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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow 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
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
-Onslow County 161 60 30.9 21.2-42.7 51 25.8 18.7-34.3 17 12.8 7.3-21.5 13 12.4 6.4-22.6 20 18.1 11.0-28.3
GENDER
Male 71 17 24.4 11.5-44.6 23 23.8 14.7-36.1 10 13.5 6.4-26.4 6 12.9 5.0-29.5 15 25.4 14.3-40.9
Female 90 43 41.1 30.2-52.9 28 28.9 19.8-40.2 7 11.7 5.0-25.0 7 11.5 5.2-23.4 5 6.8 2.8-15.7
RACE
White 130 47 31.5 20.5-45.2 43 26.5 18.6-36.1 13 12.8 6.7-23.0 9 9.4 4.8-17.8 18 19.8 11.7-31.5
Other 31 13 28.1 13.9-48.7 8 22.7 10.0-43.5 4 13.1 4.2-34.3 4 25.8 7.1-61.0 2 10.3 2.3-36.2
AGE
18-44 107 33 28.1 17.0-42.8 31 22.8 15.2-32.6 12 13.2 6.9-23.9 12 14.4 7.2-26.7 19 21.5 12.9-33.7
45+ 54 27 42.5 28.3-58.1 20 38.4 24.8-54.1 5 11.2 4.5-25.6 1 3.9 0.6-23.0 1 3.9 0.6-23.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 69 19 28.8 13.5-51.1 26 29.7 18.3-44.4 6 8.4 3.0-21.5 6 14.5 5.3-34.1 12 18.6 9.6-33.0
Some College + 92 41 32.9 22.9-44.9 25 22.1 14.4-32.4 11 16.9 8.8-30.1 7 10.4 4.7-21.3 8 17.7 8.3-33.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 95 29 18.5 11.7-28.2 27 21.4 13.9-31.4 12 16.3 8.5-28.7 10 18.5 9.2-33.8 17 25.3 15.1-39.3
$50,000+ 54 26 47.1 32.9-61.8 21 39.2 26.1-54.1 2 3.4 0.8-13.1 3 5.3 1.6-16.4 2 4.9 1.2-17.8

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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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