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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford 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
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
-Guilford County 210 2 0.8 0.2- 3.4 68 32.5 25.1-40.9 56 27.3 20.0-36.0 66 32.0 24.7-40.2 18 7.4 4.4-12.0
GENDER
Male 87 0 0.0 . - . 22 28.5 18.1-41.8 24 28.7 18.3-41.9 28 32.2 21.7-44.8 13 10.7 5.8-18.8
Female 123 2 1.8 0.4- 6.9 46 37.0 27.3-47.8 32 25.8 16.7-37.7 38 31.7 22.6-42.5 5 3.7 1.5- 8.9
RACE
White 173 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0 51 31.5 23.3-41.1 46 25.8 18.0-35.4 58 34.4 26.1-43.8 17 7.9 4.7-13.0
Other 36 1 2.8 0.4-17.4 17 38.0 22.6-56.4 10 35.2 18.7-56.1 7 19.0 8.5-37.3 1 5.0 0.7-28.1
AGE
18-44 88 1 0.9 0.1- 5.9 26 30.8 20.1-44.1 24 27.9 17.4-41.5 33 35.9 24.8-48.6 4 4.6 1.7-12.0
45+ 121 1 0.8 0.1- 5.6 42 35.0 26.2-45.0 32 26.9 18.4-37.4 33 27.3 19.2-37.1 13 10.0 5.6-17.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 49 0 0.0 . - . 17 30.7 17.0-48.8 15 32.6 17.3-52.8 10 24.6 11.7-44.7 7 12.2 5.2-25.8
Some College + 161 2 1.1 0.3- 4.4 51 33.1 24.8-42.8 41 25.6 17.9-35.2 56 34.4 26.2-43.6 11 5.8 3.1-10.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 87 1 1.3 0.2- 8.5 34 38.2 25.2-53.3 24 29.1 17.1-45.0 20 23.1 12.8-38.1 8 8.3 3.7-17.5
$50,000+ 96 1 0.8 0.1- 5.2 24 26.5 17.7-37.7 29 30.1 20.1-42.4 38 39.3 28.8-50.9 4 3.4 1.2- 9.3

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*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.

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