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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly Counties

Alcohol Consumption

During the past 30 days, what is the largest number of drinks you had on any occasion?

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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 6,444 1,995 26.5 25.1-27.9 1,798 25.9 24.5-27.3 1,082 18.2 17.0-19.6 445 7.5 6.7- 8.4 1,124 21.9 20.5-23.4
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly 188 60 25.9 18.3-35.2 37 15.2 10.4-21.8 28 13.4 8.5-20.5 14 9.4 4.9-17.4 49 36.1 27.0-46.3
GENDER
Male 88 16 17.3 8.4-32.5 14 11.6 6.2-20.5 14 14.9 8.1-25.8 9 11.8 5.2-24.4 35 44.4 31.3-58.4
Female 100 44 39.3 28.6-51.1 23 21.0 13.3-31.5 14 11.0 5.9-19.5 5 5.8 2.3-13.7 14 23.0 13.3-36.6
RACE
White 128 39 22.7 15.7-31.6 28 15.0 9.7-22.6 17 12.6 7.2-21.0 12 12.1 5.9-23.0 32 37.6 26.5-50.1
Other 59 20 32.2 16.4-53.4 9 15.8 7.4-30.7 11 15.1 6.7-30.7 2 3.8 0.9-14.4 17 33.1 19.3-50.5
AGE
18-44 90 24 20.7 11.1-35.4 14 11.2 6.1-19.8 16 14.5 7.8-25.4 5 8.0 2.7-21.3 31 45.6 32.2-59.7
45+ 97 36 34.0 24.1-45.5 23 21.5 13.5-32.5 12 11.8 6.2-21.1 8 11.0 5.2-22.0 18 21.8 13.2-33.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 88 23 21.1 11.2-36.2 15 12.2 6.6-21.3 14 13.2 6.9-24.1 7 11.4 4.8-24.7 29 42.0 29.0-56.3
Some College + 100 37 32.8 23.4-43.9 22 19.7 12.3-30.0 14 13.5 7.4-23.5 7 6.5 3.0-13.5 20 27.4 16.9-41.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 110 37 23.3 15.7-33.1 21 16.4 10.0-25.8 21 17.3 10.3-27.6 8 12.5 5.5-25.8 23 30.6 19.3-45.0
$50,000+ 58 19 26.8 16.3-40.7 13 18.2 9.6-31.9 5 11.3 4.0-27.8 5 7.4 3.0-17.3 16 36.2 22.0-53.4

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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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