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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Pitt 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
-Pitt County 155 122 77.4 68.4-84.4 10 8.5 4.0-17.2 10 5.7 2.9-11.0 10 6.2 3.0-12.3 3 2.2 0.7- 6.8
GENDER
Male 70 47 68.6 55.2-79.6 6 10.6 4.0-25.2 6 7.2 3.1-15.9 8 9.8 4.5-20.0 3 3.8 1.2-11.6
Female 85 75 89.2 79.6-94.6 4 5.7 2.0-15.3 4 3.8 1.3-10.7 2 1.3 0.3- 5.3 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 127 97 73.6 63.1-82.0 7 8.3 3.3-19.3 10 7.4 3.7-14.0 10 7.9 3.9-15.5 3 2.8 0.9- 8.6
Other 28 25 90.9 72.3-97.5 3 9.1 2.5-27.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 69 51 73.6 59.8-83.9 7 12.1 4.9-26.7 5 6.2 2.5-14.8 4 5.0 1.7-14.3 2 3.1 0.8-11.5
45+ 84 70 82.5 71.3-90.0 3 3.9 1.3-11.6 4 4.7 1.6-12.8 6 7.8 3.1-18.5 1 1.0 0.1- 7.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 32 28 84.0 63.2-94.2 2 7.7 1.9-26.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 8.3 1.9-29.6 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 123 94 75.4 65.0-83.6 8 8.7 3.6-19.6 10 7.4 3.8-14.1 8 5.6 2.5-12.0 3 2.8 0.9- 8.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 72 54 73.3 58.2-84.4 6 13.5 5.3-30.5 5 3.7 1.5- 9.2 5 6.7 2.4-17.2 2 2.8 0.6-11.2
$50,000+ 77 63 80.9 69.3-88.8 4 4.3 1.6-11.0 5 8.1 3.3-18.3 4 5.0 1.5-14.9 1 1.8 0.2-11.5

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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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