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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I**

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
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
-Northeast Partnership I 145 45 28.9 18.7-41.8 36 20.3 14.0-28.4 19 15.1 9.1-23.9 14 10.9 5.8-19.7 31 24.9 17.2-34.4
GENDER
Male 79 20 29.6 16.2-47.8 14 13.9 7.7-23.8 11 13.0 6.6-24.2 8 11.7 5.3-24.1 26 31.8 20.9-45.1
Female 66 25 27.3 17.8-39.4 22 34.3 22.7-48.0 8 19.6 9.5-36.1 6 9.2 3.7-21.3 5 9.6 4.0-21.2
RACE
White 90 21 21.6 9.0-43.3 25 20.3 12.8-30.6 11 14.2 7.3-26.0 11 15.0 7.3-28.3 22 28.9 18.4-42.4
Other 55 24 39.6 25.4-55.8 11 20.2 10.7-34.8 8 16.3 7.5-32.0 3 5.0 1.3-17.3 9 18.8 9.6-33.7
AGE
18-44 54 11 31.3 14.4-55.4 14 18.0 9.7-30.9 8 13.2 5.9-27.0 7 14.7 6.0-31.7 14 22.8 12.5-37.9
45+ 90 34 27.0 18.2-38.0 22 22.6 14.4-33.7 11 17.0 8.9-29.9 7 7.6 3.4-16.2 16 25.8 16.1-38.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 73 23 35.7 20.4-54.7 15 15.1 8.5-25.4 9 15.4 7.6-28.9 8 10.6 4.3-24.1 18 23.1 13.8-36.1
Some College + 72 22 19.4 12.1-29.6 21 27.4 17.4-40.5 10 14.6 7.2-27.2 6 11.4 4.8-24.7 13 27.2 16.2-42.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 78 27 37.4 21.8-56.1 18 19.6 11.3-31.7 9 9.7 4.6-19.5 7 11.2 4.4-25.6 17 22.1 12.9-35.3
$50,000+ 47 9 10.8 5.1-21.5 13 24.0 13.6-38.7 7 18.8 8.6-36.3 6 11.2 4.6-24.5 12 35.3 21.3-52.4

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*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.

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