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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Alcohol Consumption

Considering all types of alcoholic beverages, how many times during the past 30 days did you have 5 or more drinks on an occasion?*

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  Total
Respond.^
None Once Twice 3-7 times 8-30 times
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,536 5,206 74.9 73.3-76.4 582 10.3 9.4-11.4 297 5.8 5.0- 6.7 312 6.2 5.4- 7.2 139 2.8 2.2- 3.5
-Mecklenburg County 480 402 79.3 73.8-83.9 39 9.8 6.7-14.1 16 3.4 2.0- 5.8 18 5.6 3.1-10.0 5 1.9 0.7- 5.4
GENDER
Male 203 154 71.6 62.9-79.0 21 12.5 7.6-19.9 9 3.8 1.8- 7.6 15 9.0 4.7-16.7 4 3.1 1.0- 9.5
Female 277 248 88.2 82.9-92.0 18 6.6 4.0-10.8 7 3.1 1.4- 6.5 3 1.6 0.4- 6.2 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6
RACE
White 383 322 78.9 72.8-83.9 33 11.1 7.4-16.5 12 3.7 2.0- 6.8 12 4.0 2.2- 7.2 4 2.2 0.7- 6.9
Other 94 77 80.0 65.7-89.2 6 5.8 2.4-13.0 4 2.6 0.9- 7.2 6 10.7 3.6-27.8 1 1.0 0.1- 6.7
AGE
18-44 209 161 73.7 65.2-80.8 26 13.0 8.3-19.9 9 3.7 1.9- 7.3 11 7.5 3.5-15.1 2 2.1 0.4- 9.2
45+ 265 235 86.5 80.6-90.7 13 5.5 2.9-10.2 7 3.1 1.4- 7.0 7 3.1 1.5- 6.6 3 1.8 0.6- 5.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 79 67 76.2 56.7-88.7 4 9.2 2.4-29.6 2 1.1 0.3- 4.4 6 13.5 4.6-33.4 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 401 335 80.0 74.7-84.4 35 9.9 6.9-14.0 14 4.0 2.3- 6.9 12 3.7 2.0- 6.7 5 2.4 0.8- 6.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 153 124 76.3 64.6-85.0 10 6.3 3.2-12.1 8 4.2 1.9- 9.0 9 9.7 3.8-22.4 2 3.5 0.7-15.6
$50,000+ 270 228 79.7 72.6-85.3 25 11.8 7.3-18.4 6 3.1 1.4- 6.8 8 4.1 2.0- 8.3 3 1.4 0.4- 4.3

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* 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.

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