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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow 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
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
-Onslow County 152 40 23.5 14.0-36.8 44 21.3 15.0-29.5 18 13.5 7.8-22.2 15 13.4 7.1-23.8 35 28.2 19.5-39.0
GENDER
Male 66 11 20.2 7.6-43.9 14 14.9 8.0-26.1 8 12.5 5.6-25.6 7 13.1 5.0-30.3 26 39.3 25.1-55.6
Female 86 29 28.5 19.1-40.1 30 31.0 21.4-42.6 10 14.9 7.3-28.0 8 13.9 6.8-26.3 9 11.8 6.0-21.9
RACE
White 123 32 24.8 13.9-40.3 38 22.8 15.5-32.2 15 13.8 7.5-23.9 9 8.3 4.2-15.9 29 30.3 20.3-42.5
Other 29 8 17.5 7.3-36.3 6 14.4 5.4-32.9 3 11.9 3.3-35.1 6 37.5 14.9-67.3 6 18.7 7.5-39.5
AGE
18-44 101 20 22.0 11.2-38.9 30 21.3 14.0-31.1 11 12.1 6.1-22.4 11 13.0 6.0-25.7 29 31.6 21.1-44.4
45+ 51 20 29.8 18.5-44.4 14 21.6 12.3-35.2 7 19.5 8.5-38.8 4 15.2 5.9-34.2 6 13.8 5.9-28.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 68 15 25.0 10.1-49.8 22 25.3 14.9-39.6 6 7.6 3.1-17.6 6 14.2 5.0-34.4 19 27.8 16.3-43.4
Some College + 84 25 22.0 13.7-33.5 22 17.4 10.8-26.8 12 19.2 10.1-33.6 9 12.6 6.3-23.6 16 28.6 17.0-44.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 87 21 14.9 8.6-24.5 21 17.9 10.9-28.1 11 13.5 6.6-25.4 8 16.3 7.1-33.0 26 37.4 25.2-51.5
$50,000+ 54 15 27.7 16.4-42.8 21 32.2 20.7-46.3 5 13.1 5.2-29.4 5 9.6 3.9-21.6 8 17.4 8.5-32.5

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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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