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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

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
-Durham County 215 107 43.5 35.7-51.6 71 35.6 27.8-44.2 22 13.5 8.6-20.3 10 3.9 1.9- 7.5 5 3.7 1.4- 9.4
GENDER
Male 97 40 38.1 27.7-49.7 33 38.7 27.5-51.1 15 13.8 8.0-22.8 5 4.1 1.6-10.1 4 5.4 1.8-14.8
Female 118 67 51.6 41.1-62.0 38 30.9 22.2-41.2 7 12.9 6.0-25.7 5 3.5 1.4- 8.7 1 1.0 0.1- 7.0
RACE
White 150 80 48.3 39.2-57.5 43 27.5 20.3-36.1 17 17.0 10.3-26.6 7 4.8 2.1-10.5 3 2.4 0.7- 7.7
Other 64 26 35.4 22.8-50.5 28 48.8 33.7-64.2 5 7.8 3.1-18.3 3 2.3 0.7- 7.4 2 5.7 1.3-21.1
AGE
18-44 118 47 31.8 23.2-41.9 42 40.5 30.0-51.9 17 17.3 10.6-27.0 7 4.7 2.1-10.3 5 5.6 2.1-14.1
45+ 97 60 65.1 53.4-75.3 29 26.4 17.7-37.4 5 6.2 2.2-16.6 3 2.3 0.7- 7.1 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 37 16 30.2 16.7-48.4 15 53.4 33.0-72.7 3 7.9 2.2-24.1 2 2.2 0.5- 9.4 1 6.3 0.9-33.6
Some College + 178 91 47.3 38.8-55.9 56 30.4 23.3-38.6 19 15.1 9.4-23.2 8 4.3 2.0- 9.0 4 2.9 1.0- 7.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 88 35 34.4 23.2-47.7 36 41.9 28.9-56.2 11 16.3 8.7-28.6 3 1.9 0.6- 6.1 3 5.5 1.5-17.7
$50,000+ 111 62 51.1 40.8-61.4 30 29.1 20.6-39.3 11 12.4 6.7-22.0 6 5.0 2.0-11.6 2 2.4 0.6- 9.4

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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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