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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

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
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
-Northeastern Partnership 375 168 36.9 31.0-43.1 116 34.3 28.3-40.8 35 10.2 7.1-14.5 23 6.3 3.8-10.3 33 12.3 8.3-17.8
GENDER
Male 184 65 31.0 23.3-39.9 56 32.5 24.6-41.4 20 11.0 6.8-17.1 15 7.7 4.2-13.6 28 17.9 11.8-26.3
Female 191 103 46.7 38.4-55.2 60 37.4 29.1-46.4 15 9.0 5.0-15.5 8 4.1 1.8- 9.3 5 2.8 1.1- 6.9
RACE
White 285 122 34.7 28.1-41.9 90 34.7 28.0-42.1 26 10.0 6.5-15.0 19 7.0 4.0-11.9 28 13.7 8.9-20.5
African American 79 41 45.0 31.9-58.9 22 32.8 20.0-48.8 8 11.3 5.1-23.2 4 5.3 1.7-14.8 4 5.7 2.0-15.1
Other Minorities 11 5 36.8 13.2-69.2 4 35.0 12.3-67.6 1 9.1 1.2-44.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 19.1 2.9-65.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 6 1 16.8 2.2-64.3 2 17.9 3.7-54.9 1 13.5 1.7-58.0 0 0.0 . - . 2 51.8 16.1-85.8
Non-Hispanic 369 167 37.4 31.5-43.8 114 34.8 28.7-41.4 34 10.1 7.0-14.5 23 6.5 4.0-10.6 31 11.2 7.4-16.5
AGE
18-24 17 5 22.5 8.8-46.6 7 44.0 21.5-69.3 1 4.8 0.7-27.9 2 11.6 2.9-36.8 2 17.1 4.2-49.1
25-34 51 16 35.4 19.9-54.8 14 27.4 15.4-44.0 7 13.4 5.9-27.4 4 7.3 2.5-19.4 10 16.4 7.7-31.6
35-44 70 26 33.0 22.1-46.1 25 34.3 23.1-47.6 9 15.7 7.9-28.8 4 5.9 1.7-18.2 6 11.1 5.0-22.8
45-54 93 37 34.1 24.2-45.5 30 35.7 25.1-48.0 13 12.9 7.3-21.8 6 4.4 1.8-10.3 7 12.9 6.2-25.2
55-64 79 42 44.9 32.9-57.6 24 37.6 25.4-51.5 2 2.1 0.5- 8.9 5 6.9 2.6-17.0 6 8.5 3.5-19.4
65-74 40 26 62.7 45.2-77.4 11 30.0 16.6-48.0 1 1.3 0.2- 8.8 1 2.4 0.3-15.3 1 3.6 0.5-21.5
75+ 22 15 65.9 41.9-83.8 4 16.6 5.8-39.1 2 14.0 3.4-43.4 1 3.4 0.5-21.0 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 37 13 30.9 16.3-50.6 9 20.2 9.8-37.2 4 16.2 5.8-37.9 0 0.0 . - . 11 32.7 17.1-53.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 121 51 42.2 31.2-54.0 32 27.1 18.6-37.7 15 11.1 6.2-19.1 12 9.4 4.6-18.3 11 10.2 5.5-18.0
Some Post-H.S. 91 36 24.6 16.4-35.1 39 49.1 35.9-62.5 7 8.4 3.7-18.1 2 3.4 0.9-12.8 7 14.5 6.2-30.4
College Graduate 126 68 45.1 35.3-55.4 36 33.3 23.9-44.3 9 8.7 4.3-16.7 9 7.9 3.6-16.5 4 4.9 1.7-13.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 32 17 45.0 26.1-65.5 7 20.5 9.2-39.4 1 6.5 0.9-34.1 2 4.3 0.9-18.1 5 23.7 8.6-50.7
$15,000- 24,999 66 26 29.0 18.0-43.1 19 25.1 14.1-40.4 8 12.6 5.6-26.2 6 15.7 6.9-31.8 7 17.7 7.2-37.2
$25,000- 34,999 40 22 56.9 36.7-75.0 8 16.9 7.6-33.6 5 11.7 4.2-28.7 1 2.8 0.4-17.8 4 11.6 3.7-30.8
$35,000- 49,999 53 23 35.1 22.3-50.4 11 19.8 10.0-35.5 10 20.6 10.4-36.5 6 11.8 4.3-28.4 3 12.8 4.0-34.3
$50,000-74,999 63 28 43.3 30.0-57.7 22 39.8 26.5-54.8 5 7.4 2.8-18.0 5 5.1 1.9-12.7 3 4.4 1.3-13.8
$75,000+ 74 35 33.0 22.8-45.1 27 45.7 32.8-59.1 3 4.7 1.5-14.1 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9 8 16.2 8.0-30.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 106 51 49.2 36.5-62.0 31 26.4 17.6-37.6 6 6.0 2.6-13.6 8 8.3 3.6-18.1 10 10.1 5.2-18.9
No 261 115 33.2 27.0-40.1 82 36.6 29.4-44.4 28 11.5 7.6-16.9 14 5.6 2.9-10.4 22 13.1 8.2-20.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 71 29 40.5 26.1-56.8 17 23.3 13.5-37.1 6 6.9 2.9-15.6 7 10.7 4.2-24.6 12 18.6 9.7-32.5
Non-Veteran 302 139 36.3 30.2-42.9 97 36.6 29.8-43.9 29 11.3 7.5-16.5 16 5.2 2.9- 9.2 21 10.7 6.5-17.1

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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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