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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I**

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
-Northeast Partnership I 143 106 71.0 61.0-79.3 17 12.9 7.7-20.9 6 4.8 2.1-10.6 9 7.8 3.8-15.3 5 3.6 1.4- 9.0
GENDER
Male 77 49 64.0 50.1-75.9 10 14.3 7.4-25.6 6 7.0 3.0-15.4 9 11.4 5.5-22.2 3 3.3 0.9-11.2
Female 66 57 85.8 74.0-92.8 7 10.0 4.6-20.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 4.2 1.0-15.3
RACE
White 88 65 71.7 58.3-82.1 8 7.6 3.6-15.4 4 5.5 2.0-14.6 6 9.2 3.8-20.7 5 6.0 2.3-14.9
Other 55 41 70.0 54.2-82.2 9 20.7 10.6-36.5 2 3.6 0.9-13.6 3 5.7 1.7-17.5 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 54 38 73.4 57.7-84.9 10 17.8 8.9-32.4 1 1.0 0.1- 6.9 1 1.0 0.1- 6.9 4 6.8 2.4-17.7
45+ 88 68 69.6 56.6-80.0 7 8.2 3.6-17.8 4 7.2 2.7-17.8 8 14.5 7.1-27.4 1 0.5 0.1- 3.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 71 47 68.3 53.8-80.0 11 13.1 6.7-23.9 2 2.9 0.7-11.5 7 10.4 4.6-21.7 4 5.2 1.8-14.5
Some College + 72 59 74.5 59.8-85.2 6 12.7 5.4-26.9 4 7.2 2.6-18.2 2 4.2 0.8-19.6 1 1.4 0.2- 9.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 77 57 73.0 58.8-83.7 9 11.7 5.5-23.2 3 3.4 1.1-10.5 5 7.9 3.0-19.2 3 3.9 1.1-13.2
$50,000+ 46 32 64.2 47.3-78.1 6 13.3 5.7-28.1 3 9.1 2.9-25.1 3 9.0 2.6-26.6 2 4.4 1.1-16.1

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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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