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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Chatham/Lee/Moore 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
-Chatham/Lee/Moore 234 198 81.2 73.8-86.9 15 7.3 4.0-12.9 9 5.1 2.4-10.5 6 3.6 1.3- 9.6 6 2.8 1.2- 6.5
GENDER
Male 98 77 74.3 62.3-83.5 7 9.4 4.2-19.5 7 8.1 3.4-17.8 3 5.4 1.6-16.7 4 2.9 1.0- 8.4
Female 136 121 89.4 82.2-93.8 8 4.9 2.4-10.0 2 1.6 0.4- 6.1 3 1.5 0.4- 5.0 2 2.6 0.6-10.2
RACE
White 209 178 82.3 74.8-87.9 13 7.7 4.1-14.1 8 4.6 2.1-10.0 5 2.4 0.9- 6.5 5 2.9 1.1- 7.3
Other 23 18 72.1 44.0-89.5 2 6.1 1.2-26.6 1 8.5 1.2-41.4 1 10.9 1.6-48.2 1 2.4 0.3-15.5
AGE
18-44 74 57 74.2 60.2-84.5 8 12.4 5.8-24.7 2 3.7 0.8-15.7 5 7.2 2.3-20.5 2 2.5 0.6-10.5
45+ 159 140 86.3 78.3-91.6 7 3.6 1.6- 8.1 7 6.1 2.6-13.8 1 1.0 0.1- 6.4 4 3.0 1.0- 8.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 58 46 73.9 57.8-85.4 3 7.1 2.0-21.8 4 10.2 3.4-26.7 1 2.6 0.4-16.3 4 6.2 2.1-17.2
Some College + 176 152 84.3 76.0-90.1 12 7.4 3.8-14.1 5 2.9 1.1- 7.1 5 4.0 1.2-12.4 2 1.3 0.3- 5.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 105 91 82.6 69.9-90.6 6 6.5 2.4-16.1 2 3.5 0.7-15.0 3 4.8 1.1-18.7 3 2.7 0.7- 9.7
$50,000+ 100 83 82.1 71.6-89.3 6 6.9 2.6-16.9 6 5.3 2.3-11.7 2 2.1 0.4-10.6 3 3.6 1.1-10.8

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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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