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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Franklin/Nash/Wilson Counties

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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson 137 109 74.2 63.8-82.4 7 6.8 2.9-15.1 9 9.6 4.6-19.0 8 5.7 2.6-11.7 4 3.7 1.2-11.0
GENDER
Male 67 47 69.8 56.1-80.7 5 9.1 3.4-21.9 7 10.8 4.9-22.1 5 7.1 2.9-16.5 3 3.3 0.8-11.8
Female 70 62 81.3 62.7-91.9 2 3.2 0.7-13.7 2 7.8 1.5-31.5 3 3.3 0.9-12.0 1 4.4 0.6-24.9
RACE
White 100 81 76.9 65.4-85.4 4 3.8 1.3-10.6 7 9.0 4.0-18.8 6 6.1 2.5-14.2 2 4.2 1.1-15.3
Other 36 28 69.4 46.2-85.7 2 11.9 2.9-37.8 2 11.4 2.5-39.2 2 4.8 1.1-18.0 2 2.5 0.6-10.0
AGE
18-44 69 50 67.6 53.1-79.3 5 9.0 3.3-21.8 6 11.1 4.6-24.6 6 7.7 3.3-17.1 2 4.7 1.2-17.0
45+ 67 59 87.1 73.4-94.3 1 1.4 0.2- 9.1 3 7.3 2.0-23.4 2 2.2 0.5- 9.7 2 2.0 0.5- 7.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 59 43 69.2 52.7-81.9 2 6.2 1.4-23.2 6 13.9 5.7-30.4 5 6.8 2.4-17.5 3 3.9 1.0-14.1
Some College + 78 66 79.5 66.4-88.4 5 7.5 2.9-18.1 3 5.1 1.6-15.4 3 4.5 1.4-13.2 1 3.4 0.5-20.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 58 47 72.0 55.2-84.3 2 7.4 1.8-26.0 2 6.1 1.5-21.6 4 7.4 2.7-18.8 3 7.1 2.0-21.9
$50,000+ 64 53 82.3 69.4-90.5 3 5.3 1.6-15.8 4 7.4 2.7-18.9 4 5.0 1.6-14.6 0 0.0 . - .

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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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