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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 266 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9 64 26.4 19.5-34.7 70 25.2 19.5-32.0 106 39.7 32.6-47.2 25 8.2 5.4-12.5
GENDER
Male 115 0 0.0 . - . 25 26.6 16.6-39.8 26 21.8 14.1-32.1 49 41.5 30.9-52.9 15 10.1 5.8-17.1
Female 151 1 1.0 0.1- 6.6 39 26.1 18.6-35.4 44 29.8 22.3-38.6 57 37.3 29.3-46.2 10 5.7 3.0-10.8
RACE
White 244 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3 54 23.3 17.4-30.4 63 25.0 19.3-31.8 102 42.4 35.3-49.7 24 8.9 5.7-13.5
Other 22 0 0.0 . - . 10 47.2 19.2-77.1 7 26.6 9.7-55.0 4 22.0 5.7-56.9 1 4.1 0.5-25.4
AGE
18-44 108 0 0.0 . - . 32 34.0 23.0-46.9 30 24.8 16.7-35.3 41 37.3 26.9-49.0 5 3.9 1.5- 9.9
45+ 157 1 0.9 0.1- 6.4 32 17.4 11.8-24.8 40 26.1 19.0-34.8 64 41.9 33.4-50.8 20 13.7 8.7-21.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 28 0 0.0 . - . 13 55.5 29.7-78.6 4 16.8 5.5-41.3 10 26.3 10.1-53.1 1 1.4 0.2- 9.9
Some College + 238 1 0.5 0.1- 3.5 51 20.7 15.4-27.2 66 26.9 20.9-33.9 96 42.3 35.2-49.8 24 9.6 6.2-14.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 77 0 0.0 . - . 28 36.8 21.8-54.9 18 25.6 14.8-40.7 26 32.5 19.8-48.4 5 5.0 1.7-14.1
$50,000+ 156 1 0.7 0.1- 5.0 25 18.3 12.0-27.0 43 25.7 18.8-34.1 68 43.9 35.2-52.9 19 11.4 7.1-17.7

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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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