BRFSS 2006 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (Considering all types of alcoholic beverages, how many times during the past 30 days did you have 5 or more drinks on an occasion?*)

2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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
North Carolina	5,795	4,554	73.0	71.2-74.7	502	11.0	9.8-12.3	265	5.7	4.8- 6.7	332	7.3	6.3- 8.3	142	3.1	2.5- 3.9
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance	135	107	77.3	66.0-85.6	5	8.1	2.7-21.8	9	4.9	2.3-10.3	9	6.9	3.4-13.8	5	2.7	1.1- 6.7
Buncombe	159	132	77.2	67.6-84.5	11	9.8	5.2-17.6	7	6.7	2.8-15.0	6	3.8	1.6- 8.6	3	2.6	0.8- 7.8
Cabarrus	126	108	80.6	68.6-88.8	8	9.7	4.5-19.6	7	8.0	2.8-20.4	3	1.8	0.6- 5.4	0	0.0	. - .
Catawba	156	121	75.0	65.6-82.6	21	17.1	10.7-26.1	3	2.0	0.6- 6.9	7	4.1	1.7- 9.2	4	1.8	0.6- 5.0
Cumberland	160	119	65.9	54.9-75.4	18	16.7	9.5-27.7	9	4.5	2.0-10.0	10	9.3	4.3-18.8	4	3.6	1.0-11.8
Davidson	153	113	65.4	54.7-74.7	13	8.2	4.3-15.0	9	9.2	4.3-18.7	13	14.6	7.9-25.5	5	2.5	1.0- 6.2
Durham	204	172	77.0	65.6-85.5	18	10.7	6.2-18.0	6	8.5	2.8-23.1	7	3.6	1.3- 9.4	1	0.2	0.0- 1.2
Forsyth	164	132	72.5	61.0-81.6	11	8.1	3.5-17.8	10	6.6	3.3-12.6	10	11.9	5.4-24.3	1	0.9	0.1- 6.4
Gaston	122	95	72.5	60.1-82.1	11	7.4	3.6-14.4	3	5.3	1.2-20.2	8	8.8	3.8-19.0	5	6.0	2.4-14.2
Guilford	196	147	67.8	58.5-76.0	19	10.7	6.5-17.2	14	11.9	6.3-21.2	11	6.3	3.0-12.5	5	3.3	1.0-10.0
Iredell	152	128	74.4	62.7-83.5	11	9.4	4.8-17.6	5	6.5	2.4-16.3	8	9.6	4.0-21.6	0	0.0	. - .
Johnston	163	118	71.0	60.3-79.8	19	11.1	6.1-19.3	8	5.4	2.4-11.6	15	6.6	3.7-11.6	3	5.8	1.5-19.7
Mecklenburg	457	355	71.6	65.5-77.1	45	12.6	8.7-18.0	17	3.6	2.1- 6.2	32	10.8	7.4-15.5	8	1.4	0.7- 2.8
New Hanover	208	168	80.6	73.1-86.4	13	6.7	3.4-12.9	10	6.2	3.0-12.5	10	3.8	1.9- 7.2	7	2.7	1.3- 5.7
Onslow	144	112	68.9	57.5-78.5	9	11.5	5.6-22.0	4	3.6	1.1-10.8	14	11.2	5.8-20.6	5	4.8	1.5-13.9
Orange	220	180	80.0	72.3-85.9	20	10.0	5.8-16.5	8	3.0	1.4- 6.4	9	5.5	2.6-11.1	3	1.5	0.5- 4.9
Pitt	135	103	71.6	60.8-80.4	16	15.3	8.7-25.7	5	4.1	1.7- 9.6	7	6.8	2.7-15.9	4	2.2	0.8- 6.1
Randolph	102	79	66.2	48.5-80.2	10	11.1	5.2-22.0	4	13.1	3.1-41.5	6	5.9	2.2-14.8	3	3.8	1.2-11.4
Robeson	89	66	71.5	57.9-82.0	10	14.0	6.4-28.1	2	1.9	0.5- 7.6	9	10.7	5.1-21.1	2	1.8	0.4- 7.3
Rowan	140	119	85.7	77.9-91.1	13	7.8	4.2-13.9	2	1.5	0.3- 6.4	4	2.9	1.0- 8.0	2	2.1	0.5- 8.5
Union	153	122	74.4	63.5-82.9	12	10.2	5.4-18.6	8	7.6	2.7-19.7	8	6.0	2.7-12.9	3	1.8	0.5- 5.9
Wake	361	301	80.3	74.6-85.0	30	10.9	7.3-16.0	14	3.3	1.9- 5.7	13	5.1	2.8- 9.2	3	0.4	0.1- 1.4
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico	184	140	67.1	56.5-76.2	13	8.1	4.6-13.9	6	4.8	1.8-12.3	12	9.1	4.7-17.0	13	10.9	4.8-22.8
Northeast Partnership II***	155	124	72.7	61.5-81.6	8	5.1	2.2-11.7	5	3.2	1.1- 9.0	12	10.5	5.1-20.4	6	8.5	3.4-19.7
Northeast Partnership I***	103	80	73.4	61.7-82.5	10	12.2	6.0-23.3	7	6.9	3.0-15.2	5	6.5	2.6-15.5	1	0.9	0.1- 6.3
