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

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
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly 194 89 41.6 32.6-51.1 35 16.7 11.1-24.3 38 17.6 12.3-24.7 8 4.8 2.2-10.3 24 19.3 11.9-29.7
GENDER
Male 91 30 34.2 22.3-48.4 18 18.0 10.3-29.6 19 15.2 9.0-24.5 6 6.6 2.7-15.2 18 26.1 15.2-40.9
Female 103 59 53.4 41.6-64.8 17 14.5 8.3-24.1 19 21.5 13.2-33.1 2 2.0 0.4-10.4 6 8.6 3.2-21.2
RACE
White 131 61 40.7 30.6-51.7 25 16.2 10.1-25.1 26 18.3 11.9-27.1 4 3.8 1.3-10.4 15 21.0 11.6-34.9
Other 62 27 43.2 26.5-61.6 10 17.7 8.0-34.8 12 16.3 8.2-29.8 4 7.1 2.2-21.0 9 15.7 7.5-30.2
AGE
18-44 92 33 32.6 20.7-47.2 17 18.2 10.3-30.2 21 18.3 11.1-28.6 6 6.2 2.4-15.1 15 24.7 13.7-40.3
45+ 101 56 55.1 43.6-66.1 18 14.6 8.6-23.7 16 16.0 9.3-26.2 2 2.8 0.7-10.5 9 11.5 5.5-22.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 92 32 35.3 23.0-49.9 16 15.5 8.4-26.7 20 18.6 11.3-29.1 6 5.7 2.3-13.6 18 24.9 14.2-40.0
Some College + 102 57 50.8 39.2-62.3 19 18.4 10.8-29.5 18 16.2 9.7-25.8 2 3.5 0.8-15.0 6 11.1 4.3-25.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 115 50 36.4 25.9-48.2 20 16.3 9.5-26.7 26 24.0 15.8-34.8 5 3.7 1.4- 9.6 14 19.5 9.9-34.9
$50,000+ 58 28 41.5 27.8-56.8 14 26.0 14.3-42.6 8 8.6 4.0-17.5 2 5.6 1.3-21.3 6 18.2 7.6-37.4

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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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