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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth County

Alcohol Consumption

During the past 30 days, how many days per week or per month did you have at least one drink of any alcoholic beverage?*

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  Total
Respond.^
No drinks 1-2 days 3-7 days 8-29 days Everyday
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,629 64 0.9 0.7- 1.3 2,124 32.7 31.2-34.3 2,051 31.6 30.1-33.1 1,802 27.4 26.0-28.9 588 7.3 6.6- 8.1
-Forsyth County 206 0 0.0 . - . 56 26.5 19.9-34.4 79 45.8 36.9-54.9 49 21.1 15.4-28.1 22 6.7 4.2-10.4
GENDER
Male 87 0 0.0 . - . 17 17.2 10.2-27.5 36 52.5 39.4-65.3 25 25.0 16.2-36.4 9 5.4 2.6-10.9
Female 119 0 0.0 . - . 39 37.7 27.5-49.0 43 37.8 27.6-49.2 24 16.4 10.5-24.6 13 8.2 4.6-14.3
RACE
White 171 0 0.0 . - . 40 23.5 16.7-32.1 62 41.5 32.1-51.5 47 26.4 19.3-34.8 22 8.7 5.5-13.5
Other 33 0 0.0 . - . 15 36.9 19.8-58.0 16 59.5 38.2-77.7 2 3.6 0.9-14.1 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 81 0 0.0 . - . 29 30.3 20.1-42.9 37 55.0 41.5-67.7 15 14.8 8.5-24.5 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 125 0 0.0 . - . 27 21.8 14.7-31.2 42 34.4 25.6-44.3 34 28.9 20.5-39.0 22 14.9 9.6-22.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 46 0 0.0 . - . 13 29.2 15.5-48.0 19 50.7 31.5-69.7 9 14.9 7.1-28.8 5 5.2 1.9-13.2
Some College + 160 0 0.0 . - . 43 25.6 18.4-34.3 60 44.1 34.5-54.2 40 23.2 16.4-31.6 17 7.2 4.2-11.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 78 0 0.0 . - . 22 32.0 19.8-47.2 34 48.1 33.0-63.5 12 11.9 6.2-21.6 10 8.1 4.0-15.7
$50,000+ 102 0 0.0 . - . 28 24.4 16.6-34.5 33 40.7 29.6-52.9 30 28.0 19.2-39.0 11 6.8 3.6-12.6

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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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