BRFSS 2005 - Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**: (During the past 30 days, what is the largest number of drinks you had on any occasion?)

	Total Respond.^	Only one	Two	Three	Four	Five or more
North Carolina	6,444	1,995	26.5	25.1-27.9	1,798	25.9	24.5-27.3	1,082	18.2	17.0-19.6	445	7.5	6.7- 8.4	1,124	21.9	20.5-23.4
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	247	78	29.8	23.4-37.1	74	26.5	20.5-33.5	42	14.2	9.8-20.1	11	8.1	4.2-14.9	42	21.4	14.7-30.2
GENDER
Male	103	24	21.3	13.7-31.5	30	24.0	16.0-34.3	18	15.4	9.0-25.1	6	8.2	3.6-17.7	25	31.1	20.3-44.5
Female	144	54	40.2	30.9-50.4	44	29.6	21.4-39.3	24	12.7	7.8-20.0	5	7.9	2.8-20.6	17	9.6	5.0-17.5
RACE
White	226	76	32.2	25.4-39.7	69	28.2	21.9-35.5	40	13.9	9.7-19.5	11	8.8	4.6-16.2	30	16.9	11.1-25.0
Other	21	2	5.3	1.1-21.8	5	9.0	2.2-30.9	2	17.3	2.7-61.3	0	0.0	. - .	12	68.4	33.2-90.4
AGE
18-44	82	20	22.1	13.6-33.9	21	19.0	11.6-29.7	14	12.5	6.7-22.1	5	10.5	4.1-24.3	22	35.8	23.2-50.8
45+	164	58	36.3	28.0-45.5	52	32.5	24.4-41.8	28	15.7	9.9-24.0	6	6.0	2.6-13.5	20	9.5	5.3-16.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	68	16	21.4	12.2-34.7	18	19.8	10.9-33.5	9	10.1	4.5-21.3	4	8.5	2.9-22.4	21	40.2	25.0-57.5
Some College +	179	62	33.9	26.2-42.6	56	29.8	22.5-38.1	33	16.2	10.7-23.8	7	7.9	3.5-16.9	21	12.3	7.2-20.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	141	37	26.6	18.7-36.4	36	21.4	14.6-30.2	28	14.1	9.0-21.6	7	9.5	4.3-20.0	33	28.3	18.5-40.6
$50,000+	78	27	31.0	20.5-44.0	25	31.1	20.4-44.2	14	18.6	9.9-32.2	3	4.0	1.3-12.0	9	15.3	6.9-30.4

*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: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**

Alcohol Consumption

During the past 30 days, what is the largest number of drinks you had on any occasion?

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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	6,444	1,995	26.5	25.1-27.9	1,798	25.9	24.5-27.3	1,082	18.2	17.0-19.6	445	7.5	6.7- 8.4	1,124	21.9	20.5-23.4
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	247	78	29.8	23.4-37.1	74	26.5	20.5-33.5	42	14.2	9.8-20.1	11	8.1	4.2-14.9	42	21.4	14.7-30.2
GENDER
Male	103	24	21.3	13.7-31.5	30	24.0	16.0-34.3	18	15.4	9.0-25.1	6	8.2	3.6-17.7	25	31.1	20.3-44.5
Female	144	54	40.2	30.9-50.4	44	29.6	21.4-39.3	24	12.7	7.8-20.0	5	7.9	2.8-20.6	17	9.6	5.0-17.5
RACE
White	226	76	32.2	25.4-39.7	69	28.2	21.9-35.5	40	13.9	9.7-19.5	11	8.8	4.6-16.2	30	16.9	11.1-25.0
Other	21	2	5.3	1.1-21.8	5	9.0	2.2-30.9	2	17.3	2.7-61.3	0	0.0	. - .	12	68.4	33.2-90.4
AGE
18-44	82	20	22.1	13.6-33.9	21	19.0	11.6-29.7	14	12.5	6.7-22.1	5	10.5	4.1-24.3	22	35.8	23.2-50.8
45+	164	58	36.3	28.0-45.5	52	32.5	24.4-41.8	28	15.7	9.9-24.0	6	6.0	2.6-13.5	20	9.5	5.3-16.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	68	16	21.4	12.2-34.7	18	19.8	10.9-33.5	9	10.1	4.5-21.3	4	8.5	2.9-22.4	21	40.2	25.0-57.5
Some College +	179	62	33.9	26.2-42.6	56	29.8	22.5-38.1	33	16.2	10.7-23.8	7	7.9	3.5-16.9	21	12.3	7.2-20.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	141	37	26.6	18.7-36.4	36	21.4	14.6-30.2	28	14.1	9.0-21.6	7	9.5	4.3-20.0	33	28.3	18.5-40.6
$50,000+	78	27	31.0	20.5-44.0	25	31.1	20.4-44.2	14	18.6	9.9-32.2	3	4.0	1.3-12.0	9	15.3	6.9-30.4