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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Pitt 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
-Pitt County 159 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2 57 33.5 25.6-42.3 42 29.0 21.1-38.4 46 30.5 22.9-39.4 12 6.5 3.5-11.8
GENDER
Male 71 0 0.0 . - . 15 23.8 14.3-36.8 16 27.9 17.2-42.0 32 39.0 27.6-51.7 8 9.3 4.5-18.4
Female 88 2 1.2 0.3- 4.9 42 46.0 34.2-58.3 26 30.5 20.2-43.1 14 19.5 10.8-32.6 4 2.8 1.0- 7.9
RACE
White 130 2 0.7 0.2- 2.8 40 26.7 19.2-36.0 38 34.0 24.8-44.7 40 32.0 23.4-41.9 10 6.6 3.3-12.5
Other 29 0 0.0 . - . 17 56.9 36.3-75.3 4 11.6 3.3-33.2 6 25.3 11.4-47.1 2 6.2 1.3-24.6
AGE
18-44 71 0 0.0 . - . 26 30.2 20.0-42.8 20 32.8 21.2-46.8 20 30.7 20.1-43.9 5 6.3 2.5-14.9
45+ 85 1 0.7 0.1- 5.0 30 37.3 26.2-49.9 22 24.7 15.9-36.2 25 30.5 20.7-42.4 7 6.9 3.0-14.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 33 0 0.0 . - . 19 64.0 44.6-79.7 7 17.8 7.6-36.4 6 13.7 5.5-30.2 1 4.4 0.6-25.6
Some College + 126 2 0.7 0.2- 2.8 38 24.3 17.2-33.0 35 32.4 23.1-43.3 40 35.6 26.4-45.9 11 7.1 3.7-13.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 73 0 0.0 . - . 31 41.7 28.8-55.8 22 34.9 22.4-49.9 13 15.9 8.4-28.0 7 7.5 3.2-16.7
$50,000+ 78 1 0.6 0.1- 4.4 23 25.4 16.7-36.7 18 24.4 15.0-37.0 31 43.4 31.8-55.8 5 6.2 2.5-14.8

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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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