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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Franklin/Nash/Wilson 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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson 134 38 23.0 16.1-31.6 43 32.5 23.6-43.0 21 18.8 11.4-29.4 13 8.9 4.8-16.1 19 16.8 10.5-25.9
GENDER
Male 65 12 15.7 8.2-27.9 21 36.8 24.3-51.4 12 16.6 8.5-29.9 5 9.0 3.7-20.4 15 21.9 13.0-34.7
Female 69 26 34.7 23.1-48.5 22 25.6 16.0-38.5 9 22.4 10.5-41.4 8 8.8 4.0-18.3 4 8.5 2.7-23.8
RACE
White 99 28 23.0 15.6-32.7 30 33.3 23.1-45.4 15 14.2 7.9-24.2 11 9.6 4.8-18.3 15 19.9 11.8-31.4
Other 34 10 23.3 10.4-44.3 13 31.4 15.3-53.7 6 30.6 13.3-55.8 2 7.5 1.8-26.3 3 7.2 2.1-21.8
AGE
18-44 69 14 15.1 8.0-26.5 23 32.8 20.8-47.4 11 21.6 11.4-37.2 7 10.0 4.5-20.8 14 20.5 11.9-33.1
45+ 64 24 37.8 25.9-51.5 20 32.8 21.4-46.7 10 13.9 7.3-25.0 6 7.1 2.8-16.7 4 8.3 2.5-24.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 58 16 21.2 11.8-35.0 13 26.0 13.8-43.5 9 20.9 9.9-39.0 7 10.2 4.3-22.3 13 21.7 12.0-36.0
Some College + 76 22 24.8 16.1-36.3 30 39.5 27.9-52.4 12 16.5 8.8-28.8 6 7.6 3.0-17.8 6 11.6 5.1-24.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 56 14 21.4 11.6-36.1 16 21.6 11.8-36.3 12 26.9 14.5-44.4 7 12.2 5.2-26.0 7 17.9 8.4-34.1
$50,000+ 64 19 23.4 14.4-35.6 26 48.5 34.5-62.8 4 4.8 1.8-12.6 5 6.8 2.7-16.5 10 16.4 8.6-29.0

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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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