Franklin/Nash/Wilson	126	88	58.9	47.1-69.7	16	19.2	10.4-32.9	9	9.9	4.8-19.1	7	7.1	3.2-15.0	6	4.9	2.1-11.3
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	143	116	74.7	63.2-83.4	7	7.9	3.4-17.3	10	7.8	3.6-16.1	5	3.3	1.4- 7.9	5	6.3	1.9-18.7
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	171	134	68.5	55.7-79.0	13	10.5	5.5-19.1	16	9.3	5.1-16.5	6	10.3	3.0-29.8	2	1.4	0.3- 5.7
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	116	83	66.5	52.4-78.2	12	15.1	6.7-30.8	9	5.7	2.8-11.4	8	7.0	3.1-15.1	4	5.6	1.4-19.6
Chatham/Lee/Moore	189	156	79.7	70.6-86.5	18	7.9	4.6-13.3	5	4.0	1.5-10.4	5	5.5	1.9-15.2	5	2.8	1.0- 7.5
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	161	119	61.2	49.7-71.6	16	20.4	11.5-33.5	11	7.5	3.7-14.6	11	6.3	3.2-12.0	4	4.6	1.3-15.1
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	106	85	79.6	69.2-87.2	9	9.6	4.6-19.0	4	4.1	1.4-11.4	3	3.5	1.0-11.1	5	3.1	1.2- 7.8
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	129	89	61.9	49.4-73.0	10	9.2	3.9-20.0	11	13.0	5.6-27.4	14	12.3	6.6-21.7	5	3.6	1.3- 9.3
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	125	94	69.7	56.9-80.0	11	13.6	6.2-27.1	5	2.4	0.9- 6.1	10	8.6	4.2-16.6	5	5.8	1.8-17.6
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	188	149	75.2	66.3-82.5	16	10.7	6.1-18.2	3	2.8	0.7-10.9	15	6.1	3.3-10.9	5	5.1	2.1-12.2
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP***
Yes	335	256	68.1	60.3-75.0	25	8.2	5.3-12.7	15	4.5	2.5- 8.0	23	9.0	5.5-14.5	16	10.2	5.3-18.8
No	5,460	4,298	73.2	71.4-75.0	477	11.1	9.9-12.5	250	5.7	4.8- 6.8	309	7.2	6.2- 8.3	126	2.7	2.1- 3.5
NC REGIONS**
Eastern NC	1,807	1,394	70.7	67.4-73.8	153	10.6	8.6-13.0	89	5.7	4.3- 7.4	114	7.8	6.0-10.1	57	5.3	3.6- 7.7
Piedmont	3,441	2,735	73.8	71.5-76.0	307	11.4	9.8-13.2	153	5.8	4.6- 7.1	178	7.1	5.9- 8.6	68	1.9	1.4- 2.6
Western NC	547	425	73.5	68.1-78.3	42	9.9	6.9-13.9	23	5.2	3.0- 8.9	40	6.7	4.7- 9.6	17	4.7	2.6- 8.6
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)
Mountain AHEC***	347	281	75.9	69.4-81.4	27	10.4	6.8-15.6	10	4.2	1.9- 9.0	21	5.3	3.2- 8.5	8	4.2	2.0- 8.7
Northwest	1,039	815	72.8	68.5-76.7	91	9.5	7.2-12.3	46	6.1	4.2- 8.6	63	8.9	6.4-12.4	24	2.8	1.5- 5.1
Charlotte	961	758	72.4	67.9-76.5	85	12.3	9.2-16.2	44	4.8	3.3- 6.9	58	9.0	6.6-12.0	16	1.5	0.9- 2.6
Greensboro	786	614	70.2	64.9-75.1	67	11.0	8.0-14.8	39	8.3	5.1-13.1	43	6.8	4.6- 9.9	23	3.7	2.1- 6.5
Southern Regional	504	392	70.3	63.9-76.0	53	16.4	11.7-22.6	21	4.6	2.7- 7.7	25	5.3	3.1- 9.0	13	3.4	1.7- 6.9
Coastal	387	310	75.4	67.5-81.9	25	8.0	4.9-12.8	25	6.4	4.0-10.0	17	7.5	3.0-17.2	10	2.8	1.2- 6.1
Wake	904	715	76.9	72.8-80.6	88	11.4	8.7-14.7	43	5.4	3.5- 8.1	45	5.1	3.4- 7.5	13	1.2	0.6- 2.5
Area L	179	135	68.3	58.7-76.6	17	13.4	7.2-23.5	9	5.9	2.9-11.9	13	9.1	5.0-15.8	5	3.3	1.3- 8.0
Eastern	688	534	70.1	64.5-75.1	49	7.6	5.5-10.4	28	5.7	3.4- 9.2	47	8.7	6.1-12.2	30	7.9	4.6-13.4

