BRFSS 2005 - Gaston 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
-Gaston County	141	66	39.2	29.6-49.6	37	22.1	15.5-30.6	14	11.0	6.1-19.0	6	3.9	1.6- 9.2	18	23.9	13.1-39.4
GENDER
Male	55	18	26.1	14.6-42.1	14	21.4	11.8-35.8	9	16.2	7.7-30.9	3	2.9	0.8- 9.4	11	33.4	15.8-57.4
Female	86	48	52.7	40.9-64.2	23	22.8	15.0-33.1	5	5.6	2.1-14.3	3	4.8	1.4-15.5	7	14.0	6.3-28.2
RACE
White	128	61	39.5	29.6-50.4	32	21.5	14.6-30.4	13	10.4	5.7-18.2	5	3.9	1.5-10.0	17	24.7	13.2-41.5
Other	13	5	36.1	11.3-71.5	5	27.9	9.3-59.3	1	16.4	2.4-61.4	1	3.3	0.4-21.7	1	16.4	2.3-61.6
AGE
18-44	62	26	32.9	20.4-48.4	12	14.8	7.7-26.7	9	14.9	7.1-28.4	3	4.3	1.2-14.1	12	33.1	16.5-55.3
45+	78	39	46.2	34.2-58.6	25	32.0	21.8-44.2	5	6.2	2.4-15.1	3	3.3	1.0-10.7	6	12.4	4.7-28.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	50	18	29.9	17.8-45.7	13	19.6	10.9-32.8	8	19.0	9.1-35.4	3	6.2	1.8-19.6	8	25.3	12.9-43.5
Some College +	91	48	44.9	31.3-59.4	24	23.7	14.8-35.5	6	6.0	2.4-14.2	3	2.4	0.7- 7.7	10	23.0	9.0-47.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	66	23	29.3	18.5-43.2	17	22.1	13.3-34.5	10	16.1	7.9-29.8	5	5.7	2.2-13.7	11	26.9	14.8-43.8
$50,000+	54	29	52.2	37.9-66.1	17	27.5	16.8-41.4	3	8.7	2.9-23.7	1	3.6	0.5-21.3	4	8.0	2.9-20.5

* 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: Gaston 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
-Gaston County	141	66	39.2	29.6-49.6	37	22.1	15.5-30.6	14	11.0	6.1-19.0	6	3.9	1.6- 9.2	18	23.9	13.1-39.4
GENDER
Male	55	18	26.1	14.6-42.1	14	21.4	11.8-35.8	9	16.2	7.7-30.9	3	2.9	0.8- 9.4	11	33.4	15.8-57.4
Female	86	48	52.7	40.9-64.2	23	22.8	15.0-33.1	5	5.6	2.1-14.3	3	4.8	1.4-15.5	7	14.0	6.3-28.2
RACE
White	128	61	39.5	29.6-50.4	32	21.5	14.6-30.4	13	10.4	5.7-18.2	5	3.9	1.5-10.0	17	24.7	13.2-41.5
Other	13	5	36.1	11.3-71.5	5	27.9	9.3-59.3	1	16.4	2.4-61.4	1	3.3	0.4-21.7	1	16.4	2.3-61.6
AGE
18-44	62	26	32.9	20.4-48.4	12	14.8	7.7-26.7	9	14.9	7.1-28.4	3	4.3	1.2-14.1	12	33.1	16.5-55.3
45+	78	39	46.2	34.2-58.6	25	32.0	21.8-44.2	5	6.2	2.4-15.1	3	3.3	1.0-10.7	6	12.4	4.7-28.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	50	18	29.9	17.8-45.7	13	19.6	10.9-32.8	8	19.0	9.1-35.4	3	6.2	1.8-19.6	8	25.3	12.9-43.5
Some College +	91	48	44.9	31.3-59.4	24	23.7	14.8-35.5	6	6.0	2.4-14.2	3	2.4	0.7- 7.7	10	23.0	9.0-47.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	66	23	29.3	18.5-43.2	17	22.1	13.3-34.5	10	16.1	7.9-29.8	5	5.7	2.2-13.7	11	26.9	14.8-43.8
$50,000+	54	29	52.2	37.9-66.1	17	27.5	16.8-41.4	3	8.7	2.9-23.7	1	3.6	0.5-21.3	4	8.0	2.9-20.5

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston 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?*