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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

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
-Buncombe County 200 174 81.8 73.5-87.9 16 9.8 5.8-16.1 4 2.7 1.0- 7.5 5 3.6 1.4- 9.3 1 2.0 0.3-13.1
GENDER
Male 75 56 71.4 57.6-82.1 12 14.5 7.9-24.8 2 3.1 0.7-12.6 4 6.9 2.5-18.0 1 4.2 0.6-24.0
Female 125 118 91.8 82.2-96.4 4 5.4 1.7-15.3 2 2.5 0.6- 9.6 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 180 159 82.6 73.7-88.9 13 9.4 5.3-16.1 3 2.0 0.6- 6.1 4 3.7 1.3-10.4 1 2.4 0.3-14.8
Other 20 15 76.7 48.5-92.1 3 12.6 3.1-39.0 1 7.7 1.0-40.0 1 3.0 0.4-19.4 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 91 73 76.4 64.3-85.3 9 11.0 5.5-20.6 3 3.7 1.1-11.3 5 5.7 2.1-14.5 1 3.3 0.5-19.6
45+ 108 100 90.8 82.4-95.4 7 8.0 3.8-16.0 1 1.2 0.2- 8.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 56 47 76.8 58.0-88.8 5 8.3 3.0-20.7 2 5.8 1.4-20.8 1 2.6 0.4-16.4 1 6.6 1.0-34.2
Some College + 144 127 84.0 74.9-90.2 11 10.5 5.7-18.7 2 1.4 0.3- 5.4 4 4.1 1.3-11.9 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 104 90 79.7 66.9-88.4 7 8.9 4.0-19.0 2 2.7 0.6-11.2 4 5.0 1.6-14.4 1 3.6 0.5-21.5
$50,000+ 76 66 83.0 70.9-90.7 8 13.2 6.6-24.6 1 1.4 0.2- 9.1 1 2.5 0.3-15.4 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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