BRFSS 2005 - Gaston County: (During the past 30 days, how many days per week or per month did you have at least one drink of any alcoholic beverage?*)

	Total Respond.^	No drinks	1-2 days	3-7 days	8-29 days	Everyday
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
-Gaston County	142	2	1.2	0.3- 5.0	57	37.2	27.9-47.5	42	28.6	20.5-38.3	30	26.0	15.4-40.5	11	7.1	3.5-13.8
GENDER
Male	55	0	0.0	. - .	21	33.7	19.9-50.9	14	21.2	11.5-35.8	17	38.3	20.3-60.1	3	6.8	2.0-20.9
Female	87	2	2.3	0.5- 9.7	36	40.7	30.0-52.3	28	36.0	25.4-48.1	13	13.6	7.0-24.8	8	7.4	3.6-14.7
RACE
White	128	1	0.4	0.1- 2.8	50	33.8	24.8-44.2	39	30.8	21.8-41.5	29	29.2	17.5-44.5	9	5.8	2.8-11.5
Other	14	1	6.8	0.9-36.8	7	62.1	31.7-85.3	3	12.0	3.5-34.1	1	1.9	0.2-13.3	2	17.2	3.3-55.8
AGE
18-44	65	1	1.4	0.2- 9.4	31	40.2	26.1-56.0	20	27.6	16.5-42.2	12	27.9	12.6-51.0	1	2.9	0.4-18.2
45+	77	1	0.8	0.1- 5.6	26	33.1	22.6-45.5	22	30.0	19.9-42.3	18	23.4	13.5-37.3	10	12.8	6.6-23.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	50	1	2.1	0.3-13.5	19	38.2	24.1-54.6	16	30.6	18.3-46.4	9	17.9	8.6-33.5	5	11.3	4.2-26.9
Some College +	92	1	0.6	0.1- 4.0	38	36.5	24.9-50.0	26	27.3	17.5-40.0	21	31.1	16.2-51.2	6	4.5	1.9-10.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	67	1	0.7	0.1- 5.2	30	42.7	29.6-57.0	15	23.6	13.8-37.3	15	24.7	13.8-40.1	6	8.3	3.1-20.5
$50,000+	54	1	2.3	0.3-14.6	25	46.4	32.7-60.7	16	33.0	20.8-48.1	10	14.9	7.6-27.1	2	3.4	0.8-12.9

*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, 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
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	6,629	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
-Gaston County	142	2	1.2	0.3- 5.0	57	37.2	27.9-47.5	42	28.6	20.5-38.3	30	26.0	15.4-40.5	11	7.1	3.5-13.8
GENDER
Male	55	0	0.0	. - .	21	33.7	19.9-50.9	14	21.2	11.5-35.8	17	38.3	20.3-60.1	3	6.8	2.0-20.9
Female	87	2	2.3	0.5- 9.7	36	40.7	30.0-52.3	28	36.0	25.4-48.1	13	13.6	7.0-24.8	8	7.4	3.6-14.7
RACE
White	128	1	0.4	0.1- 2.8	50	33.8	24.8-44.2	39	30.8	21.8-41.5	29	29.2	17.5-44.5	9	5.8	2.8-11.5
Other	14	1	6.8	0.9-36.8	7	62.1	31.7-85.3	3	12.0	3.5-34.1	1	1.9	0.2-13.3	2	17.2	3.3-55.8
AGE
18-44	65	1	1.4	0.2- 9.4	31	40.2	26.1-56.0	20	27.6	16.5-42.2	12	27.9	12.6-51.0	1	2.9	0.4-18.2
45+	77	1	0.8	0.1- 5.6	26	33.1	22.6-45.5	22	30.0	19.9-42.3	18	23.4	13.5-37.3	10	12.8	6.6-23.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	50	1	2.1	0.3-13.5	19	38.2	24.1-54.6	16	30.6	18.3-46.4	9	17.9	8.6-33.5	5	11.3	4.2-26.9
Some College +	92	1	0.6	0.1- 4.0	38	36.5	24.9-50.0	26	27.3	17.5-40.0	21	31.1	16.2-51.2	6	4.5	1.9-10.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	67	1	0.7	0.1- 5.2	30	42.7	29.6-57.0	15	23.6	13.8-37.3	15	24.7	13.8-40.1	6	8.3	3.1-20.5
$50,000+	54	1	2.3	0.3-14.6	25	46.4	32.7-60.7	16	33.0	20.8-48.1	10	14.9	7.6-27.1	2	3.4	0.8-12.9