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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne Counties**

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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 138 38 27.1 18.1-38.5 34 22.9 15.1-33.0 31 25.8 15.2-40.1 10 5.4 2.7-10.4 25 18.9 11.0-30.5
GENDER
Male 67 13 20.5 10.1-37.2 14 19.6 10.3-34.2 17 30.2 15.3-50.9 6 4.5 1.8-11.2 17 25.2 13.4-42.4
Female 71 25 38.6 26.1-52.8 20 28.6 18.0-42.2 14 18.0 10.2-29.8 4 6.9 2.5-17.3 8 7.9 3.7-16.1
RACE
White 112 30 28.9 18.6-42.0 28 24.9 16.8-35.4 23 19.3 12.0-29.5 9 6.5 3.1-12.8 22 20.4 11.2-34.1
Other 26 8 22.1 8.8-45.6 6 17.3 4.6-47.4 8 43.3 16.6-74.5 1 2.4 0.3-16.5 3 14.9 4.4-40.2
AGE
18-44 70 15 22.5 11.7-38.8 18 21.6 11.8-36.1 16 28.3 14.0-49.0 6 5.9 2.5-13.4 15 21.7 10.9-38.7
45+ 68 23 35.6 23.3-50.1 16 25.3 15.5-38.6 15 21.0 11.9-34.4 4 4.4 1.4-12.7 10 13.7 6.6-26.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 60 16 18.9 9.8-33.1 16 22.5 11.3-39.9 13 30.8 13.7-55.6 3 2.4 0.6- 8.9 12 25.4 11.8-46.3
Some College + 78 22 35.2 22.1-50.9 18 23.2 14.2-35.6 18 20.8 12.1-33.3 7 8.3 3.8-17.2 13 12.5 6.8-22.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 79 19 22.9 13.2-36.8 18 17.5 9.9-28.9 18 29.5 14.6-50.5 3 2.3 0.6- 8.4 21 27.8 15.5-44.8
$50,000+ 46 13 23.8 13.4-38.6 12 30.6 17.8-47.3 11 23.8 12.9-39.7 6 14.3 6.3-29.0 4 7.5 2.5-20.4

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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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