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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

Alcohol Consumption

Considering all types of alcoholic beverages, how many times during the past 30 days did you have 5 or more drinks on an occasion?*

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  Total
Respond.^
None Once Twice 3-7 times 8-30 times
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,536 5,206 74.9 73.3-76.4 582 10.3 9.4-11.4 297 5.8 5.0- 6.7 312 6.2 5.4- 7.2 139 2.8 2.2- 3.5
-New Hanover County 241 206 78.8 71.4-84.7 16 9.9 5.8-16.3 9 5.6 2.8-10.8 8 4.8 2.4- 9.3 2 0.9 0.2- 4.6
GENDER
Male 100 80 74.6 63.3-83.4 5 9.2 3.9-20.2 7 7.5 3.5-15.4 7 7.4 3.5-15.0 1 1.3 0.2- 8.9
Female 141 126 84.4 74.9-90.7 11 10.8 5.9-18.9 2 3.2 0.7-13.4 1 1.3 0.2- 8.7 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4
RACE
White 221 187 77.7 69.8-83.9 16 10.8 6.4-17.7 8 5.3 2.6-10.7 8 5.2 2.6-10.2 2 1.0 0.2- 5.1
Other 20 19 91.3 57.8-98.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 8.7 1.2-42.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 80 57 68.6 55.6-79.2 12 18.3 10.1-30.9 5 5.4 2.1-13.1 5 6.0 2.5-14.1 1 1.7 0.2-11.0
45+ 160 148 87.1 78.1-92.8 4 3.1 1.1- 8.6 4 5.8 2.2-14.5 3 3.7 1.2-10.9 1 0.3 0.0- 1.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 60 46 68.2 52.0-81.0 5 14.1 5.6-30.9 4 10.1 3.8-24.4 3 4.7 1.5-14.4 2 2.9 0.5-14.0
Some College + 181 160 83.7 75.8-89.4 11 8.0 4.3-14.5 5 3.6 1.4- 8.7 5 4.8 2.0-10.9 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 100 84 77.9 65.3-86.8 8 13.1 6.2-25.5 4 4.9 1.7-13.3 2 2.1 0.5- 8.7 2 2.0 0.4-10.0
$50,000+ 111 94 75.7 64.4-84.3 7 8.9 4.2-18.1 5 7.9 3.2-18.1 5 7.5 3.2-16.7 0 0.0 . - .

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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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