BRFSS 2005 - Mecklenburg County: (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
-Mecklenburg County	484	235	42.8	37.5-48.1	176	37.8	32.5-43.4	39	10.3	7.2-14.3	20	4.5	2.6- 7.7	14	4.7	2.4- 9.0
GENDER
Male	207	77	32.7	26.0-40.3	85	43.0	35.1-51.2	24	12.0	7.7-18.3	12	5.4	2.7-10.8	9	6.9	3.1-14.6
Female	277	158	54.9	47.7-62.0	91	31.5	25.1-38.7	15	8.1	4.6-13.9	8	3.5	1.5- 7.7	5	2.0	0.7- 5.2
RACE
White	385	185	42.3	36.6-48.1	146	38.1	32.5-44.1	30	10.0	6.7-14.7	14	4.7	2.4- 8.9	10	4.8	2.1-10.6
Other	96	48	43.7	31.9-56.4	29	36.9	24.9-50.8	9	11.1	5.4-21.5	6	4.1	1.7- 9.4	4	4.2	1.4-11.5
AGE
18-44	214	74	31.6	24.9-39.2	92	42.0	34.2-50.3	27	13.9	9.2-20.4	12	5.7	2.9-11.1	9	6.7	3.1-14.0
45+	264	156	57.6	50.7-64.2	84	32.7	26.5-39.5	12	5.2	2.9- 9.3	7	2.7	1.2- 5.9	5	1.8	0.7- 4.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	82	35	31.9	20.6-45.8	34	46.0	31.4-61.4	6	10.1	3.6-25.3	3	2.0	0.6- 6.6	4	9.9	2.8-29.8
Some College +	402	200	45.6	40.0-51.2	142	35.6	30.3-41.4	33	10.3	7.2-14.4	17	5.2	2.9- 9.2	10	3.3	1.7- 6.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	153	63	34.2	25.3-44.4	60	44.0	33.3-55.3	16	11.8	6.8-19.8	6	5.2	1.7-14.9	8	4.8	2.1-10.7
$50,000+	272	141	47.1	40.4-53.9	97	36.0	29.8-42.7	19	8.6	5.4-13.4	10	3.9	2.0- 7.6	5	4.4	1.5-11.9

* 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: Mecklenburg County

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
-Mecklenburg County	484	235	42.8	37.5-48.1	176	37.8	32.5-43.4	39	10.3	7.2-14.3	20	4.5	2.6- 7.7	14	4.7	2.4- 9.0
GENDER
Male	207	77	32.7	26.0-40.3	85	43.0	35.1-51.2	24	12.0	7.7-18.3	12	5.4	2.7-10.8	9	6.9	3.1-14.6
Female	277	158	54.9	47.7-62.0	91	31.5	25.1-38.7	15	8.1	4.6-13.9	8	3.5	1.5- 7.7	5	2.0	0.7- 5.2
RACE
White	385	185	42.3	36.6-48.1	146	38.1	32.5-44.1	30	10.0	6.7-14.7	14	4.7	2.4- 8.9	10	4.8	2.1-10.6
Other	96	48	43.7	31.9-56.4	29	36.9	24.9-50.8	9	11.1	5.4-21.5	6	4.1	1.7- 9.4	4	4.2	1.4-11.5
AGE
18-44	214	74	31.6	24.9-39.2	92	42.0	34.2-50.3	27	13.9	9.2-20.4	12	5.7	2.9-11.1	9	6.7	3.1-14.0
45+	264	156	57.6	50.7-64.2	84	32.7	26.5-39.5	12	5.2	2.9- 9.3	7	2.7	1.2- 5.9	5	1.8	0.7- 4.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	82	35	31.9	20.6-45.8	34	46.0	31.4-61.4	6	10.1	3.6-25.3	3	2.0	0.6- 6.6	4	9.9	2.8-29.8
Some College +	402	200	45.6	40.0-51.2	142	35.6	30.3-41.4	33	10.3	7.2-14.4	17	5.2	2.9- 9.2	10	3.3	1.7- 6.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	153	63	34.2	25.3-44.4	60	44.0	33.3-55.3	16	11.8	6.8-19.8	6	5.2	1.7-14.9	8	4.8	2.1-10.7
$50,000+	272	141	47.1	40.4-53.9	97	36.0	29.8-42.7	19	8.6	5.4-13.4	10	3.9	2.0- 7.6	5	4.4	1.5-11.9

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

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?*