BRFSS 2005 - Buncombe County: (One drink is equivalent to a 12 ounce beer, a 5 ounce glass of wine, or a drink with one shot of liquor. <br> During the past 30 days, on the days when you drank, about how many drinks did you drink on the average?*)

	Total Respond.^	Only one	Two	Three	Four	Five or more
North Carolina	6,537	3,065	41.3	39.7-42.8	2,041	32.1	30.6-33.7	726	12.8	11.6-14.0	286	4.8	4.1- 5.6	419	9.0	8.0-10.2
-Buncombe County	200	101	42.5	34.6-50.8	62	31.3	24.1-39.5	25	16.6	10.1-26.2	6	4.0	1.7- 8.9	6	5.6	2.3-13.2
GENDER
Male	74	28	33.4	22.5-46.5	23	30.1	19.6-43.2	14	20.2	10.0-36.5	4	6.4	2.3-16.2	5	10.0	3.7-24.3
Female	126	73	51.2	40.8-61.5	39	32.4	23.4-43.0	11	13.3	6.5-25.1	2	1.7	0.4- 6.8	1	1.5	0.2- 9.7
RACE
White	180	94	44.2	36.0-52.6	56	32.7	25.1-41.3	21	14.3	8.9-22.2	4	2.8	1.0- 7.6	5	6.1	2.4-14.9
Other	20	7	32.3	12.5-61.4	6	22.6	7.9-49.8	4	31.4	8.1-70.5	2	11.3	2.5-38.4	1	2.4	0.3-16.3
AGE
18-44	91	33	32.2	22.6-43.6	37	38.8	28.1-50.7	13	18.2	9.2-32.8	3	2.5	0.8- 7.9	5	8.3	3.2-20.0
45+	108	67	59.6	48.9-69.6	25	18.7	12.4-27.2	12	14.2	8.0-24.0	3	6.5	2.1-18.6	1	0.9	0.1- 6.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	56	30	41.7	26.9-58.2	10	16.1	7.8-30.2	8	21.0	7.9-45.0	4	8.6	3.0-22.4	4	12.7	4.1-33.2
Some College +	144	71	42.9	33.9-52.4	52	38.2	29.3-47.9	17	14.7	8.5-24.1	2	1.8	0.5- 7.1	2	2.4	0.6- 9.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	104	46	34.5	24.7-45.8	36	36.8	26.1-48.8	14	16.8	8.2-31.6	5	5.9	2.3-14.2	3	6.0	1.6-19.9
$50,000+	76	44	57.5	45.0-69.1	21	26.0	16.7-38.1	8	10.2	4.9-19.7	1	1.9	0.3-12.1	2	4.5	1.1-16.2

* 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.

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

Alcohol Consumption

One drink is equivalent to a 12 ounce beer, a 5 ounce glass of wine, or a drink with one shot of liquor.
During the past 30 days, on the days when you drank, about how many drinks did you drink on the average?*

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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	6,537	3,065	41.3	39.7-42.8	2,041	32.1	30.6-33.7	726	12.8	11.6-14.0	286	4.8	4.1- 5.6	419	9.0	8.0-10.2
-Buncombe County	200	101	42.5	34.6-50.8	62	31.3	24.1-39.5	25	16.6	10.1-26.2	6	4.0	1.7- 8.9	6	5.6	2.3-13.2
GENDER
Male	74	28	33.4	22.5-46.5	23	30.1	19.6-43.2	14	20.2	10.0-36.5	4	6.4	2.3-16.2	5	10.0	3.7-24.3
Female	126	73	51.2	40.8-61.5	39	32.4	23.4-43.0	11	13.3	6.5-25.1	2	1.7	0.4- 6.8	1	1.5	0.2- 9.7
RACE
White	180	94	44.2	36.0-52.6	56	32.7	25.1-41.3	21	14.3	8.9-22.2	4	2.8	1.0- 7.6	5	6.1	2.4-14.9
Other	20	7	32.3	12.5-61.4	6	22.6	7.9-49.8	4	31.4	8.1-70.5	2	11.3	2.5-38.4	1	2.4	0.3-16.3
AGE
18-44	91	33	32.2	22.6-43.6	37	38.8	28.1-50.7	13	18.2	9.2-32.8	3	2.5	0.8- 7.9	5	8.3	3.2-20.0
45+	108	67	59.6	48.9-69.6	25	18.7	12.4-27.2	12	14.2	8.0-24.0	3	6.5	2.1-18.6	1	0.9	0.1- 6.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	56	30	41.7	26.9-58.2	10	16.1	7.8-30.2	8	21.0	7.9-45.0	4	8.6	3.0-22.4	4	12.7	4.1-33.2
Some College +	144	71	42.9	33.9-52.4	52	38.2	29.3-47.9	17	14.7	8.5-24.1	2	1.8	0.5- 7.1	2	2.4	0.6- 9.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	104	46	34.5	24.7-45.8	36	36.8	26.1-48.8	14	16.8	8.2-31.6	5	5.9	2.3-14.2	3	6.0	1.6-19.9
$50,000+	76	44	57.5	45.0-69.1	21	26.0	16.7-38.1	8	10.2	4.9-19.7	1	1.9	0.3-12.1	2	4.5	1.1-16.2

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

Alcohol Consumption

One drink is equivalent to a 12 ounce beer, a 5 ounce glass of wine, or a drink with one shot of liquor. During the past 30 days, on the days when you drank, about how many drinks did you drink on the average?*

One drink is equivalent to a 12 ounce beer, a 5 ounce glass of wine, or a drink with one shot of liquor.
During the past 30 days, on the days when you drank, about how many drinks did you drink on the average?*