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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford 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
-Guilford County 210 172 73.6 64.1-81.3 16 9.1 5.1-15.9 12 7.7 3.8-14.8 8 7.2 3.1-16.1 2 2.3 0.4-11.5
GENDER
Male 88 68 70.7 57.0-81.4 7 7.8 3.3-17.6 6 9.2 3.7-21.1 6 8.5 3.5-19.5 1 3.7 0.5-21.9
Female 122 104 76.8 62.5-86.8 9 10.6 4.8-21.8 6 6.0 2.0-16.5 2 5.8 1.0-26.9 1 0.8 0.1- 5.2
RACE
White 174 146 76.4 65.6-84.7 12 8.7 4.4-16.7 9 6.6 2.8-14.8 5 5.4 1.7-15.8 2 2.8 0.5-13.7
Other 35 26 61.3 40.2-78.9 3 9.3 2.9-26.2 3 13.2 4.1-35.2 3 16.2 4.7-43.2 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 89 63 60.3 46.6-72.5 8 11.6 5.5-22.9 10 12.5 5.9-24.5 7 12.1 5.0-26.5 1 3.5 0.5-20.8
45+ 120 108 90.7 82.9-95.2 8 6.0 2.5-13.5 2 1.4 0.3- 5.9 1 1.0 0.1- 6.9 1 0.8 0.1- 5.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 50 40 61.9 41.5-78.9 2 5.4 1.2-21.5 4 13.3 4.2-35.2 3 11.5 3.4-32.8 1 7.8 1.1-38.5
Some College + 160 132 77.5 67.0-85.4 14 10.4 5.5-18.7 8 5.8 2.5-13.0 5 5.8 1.8-17.2 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 87 69 62.6 45.7-76.9 7 6.6 2.8-15.0 5 10.7 3.6-27.6 5 14.9 5.5-34.7 1 5.1 0.7-28.3
$50,000+ 96 80 82.7 71.9-90.0 6 7.9 3.1-18.7 6 5.4 2.2-12.7 3 3.2 1.0- 9.8 1 0.8 0.1- 5.2

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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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