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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 261 83 24.8 19.4-31.2 79 29.2 22.4-37.1 40 17.5 12.4-24.1 21 7.8 4.8-12.4 38 20.6 14.7-28.1
GENDER
Male 115 22 15.9 10.0-24.5 34 28.3 18.4-40.9 22 19.4 11.9-29.9 9 7.8 3.8-15.1 28 28.6 19.4-40.0
Female 146 61 37.0 28.8-46.1 45 30.5 22.9-39.2 18 14.9 9.4-22.8 12 7.9 4.3-14.2 10 9.7 4.9-18.5
RACE
White 240 74 26.2 20.4-32.8 73 27.7 21.8-34.4 39 17.9 13.0-24.1 21 9.0 5.6-14.1 33 19.3 13.5-27.0
Other 21 9 15.6 6.1-34.6 6 40.0 13.1-74.6 1 14.8 2.1-58.4 0 0.0 . - . 5 29.6 10.5-60.0
AGE
18-44 108 25 18.6 11.9-28.0 31 28.1 18.0-41.1 17 17.5 10.2-28.2 11 8.6 4.5-15.8 24 27.2 17.9-38.9
45+ 152 58 33.2 25.5-41.8 48 31.1 23.5-39.9 23 17.8 11.7-26.1 9 5.4 2.5-11.2 14 12.5 7.1-21.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 26 7 16.7 5.9-39.0 7 35.2 12.3-67.7 6 27.3 10.0-55.7 1 1.0 0.1- 7.1 5 19.9 6.9-45.3
Some College + 235 76 26.4 20.7-32.9 72 28.1 22.2-34.8 34 15.6 11.0-21.6 20 9.2 5.7-14.5 33 20.8 14.6-28.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 76 22 20.3 11.9-32.3 23 29.7 15.4-49.4 11 18.1 8.4-34.8 5 5.3 1.8-14.9 15 26.7 15.2-42.5
$50,000+ 153 45 25.1 18.4-33.3 47 29.7 22.3-38.4 27 19.0 12.9-27.1 13 8.0 4.4-14.1 21 18.1 11.4-27.5

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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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