Total
Respond.^

None

Once

Twice

3-7 times

8-30 times

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

5,795

4,554

73.0

71.2-74.7

502

11.0

9.8-12.3

265

5.7

4.8- 6.7

332

7.3

6.3- 8.3

142

3.1

2.5- 3.9

COUNTY/REGIONS

Alamance

135

107

77.3

66.0-85.6

8.1

2.7-21.8

4.9

2.3-10.3

6.9

3.4-13.8

2.7

1.1- 6.7

Buncombe

159

132

77.2

67.6-84.5

9.8

5.2-17.6

6.7

2.8-15.0

3.8

1.6- 8.6

2.6

0.8- 7.8

Cabarrus

126

108

80.6

68.6-88.8

9.7

4.5-19.6

8.0

2.8-20.4

1.8

0.6- 5.4

0.0

. - .

Catawba

156

121

75.0

65.6-82.6

17.1

10.7-26.1

2.0

0.6- 6.9

4.1

1.7- 9.2

1.8

0.6- 5.0

Cumberland

160

119

65.9

54.9-75.4

16.7

9.5-27.7

4.5

2.0-10.0

9.3

4.3-18.8

3.6

1.0-11.8

Davidson

153

113

65.4

54.7-74.7

8.2

4.3-15.0

9.2

4.3-18.7

14.6

7.9-25.5

2.5

1.0- 6.2

Durham

204

172

77.0

65.6-85.5

10.7

6.2-18.0

8.5

2.8-23.1

3.6

1.3- 9.4

0.2

0.0- 1.2

Forsyth

164

132

72.5

61.0-81.6

8.1

3.5-17.8

6.6

3.3-12.6

11.9

5.4-24.3

0.9

0.1- 6.4

Gaston

122

72.5

60.1-82.1

7.4

3.6-14.4

5.3

1.2-20.2

8.8

3.8-19.0

6.0

2.4-14.2

Guilford

196

147

67.8

58.5-76.0

10.7

6.5-17.2

11.9

6.3-21.2

6.3

3.0-12.5

3.3

1.0-10.0

Iredell

152

128

74.4

62.7-83.5

9.4

4.8-17.6

6.5

2.4-16.3

9.6

4.0-21.6

0.0

. - .

