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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow 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
-Onslow County 163 1 1.5 0.2-10.0 62 38.1 27.8-49.6 55 33.5 24.9-43.3 35 23.3 15.3-33.8 10 3.6 1.8- 7.0
GENDER
Male 70 0 0.0 . - . 17 31.3 16.9-50.4 29 37.8 24.8-52.9 18 27.1 15.1-43.5 6 3.9 1.6- 9.0
Female 93 1 3.7 0.5-21.9 45 48.0 36.4-59.9 26 27.2 18.2-38.6 17 17.8 10.7-28.1 4 3.2 1.0- 9.4
RACE
White 133 0 0.0 . - . 52 42.1 30.3-54.8 46 34.6 25.0-45.8 28 19.9 12.4-30.3 7 3.4 1.5- 7.5
Other 30 1 8.3 1.2-40.7 10 20.5 9.3-39.1 9 28.5 13.5-50.5 7 38.3 16.6-66.0 3 4.4 1.3-14.5
AGE
18-44 108 1 1.9 0.3-12.2 44 41.7 29.4-55.0 39 32.6 22.8-44.1 23 23.5 14.2-36.3 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0
45+ 55 0 0.0 . - . 18 23.1 13.9-35.8 16 37.4 23.3-54.1 12 22.5 12.5-37.2 9 17.0 8.5-31.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 70 1 3.1 0.4-19.2 25 37.8 21.6-57.2 23 30.9 18.8-46.4 16 24.8 12.9-42.3 5 3.4 1.3- 8.3
Some College + 93 0 0.0 . - . 37 38.4 26.9-51.4 32 35.9 25.0-48.5 19 21.9 12.5-35.3 5 3.8 1.4- 9.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 96 1 2.6 0.4-16.1 36 33.5 23.0-46.1 28 27.3 17.9-39.2 24 32.5 20.7-47.1 7 4.0 1.8- 8.9
$50,000+ 54 0 0.0 . - . 19 31.5 20.0-45.8 23 51.2 36.9-65.4 9 12.7 6.4-23.9 3 4.5 1.3-14.2

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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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