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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 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
-Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 130 63 41.7 32.0-52.1 40 35.3 25.6-46.3 12 13.0 6.9-23.2 6 4.6 1.8-11.3 9 5.4 2.6-10.8
GENDER
Male 73 33 38.7 26.5-52.5 21 35.8 23.3-50.7 9 12.5 6.0-24.1 3 5.4 1.7-16.1 7 7.5 3.4-15.8
Female 57 30 47.2 32.4-62.6 19 34.2 21.2-50.2 3 14.0 4.3-37.3 3 3.1 0.9- 9.8 2 1.5 0.4- 5.8
RACE
White 119 57 41.8 31.6-52.7 39 36.6 26.4-48.1 11 12.8 6.5-23.6 5 4.4 1.6-11.9 7 4.4 1.9- 9.8
Other 11 6 41.2 15.1-73.5 1 21.4 3.3-68.7 1 15.7 2.2-60.4 1 5.9 0.8-33.8 2 15.8 3.4-49.8
AGE
18-44 60 19 28.8 17.1-44.1 27 45.1 30.5-60.6 8 18.4 8.8-34.3 3 4.2 1.1-15.4 3 3.6 1.0-11.6
45+ 70 44 60.1 46.8-72.0 13 21.4 12.3-34.5 4 5.5 1.8-15.2 3 5.1 1.4-16.5 6 8.0 3.4-17.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 57 28 40.0 26.0-55.9 12 26.8 13.6-46.0 8 20.0 9.3-37.9 4 7.9 2.6-21.6 5 5.3 2.0-13.3
Some College + 73 35 43.2 30.6-56.7 28 42.8 30.2-56.4 4 6.9 2.3-18.5 2 1.6 0.4- 6.5 4 5.5 1.9-14.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 69 32 40.0 26.9-54.7 18 32.1 18.9-49.0 9 15.0 7.3-28.3 5 8.1 3.0-20.2 5 4.8 1.8-12.2
$50,000+ 49 24 44.0 29.9-59.0 20 43.8 29.5-59.2 2 6.6 1.6-23.8 0 0.0 . - . 3 5.6 1.6-17.6

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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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