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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Pitt 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
-Pitt County 157 78 51.6 42.5-60.5 44 23.9 17.3-32.0 17 11.6 7.0-18.6 7 4.2 1.8- 9.1 11 8.9 4.6-16.4
GENDER
Male 71 30 44.9 32.4-57.9 15 21.5 12.7-34.0 12 15.7 8.6-26.8 5 5.8 2.2-14.4 9 12.1 6.1-22.8
Female 86 48 60.3 47.9-71.5 29 26.9 18.2-37.9 5 6.2 2.5-14.6 2 2.0 0.5- 7.7 2 4.6 0.8-21.9
RACE
White 128 62 50.3 40.2-60.3 36 24.2 17.0-33.3 16 12.9 7.8-20.7 4 2.0 0.7- 5.4 10 10.6 5.3-19.9
Other 29 16 56.0 35.5-74.6 8 22.7 10.0-43.6 1 6.9 1.0-35.5 3 11.5 3.6-31.3 1 3.0 0.4-18.6
AGE
18-44 71 29 44.6 32.0-57.9 22 26.4 16.9-38.9 9 12.3 6.1-23.4 4 5.2 1.8-13.9 7 11.5 5.3-23.3
45+ 84 49 62.5 50.6-73.0 20 18.6 11.6-28.3 8 10.7 5.4-20.2 3 2.9 0.9- 8.6 4 5.4 1.6-16.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 33 18 54.2 34.9-72.3 10 26.1 12.8-45.9 1 2.5 0.3-15.9 2 8.9 2.2-29.3 2 8.3 2.0-29.1
Some College + 124 60 50.7 40.5-60.9 34 23.2 16.0-32.3 16 14.3 8.5-23.0 5 2.7 1.1- 6.5 9 9.0 4.3-18.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 73 34 49.9 36.2-63.6 24 27.0 17.0-40.1 4 6.6 2.1-18.8 4 6.3 2.2-16.7 7 10.2 4.6-21.2
$50,000+ 77 41 55.8 43.5-67.4 18 20.3 12.4-31.6 12 16.5 9.3-27.5 3 2.5 0.8- 7.7 3 4.9 1.4-16.0

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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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