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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 144 48 30.7 22.2-40.8 38 25.5 17.4-35.9 23 16.7 10.3-25.9 11 7.3 3.7-13.9 24 19.7 12.8-29.2
GENDER
Male 59 15 23.1 12.0-39.8 11 22.0 10.4-40.6 12 22.2 11.6-38.2 7 10.9 4.7-23.2 14 21.8 12.4-35.5
Female 85 33 38.9 27.7-51.3 27 29.3 19.8-41.0 11 10.8 5.8-19.4 4 3.4 1.2- 9.4 10 17.5 8.6-32.4
RACE
White 93 30 30.7 21.2-42.0 24 22.1 14.6-32.1 16 14.0 8.4-22.5 7 8.2 3.4-18.8 16 25.0 15.2-38.3
Other 51 18 30.8 17.0-49.3 14 29.9 15.6-49.7 7 20.2 9.1-39.0 4 6.1 2.2-15.7 8 13.0 5.9-26.0
AGE
18-44 68 18 27.1 16.0-42.1 18 25.6 14.4-41.3 12 17.9 9.2-32.0 5 6.7 2.4-17.2 15 22.7 13.0-36.6
45+ 76 30 36.6 25.8-49.0 20 25.4 16.5-37.1 11 14.7 8.0-25.5 6 8.2 3.6-18.0 9 15.0 7.7-27.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 65 17 24.6 13.3-41.0 17 31.7 18.3-49.0 14 17.9 9.7-30.5 4 4.7 1.7-12.2 13 21.2 11.4-36.0
Some College + 79 31 36.9 25.5-49.9 21 19.5 12.2-29.6 9 15.5 7.1-30.7 7 9.9 4.1-21.8 11 18.3 9.8-31.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 76 25 31.0 19.0-46.3 16 23.9 12.5-40.8 14 16.8 9.2-28.7 6 5.7 2.3-13.5 15 22.7 12.8-37.1
$50,000+ 55 18 30.2 18.8-44.7 18 26.4 16.2-39.9 8 19.7 8.9-38.4 3 5.1 1.6-15.2 8 18.5 9.2-33.9

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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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