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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

Alcohol Consumption

Considering all types of alcoholic beverages, how many times during the past 30 days did you have 5 or more drinks on an occasion?*

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  Total
Respond.^
None Once Twice 3-7 times 8-30 times
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,536 5,206 74.9 73.3-76.4 582 10.3 9.4-11.4 297 5.8 5.0- 6.7 312 6.2 5.4- 7.2 139 2.8 2.2- 3.5
-Durham County 220 172 73.1 65.2-79.8 25 12.4 8.1-18.5 10 6.1 3.0-12.0 11 7.3 3.9-13.2 2 1.1 0.2- 4.5
GENDER
Male 98 65 65.7 54.1-75.6 13 12.3 6.9-21.0 8 8.9 4.0-18.5 10 11.3 5.8-20.8 2 1.8 0.4- 7.5
Female 122 107 83.9 73.7-90.6 12 12.6 6.7-22.4 2 2.1 0.5- 7.9 1 1.4 0.2- 9.5 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 155 123 72.6 63.2-80.4 16 13.5 8.0-22.0 7 5.8 2.5-12.6 8 7.5 3.7-14.7 1 0.6 0.1- 4.0
Other 64 48 73.8 58.9-84.7 9 10.6 5.2-20.6 3 6.8 1.9-21.2 3 6.9 2.0-21.1 1 1.9 0.3-12.5
AGE
18-44 120 82 65.5 54.8-74.8 18 14.1 8.5-22.5 9 9.1 4.4-17.8 9 9.7 4.8-18.3 2 1.6 0.4- 6.8
45+ 100 90 87.4 76.9-93.5 7 9.3 4.1-19.5 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6 2 2.8 0.7-10.8 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 39 25 64.1 43.7-80.4 7 11.3 4.9-23.9 4 12.2 3.9-32.2 3 12.4 3.8-33.8 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 181 147 75.8 67.4-82.6 18 12.8 7.8-20.2 6 4.3 1.7-10.1 8 5.7 2.8-11.2 2 1.4 0.3- 5.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 91 65 66.5 53.1-77.7 11 11.8 5.9-22.1 8 11.2 5.1-22.7 6 9.8 4.1-21.4 1 0.8 0.1- 5.3
$50,000+ 112 92 78.7 68.8-86.2 13 13.3 7.6-22.3 2 1.9 0.4- 9.0 4 4.5 1.7-11.6 1 1.5 0.2- 9.9

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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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