BRFSS 2005 - Wake County: (One drink is equivalent to a 12 ounce beer, a 5 ounce glass of wine, or a drink with one shot of liquor. <br> During the past 30 days, on the days when you drank, about how many drinks did you drink on the average?*)

	Total Respond.^	Only one	Two	Three	Four	Five or more
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
-Wake County	475	239	44.0	38.8-49.4	150	35.5	30.2-41.2	53	10.9	8.0-14.6	11	3.4	1.8- 6.5	22	6.2	3.7-10.2
GENDER
Male	211	80	32.5	25.9-39.9	76	39.7	31.8-48.0	31	14.2	9.7-20.3	8	4.9	2.3-10.1	16	8.8	4.8-15.5
Female	264	159	59.3	52.2-66.0	74	30.0	23.8-37.0	22	6.5	4.1-10.0	3	1.5	0.4- 5.3	6	2.8	1.1- 6.8
RACE
White	395	203	46.4	40.7-52.2	123	34.3	28.8-40.2	47	12.3	8.9-16.8	6	2.4	1.0- 5.6	16	4.6	2.6- 8.1
Other	78	35	35.5	24.2-48.8	27	40.2	26.9-55.0	5	5.2	2.0-13.0	5	7.2	2.6-18.3	6	11.9	4.7-27.2
AGE
18-44	250	108	37.6	31.0-44.7	85	38.3	31.1-46.1	32	11.7	7.9-17.0	9	4.8	2.4- 9.6	16	7.6	4.3-13.0
45+	224	130	55.5	47.8-62.9	65	30.5	24.0-37.8	21	9.4	5.9-14.7	2	0.9	0.2- 3.5	6	3.8	1.1-12.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	68	37	37.3	24.9-51.8	21	42.6	27.3-59.5	4	7.1	2.4-19.2	1	3.3	0.5-19.7	5	9.7	3.2-25.6
Some College +	407	202	45.5	39.9-51.2	129	33.9	28.6-39.6	49	11.7	8.5-15.9	10	3.5	1.7- 6.8	17	5.4	3.0- 9.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	146	68	37.6	28.3-48.1	35	28.7	18.9-40.9	21	12.5	7.4-20.3	6	5.5	2.2-13.1	16	15.7	8.7-26.6
$50,000+	276	141	47.1	40.5-53.9	97	38.2	31.7-45.2	28	9.9	6.7-14.5	5	2.9	1.1- 7.3	5	1.9	0.7- 5.1

* 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.

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake 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
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	6,537	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
-Wake County	475	239	44.0	38.8-49.4	150	35.5	30.2-41.2	53	10.9	8.0-14.6	11	3.4	1.8- 6.5	22	6.2	3.7-10.2
GENDER
Male	211	80	32.5	25.9-39.9	76	39.7	31.8-48.0	31	14.2	9.7-20.3	8	4.9	2.3-10.1	16	8.8	4.8-15.5
Female	264	159	59.3	52.2-66.0	74	30.0	23.8-37.0	22	6.5	4.1-10.0	3	1.5	0.4- 5.3	6	2.8	1.1- 6.8
RACE
White	395	203	46.4	40.7-52.2	123	34.3	28.8-40.2	47	12.3	8.9-16.8	6	2.4	1.0- 5.6	16	4.6	2.6- 8.1
Other	78	35	35.5	24.2-48.8	27	40.2	26.9-55.0	5	5.2	2.0-13.0	5	7.2	2.6-18.3	6	11.9	4.7-27.2
AGE
18-44	250	108	37.6	31.0-44.7	85	38.3	31.1-46.1	32	11.7	7.9-17.0	9	4.8	2.4- 9.6	16	7.6	4.3-13.0
45+	224	130	55.5	47.8-62.9	65	30.5	24.0-37.8	21	9.4	5.9-14.7	2	0.9	0.2- 3.5	6	3.8	1.1-12.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	68	37	37.3	24.9-51.8	21	42.6	27.3-59.5	4	7.1	2.4-19.2	1	3.3	0.5-19.7	5	9.7	3.2-25.6
Some College +	407	202	45.5	39.9-51.2	129	33.9	28.6-39.6	49	11.7	8.5-15.9	10	3.5	1.7- 6.8	17	5.4	3.0- 9.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	146	68	37.6	28.3-48.1	35	28.7	18.9-40.9	21	12.5	7.4-20.3	6	5.5	2.2-13.1	16	15.7	8.7-26.6
$50,000+	276	141	47.1	40.5-53.9	97	38.2	31.7-45.2	28	9.9	6.7-14.5	5	2.9	1.1- 7.3	5	1.9	0.7- 5.1

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake 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?*

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?*