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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 263 132 42.1 35.0-49.5 102 40.8 33.3-48.7 16 9.3 5.2-16.2 8 3.4 1.5- 7.4 5 4.4 1.6-11.1
GENDER
Male 114 43 31.7 22.8-42.3 51 45.2 33.9-57.0 10 10.8 5.1-21.7 5 4.6 1.7-11.6 5 7.6 2.9-18.7
Female 149 89 56.0 46.8-64.7 51 34.9 26.9-43.8 6 7.3 3.0-16.7 3 1.8 0.5- 6.0 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 242 122 45.3 38.2-52.6 94 39.4 32.5-46.8 14 7.8 4.4-13.6 8 3.9 1.7- 8.4 4 3.6 1.1-10.6
Other 21 10 20.3 8.0-42.6 8 50.1 20.8-79.3 2 19.8 4.2-57.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 9.9 1.3-46.9
AGE
18-44 107 44 34.3 24.7-45.4 46 41.6 30.3-53.9 10 13.7 6.9-25.3 3 3.1 0.9-10.3 4 7.3 2.6-19.1
45+ 155 88 52.5 43.5-61.3 55 38.9 30.4-48.1 6 4.1 1.6- 9.8 5 3.8 1.4- 9.9 1 0.8 0.1- 5.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 29 12 23.9 10.4-45.9 12 52.5 27.2-76.6 2 12.5 2.2-47.9 1 1.5 0.2-10.7 2 9.6 1.9-36.6
Some College + 234 120 45.8 38.6-53.2 90 38.4 31.6-45.8 14 8.7 4.9-14.9 7 3.8 1.6- 8.5 3 3.3 0.9-11.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 75 32 35.6 22.8-50.9 32 40.6 25.1-58.3 6 12.4 4.3-31.1 2 4.4 1.0-17.6 3 7.0 1.9-22.3
$50,000+ 154 80 45.4 36.8-54.4 61 42.9 34.2-52.1 6 4.4 1.9- 9.9 5 3.4 1.3- 8.4 2 3.9 0.9-15.7

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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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