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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

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
-Durham County 215 63 25.0 18.9-32.3 66 32.0 24.7-40.4 37 14.8 9.7-22.1 13 6.9 3.8-12.1 36 21.3 15.2-28.9
GENDER
Male 95 23 20.6 12.8-31.4 26 32.4 22.0-44.9 11 11.0 5.0-22.4 9 9.2 4.6-17.6 26 26.8 18.0-37.9
Female 120 40 31.3 22.8-41.3 40 31.5 22.8-41.7 26 20.4 12.9-30.8 4 3.6 1.3- 9.7 10 13.3 6.6-24.7
RACE
White 152 48 27.0 19.9-35.6 47 28.4 21.2-36.9 22 12.4 7.5-19.9 9 7.5 3.7-14.5 26 24.6 16.9-34.4
Other 62 15 21.6 11.9-36.2 19 38.4 24.0-55.1 14 18.5 8.9-34.8 4 5.9 2.0-16.2 10 15.6 7.7-29.0
AGE
18-44 118 21 13.7 8.4-21.4 38 32.6 23.1-43.9 17 15.2 8.5-25.9 11 9.5 5.1-17.2 31 28.9 20.2-39.5
45+ 97 42 46.4 34.7-58.5 28 30.9 21.1-42.8 20 14.1 8.5-22.5 2 1.9 0.5- 7.4 5 6.7 2.4-17.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 39 13 20.9 11.0-36.0 11 39.0 20.6-61.2 7 19.8 7.3-43.5 2 3.1 0.7-12.0 6 17.3 6.7-37.8
Some College + 176 50 26.3 19.3-34.7 55 29.9 22.8-38.1 30 13.3 8.6-20.0 11 8.1 4.3-14.6 30 22.5 15.8-31.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 88 23 20.6 12.1-32.9 21 28.0 16.9-42.7 21 20.7 11.4-34.5 6 6.7 2.8-15.2 17 24.0 14.4-37.4
$50,000+ 112 35 28.1 19.9-38.0 40 34.9 25.8-45.3 12 9.2 4.9-16.6 7 7.9 3.6-16.6 18 19.9 12.6-29.9

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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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