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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Randolph 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
-Randolph County 120 46 29.8 21.8-39.2 40 34.9 25.4-45.8 9 11.4 5.7-21.5 13 12.3 6.4-22.2 12 11.6 6.2-20.5
GENDER
Male 63 13 16.9 9.5-28.3 25 39.4 26.9-53.4 6 15.8 7.3-30.9 8 9.7 4.7-19.1 11 18.2 9.7-31.4
Female 57 33 50.4 34.1-66.6 15 27.7 14.7-46.2 3 4.5 1.4-13.8 5 16.3 5.7-38.6 1 1.0 0.1- 6.9
RACE
White 106 40 30.0 21.4-40.2 35 33.8 23.9-45.3 7 9.4 4.2-19.8 12 13.4 6.8-24.5 12 13.5 7.3-23.5
Other 14 6 28.5 11.2-55.9 5 41.8 16.6-72.1 2 24.0 6.3-59.8 1 5.7 0.8-32.3 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 56 17 24.7 14.9-38.0 19 34.2 21.3-49.9 5 11.4 4.4-26.2 8 15.8 7.2-31.3 7 13.9 6.4-27.9
45+ 64 29 37.4 25.7-50.9 21 36.0 23.6-50.6 4 11.5 4.1-28.3 5 7.0 2.8-16.6 5 8.0 3.2-18.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 56 18 26.7 16.1-40.8 19 34.0 20.6-50.5 6 14.5 6.1-30.7 4 5.8 2.0-15.3 9 19.0 9.5-34.4
Some College + 64 28 33.1 22.0-46.3 21 35.8 23.4-50.6 3 8.2 2.6-23.4 9 19.1 8.9-36.3 3 3.8 1.2-11.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 52 19 31.1 18.9-46.7 16 31.1 17.2-49.5 5 13.9 5.2-32.1 7 13.1 5.9-26.4 5 10.9 3.9-26.7
$50,000+ 56 22 28.6 18.0-42.2 20 37.0 23.9-52.2 4 11.7 4.4-27.8 5 12.7 4.4-31.4 5 10.0 4.1-22.3

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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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