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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

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
-Eastern NC 1,922 543 24.6 22.1-27.3 547 24.8 22.4-27.3 311 19.1 16.4-22.1 149 8.5 6.9-10.3 372 23.0 20.5-25.8
GENDER
Male 862 171 19.3 15.9-23.2 191 19.5 16.5-23.0 161 21.6 17.6-26.3 77 9.5 7.2-12.4 262 30.1 26.2-34.3
Female 1,060 372 32.1 28.8-35.7 356 32.2 28.8-35.7 150 15.5 12.8-18.6 72 7.1 5.4- 9.1 110 13.1 10.5-16.2
RACE
White 1,522 416 23.8 21.1-26.8 449 26.2 23.6-29.0 247 17.6 15.2-20.4 111 7.7 6.2- 9.6 299 24.6 21.7-27.8
African American 273 91 31.0 24.3-38.6 72 22.9 16.5-31.0 41 19.4 13.4-27.4 25 8.8 5.6-13.6 44 17.8 12.7-24.4
Other Minorities 123 34 20.5 12.6-31.5 25 15.0 9.1-23.8 23 32.1 17.2-51.8 13 15.0 7.1-28.8 28 17.4 10.4-27.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 69 14 16.3 8.6-28.5 14 13.9 7.3-24.8 19 31.5 20.0-45.9 9 16.9 7.4-34.1 13 21.4 11.5-36.2
Non-Hispanic 1,852 529 25.2 22.6-28.0 533 25.5 23.1-28.1 291 18.2 15.5-21.3 140 7.9 6.5- 9.6 359 23.2 20.6-26.0
AGE
18-24 115 19 17.5 9.9-28.9 26 19.1 12.0-29.2 28 29.4 18.6-43.1 15 10.8 5.7-19.5 27 23.2 14.8-34.4
25-34 331 73 21.1 16.0-27.3 83 20.7 16.3-26.0 47 15.5 11.3-21.0 31 9.7 6.5-14.2 97 33.0 27.0-39.7
35-44 427 93 20.1 16.0-24.9 115 24.7 20.4-29.7 73 18.5 14.4-23.4 39 10.1 7.0-14.2 107 26.6 22.0-31.8
45-54 395 109 26.5 21.5-32.3 112 25.8 21.1-31.1 71 19.4 15.1-24.6 32 8.0 5.4-11.7 71 20.3 15.9-25.5
55-64 351 113 31.4 26.0-37.3 118 32.6 27.1-38.6 49 14.8 10.7-20.1 21 4.8 3.0- 7.7 50 16.4 12.0-21.9
65-74 188 75 33.9 26.9-41.7 64 34.5 27.2-42.7 29 17.3 11.6-24.9 7 5.1 2.3-11.0 13 9.2 5.3-15.7
75+ 106 60 58.6 47.9-68.6 26 23.0 15.5-32.7 12 12.5 6.6-22.2 2 1.4 0.3- 5.3 6 4.6 2.0-10.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 139 30 18.2 11.4-27.7 25 15.7 8.6-26.9 32 28.2 18.7-40.2 11 11.4 5.3-22.7 41 26.5 18.2-36.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 557 158 25.4 20.6-30.9 153 22.0 18.2-26.4 73 17.7 12.1-25.1 44 7.7 5.4-11.0 129 27.2 22.0-33.1
Some Post-H.S. 525 139 23.7 19.0-29.0 142 25.0 20.6-30.0 92 18.4 14.5-23.2 45 9.0 6.3-12.7 107 23.9 19.3-29.0
College Graduate 700 215 26.9 23.3-30.9 227 30.7 26.8-34.9 114 17.9 14.6-21.8 49 7.7 5.6-10.5 95 16.8 13.6-20.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 129 35 22.9 14.2-34.7 36 23.1 15.6-32.9 19 23.0 13.5-36.3 12 9.2 4.4-18.2 27 21.9 14.0-32.4
$15,000- 24,999 279 76 19.8 14.7-26.0 70 19.3 14.2-25.7 41 19.6 13.7-27.2 25 12.4 7.3-20.2 67 29.0 22.1-36.9
$25,000- 34,999 243 71 26.0 18.6-35.2 57 16.9 11.9-23.3 44 24.3 14.1-38.6 15 5.3 3.0- 9.4 56 27.4 19.0-37.8
$35,000- 49,999 305 84 25.7 20.2-32.0 84 24.4 19.4-30.3 48 17.4 12.7-23.4 24 9.3 5.8-14.6 65 23.1 18.0-29.3
$50,000-74,999 323 82 22.0 17.4-27.5 117 34.1 28.3-40.6 47 15.7 11.4-21.3 24 8.6 5.2-13.9 53 19.5 14.6-25.6
$75,000+ 433 120 22.9 19.0-27.4 127 28.3 23.5-33.5 76 17.5 13.7-22.0 36 8.6 6.1-12.2 74 22.7 18.0-28.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 456 156 30.0 24.1-36.6 104 18.6 14.5-23.5 66 20.3 13.4-29.6 31 6.3 3.9-10.0 99 24.8 19.6-30.7
No 1,428 375 23.3 20.6-26.3 434 26.4 23.7-29.3 243 18.9 16.3-21.9 115 9.2 7.4-11.5 261 22.1 19.3-25.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 417 100 23.0 18.2-28.7 93 19.9 15.9-24.6 81 21.9 17.2-27.4 39 8.9 6.2-12.6 104 26.4 20.9-32.8
Non-Veteran 1,501 442 25.2 22.3-28.3 452 26.2 23.4-29.1 229 18.2 15.0-21.8 110 8.4 6.6-10.6 268 22.1 19.3-25.1

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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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