BRFSS 2005 - Gaston County: (During the past 30 days, have you had at least one drink of any alcoholic beverage such as beer, wine, a malt beverage, or liquor?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	17,233	6,747	42.9	41.8-43.9	10,486	57.1	56.1-58.2
-Gaston County	448	146	34.6	28.8-40.9	302	65.4	59.1-71.2
GENDER
Male	150	56	38.2	27.8-49.8	94	61.8	50.2-72.2
Female	298	90	31.7	25.9-38.0	208	68.3	62.0-74.1
RACE
White	390	131	35.6	29.2-42.4	259	64.4	57.6-70.8
Other	58	15	28.9	16.5-45.6	43	71.1	54.4-83.5
AGE
18-44	145	65	42.9	32.2-54.3	80	57.1	45.7-67.8
45+	300	80	27.5	22.0-33.7	220	72.5	66.3-78.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	230	51	25.1	18.6-33.0	179	74.9	67.0-81.4
Some College +	217	95	45.2	36.5-54.3	122	54.8	45.7-63.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	253	69	29.8	22.9-37.8	184	70.2	62.2-77.1
$50,000+	122	56	42.1	32.8-51.9	66	57.9	48.1-67.2

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^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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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	17,233	6,747	42.9	41.8-43.9	10,486	57.1	56.1-58.2
-Gaston County	448	146	34.6	28.8-40.9	302	65.4	59.1-71.2
GENDER
Male	150	56	38.2	27.8-49.8	94	61.8	50.2-72.2
Female	298	90	31.7	25.9-38.0	208	68.3	62.0-74.1
RACE
White	390	131	35.6	29.2-42.4	259	64.4	57.6-70.8
Other	58	15	28.9	16.5-45.6	43	71.1	54.4-83.5
AGE
18-44	145	65	42.9	32.2-54.3	80	57.1	45.7-67.8
45+	300	80	27.5	22.0-33.7	220	72.5	66.3-78.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	230	51	25.1	18.6-33.0	179	74.9	67.0-81.4
Some College +	217	95	45.2	36.5-54.3	122	54.8	45.7-63.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	253	69	29.8	22.9-37.8	184	70.2	62.2-77.1
$50,000+	122	56	42.1	32.8-51.9	66	57.9	48.1-67.2

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Alcohol Consumption

During the past 30 days, have you had at least one drink of any alcoholic beverage such as beer, wine, a malt beverage, or liquor?