BRFSS 2005 - Wake County: (During the past 30 days, what is the largest number of drinks you had on any occasion?)

	Total Respond.^	Only one	Two	Three	Four	Five or more
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
-Wake County	468	133	24.0	19.8-28.7	129	29.4	24.4-35.1	92	19.2	15.4-23.5	41	9.0	6.4-12.5	73	18.4	14.3-23.4
GENDER
Male	209	44	17.0	12.1-23.4	46	25.3	18.2-34.0	46	20.2	14.9-26.9	21	10.9	6.9-16.7	52	26.5	19.9-34.4
Female	259	89	33.3	27.0-40.3	83	34.9	28.4-42.1	46	17.7	13.1-23.5	20	6.4	4.0-10.1	21	7.7	4.9-11.9
RACE
White	390	110	24.8	20.2-30.1	108	28.4	23.2-34.1	76	18.6	14.7-23.3	35	9.3	6.5-13.2	61	18.9	14.5-24.3
Other	76	22	20.7	12.6-32.2	21	33.8	20.8-49.7	16	21.4	12.5-34.1	6	7.9	3.1-18.6	11	16.2	7.8-30.6
AGE
18-44	247	57	20.3	15.1-26.8	69	31.4	24.4-39.3	46	17.1	12.5-22.8	27	10.0	6.6-15.0	48	21.2	15.7-28.0
45+	220	76	30.6	24.4-37.6	60	26.0	20.0-33.1	45	22.7	16.8-29.9	14	7.1	4.0-12.4	25	13.5	8.4-21.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	69	25	23.6	14.6-36.0	23	43.6	28.3-60.3	9	11.4	5.4-22.7	4	7.5	2.5-20.2	8	13.8	6.0-28.8
Some College +	399	108	24.1	19.6-29.3	106	26.3	21.5-31.6	83	20.9	16.7-25.8	37	9.3	6.5-13.1	65	19.5	15.0-24.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	142	47	25.2	17.5-34.9	34	29.6	19.5-42.1	20	12.3	7.1-20.3	13	8.3	4.2-15.7	28	24.7	16.1-35.8
$50,000+	272	64	21.2	16.2-27.3	78	28.7	22.8-35.5	65	24.0	18.8-30.1	27	10.7	7.2-15.7	38	15.3	11.0-21.0

*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.

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake County

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
	Total Respond.^	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
-Wake County	468	133	24.0	19.8-28.7	129	29.4	24.4-35.1	92	19.2	15.4-23.5	41	9.0	6.4-12.5	73	18.4	14.3-23.4
GENDER
Male	209	44	17.0	12.1-23.4	46	25.3	18.2-34.0	46	20.2	14.9-26.9	21	10.9	6.9-16.7	52	26.5	19.9-34.4
Female	259	89	33.3	27.0-40.3	83	34.9	28.4-42.1	46	17.7	13.1-23.5	20	6.4	4.0-10.1	21	7.7	4.9-11.9
RACE
White	390	110	24.8	20.2-30.1	108	28.4	23.2-34.1	76	18.6	14.7-23.3	35	9.3	6.5-13.2	61	18.9	14.5-24.3
Other	76	22	20.7	12.6-32.2	21	33.8	20.8-49.7	16	21.4	12.5-34.1	6	7.9	3.1-18.6	11	16.2	7.8-30.6
AGE
18-44	247	57	20.3	15.1-26.8	69	31.4	24.4-39.3	46	17.1	12.5-22.8	27	10.0	6.6-15.0	48	21.2	15.7-28.0
45+	220	76	30.6	24.4-37.6	60	26.0	20.0-33.1	45	22.7	16.8-29.9	14	7.1	4.0-12.4	25	13.5	8.4-21.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	69	25	23.6	14.6-36.0	23	43.6	28.3-60.3	9	11.4	5.4-22.7	4	7.5	2.5-20.2	8	13.8	6.0-28.8
Some College +	399	108	24.1	19.6-29.3	106	26.3	21.5-31.6	83	20.9	16.7-25.8	37	9.3	6.5-13.1	65	19.5	15.0-24.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	142	47	25.2	17.5-34.9	34	29.6	19.5-42.1	20	12.3	7.1-20.3	13	8.3	4.2-15.7	28	24.7	16.1-35.8
$50,000+	272	64	21.2	16.2-27.3	78	28.7	22.8-35.5	65	24.0	18.8-30.1	27	10.7	7.2-15.7	38	15.3	11.0-21.0