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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,614 2,744 41.0 39.1-42.9 1,721 32.1 30.2-33.9 568 12.0 10.8-13.4 230 5.3 4.4- 6.4 351 9.6 8.3-11.2
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 110 52 50.5 35.6-65.3 32 24.7 15.9-36.4 16 14.7 7.7-26.2 2 1.3 0.3- 5.4 8 8.8 4.0-18.1
Buncombe 169 94 43.7 34.4-53.4 50 36.1 26.7-46.7 9 4.3 2.1- 8.6 4 4.7 1.4-14.6 12 11.2 5.0-23.2
Cabarrus 133 68 37.6 26.9-49.6 35 32.0 20.3-46.5 15 18.2 7.6-37.6 9 6.5 2.9-14.0 6 5.8 2.2-14.1
Catawba 139 68 41.1 29.8-53.5 44 25.6 17.9-35.2 15 15.3 7.9-27.4 4 3.5 0.9-12.0 8 14.5 6.3-30.1
Cumberland 127 55 32.0 23.2-42.4 38 29.0 18.9-41.7 18 23.7 13.7-37.7 6 3.8 1.5- 9.0 10 11.5 5.5-22.7
Davidson 115 53 38.9 26.6-52.9 37 26.0 16.7-38.2 14 18.5 9.7-32.5 6 5.2 1.8-14.2 5 11.3 3.4-31.7
Durham 168 93 52.1 42.5-61.6 41 24.3 16.8-33.9 14 9.4 5.0-17.0 12 7.4 3.6-14.7 8 6.7 3.2-13.5
Forsyth 164 81 46.4 36.8-56.3 58 34.8 26.3-44.3 15 14.4 7.8-25.1 6 2.3 0.9- 5.5 4 2.1 0.7- 6.1
Gaston 125 58 35.8 26.4-46.5 33 25.9 17.5-36.7 13 11.8 6.0-21.9 10 8.2 3.7-17.2 11 18.3 9.1-33.2
Guilford 156 77 44.6 34.3-55.3 47 28.5 20.3-38.4 16 8.4 4.8-14.4 2 0.7 0.2- 2.8 14 17.8 9.0-32.3
Iredell 177 79 36.6 28.9-45.1 57 30.3 23.1-38.7 16 15.3 8.7-25.5 10 5.3 2.7-10.1 15 12.5 7.1-21.1
Johnston 149 68 33.7 23.7-45.5 44 24.1 15.9-34.8 17 12.4 6.7-21.9 12 15.2 7.4-28.8 8 14.5 4.4-38.7
Mecklenburg 366 182 42.1 35.9-48.4 121 37.7 31.5-44.4 42 12.2 8.5-17.3 8 3.3 1.4- 7.3 13 4.7 2.4- 9.1
New Hanover 193 96 40.6 30.2-51.9 59 23.3 16.3-32.2 20 21.8 9.9-41.4 8 5.7 2.3-13.7 10 8.6 3.8-18.3
Onslow 161 75 37.3 28.3-47.3 52 31.9 23.4-41.8 13 14.0 7.3-25.4 6 4.9 1.9-12.3 15 11.8 6.5-20.5
Orange 190 115 46.0 36.9-55.5 53 34.1 25.1-44.4 14 10.2 5.2-19.1 0 0.0 . - . 8 9.6 4.4-19.9
Pitt 148 67 37.1 28.2-47.1 55 38.1 28.5-48.8 12 12.7 6.8-22.5 3 2.0 0.6- 6.1 11 10.1 4.2-22.1
Randolph 126 54 38.4 29.0-48.8 31 29.3 19.8-41.0 19 16.8 10.0-27.0 5 2.0 0.8- 5.2 17 13.5 7.8-22.3
Robeson 89 29 20.5 13.3-30.4 29 35.1 23.8-48.4 9 13.5 6.7-25.4 7 7.5 3.2-16.6 15 23.3 13.2-37.9
Rowan 164 93 50.3 40.3-60.2 40 26.3 18.2-36.3 12 9.5 4.7-18.4 8 4.3 1.8- 9.9 11 9.6 5.0-17.8
Union 144 71 40.2 30.7-50.5 42 28.7 20.6-38.4 19 14.1 8.4-22.6 7 5.8 2.5-13.2 5 11.2 3.9-27.9
Wake 326 164 43.9 37.3-50.8 114 37.3 30.7-44.4 30 10.3 6.6-15.7 10 4.3 2.0- 8.9 8 4.2 1.8- 9.8
Wayne 90 35 23.5 15.3-34.3 37 47.4 33.2-62.0 9 12.3 5.2-26.6 4 5.4 1.8-15.2 5 11.3 3.9-28.6
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,656 740 35.3 32.2-38.5 538 31.1 28.1-34.3 173 14.0 11.3-17.1 81 6.8 5.1- 9.2 124 12.8 10.0-16.3
Piedmont 2,923 1,461 42.5 39.9-45.1 888 32.9 30.4-35.5 293 11.3 9.7-13.1 117 4.9 3.8- 6.4 164 8.5 6.8-10.5
Western NC 1,035 543 45.7 41.6-49.9 295 29.7 25.9-33.8 102 11.9 9.4-15.0 32 4.0 2.4- 6.4 63 8.7 6.1-12.3
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 732 391 45.5 40.5-50.5 218 32.5 27.8-37.6 63 10.4 7.6-14.1 19 3.5 1.8- 6.8 41 8.1 5.0-12.8
Northwest 1,101 545 43.1 38.7-47.7 325 28.4 24.7-32.4 112 13.6 10.7-17.2 50 4.8 3.3- 6.9 69 10.0 6.9-14.4
Charlotte 839 417 41.1 36.7-45.6 253 34.9 30.3-39.7 94 12.1 9.2-15.8 37 5.3 3.3- 8.3 38 6.7 4.5- 9.8
Greensboro 666 334 42.3 36.7-48.2 196 31.1 26.1-36.6 70 9.7 7.3-13.0 12 2.4 0.9- 6.5 54 14.3 9.6-20.9
Southern Regional 406 156 30.2 24.3-36.9 131 31.2 24.9-38.4 50 16.4 11.4-23.0 25 7.8 4.5-13.2 44 14.3 9.6-21.0
Coastal 331 157 39.4 31.9-47.4 108 27.6 21.6-34.5 31 15.0 8.2-26.0 16 5.1 2.8- 9.2 19 12.9 7.2-22.2
Wake 713 361 44.0 39.1-49.1 218 33.6 28.7-38.8 67 9.8 7.2-13.4 37 5.8 3.8- 8.9 30 6.7 4.1-10.8
Area L 111 50 35.9 25.8-47.4 32 26.8 18.0-37.9 16 18.5 10.7-30.0 3 3.7 1.0-13.4 10 15.0 6.7-30.4
Eastern 715 333 37.0 32.4-41.9 240 34.8 30.0-39.9 65 11.0 8.2-14.8 31 8.3 5.0-13.4 46 8.9 6.0-12.9

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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.

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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