasion?)

	Total Respond.^	Only one	Two	Three	Four	Five or more
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
-Buncombe County	196	65	27.2	20.8-34.8	53	22.4	16.5-29.6	50	31.7	23.6-41.2	8	4.3	2.0- 8.8	20	14.4	8.9-22.4
GENDER
Male	72	13	16.5	9.0-28.3	18	19.8	11.6-31.8	21	33.9	21.2-49.3	4	6.0	2.2-15.1	16	23.9	14.1-37.6
Female	124	52	37.1	28.0-47.3	35	24.8	17.4-34.0	29	29.8	20.4-41.3	4	2.7	0.9- 7.6	4	5.6	1.8-16.0
RACE
White	178	60	28.5	21.8-36.4	50	23.5	17.3-31.0	43	28.1	20.8-36.9	7	4.2	1.9- 9.2	18	15.6	9.5-24.4
Other	18	5	18.2	5.5-46.3	3	14.9	3.7-44.4	7	56.5	26.7-82.2	1	4.4	0.6-27.1	2	6.0	1.3-23.2
AGE
18-44	89	20	19.0	11.8-29.3	22	21.8	13.9-32.3	28	36.5	25.0-49.7	4	3.6	1.3- 9.7	15	19.1	11.1-31.0
45+	106	44	40.4	30.7-51.0	31	23.9	16.7-32.9	22	24.0	15.9-34.5	4	5.5	1.8-15.2	5	6.3	2.6-14.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	55	21	28.0	16.8-42.8	11	16.3	8.1-30.3	13	31.9	16.3-53.1	3	5.6	1.6-17.6	7	18.1	7.6-37.3
Some College +	141	44	26.9	19.4-35.9	42	25.1	18.0-33.9	37	31.6	23.0-41.8	5	3.7	1.4- 9.1	13	12.7	7.2-21.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	100	30	22.9	15.1-33.2	29	23.7	15.5-34.6	26	32.7	21.3-46.6	5	5.7	2.3-13.5	10	15.0	7.4-28.0
$50,000+	77	25	31.5	21.2-43.9	23	26.7	17.5-38.4	19	24.7	15.6-36.7	2	2.9	0.7-11.4	8	14.3	7.2-26.3

*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.

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

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
	Total Respond.^	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
-Buncombe County	196	65	27.2	20.8-34.8	53	22.4	16.5-29.6	50	31.7	23.6-41.2	8	4.3	2.0- 8.8	20	14.4	8.9-22.4
GENDER
Male	72	13	16.5	9.0-28.3	18	19.8	11.6-31.8	21	33.9	21.2-49.3	4	6.0	2.2-15.1	16	23.9	14.1-37.6
Female	124	52	37.1	28.0-47.3	35	24.8	17.4-34.0	29	29.8	20.4-41.3	4	2.7	0.9- 7.6	4	5.6	1.8-16.0
RACE
White	178	60	28.5	21.8-36.4	50	23.5	17.3-31.0	43	28.1	20.8-36.9	7	4.2	1.9- 9.2	18	15.6	9.5-24.4
Other	18	5	18.2	5.5-46.3	3	14.9	3.7-44.4	7	56.5	26.7-82.2	1	4.4	0.6-27.1	2	6.0	1.3-23.2
AGE
18-44	89	20	19.0	11.8-29.3	22	21.8	13.9-32.3	28	36.5	25.0-49.7	4	3.6	1.3- 9.7	15	19.1	11.1-31.0
45+	106	44	40.4	30.7-51.0	31	23.9	16.7-32.9	22	24.0	15.9-34.5	4	5.5	1.8-15.2	5	6.3	2.6-14.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	55	21	28.0	16.8-42.8	11	16.3	8.1-30.3	13	31.9	16.3-53.1	3	5.6	1.6-17.6	7	18.1	7.6-37.3
Some College +	141	44	26.9	19.4-35.9	42	25.1	18.0-33.9	37	31.6	23.0-41.8	5	3.7	1.4- 9.1	13	12.7	7.2-21.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	100	30	22.9	15.1-33.2	29	23.7	15.5-34.6	26	32.7	21.3-46.6	5	5.7	2.3-13.5	10	15.0	7.4-28.0
$50,000+	77	25	31.5	21.2-43.9	23	26.7	17.5-38.4	19	24.7	15.6-36.7	2	2.9	0.7-11.4	8	14.3	7.2-26.3