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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Durham County

Risk Factors

Binge Drinking*

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  Total
Respond.#
No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,099 5,546 90.2 89.0-91.3 553 9.8 8.7-11.0
Durham County 397 359 86.4 78.9-91.5 38 13.6 8.5-21.1
GENDER
Male 146 118 76.0 63.2-85.4 28 24.0 14.6-36.8
Female 251 241 96.8 93.7-98.4 10 3.2 1.6- 6.3
RACE
White 212 188 87.1 80.3-91.9 24 12.9 8.1-19.7
Other 178 164 85.4 71.5-93.2 14 14.6 6.8-28.5
AGE
18-44 220 190 81.2 70.1-88.8 30 18.8 11.2-29.9
45+ 171 163 95.1 89.2-97.8 8 4.9 2.2-10.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 127 116 91.0 83.3-95.4 11 9.0 4.6-16.7
Some College + 270 243 84.3 73.6-91.1 27 15.7 8.9-26.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 194 174 83.4 69.6-91.6 20 16.6 8.4-30.4
$50,000+ 132 117 86.8 76.7-92.9 15 13.2 7.1-23.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 413 384 89.3 84.5-92.8 29 10.7 7.2-15.5
Cumberland 417 375 87.8 82.3-91.8 42 12.2 8.2-17.7
Forsyth 455 419 91.5 88.1-94.0 36 8.5 6.0-11.9
Gaston 464 427 90.0 86.1-92.8 37 10.0 7.2-13.9
Guilford 411 373 89.4 85.3-92.4 38 10.6 7.6-14.7
Mecklenburg 422 375 89.4 85.7-92.3 47 10.6 7.7-14.3
New Hanover 394 337 83.3 78.2-87.4 57 16.7 12.6-21.8
Onslow 428 389 84.9 76.0-90.8 39 15.1 9.2-24.0
Wake 423 358 84.0 79.4-87.8 65 16.0 12.2-20.6
Western NC 609 575 94.0 91.4-95.8 34 6.0 4.2- 8.6
Piedmont NC 660 611 91.8 88.8-94.0 49 8.2 6.0-11.2
Eastern NC 606 564 91.0 87.5-93.6 42 9.0 6.4-12.5

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*Data in this table were derived from the alcohol consumption questions.
No = Respondents who report they did not drink in the past 30 days and who did not have five or more drinks on an occasion.
Yes = Respondents who report they did drink in t he past 30 days and had five or more drinks on one or more occasions in the past month.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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