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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth County

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
-Forsyth County 205 171 80.4 71.3-87.1 11 7.2 3.1-15.8 11 7.2 3.4-14.9 9 4.1 2.1- 8.1 3 1.1 0.3- 4.0
GENDER
Male 86 64 74.0 59.8-84.5 6 9.4 3.1-25.3 8 9.9 4.0-22.4 5 4.5 1.8-10.8 3 2.1 0.6- 7.4
Female 119 107 87.8 77.5-93.8 5 4.5 1.6-12.0 3 4.0 0.9-16.3 4 3.7 1.3-10.1 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 170 141 78.0 67.2-86.0 8 7.3 2.6-18.9 10 8.4 3.7-17.9 8 4.8 2.3- 9.8 3 1.5 0.4- 5.2
Other 33 28 87.3 70.8-95.1 3 7.0 2.1-21.1 1 3.8 0.5-22.6 1 1.9 0.3-12.5 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 80 61 74.1 59.3-84.9 6 9.5 3.2-25.4 6 10.5 4.1-24.2 6 4.6 1.9-10.7 1 1.2 0.2- 8.2
45+ 125 110 88.0 80.3-93.0 5 4.2 1.6-10.4 5 3.2 1.3- 7.8 3 3.5 1.1-10.4 2 1.0 0.3- 4.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 46 33 78.6 62.9-88.9 4 5.6 1.9-15.4 5 7.3 2.5-19.8 3 5.8 1.7-17.8 1 2.6 0.4-16.5
Some College + 159 138 80.9 69.4-88.8 7 7.7 2.8-19.7 6 7.2 2.7-17.7 6 3.5 1.5- 8.0 2 0.6 0.2- 2.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 78 64 77.1 61.0-87.9 2 2.6 0.6-10.5 8 16.2 6.9-33.6 3 3.4 1.0-10.6 1 0.6 0.1- 4.3
$50,000+ 101 84 85.4 76.3-91.4 7 6.2 2.7-13.7 3 2.4 0.6- 9.3 6 5.6 2.4-12.6 1 0.5 0.1- 3.2

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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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