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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,542 1,721 25.1 23.6-26.7 1,577 26.1 24.4-27.7 922 16.8 15.4-18.3 434 8.4 7.3- 9.6 888 23.7 21.8-25.7
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 110 38 37.3 22.1-55.6 30 21.9 13.8-32.9 19 17.4 10.1-28.3 8 8.1 3.4-18.2 15 15.4 8.5-26.3
Buncombe 169 61 29.4 21.8-38.4 52 32.1 23.4-42.3 27 12.2 7.8-18.5 7 4.8 2.0-11.0 22 21.4 13.1-33.1
Cabarrus 134 46 23.6 15.9-33.5 37 25.7 17.0-36.8 16 18.1 7.5-37.7 8 5.0 2.2-10.9 27 27.6 16.6-42.3
Catawba 135 35 17.6 11.3-26.3 45 33.0 22.0-46.2 21 15.0 8.5-25.0 16 9.3 5.2-16.1 18 25.2 14.6-39.9
Cumberland 128 42 23.6 16.3-33.0 33 20.2 13.3-29.5 16 12.2 6.5-21.9 12 13.6 6.1-27.6 25 30.4 19.1-44.5
Davidson 115 29 19.8 12.4-30.1 41 29.9 18.4-44.6 19 21.0 11.6-34.9 6 4.3 1.8- 9.7 20 25.0 14.0-40.7
Durham 167 51 28.8 21.0-38.0 48 21.7 15.2-29.9 33 22.7 15.2-32.5 16 10.3 5.8-17.8 19 16.5 10.0-26.1
Forsyth 163 52 28.9 20.8-38.5 43 27.0 19.2-36.5 28 17.8 11.3-26.9 17 10.6 5.9-18.3 23 15.8 9.5-25.2
Gaston 124 39 21.9 15.1-30.8 36 28.2 19.2-39.2 14 13.7 7.4-24.1 6 5.8 2.0-15.8 29 30.4 19.8-43.5
Guilford 153 49 28.3 20.3-38.1 42 24.2 16.2-34.5 23 12.0 7.1-19.5 15 10.1 5.6-17.4 24 25.4 15.6-38.7
Iredell 169 49 22.5 16.5-30.0 47 24.5 18.1-32.3 27 15.6 10.2-22.9 16 9.2 5.3-15.4 30 28.2 19.6-38.8
Johnston 148 46 19.7 13.1-28.6 40 22.9 14.9-33.5 19 11.1 5.8-20.2 15 13.2 6.9-23.8 28 33.0 19.5-50.2
Mecklenburg 364 97 21.4 16.9-26.5 120 34.3 28.3-41.0 69 17.3 13.1-22.5 29 7.1 4.6-10.7 49 19.9 14.6-26.5
New Hanover 192 55 23.4 16.2-32.6 53 23.3 16.3-32.2 37 17.0 9.9-27.7 14 6.3 3.2-12.0 33 30.0 17.5-46.4
Onslow 158 53 25.4 17.9-34.7 46 24.0 17.0-32.7 25 22.7 14.5-33.6 6 6.9 2.4-18.3 28 21.1 13.8-30.9
Orange 188 67 26.7 19.8-34.9 52 21.7 15.7-29.1 37 21.9 14.6-31.5 12 11.3 5.3-22.3 20 18.5 11.4-28.6
Pitt 141 41 23.5 16.3-32.7 46 31.7 22.7-42.4 24 15.5 9.8-23.7 4 4.4 1.2-15.4 26 24.8 15.8-36.8
Randolph 125 32 22.1 15.2-31.0 27 22.0 13.9-33.2 17 13.5 7.6-22.7 13 12.0 6.2-21.8 36 30.4 21.4-41.2
Robeson 86 26 21.6 13.5-32.8 19 20.6 12.0-33.1 12 11.4 5.9-20.9 8 9.6 4.3-20.1 21 36.7 24.3-51.2
Rowan 161 62 33.7 25.2-43.3 46 27.0 18.7-37.2 22 14.9 8.7-24.3 10 5.4 2.6-10.9 21 19.0 11.9-29.1
Union 142 42 27.0 19.0-36.7 45 28.0 20.2-37.2 27 22.5 15.1-32.0 10 7.1 3.5-14.1 18 15.5 8.7-26.0
Wake 322 111 27.2 22.1-33.0 81 23.9 18.7-30.0 65 23.9 17.9-31.1 22 5.9 3.5- 9.9 43 19.0 13.5-26.1
Wayne 88 27 19.0 11.9-29.1 27 22.3 13.5-34.6 16 24.8 13.4-41.4 4 6.5 2.0-18.8 14 27.4 15.1-44.4
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,631 482 21.9 19.5-24.6 455 23.8 21.2-26.5 271 15.6 13.4-18.1 124 9.8 7.5-12.7 299 28.9 25.2-32.9
Piedmont 2,888 895 25.7 23.6-28.0 831 26.7 24.4-29.0 489 17.6 15.6-19.8 227 8.0 6.7- 9.5 446 22.0 19.6-24.7
Western NC 1,023 344 28.8 25.3-32.4 291 27.9 24.3-31.9 162 15.1 12.6-18.0 83 7.4 5.7- 9.7 143 20.8 17.0-25.2
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 723 239 27.2 23.2-31.5 216 29.9 25.4-34.8 119 15.4 12.4-19.0 57 7.4 5.3-10.2 92 20.2 15.5-25.8
Northwest 1,080 338 26.0 22.2-30.1 314 26.8 23.1-30.8 164 15.0 12.3-18.2 92 8.2 6.3-10.7 172 23.9 19.6-28.9
Charlotte 834 250 23.1 19.8-26.8 258 31.2 27.0-35.8 139 17.8 14.2-22.1 57 6.8 4.8- 9.6 130 21.1 16.9-25.9
Greensboro 658 208 27.1 22.3-32.4 176 24.1 19.5-29.3 112 14.9 11.7-18.9 52 9.2 6.5-12.8 110 24.8 19.2-31.3
Southern Regional 404 114 21.7 16.8-27.6 107 22.4 17.6-28.0 62 12.8 9.3-17.4 37 13.8 8.4-22.0 84 29.3 22.6-37.0
Coastal 328 89 20.9 15.9-26.9 91 23.3 17.9-29.7 64 16.4 11.6-22.8 24 6.3 3.8-10.1 60 33.2 24.2-43.6
Wake 709 234 27.7 23.7-32.0 185 23.6 19.6-28.1 130 20.9 16.7-25.7 57 7.1 5.1- 9.8 103 20.8 16.4-26.0
Area L 108 35 24.4 16.1-35.1 29 22.8 15.0-33.0 16 17.7 10.0-29.2 9 13.8 5.5-30.5 19 21.4 13.0-33.2
Eastern 698 214 23.5 19.7-27.8 201 24.7 20.7-29.1 116 16.4 13.1-20.4 49 9.4 6.3-13.8 118 26.0 21.0-31.8

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*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.

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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