BRFSS 2005 - Mecklenburg County: (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
-Mecklenburg County	477	140	26.3	22.0-31.3	129	23.5	19.4-28.2	108	24.9	20.1-30.4	30	6.2	4.2- 9.2	70	19.0	14.7-24.2
GENDER
Male	204	37	16.9	11.7-23.7	48	22.4	16.5-29.6	57	26.6	19.9-34.6	17	8.0	4.8-13.1	45	26.2	19.3-34.5
Female	273	103	37.8	31.2-44.9	81	25.0	19.7-31.0	51	22.9	16.6-30.6	13	4.1	2.3- 7.4	25	10.2	6.7-15.4
RACE
White	381	108	23.9	19.5-28.9	105	24.2	19.8-29.4	90	25.6	20.5-31.6	25	6.0	3.9- 9.0	53	20.2	15.1-26.5
Other	93	31	33.6	22.7-46.6	22	20.6	12.2-32.7	18	23.1	13.2-37.1	5	7.2	2.8-17.4	17	15.5	8.9-25.8
AGE
18-44	210	40	18.5	13.1-25.6	61	24.1	18.2-31.1	46	25.8	18.8-34.2	18	7.1	4.2-11.9	45	24.5	17.9-32.5
45+	261	95	35.8	29.6-42.5	68	23.5	18.3-29.6	62	24.3	18.9-30.8	11	4.8	2.6- 8.8	25	11.6	7.6-17.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	80	22	25.5	14.7-40.5	19	21.9	12.3-35.9	21	28.0	15.9-44.5	4	4.5	1.3-14.4	14	20.1	9.7-36.9
Some College +	397	118	26.6	22.1-31.6	110	24.0	19.6-28.9	87	24.1	19.3-29.7	26	6.7	4.4-10.1	56	18.7	14.3-24.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	150	40	25.2	17.0-35.6	39	20.6	13.6-30.1	41	31.8	22.0-43.6	6	2.8	1.1- 6.8	24	19.5	12.2-29.7
$50,000+	269	77	24.7	19.7-30.6	74	25.1	19.9-31.2	60	22.8	17.5-29.0	18	7.9	4.8-12.8	40	19.5	14.0-26.5

*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: Mecklenburg County

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
-Mecklenburg County	477	140	26.3	22.0-31.3	129	23.5	19.4-28.2	108	24.9	20.1-30.4	30	6.2	4.2- 9.2	70	19.0	14.7-24.2
GENDER
Male	204	37	16.9	11.7-23.7	48	22.4	16.5-29.6	57	26.6	19.9-34.6	17	8.0	4.8-13.1	45	26.2	19.3-34.5
Female	273	103	37.8	31.2-44.9	81	25.0	19.7-31.0	51	22.9	16.6-30.6	13	4.1	2.3- 7.4	25	10.2	6.7-15.4
RACE
White	381	108	23.9	19.5-28.9	105	24.2	19.8-29.4	90	25.6	20.5-31.6	25	6.0	3.9- 9.0	53	20.2	15.1-26.5
Other	93	31	33.6	22.7-46.6	22	20.6	12.2-32.7	18	23.1	13.2-37.1	5	7.2	2.8-17.4	17	15.5	8.9-25.8
AGE
18-44	210	40	18.5	13.1-25.6	61	24.1	18.2-31.1	46	25.8	18.8-34.2	18	7.1	4.2-11.9	45	24.5	17.9-32.5
45+	261	95	35.8	29.6-42.5	68	23.5	18.3-29.6	62	24.3	18.9-30.8	11	4.8	2.6- 8.8	25	11.6	7.6-17.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	80	22	25.5	14.7-40.5	19	21.9	12.3-35.9	21	28.0	15.9-44.5	4	4.5	1.3-14.4	14	20.1	9.7-36.9
Some College +	397	118	26.6	22.1-31.6	110	24.0	19.6-28.9	87	24.1	19.3-29.7	26	6.7	4.4-10.1	56	18.7	14.3-24.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	150	40	25.2	17.0-35.6	39	20.6	13.6-30.1	41	31.8	22.0-43.6	6	2.8	1.1- 6.8	24	19.5	12.2-29.7
$50,000+	269	77	24.7	19.7-30.6	74	25.1	19.9-31.2	60	22.8	17.5-29.0	18	7.9	4.8-12.8	40	19.5	14.0-26.5