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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance Counties

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
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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 143 74 47.7 37.7-58.0 44 32.3 23.1-43.1 8 4.0 1.8- 8.5 10 8.1 4.0-15.7 7 7.8 3.4-16.9
GENDER
Male 59 24 40.6 26.1-56.9 20 37.9 23.3-55.1 2 2.4 0.5- 9.9 9 13.8 6.5-27.1 4 5.3 1.9-13.9
Female 84 50 55.4 42.7-67.5 24 26.3 17.4-37.6 6 5.7 2.3-13.4 1 2.0 0.3-12.9 3 10.6 3.4-28.3
RACE
White 93 50 50.2 38.6-61.8 27 27.0 18.3-38.0 8 7.0 3.2-14.5 5 7.3 2.7-18.4 3 8.5 2.6-24.1
Other 50 24 44.5 27.8-62.6 17 39.3 22.8-58.6 0 0.0 . - . 5 9.2 3.4-22.5 4 7.0 2.4-18.4
AGE
18-44 68 30 43.2 29.6-58.0 21 31.6 19.0-47.7 6 4.6 1.9-10.6 6 10.6 4.6-22.5 5 10.0 3.8-24.0
45+ 75 44 55.1 42.6-66.9 23 33.5 22.9-46.0 2 3.0 0.6-13.9 4 4.2 1.4-11.7 2 4.3 1.0-16.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 62 28 43.1 28.2-59.4 20 31.8 18.4-49.2 5 5.4 2.0-13.6 4 8.0 2.9-20.1 5 11.6 4.4-27.4
Some College + 81 46 52.1 39.1-64.8 24 32.8 21.4-46.6 3 2.6 0.7- 9.4 6 8.3 3.1-20.2 2 4.3 0.9-18.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 74 35 45.8 31.4-60.9 20 27.0 15.1-43.4 5 3.2 1.2- 8.0 9 12.0 5.7-23.2 5 12.1 4.7-27.8
$50,000+ 55 33 54.2 38.9-68.7 17 36.2 22.4-52.7 3 6.1 1.9-17.8 0 0.0 . - . 2 3.6 0.9-13.7

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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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