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

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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 143 53 37.0 26.6-48.7 45 27.8 19.6-37.8 23 17.4 8.3-32.8 7 3.6 1.5- 8.1 15 14.3 7.3-26.2
GENDER
Male 68 20 30.3 17.4-47.4 22 27.4 16.6-41.8 12 18.8 6.5-43.5 3 2.9 0.8-10.4 11 20.6 9.8-38.2
Female 75 33 48.2 35.3-61.3 23 28.4 18.1-41.5 11 15.0 8.1-26.2 4 4.7 1.7-12.2 4 3.7 1.3-10.4
RACE
White 115 43 38.0 27.0-50.4 36 32.5 22.9-44.0 18 10.9 6.4-17.9 6 4.3 1.7-10.3 12 14.3 6.3-29.3
Other 28 10 34.4 14.6-61.5 9 15.2 5.8-34.4 5 34.5 10.4-70.4 1 1.6 0.2-11.4 3 14.3 4.2-38.5
AGE
18-44 72 23 33.1 19.8-49.8 22 24.5 14.5-38.3 11 19.3 7.0-43.0 5 4.7 1.8-11.7 11 18.5 8.4-35.9
45+ 71 30 44.0 31.1-57.7 23 33.7 22.3-47.3 12 14.0 7.2-25.2 2 1.6 0.3- 8.0 4 6.8 2.1-19.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 62 23 30.9 17.4-48.6 18 21.4 11.7-36.0 9 22.0 7.2-50.7 4 3.5 1.0-11.0 8 22.2 9.6-43.5
Some College + 81 30 43.0 29.7-57.3 27 34.0 22.7-47.5 14 12.8 7.1-22.0 3 3.7 1.1-11.4 7 6.5 2.8-14.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 80 27 30.3 18.9-44.8 25 26.3 15.9-40.3 12 19.7 7.0-44.6 3 1.8 0.5- 6.4 13 21.8 10.7-39.5
$50,000+ 48 18 33.9 21.4-49.1 16 38.2 24.3-54.3 9 15.0 7.5-27.7 4 9.6 3.4-24.3 1 3.3 0.5-20.0

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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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