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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth County

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
-Forsyth County 203 75 31.1 23.6-39.8 57 29.7 22.3-38.3 34 14.8 10.2-21.0 12 8.0 3.9-15.6 25 16.4 10.0-25.7
GENDER
Male 86 24 27.1 16.3-41.5 24 32.0 21.0-45.4 14 12.3 6.7-21.4 7 6.3 2.8-13.6 17 22.3 12.3-37.0
Female 117 51 35.9 27.0-45.9 33 26.9 18.6-37.2 20 17.8 11.1-27.1 5 10.1 3.4-26.1 8 9.3 4.0-20.1
RACE
White 168 62 28.7 21.8-36.8 45 29.1 21.1-38.7 29 16.6 11.1-24.1 10 6.6 3.1-13.5 22 19.0 11.3-30.3
Other 33 12 39.6 19.4-64.1 11 29.1 14.5-49.8 5 9.5 3.6-22.8 2 13.3 3.0-43.1 3 8.5 2.5-24.8
AGE
18-44 80 23 23.6 13.4-38.2 22 30.2 19.4-43.8 15 13.2 7.6-22.1 5 10.3 4.0-24.1 15 22.7 12.4-37.9
45+ 123 52 40.4 31.2-50.3 35 29.0 20.6-39.1 19 16.8 10.2-26.4 7 5.2 2.2-11.5 10 8.6 4.5-15.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 46 14 33.7 16.4-57.0 15 34.9 19.0-55.0 6 9.2 3.8-20.9 3 8.8 2.3-28.1 8 13.4 5.9-27.6
Some College + 157 61 30.2 23.0-38.6 42 27.9 20.1-37.2 28 16.7 11.1-24.4 9 7.7 3.3-17.1 17 17.5 9.8-29.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 76 26 31.9 18.3-49.6 24 30.7 19.2-45.3 13 11.9 6.4-21.2 2 5.4 1.2-21.0 11 20.0 9.7-36.8
$50,000+ 101 34 27.6 19.5-37.6 27 31.4 21.1-43.8 19 18.9 11.7-29.1 9 11.2 4.8-23.9 12 10.9 5.8-19.6

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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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