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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

Alcohol Consumption

During the past 30 days, how many days per week or per month did you have at least one drink of any alcoholic beverage?*

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  Total
Respond.^
No drinks 1-2 days 3-7 days 8-29 days Everyday
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,629 64 0.9 0.7- 1.3 2,124 32.7 31.2-34.3 2,051 31.6 30.1-33.1 1,802 27.4 26.0-28.9 588 7.3 6.6- 8.1
-Durham County 220 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 67 30.4 23.5-38.3 66 28.8 22.1-36.4 71 33.1 25.8-41.4 15 7.4 3.7-14.1
GENDER
Male 97 0 0.0 . - . 27 28.5 19.1-40.1 30 28.0 19.2-38.9 34 35.4 25.0-47.5 6 8.1 3.0-20.2
Female 123 1 0.8 0.1- 5.7 40 33.1 24.2-43.5 36 29.8 20.9-40.7 37 29.8 21.1-40.2 9 6.4 3.2-12.1
RACE
White 154 0 0.0 . - . 40 24.6 17.6-33.1 47 33.0 24.7-42.5 54 35.5 27.3-44.7 13 6.9 3.9-11.9
Other 65 1 0.9 0.1- 6.3 27 40.2 26.6-55.5 18 21.4 12.5-34.2 17 29.3 16.6-46.2 2 8.2 1.9-29.0
AGE
18-44 120 1 0.5 0.1- 3.7 38 27.4 19.4-37.3 36 28.9 20.5-39.2 42 37.5 27.6-48.7 3 5.6 1.6-18.0
45+ 100 0 0.0 . - . 29 36.0 24.7-49.0 30 28.4 19.1-40.0 29 24.9 16.8-35.2 12 10.8 6.0-18.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 39 0 0.0 . - . 17 38.3 21.6-58.2 7 11.1 4.7-24.1 12 38.6 20.3-60.8 3 12.0 2.7-40.3
Some College + 181 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1 50 28.0 20.8-36.5 59 34.1 26.3-42.8 59 31.5 24.3-39.6 12 6.0 3.2-11.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 90 0 0.0 . - . 30 32.4 21.4-45.8 25 27.2 17.3-40.0 28 32.2 20.6-46.6 7 8.1 2.6-22.8
$50,000+ 112 0 0.0 . - . 33 29.5 20.9-39.8 37 32.4 23.4-42.8 37 33.3 24.4-43.5 5 4.9 1.8-12.3

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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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