BRFSS 2005 - Mecklenburg County: (During the past 30 days, how many days per week or per month did you have at least one drink of any alcoholic beverage?*)

	Total Respond.^	No drinks	1-2 days	3-7 days	8-29 days	Everyday
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
-Mecklenburg County	493	7	1.5	0.7- 3.4	135	29.9	24.8-35.6	156	28.5	24.1-33.3	155	33.4	28.5-38.7	40	6.7	4.5- 9.7
GENDER
Male	207	1	0.3	0.0- 2.2	40	24.5	17.4-33.2	65	25.8	19.8-32.9	83	41.5	33.8-49.7	18	7.8	4.5-13.3
Female	286	6	2.9	1.2- 7.0	95	36.3	29.5-43.7	91	31.6	25.6-38.2	72	23.9	18.7-30.1	22	5.3	3.4- 8.1
RACE
White	390	3	0.7	0.2- 2.3	92	25.3	20.1-31.2	130	31.0	25.9-36.6	130	35.1	29.7-41.0	35	7.9	5.2-11.9
Other	99	3	3.0	0.8-10.6	41	43.6	31.5-56.5	26	21.8	14.0-32.2	24	28.7	18.6-41.4	5	2.9	1.1- 7.4
AGE
18-44	218	3	1.6	0.5- 5.1	67	33.1	25.5-41.6	68	26.0	20.2-32.9	75	36.1	28.9-44.0	5	3.1	1.1- 8.8
45+	269	4	1.4	0.5- 4.1	66	25.3	19.9-31.6	85	31.1	25.2-37.7	79	30.2	24.3-36.8	35	11.9	8.4-16.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	85	2	3.2	0.8-12.7	26	40.3	26.1-56.3	32	25.8	16.4-38.0	19	27.2	15.9-42.5	6	3.5	1.4- 8.5
Some College +	408	5	1.1	0.4- 2.7	109	27.1	22.3-32.6	124	29.2	24.4-34.5	136	35.1	29.9-40.6	34	7.5	4.9-11.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	157	3	1.1	0.3- 3.7	42	35.7	25.2-47.8	56	26.8	19.6-35.5	40	27.1	18.8-37.3	16	9.3	4.7-17.5
$50,000+	272	1	0.4	0.1- 2.9	73	27.4	21.6-34.2	83	30.2	24.4-36.7	96	36.2	30.0-43.0	19	5.8	3.5- 9.3

*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, 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
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	6,629	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
-Mecklenburg County	493	7	1.5	0.7- 3.4	135	29.9	24.8-35.6	156	28.5	24.1-33.3	155	33.4	28.5-38.7	40	6.7	4.5- 9.7
GENDER
Male	207	1	0.3	0.0- 2.2	40	24.5	17.4-33.2	65	25.8	19.8-32.9	83	41.5	33.8-49.7	18	7.8	4.5-13.3
Female	286	6	2.9	1.2- 7.0	95	36.3	29.5-43.7	91	31.6	25.6-38.2	72	23.9	18.7-30.1	22	5.3	3.4- 8.1
RACE
White	390	3	0.7	0.2- 2.3	92	25.3	20.1-31.2	130	31.0	25.9-36.6	130	35.1	29.7-41.0	35	7.9	5.2-11.9
Other	99	3	3.0	0.8-10.6	41	43.6	31.5-56.5	26	21.8	14.0-32.2	24	28.7	18.6-41.4	5	2.9	1.1- 7.4
AGE
18-44	218	3	1.6	0.5- 5.1	67	33.1	25.5-41.6	68	26.0	20.2-32.9	75	36.1	28.9-44.0	5	3.1	1.1- 8.8
45+	269	4	1.4	0.5- 4.1	66	25.3	19.9-31.6	85	31.1	25.2-37.7	79	30.2	24.3-36.8	35	11.9	8.4-16.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	85	2	3.2	0.8-12.7	26	40.3	26.1-56.3	32	25.8	16.4-38.0	19	27.2	15.9-42.5	6	3.5	1.4- 8.5
Some College +	408	5	1.1	0.4- 2.7	109	27.1	22.3-32.6	124	29.2	24.4-34.5	136	35.1	29.9-40.6	34	7.5	4.9-11.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	157	3	1.1	0.3- 3.7	42	35.7	25.2-47.8	56	26.8	19.6-35.5	40	27.1	18.8-37.3	16	9.3	4.7-17.5
$50,000+	272	1	0.4	0.1- 2.9	73	27.4	21.6-34.2	83	30.2	24.4-36.7	96	36.2	30.0-43.0	19	5.8	3.5- 9.3