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

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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 143 115 77.3 67.5-84.8 9 7.0 3.4-14.0 8 4.1 2.0- 8.5 6 7.7 3.2-17.2 5 3.9 1.5- 9.5
GENDER
Male 60 43 73.2 58.8-83.9 5 8.8 3.4-21.1 5 5.5 2.1-13.4 3 6.1 1.9-18.2 4 6.4 2.2-16.9
Female 83 72 81.8 66.9-90.9 4 5.1 1.7-14.3 3 2.6 0.8- 8.6 3 9.4 2.8-27.5 1 1.1 0.1- 7.3
RACE
White 93 74 73.8 60.7-83.7 8 10.5 4.9-21.1 5 3.7 1.5- 9.1 3 8.5 2.6-24.1 3 3.6 1.1-10.8
Other 50 41 81.9 66.5-91.1 1 2.5 0.4-16.0 3 4.7 1.4-14.4 3 6.6 1.9-20.7 2 4.2 0.9-17.3
AGE
18-44 67 50 72.5 58.0-83.4 3 5.5 1.7-16.6 5 5.2 2.1-12.4 6 12.6 5.3-27.0 3 4.3 1.3-13.6
45+ 76 65 84.9 73.4-91.9 6 9.5 4.0-20.9 3 2.5 0.8- 7.8 0 0.0 . - . 2 3.1 0.8-11.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 64 49 73.7 58.2-84.9 3 4.6 1.4-14.2 3 3.5 1.0-11.6 4 10.4 3.5-27.1 5 7.8 3.0-18.7
Some College + 79 66 80.8 67.7-89.4 6 9.5 3.8-21.5 5 4.8 1.9-11.4 2 5.0 1.2-18.9 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 76 56 70.1 55.4-81.6 5 5.9 2.2-14.9 6 5.9 2.5-13.6 5 12.5 4.9-28.4 4 5.6 1.9-15.2
$50,000+ 55 47 82.9 67.8-91.8 4 10.3 3.6-25.9 2 2.4 0.6- 9.4 1 2.2 0.3-14.1 1 2.2 0.3-14.1

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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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