BRFSS 2005 - New Hanover County: (During the past 30 days, what is the largest number of drinks you had on any occasion?)

	Total Respond.^	Only one	Two	Three	Four	Five or more
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
-New Hanover County	239	70	26.3	20.6-33.0	80	26.6	20.8-33.3	44	21.0	14.9-28.7	15	5.9	3.4-10.2	30	20.1	14.0-28.0
GENDER
Male	98	20	17.8	11.2-27.2	21	18.1	11.4-27.5	27	30.0	20.1-42.2	10	7.4	3.6-14.3	20	26.7	17.2-39.0
Female	141	50	37.0	28.5-46.4	59	37.2	28.6-46.6	17	9.8	5.9-15.8	5	4.2	1.7-10.1	10	11.9	6.4-21.1
RACE
White	220	64	25.6	19.8-32.5	72	25.8	19.9-32.7	39	20.3	14.1-28.3	15	6.5	3.7-11.1	30	21.9	15.3-30.3
Other	19	6	34.7	14.4-62.8	8	35.8	15.6-62.8	5	29.4	10.4-59.9	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
AGE
18-44	79	16	15.6	9.0-25.7	20	18.5	11.0-29.4	15	24.9	14.2-39.9	6	7.7	3.4-16.8	22	33.3	21.8-47.2
45+	158	53	34.8	26.9-43.7	60	33.5	25.9-42.2	28	17.2	11.7-24.6	9	4.6	2.3- 9.1	8	9.8	4.9-18.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	58	14	17.0	9.1-29.4	17	20.8	12.0-33.7	13	28.4	15.2-46.7	2	4.0	1.0-15.3	12	29.8	17.2-46.4
Some College +	181	56	30.5	23.5-38.6	63	29.2	22.3-37.2	31	17.7	12.1-25.2	13	6.8	3.7-12.1	18	15.8	9.6-24.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	98	25	18.5	11.8-27.7	33	23.7	15.5-34.4	21	27.8	17.1-42.0	5	6.4	2.5-15.5	14	23.5	13.5-37.7
$50,000+	111	31	29.2	20.6-39.6	36	27.0	19.1-36.7	20	16.8	10.5-25.9	9	6.1	3.1-11.6	15	21.0	13.0-32.1

*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.

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

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
	Total Respond.^	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
-New Hanover County	239	70	26.3	20.6-33.0	80	26.6	20.8-33.3	44	21.0	14.9-28.7	15	5.9	3.4-10.2	30	20.1	14.0-28.0
GENDER
Male	98	20	17.8	11.2-27.2	21	18.1	11.4-27.5	27	30.0	20.1-42.2	10	7.4	3.6-14.3	20	26.7	17.2-39.0
Female	141	50	37.0	28.5-46.4	59	37.2	28.6-46.6	17	9.8	5.9-15.8	5	4.2	1.7-10.1	10	11.9	6.4-21.1
RACE
White	220	64	25.6	19.8-32.5	72	25.8	19.9-32.7	39	20.3	14.1-28.3	15	6.5	3.7-11.1	30	21.9	15.3-30.3
Other	19	6	34.7	14.4-62.8	8	35.8	15.6-62.8	5	29.4	10.4-59.9	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
AGE
18-44	79	16	15.6	9.0-25.7	20	18.5	11.0-29.4	15	24.9	14.2-39.9	6	7.7	3.4-16.8	22	33.3	21.8-47.2
45+	158	53	34.8	26.9-43.7	60	33.5	25.9-42.2	28	17.2	11.7-24.6	9	4.6	2.3- 9.1	8	9.8	4.9-18.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	58	14	17.0	9.1-29.4	17	20.8	12.0-33.7	13	28.4	15.2-46.7	2	4.0	1.0-15.3	12	29.8	17.2-46.4
Some College +	181	56	30.5	23.5-38.6	63	29.2	22.3-37.2	31	17.7	12.1-25.2	13	6.8	3.7-12.1	18	15.8	9.6-24.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	98	25	18.5	11.8-27.7	33	23.7	15.5-34.4	21	27.8	17.1-42.0	5	6.4	2.5-15.5	14	23.5	13.5-37.7
$50,000+	111	31	29.2	20.6-39.6	36	27.0	19.1-36.7	20	16.8	10.5-25.9	9	6.1	3.1-11.6	15	21.0	13.0-32.1