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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 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
-Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 126 50 30.7 22.5-40.3 29 26.0 17.2-37.4 19 19.0 11.7-29.4 9 7.8 3.8-15.3 19 16.5 9.8-26.4
GENDER
Male 70 23 24.2 15.0-36.7 16 27.0 15.4-42.7 10 15.7 8.2-28.2 6 10.3 4.6-21.8 15 22.7 13.0-36.7
Female 56 27 42.4 28.3-57.8 13 24.4 13.4-40.1 9 25.0 12.2-44.5 3 3.1 0.9- 9.9 4 5.1 1.5-15.9
RACE
White 115 45 29.9 21.5-40.0 27 26.0 16.8-37.9 17 19.1 11.5-30.1 8 7.9 3.7-16.2 18 17.0 9.9-27.6
Other 11 5 38.4 13.5-71.4 2 26.5 5.6-68.4 2 18.5 3.4-59.4 1 5.9 0.8-33.8 1 10.7 1.4-49.4
AGE
18-44 59 15 19.8 10.8-33.4 16 28.6 16.2-45.4 12 23.1 12.5-38.7 6 9.5 3.9-21.2 10 19.1 9.5-34.6
45+ 67 35 46.6 34.0-59.7 13 22.3 12.7-36.2 7 13.1 6.0-26.3 3 5.3 1.5-17.1 9 12.7 6.3-23.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 56 20 29.2 17.3-44.9 14 30.4 16.6-49.1 10 19.9 9.5-37.0 3 5.2 1.4-17.1 9 15.2 7.1-29.6
Some College + 70 30 32.0 21.7-44.4 15 22.0 12.6-35.7 9 18.2 9.4-32.3 6 10.1 4.2-22.2 10 17.6 8.6-32.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 65 26 27.6 17.5-40.6 14 27.7 15.0-45.6 10 17.1 8.7-30.8 4 5.8 1.9-16.4 11 21.7 11.1-38.2
$50,000+ 49 20 33.9 21.9-48.4 12 24.6 13.7-40.1 7 19.0 9.1-35.5 4 11.7 4.3-28.0 6 10.8 4.6-23.4

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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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