BRFSS 2005 - Forsyth County: (One drink is equivalent to a 12 ounce beer, a 5 ounce glass of wine, or a drink with one shot of liquor. <br> During the past 30 days, on the days when you drank, about how many drinks did you drink on the average?*)

	Total Respond.^	Only one	Two	Three	Four	Five or more
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
-Forsyth County	204	108	48.6	39.8-57.5	60	32.2	24.2-41.2	20	10.9	6.0-19.0	7	2.6	1.1- 6.1	9	5.7	2.6-12.1
GENDER
Male	86	40	46.5	33.4-60.0	26	33.8	22.3-47.6	10	11.3	4.4-26.0	5	3.9	1.4-10.5	5	4.5	1.7-11.4
Female	118	68	51.1	40.3-61.9	34	30.2	20.5-42.1	10	10.5	5.5-19.2	2	1.1	0.3- 4.2	4	7.1	2.2-20.7
RACE
White	170	93	49.5	40.0-58.9	47	29.3	21.1-39.2	18	13.3	7.2-23.4	7	3.4	1.4- 7.9	5	4.5	1.5-13.0
Other	32	13	42.2	21.4-66.2	13	44.4	24.0-66.8	2	3.2	0.7-12.4	0	0.0	. - .	4	10.3	3.5-26.6
AGE
18-44	79	33	39.2	26.5-53.4	25	35.4	23.2-49.8	10	13.5	5.9-27.9	4	2.7	0.8- 8.8	7	9.3	3.9-20.6
45+	125	75	60.1	50.0-69.4	35	28.2	19.9-38.3	10	7.8	4.0-14.8	3	2.5	0.8- 8.1	2	1.3	0.3- 5.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	45	22	49.1	29.8-68.7	10	26.8	12.8-47.7	7	10.4	4.4-22.6	4	4.9	1.5-14.5	2	8.7	2.1-30.0
Some College +	159	86	48.4	38.9-58.1	50	34.0	25.1-44.1	13	11.1	5.3-21.8	3	1.8	0.5- 6.6	7	4.7	1.8-11.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	77	40	46.2	31.3-61.8	24	34.1	21.2-49.9	6	5.3	2.2-12.3	1	0.8	0.1- 5.3	6	13.6	5.7-29.1
$50,000+	102	51	49.6	38.2-61.0	32	34.0	23.3-46.6	12	11.5	6.3-20.2	5	4.0	1.4-10.8	2	0.9	0.2- 3.8

* 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.

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth County

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
	Total Respond.^	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
-Forsyth County	204	108	48.6	39.8-57.5	60	32.2	24.2-41.2	20	10.9	6.0-19.0	7	2.6	1.1- 6.1	9	5.7	2.6-12.1
GENDER
Male	86	40	46.5	33.4-60.0	26	33.8	22.3-47.6	10	11.3	4.4-26.0	5	3.9	1.4-10.5	5	4.5	1.7-11.4
Female	118	68	51.1	40.3-61.9	34	30.2	20.5-42.1	10	10.5	5.5-19.2	2	1.1	0.3- 4.2	4	7.1	2.2-20.7
RACE
White	170	93	49.5	40.0-58.9	47	29.3	21.1-39.2	18	13.3	7.2-23.4	7	3.4	1.4- 7.9	5	4.5	1.5-13.0
Other	32	13	42.2	21.4-66.2	13	44.4	24.0-66.8	2	3.2	0.7-12.4	0	0.0	. - .	4	10.3	3.5-26.6
AGE
18-44	79	33	39.2	26.5-53.4	25	35.4	23.2-49.8	10	13.5	5.9-27.9	4	2.7	0.8- 8.8	7	9.3	3.9-20.6
45+	125	75	60.1	50.0-69.4	35	28.2	19.9-38.3	10	7.8	4.0-14.8	3	2.5	0.8- 8.1	2	1.3	0.3- 5.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	45	22	49.1	29.8-68.7	10	26.8	12.8-47.7	7	10.4	4.4-22.6	4	4.9	1.5-14.5	2	8.7	2.1-30.0
Some College +	159	86	48.4	38.9-58.1	50	34.0	25.1-44.1	13	11.1	5.3-21.8	3	1.8	0.5- 6.6	7	4.7	1.8-11.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	77	40	46.2	31.3-61.8	24	34.1	21.2-49.9	6	5.3	2.2-12.3	1	0.8	0.1- 5.3	6	13.6	5.7-29.1
$50,000+	102	51	49.6	38.2-61.0	32	34.0	23.3-46.6	12	11.5	6.3-20.2	5	4.0	1.4-10.8	2	0.9	0.2- 3.8

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth County

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?*

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?*