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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Randolph 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
-Randolph County 118 91 72.5 61.8-81.1 6 6.0 2.5-13.9 9 8.2 4.0-16.1 6 7.3 3.2-16.0 6 6.0 2.4-13.8
GENDER
Male 61 37 58.7 44.5-71.6 6 9.9 4.1-22.2 9 13.7 6.7-25.8 4 8.8 3.3-21.4 5 8.9 3.4-21.3
Female 57 54 93.5 78.2-98.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 5.1 1.0-22.0 1 1.4 0.2- 9.7
RACE
White 104 82 76.2 65.1-84.5 6 7.0 2.9-16.1 6 4.9 2.1-11.1 4 4.9 1.7-13.4 6 7.0 2.9-16.0
Other 14 9 50.8 23.1-77.9 0 0.0 . - . 3 27.8 8.7-60.7 2 21.5 5.5-56.2 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 54 38 67.9 52.4-80.2 4 8.1 2.8-21.2 5 9.9 3.9-22.8 3 5.6 1.6-17.8 4 8.5 3.0-21.6
45+ 64 53 79.1 64.4-88.8 2 2.9 0.6-12.6 4 5.9 2.1-15.5 3 9.7 3.2-26.3 2 2.3 0.6- 9.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 55 37 59.2 43.3-73.5 3 6.9 1.9-22.2 7 14.2 6.4-28.3 4 10.6 3.9-25.4 4 9.1 3.1-23.8
Some College + 63 54 86.1 73.8-93.2 3 5.0 1.6-15.0 2 2.2 0.5- 9.0 2 4.0 0.8-17.6 2 2.7 0.7-10.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 53 37 62.6 45.4-77.1 3 5.3 1.4-17.6 6 13.7 5.6-29.9 4 10.9 3.8-27.6 3 7.5 2.0-24.5
$50,000+ 55 44 76.2 61.1-86.8 3 7.5 2.3-21.9 3 5.1 1.6-15.1 2 5.5 1.4-19.6 3 5.6 1.7-16.9

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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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