BRFSS 2005 - Gaston County: (During the past 30 days, what is the largest number of drinks you had on any occasion?)

	Total Respond.^	Only one	Two	Three	Four	Five or more
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
-Gaston County	139	45	25.9	18.7-34.6	42	25.8	18.1-35.4	18	11.5	7.0-18.3	6	4.0	1.6- 9.6	28	32.8	21.5-46.6
GENDER
Male	56	10	12.3	6.0-23.4	17	27.3	15.3-43.9	9	12.4	6.1-23.7	4	3.8	1.3-10.8	16	44.2	26.1-63.9
Female	83	35	40.5	29.6-52.3	25	24.2	16.0-34.7	9	10.5	5.3-19.9	2	4.3	1.0-16.0	12	20.6	11.3-34.4
RACE
White	127	42	27.5	19.7-37.1	35	21.1	14.4-29.8	18	12.8	7.8-20.3	6	4.5	1.8-10.6	26	34.2	22.1-48.7
Other	12	3	10.9	2.9-33.6	7	68.4	33.0-90.5	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	2	20.6	3.9-62.4
AGE
18-44	63	16	17.3	9.9-28.4	16	22.9	12.6-37.9	6	7.7	3.2-17.2	2	3.5	0.8-13.9	23	48.6	31.8-65.8
45+	75	28	36.0	25.0-48.8	26	30.2	20.4-42.2	12	16.8	9.5-28.0	4	4.9	1.7-13.1	5	12.1	4.3-29.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	48	13	18.7	10.3-31.4	13	27.4	14.9-44.7	5	8.9	3.6-20.5	2	5.5	1.3-20.1	15	39.6	24.7-56.7
Some College +	91	32	30.3	20.1-42.8	29	24.8	15.9-36.6	13	13.0	7.1-22.6	4	3.2	1.1- 8.9	13	28.7	13.8-50.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	64	16	17.7	10.4-28.5	18	28.2	16.8-43.4	10	13.6	7.1-24.5	5	6.1	2.4-14.8	15	34.4	21.1-50.7
$50,000+	55	20	36.3	24.0-50.6	19	29.3	18.4-43.2	6	10.2	4.5-21.6	1	3.5	0.5-21.1	9	20.7	10.8-36.0

*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.

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston 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
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	6,444	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
-Gaston County	139	45	25.9	18.7-34.6	42	25.8	18.1-35.4	18	11.5	7.0-18.3	6	4.0	1.6- 9.6	28	32.8	21.5-46.6
GENDER
Male	56	10	12.3	6.0-23.4	17	27.3	15.3-43.9	9	12.4	6.1-23.7	4	3.8	1.3-10.8	16	44.2	26.1-63.9
Female	83	35	40.5	29.6-52.3	25	24.2	16.0-34.7	9	10.5	5.3-19.9	2	4.3	1.0-16.0	12	20.6	11.3-34.4
RACE
White	127	42	27.5	19.7-37.1	35	21.1	14.4-29.8	18	12.8	7.8-20.3	6	4.5	1.8-10.6	26	34.2	22.1-48.7
Other	12	3	10.9	2.9-33.6	7	68.4	33.0-90.5	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	2	20.6	3.9-62.4
AGE
18-44	63	16	17.3	9.9-28.4	16	22.9	12.6-37.9	6	7.7	3.2-17.2	2	3.5	0.8-13.9	23	48.6	31.8-65.8
45+	75	28	36.0	25.0-48.8	26	30.2	20.4-42.2	12	16.8	9.5-28.0	4	4.9	1.7-13.1	5	12.1	4.3-29.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	48	13	18.7	10.3-31.4	13	27.4	14.9-44.7	5	8.9	3.6-20.5	2	5.5	1.3-20.1	15	39.6	24.7-56.7
Some College +	91	32	30.3	20.1-42.8	29	24.8	15.9-36.6	13	13.0	7.1-22.6	4	3.2	1.1- 8.9	13	28.7	13.8-50.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	64	16	17.7	10.4-28.5	18	28.2	16.8-43.4	10	13.6	7.1-24.5	5	6.1	2.4-14.8	15	34.4	21.1-50.7
$50,000+	55	20	36.3	24.0-50.6	19	29.3	18.4-43.2	6	10.2	4.5-21.6	1	3.5	0.5-21.1	9	20.7	10.8-36.0