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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston 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
-Gaston County 140 103 64.6 51.3-75.9 17 11.2 6.6-18.5 8 7.9 3.4-17.4 7 5.0 2.3-10.6 5 11.3 3.2-32.8
GENDER
Male 55 36 53.8 34.4-72.1 9 12.9 6.0-25.7 3 7.4 1.9-24.7 3 4.6 1.3-14.7 4 21.3 6.2-52.4
Female 85 67 76.1 63.6-85.3 8 9.4 4.5-18.6 5 8.4 2.9-22.2 4 5.4 2.0-13.7 1 0.7 0.1- 5.0
RACE
White 127 94 64.1 49.9-76.3 17 12.6 7.4-20.6 6 7.4 2.8-18.2 7 5.6 2.5-11.8 3 10.3 2.3-36.2
Other 13 9 68.4 33.2-90.4 0 0.0 . - . 2 11.9 2.4-43.1 0 0.0 . - . 2 19.7 3.8-60.6
AGE
18-44 62 39 54.1 35.9-71.2 11 15.4 7.9-28.0 5 7.2 2.3-20.1 4 5.8 2.0-15.4 3 17.5 4.3-49.9
45+ 77 63 77.5 62.8-87.5 6 6.0 2.6-13.5 3 8.9 2.5-27.7 3 4.0 1.2-12.2 2 3.6 0.7-15.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 49 33 64.0 47.1-78.0 4 7.0 2.3-19.0 5 12.0 4.3-29.4 3 6.3 1.9-19.2 4 10.7 3.6-27.4
Some College + 91 70 64.9 45.9-80.2 13 13.8 7.4-24.3 3 5.4 1.3-20.2 4 4.2 1.5-11.1 1 11.7 1.8-48.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 65 45 64.3 48.7-77.4 6 7.0 2.9-16.1 8 17.6 7.9-35.0 4 6.4 2.3-16.2 2 4.7 0.9-21.0
$50,000+ 55 44 76.5 61.4-87.0 8 16.9 8.2-31.6 0 0.0 . - . 2 4.7 1.1-17.9 1 1.9 0.3-12.4

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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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