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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

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 II 150 44 27.5 20.0-36.6 55 38.0 28.4-48.6 24 17.2 10.9-26.2 10 5.8 2.8-11.6 17 11.5 6.6-19.0
GENDER
Male 65 18 26.5 16.3-40.1 22 35.6 22.4-51.3 11 18.3 9.5-32.2 2 3.4 0.7-15.2 12 16.3 8.6-28.8
Female 85 26 28.7 18.9-41.1 33 41.1 28.5-54.9 13 15.9 8.4-28.1 8 8.9 4.2-18.0 5 5.3 2.0-13.1
RACE
White 119 37 29.8 21.2-40.1 42 38.1 28.0-49.4 18 13.3 7.7-21.8 7 4.4 2.0- 9.4 15 14.5 8.3-24.1
Other 31 7 20.8 8.8-41.9 13 37.6 17.6-63.1 6 28.9 12.7-53.3 3 10.0 2.6-31.5 2 2.5 0.6-10.3
AGE
18-44 55 12 21.6 12.0-35.9 20 41.4 26.7-57.8 8 14.9 7.0-28.8 5 7.2 2.7-18.0 10 14.9 7.3-27.9
45+ 93 32 35.5 25.4-47.0 33 32.3 22.9-43.5 16 20.6 11.8-33.4 5 4.2 1.7-10.1 7 7.4 3.4-15.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 57 17 31.7 19.6-47.0 16 26.3 15.5-41.1 12 22.0 11.9-37.2 4 4.5 1.5-12.6 8 15.4 7.0-30.5
Some College + 93 27 24.4 15.8-35.6 39 46.6 33.4-60.3 12 13.7 6.8-25.7 6 6.8 2.6-16.4 9 8.5 4.2-16.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 80 24 28.5 18.3-41.6 30 33.9 22.4-47.8 11 17.7 9.1-31.5 4 4.1 1.4-11.8 11 15.7 8.1-28.4
$50,000+ 55 17 32.0 20.0-47.0 19 34.2 21.8-49.3 11 21.1 10.8-37.0 4 5.4 1.9-14.0 4 7.3 2.5-19.4

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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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