Johnston

163

118

71.0

60.3-79.8

11.1

6.1-19.3

5.4

2.4-11.6

6.6

3.7-11.6

5.8

1.5-19.7

Mecklenburg

457

355

71.6

65.5-77.1

12.6

8.7-18.0

3.6

2.1- 6.2

10.8

7.4-15.5

1.4

0.7- 2.8

New Hanover

208

168

80.6

73.1-86.4

6.7

3.4-12.9

6.2

3.0-12.5

3.8

1.9- 7.2

2.7

1.3- 5.7

Onslow

144

112

68.9

57.5-78.5

11.5

5.6-22.0

3.6

1.1-10.8

11.2

5.8-20.6

4.8

1.5-13.9

Orange

220

180

80.0

72.3-85.9

10.0

5.8-16.5

3.0

1.4- 6.4

5.5

2.6-11.1

1.5

0.5- 4.9

Pitt

135

103

71.6

60.8-80.4

15.3

8.7-25.7

4.1

1.7- 9.6

6.8

2.7-15.9

2.2

0.8- 6.1

Randolph

102

66.2

48.5-80.2

11.1

5.2-22.0

13.1

3.1-41.5

5.9

2.2-14.8

3.8

1.2-11.4

Robeson

71.5

57.9-82.0

14.0

6.4-28.1

1.9

0.5- 7.6

10.7

5.1-21.1

1.8

0.4- 7.3

Rowan

140

119

85.7

77.9-91.1

7.8

4.2-13.9

1.5

0.3- 6.4

2.9

1.0- 8.0

2.1

0.5- 8.5

Union

153

122

74.4

63.5-82.9

10.2

5.4-18.6

7.6

2.7-19.7

6.0

2.7-12.9

1.8

0.5- 5.9

Wake

361

301

80.3

74.6-85.0

10.9

7.3-16.0

3.3

1.9- 5.7

5.1

2.8- 9.2

0.4

0.1- 1.4

Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico

184

140

67.1

56.5-76.2

8.1

4.6-13.9

4.8

1.8-12.3

9.1

4.7-17.0

10.9

4.8-22.8

Northeast Partnership II***

155

124

72.7

61.5-81.6

5.1

2.2-11.7

3.2

1.1- 9.0

10.5

5.1-20.4

8.5

3.4-19.7

Northeast Partnership I***

103

73.4

61.7-82.5

12.2

6.0-23.3

6.9

3.0-15.2

6.5

2.6-15.5

0.9

0.1- 6.3

Franklin/Nash/Wilson

126

58.9

47.1-69.7

19.2

10.4-32.9

9.9

4.8-19.1

7.1

3.2-15.0

4.9

2.1-11.3

Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne

143

116

74.7

63.2-83.4

7.9

3.4-17.3

7.8

3.6-16.1

3.3

1.4- 7.9

6.3

1.9-18.7

Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender

171

134

68.5

55.7-79.0

10.5

5.5-19.1

9.3

5.1-16.5

10.3

3.0-29.8

1.4

0.3- 5.7

Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance

116

66.5

52.4-78.2

15.1

6.7-30.8

5.7

2.8-11.4

7.0

3.1-15.1

5.6

1.4-19.6

Chatham/Lee/Moore

189

156

79.7

70.6-86.5

7.9

4.6-13.3

4.0

1.5-10.4

5.5

1.9-15.2

2.8

1.0- 7.5

Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly

161

119

61.2

49.7-71.6

20.4

11.5-33.5

7.5

3.7-14.6

6.3

3.2-12.0

4.6

1.3-15.1

Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

106

79.6

69.2-87.2

9.6

4.6-19.0

4.1

1.4-11.4

3.5

1.0-11.1

3.1

1.2- 7.8

Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes

129

61.9

49.4-73.0

9.2

3.9-20.0

13.0

5.6-27.4

12.3

6.6-21.7

3.6

1.3- 9.3

Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln

125

69.7

56.9-80.0

13.6

6.2-27.1

2.4

0.9- 6.1

8.6

4.2-16.6

5.8

1.8-17.6

Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)

188

149

75.2

66.3-82.5

10.7

6.1-18.2

2.8

0.7-10.9

6.1

3.3-10.9

5.1

2.1-12.2

NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP***

Yes

335

256

68.1

60.3-75.0

8.2

5.3-12.7

4.5

2.5- 8.0

9.0

5.5-14.5

10.2

5.3-18.8

5,460

4,298

73.2

71.4-75.0

477

11.1

9.9-12.5

250

5.7

4.8- 6.8

309

7.2

6.2- 8.3

126

2.7

2.1- 3.5

NC REGIONS**

Eastern NC

1,807

1,394

70.7

67.4-73.8

153

10.6

8.6-13.0

5.7

4.3- 7.4

114

7.8

6.0-10.1

5.3

3.6- 7.7

Piedmont

3,441

2,735

73.8

71.5-76.0

307

11.4

9.8-13.2

153

5.8

4.6- 7.1

178

7.1

5.9- 8.6

1.9

1.4- 2.6

Western NC

547

425

73.5

68.1-78.3

9.9

6.9-13.9

5.2

3.0- 8.9

6.7

4.7- 9.6

4.7

2.6- 8.6

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)

Mountain AHEC***

347

281

75.9

69.4-81.4

10.4

6.8-15.6

4.2

1.9- 9.0

5.3

3.2- 8.5

4.2

2.0- 8.7

Northwest

1,039

815

72.8

68.5-76.7

9.5

7.2-12.3

6.1

4.2- 8.6

8.9

6.4-12.4

2.8

1.5- 5.1

Charlotte

961

758

72.4

67.9-76.5

12.3

9.2-16.2

4.8

3.3- 6.9

9.0

6.6-12.0

1.5

0.9- 2.6

Greensboro

786

614

70.2

64.9-75.1

11.0

8.0-14.8

8.3

5.1-13.1

6.8

4.6- 9.9

3.7

2.1- 6.5

Southern Regional

504

392

70.3

63.9-76.0

16.4

11.7-22.6

4.6

2.7- 7.7

5.3

3.1- 9.0

3.4

1.7- 6.9

Coastal

387

310

75.4

67.5-81.9

8.0

4.9-12.8

6.4

4.0-10.0

7.5

3.0-17.2

2.8

1.2- 6.1

Wake

904

715

76.9

72.8-80.6

11.4

8.7-14.7

5.4

3.5- 8.1

5.1

3.4- 7.5

1.2

0.6- 2.5

Area L

179

135

68.3

58.7-76.6

13.4

7.2-23.5

5.9

2.9-11.9

9.1

5.0-15.8

3.3

1.3- 8.0

Eastern

688

534

70.1

64.5-75.1

7.6

5.5-10.4

5.7

3.4- 9.2

8.7

6.1-12.2

7.9

4.6-13.4

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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.

**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.

***Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Edgecombe, 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.

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