BRFSS 2005 - New Hanover County: (One drink is equivalent to a 12 ounce beer, a 5 ounce glass of wine, or a drink with one shot of liquor. <br> During the past 30 days, on the days when you drank, about how many drinks did you drink on the average?*)

	Total Respond.^	Only one	Two	Three	Four	Five or more
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
-New Hanover County	241	115	41.4	34.4-48.9	80	27.9	22.1-34.5	31	20.4	14.0-28.7	6	3.2	1.4- 7.3	9	7.0	3.3-14.2
GENDER
Male	100	31	28.0	19.6-38.4	36	26.6	18.7-36.3	21	29.4	19.4-41.9	4	3.8	1.3-10.6	8	12.2	5.8-23.9
Female	141	84	59.0	49.5-67.9	44	29.6	22.0-38.6	10	8.6	4.2-17.0	2	2.4	0.6- 9.1	1	0.3	0.0- 2.4
RACE
White	221	106	41.1	33.8-48.9	71	27.4	21.4-34.4	30	21.1	14.4-29.8	6	3.5	1.5- 8.0	8	6.9	3.1-14.7
Other	20	9	45.0	22.0-70.3	9	33.2	15.4-57.6	1	13.1	1.9-53.7	0	0.0	. - .	1	8.7	1.2-42.2
AGE
18-44	80	26	26.0	16.8-38.0	25	22.2	14.3-32.6	19	33.8	21.9-48.2	3	4.0	1.3-12.0	7	14.0	6.3-28.3
45+	160	88	53.6	44.8-62.3	55	32.7	25.1-41.4	12	9.6	5.1-17.6	3	2.6	0.7- 8.6	2	1.4	0.3- 6.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	60	26	32.5	20.7-47.1	14	17.6	9.9-29.4	11	30.7	16.9-49.3	3	5.8	1.8-17.1	6	13.3	5.6-28.3
Some College +	181	89	45.5	37.3-54.0	66	32.6	25.4-40.7	20	15.7	10.0-23.9	3	2.0	0.6- 6.8	3	4.2	1.1-15.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	99	48	36.7	26.3-48.5	24	16.6	10.5-25.1	21	34.2	22.5-48.3	1	1.7	0.2-11.1	5	10.8	4.1-26.0
$50,000+	112	49	41.9	32.1-52.4	48	39.9	30.4-50.3	9	10.7	5.2-20.8	3	3.7	1.1-11.8	3	3.7	1.2-11.1

* 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.

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

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
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	6,537	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
-New Hanover County	241	115	41.4	34.4-48.9	80	27.9	22.1-34.5	31	20.4	14.0-28.7	6	3.2	1.4- 7.3	9	7.0	3.3-14.2
GENDER
Male	100	31	28.0	19.6-38.4	36	26.6	18.7-36.3	21	29.4	19.4-41.9	4	3.8	1.3-10.6	8	12.2	5.8-23.9
Female	141	84	59.0	49.5-67.9	44	29.6	22.0-38.6	10	8.6	4.2-17.0	2	2.4	0.6- 9.1	1	0.3	0.0- 2.4
RACE
White	221	106	41.1	33.8-48.9	71	27.4	21.4-34.4	30	21.1	14.4-29.8	6	3.5	1.5- 8.0	8	6.9	3.1-14.7
Other	20	9	45.0	22.0-70.3	9	33.2	15.4-57.6	1	13.1	1.9-53.7	0	0.0	. - .	1	8.7	1.2-42.2
AGE
18-44	80	26	26.0	16.8-38.0	25	22.2	14.3-32.6	19	33.8	21.9-48.2	3	4.0	1.3-12.0	7	14.0	6.3-28.3
45+	160	88	53.6	44.8-62.3	55	32.7	25.1-41.4	12	9.6	5.1-17.6	3	2.6	0.7- 8.6	2	1.4	0.3- 6.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	60	26	32.5	20.7-47.1	14	17.6	9.9-29.4	11	30.7	16.9-49.3	3	5.8	1.8-17.1	6	13.3	5.6-28.3
Some College +	181	89	45.5	37.3-54.0	66	32.6	25.4-40.7	20	15.7	10.0-23.9	3	2.0	0.6- 6.8	3	4.2	1.1-15.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	99	48	36.7	26.3-48.5	24	16.6	10.5-25.1	21	34.2	22.5-48.3	1	1.7	0.2-11.1	5	10.8	4.1-26.0
$50,000+	112	49	41.9	32.1-52.4	48	39.9	30.4-50.3	9	10.7	5.2-20.8	3	3.7	1.1-11.8	3	3.7	1.2-11.1

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

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?*

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?*