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

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
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly 190 139 67.1 56.4-76.2 17 9.1 5.1-15.8 12 9.0 4.8-16.3 12 6.1 3.2-11.6 10 8.7 3.6-19.4
GENDER
Male 88 51 58.9 43.4-72.9 12 12.7 6.5-23.4 8 9.3 4.3-19.3 9 6.8 3.1-14.3 8 12.2 4.6-28.7
Female 102 88 80.8 67.6-89.4 5 3.1 1.1- 8.3 4 8.4 2.8-22.8 3 5.1 1.4-16.6 2 2.6 0.7-10.0
RACE
White 129 96 67.1 53.5-78.3 11 9.0 4.4-17.5 8 9.4 4.3-19.2 6 3.4 1.4- 8.3 8 11.1 4.3-25.8
Other 60 42 66.9 49.6-80.5 6 9.5 3.5-23.6 4 8.1 2.7-21.7 6 12.7 5.1-28.4 2 2.8 0.7-11.0
AGE
18-44 91 62 62.7 46.9-76.1 9 9.7 4.4-20.2 8 10.6 4.8-21.8 7 7.0 3.0-15.7 5 10.0 3.1-27.6
45+ 98 76 74.3 62.9-83.2 8 8.2 3.8-16.6 4 6.3 2.2-16.6 5 4.7 1.8-11.7 5 6.5 2.5-15.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 87 60 63.3 48.4-76.0 6 6.1 2.2-15.6 6 8.0 3.5-17.2 7 8.2 3.6-17.9 8 14.4 5.6-32.1
Some College + 103 79 71.5 56.4-82.9 11 12.7 6.1-24.4 6 10.1 3.8-24.2 5 3.7 1.4- 9.6 2 2.0 0.5- 8.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 112 87 70.4 56.2-81.5 5 3.6 1.2-10.3 7 10.8 5.0-21.6 6 4.8 1.8-12.4 7 10.4 3.3-28.7
$50,000+ 58 40 58.5 42.1-73.3 9 20.5 10.1-37.2 3 3.3 0.9-11.9 5 11.3 4.4-26.1 1 6.3 0.9-32.8

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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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