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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 266 219 76.2 68.6-82.4 25 12.1 7.9-18.2 8 5.4 2.4-11.8 8 2.8 1.2- 6.4 6 3.5 1.5- 8.1
GENDER
Male 116 84 67.8 56.3-77.5 14 14.4 8.2-23.8 6 7.7 2.9-18.5 6 4.1 1.6-10.5 6 6.1 2.6-13.8
Female 150 135 87.6 79.0-93.0 11 9.1 4.6-17.4 2 2.3 0.6- 8.8 2 1.0 0.2- 4.0 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 244 203 77.4 69.6-83.6 23 12.9 8.2-19.5 6 4.2 1.5-10.8 8 3.2 1.4- 7.3 4 2.4 0.8- 6.9
Other 22 16 68.3 38.9-87.9 2 7.4 1.7-27.5 2 13.4 2.9-45.0 0 0.0 . - . 2 10.9 2.5-37.0
AGE
18-44 106 79 69.5 57.4-79.3 13 12.9 7.0-22.6 7 9.6 4.1-20.7 2 2.0 0.4-10.3 5 6.0 2.4-14.2
45+ 159 139 84.0 75.5-89.9 12 11.4 6.2-19.8 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7 6 3.8 1.6- 8.6 1 0.5 0.1- 3.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 30 23 78.8 55.1-91.8 3 6.7 1.9-21.0 1 7.3 1.0-37.9 2 2.4 0.5-10.3 1 4.8 0.6-27.8
Some College + 236 196 75.6 67.6-82.2 22 13.3 8.4-20.2 7 5.0 2.0-11.7 6 2.9 1.1- 7.3 5 3.2 1.2- 8.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 78 58 69.5 53.9-81.6 10 13.3 6.4-25.5 3 6.2 1.6-21.5 2 1.1 0.3- 4.3 5 10.0 3.9-23.3
$50,000+ 153 130 79.1 69.2-86.4 13 11.8 6.6-20.2 5 6.1 2.2-16.0 4 2.3 0.8- 6.3 1 0.7 0.1- 4.7

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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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