BRFSS 2005 - Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**: (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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	248	115	42.6	35.2-50.4	75	28.7	22.2-36.1	29	13.1	8.3-20.0	9	5.7	2.5-12.2	20	10.0	5.3-18.1
GENDER
Male	105	42	35.9	26.0-47.1	30	26.7	17.9-37.9	15	12.9	6.9-23.0	7	10.0	4.5-21.1	11	14.4	6.8-28.0
Female	143	73	51.0	40.8-61.0	45	31.1	22.6-41.0	14	13.3	6.9-24.1	2	0.2	0.0- 0.7	9	4.5	1.7-11.2
RACE
White	225	110	45.6	37.9-53.5	70	30.7	23.9-38.5	25	11.9	7.4-18.6	7	5.8	2.5-13.0	13	6.0	3.1-11.4
Other	23	5	13.0	4.2-34.0	5	8.6	2.1-29.3	4	24.6	6.1-62.3	2	4.3	0.7-23.6	7	49.4	18.6-80.6
AGE
18-44	84	25	26.0	16.7-38.0	30	32.9	22.0-46.0	13	16.6	8.9-28.8	5	10.0	3.8-23.6	11	14.6	6.1-30.9
45+	163	90	56.7	47.2-65.7	44	24.9	17.9-33.4	16	10.2	5.2-19.1	4	2.1	0.7- 6.3	9	6.2	2.7-13.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	71	26	30.7	19.5-44.8	22	30.3	18.2-46.0	9	12.5	5.8-24.9	4	8.8	2.6-25.7	10	17.7	7.1-37.8
Some College +	177	89	48.6	39.8-57.6	53	27.8	20.8-36.1	20	13.4	7.6-22.5	5	4.1	1.4-11.2	10	6.1	2.7-12.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	142	54	32.6	24.2-42.4	45	29.7	21.2-39.9	19	15.7	9.1-25.6	8	8.8	3.7-19.4	16	13.2	6.3-25.7
$50,000+	79	39	49.1	36.0-62.3	26	30.7	20.0-43.9	10	12.3	5.3-25.9	1	1.5	0.2-10.2	3	6.5	1.7-21.4

* 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: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**

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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	248	115	42.6	35.2-50.4	75	28.7	22.2-36.1	29	13.1	8.3-20.0	9	5.7	2.5-12.2	20	10.0	5.3-18.1
GENDER
Male	105	42	35.9	26.0-47.1	30	26.7	17.9-37.9	15	12.9	6.9-23.0	7	10.0	4.5-21.1	11	14.4	6.8-28.0
Female	143	73	51.0	40.8-61.0	45	31.1	22.6-41.0	14	13.3	6.9-24.1	2	0.2	0.0- 0.7	9	4.5	1.7-11.2
RACE
White	225	110	45.6	37.9-53.5	70	30.7	23.9-38.5	25	11.9	7.4-18.6	7	5.8	2.5-13.0	13	6.0	3.1-11.4
Other	23	5	13.0	4.2-34.0	5	8.6	2.1-29.3	4	24.6	6.1-62.3	2	4.3	0.7-23.6	7	49.4	18.6-80.6
AGE
18-44	84	25	26.0	16.7-38.0	30	32.9	22.0-46.0	13	16.6	8.9-28.8	5	10.0	3.8-23.6	11	14.6	6.1-30.9
45+	163	90	56.7	47.2-65.7	44	24.9	17.9-33.4	16	10.2	5.2-19.1	4	2.1	0.7- 6.3	9	6.2	2.7-13.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	71	26	30.7	19.5-44.8	22	30.3	18.2-46.0	9	12.5	5.8-24.9	4	8.8	2.6-25.7	10	17.7	7.1-37.8
Some College +	177	89	48.6	39.8-57.6	53	27.8	20.8-36.1	20	13.4	7.6-22.5	5	4.1	1.4-11.2	10	6.1	2.7-12.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	142	54	32.6	24.2-42.4	45	29.7	21.2-39.9	19	15.7	9.1-25.6	8	8.8	3.7-19.4	16	13.2	6.3-25.7
$50,000+	79	39	49.1	36.0-62.3	26	30.7	20.0-43.9	10	12.3	5.3-25.9	1	1.5	0.2-10.2	3	6.5	1.7-21.4

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**

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?*