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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow 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
-Onslow County 157 118 65.3 54.0-75.2 15 12.1 7.0-20.3 12 13.0 6.4-24.8 10 8.4 4.0-16.7 2 1.1 0.2- 4.5
GENDER
Male 68 41 54.9 38.7-70.1 11 15.2 7.7-27.7 7 17.1 7.2-35.3 9 12.8 5.9-25.8 0 0.0 . - .
Female 89 77 81.9 70.2-89.7 4 7.3 2.7-18.4 5 6.7 2.7-15.7 1 1.4 0.2- 9.3 2 2.8 0.6-11.1
RACE
White 128 96 66.8 54.6-77.1 13 13.0 7.2-22.6 10 10.6 4.9-21.4 8 8.7 3.8-18.6 1 0.8 0.1- 5.8
Other 29 22 58.2 30.7-81.4 2 7.8 1.8-27.6 2 24.8 5.7-64.3 2 7.1 1.7-25.3 1 2.1 0.3-14.3
AGE
18-44 103 71 61.3 47.9-73.2 12 13.0 6.9-22.9 10 15.4 7.3-29.6 8 9.0 4.0-19.2 2 1.3 0.3- 5.6
45+ 54 47 81.6 65.3-91.3 3 8.8 2.7-24.9 2 3.7 0.9-13.9 2 5.9 1.4-22.0 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 67 45 61.4 43.7-76.6 4 4.8 1.7-13.2 7 16.2 6.4-35.4 9 15.4 7.0-30.7 2 2.2 0.5- 9.0
Some College + 90 73 69.2 54.3-80.9 11 19.3 10.5-32.8 5 9.9 3.1-27.3 1 1.6 0.2-10.3 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 93 65 55.7 41.9-68.6 10 13.3 6.6-24.9 9 20.0 9.6-37.1 8 9.9 4.4-20.7 1 1.2 0.2- 8.0
$50,000+ 53 43 76.9 61.2-87.6 5 15.4 6.6-32.1 3 4.1 1.3-12.1 1 2.2 0.3-14.3 1 1.3 0.2- 8.9

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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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