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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

Alcohol Consumption

During the past 30 days, how many days per week or per month did you have at least one drink of any alcoholic beverage?*

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  Total
Respond.^
No drinks 1-2 days 3-7 days 8-29 days Everyday
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,629 64 0.9 0.7- 1.3 2,124 32.7 31.2-34.3 2,051 31.6 30.1-33.1 1,802 27.4 26.0-28.9 588 7.3 6.6- 8.1
-New Hanover County 241 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 57 27.3 20.6-35.3 67 27.2 20.9-34.5 81 32.9 26.4-40.2 35 12.2 8.3-17.6
GENDER
Male 99 0 0.0 . - . 18 23.3 14.1-35.9 31 30.0 20.6-41.5 37 34.3 24.9-45.2 13 12.3 6.8-21.2
Female 142 1 0.8 0.1- 5.3 39 32.5 24.0-42.4 36 23.5 16.7-31.9 44 31.1 23.1-40.5 22 12.1 7.7-18.5
RACE
White 221 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6 49 25.5 18.6-33.9 59 26.5 20.0-34.2 78 34.5 27.6-42.1 34 13.1 8.9-18.9
Other 20 0 0.0 . - . 8 46.6 23.2-71.6 8 34.2 14.5-61.4 3 16.7 4.1-48.1 1 2.5 0.3-16.4
AGE
18-44 81 0 0.0 . - . 24 33.6 22.0-47.7 26 31.0 20.3-44.3 24 28.0 18.5-40.0 7 7.4 3.1-16.7
45+ 159 1 0.6 0.1- 4.3 33 22.3 15.7-30.7 40 23.6 17.0-31.6 57 37.2 29.0-46.2 28 16.3 10.9-23.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 61 1 1.1 0.1- 7.3 17 27.8 15.7-44.2 16 27.5 15.5-43.9 19 33.0 20.7-48.1 8 10.7 4.6-23.2
Some College + 180 0 0.0 . - . 40 27.1 19.6-36.2 51 27.0 20.2-35.1 62 32.9 25.7-41.1 27 12.9 8.5-19.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 101 1 0.7 0.1- 5.2 28 34.2 22.7-47.9 31 30.4 20.1-43.1 23 19.8 12.5-29.7 18 14.9 8.5-24.8
$50,000+ 111 0 0.0 . - . 25 23.6 15.8-33.6 31 28.1 19.6-38.4 39 36.0 26.5-46.7 16 12.3 7.2-20.3

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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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