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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Mecklenburg County

Alcohol Consumption

Heavy Drinking*

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  Total
Respond.#
No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,094 5,846 95.9 95.0-96.6 248 4.1 3.4- 5.0
Mecklenburg County 423 401 95.1 92.1-97.0 22 4.9 3.0- 7.9
GENDER
Male 170 164 95.9 90.4-98.3 6 4.1 1.7- 9.6
Female 253 237 94.2 90.3-96.6 16 5.8 3.4- 9.7
RACE
White 296 280 94.2 90.0-96.7 16 5.8 3.3-10.0
Other 117 113 98.1 94.8-99.3 4 1.9 0.7- 5.2
AGE
18-44 236 219 93.2 88.4-96.1 17 6.8 3.9-11.6
45+ 183 178 97.9 94.5-99.2 5 2.1 0.8- 5.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 134 125 93.5 86.2-97.1 9 6.5 2.9-13.8
Some College + 285 272 95.8 92.5-97.6 13 4.2 2.4- 7.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 187 173 91.6 85.3-95.4 14 8.4 4.6-14.7
$50,000+ 162 158 98.5 95.9-99.5 4 1.5 0.5- 4.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 411 395 95.9 93.2-97.6 16 4.1 2.4- 6.8
Cumberland 418 404 97.0 94.0-98.5 14 3.0 1.5- 6.0
Durham 397 389 98.0 95.7-99.1 8 2.0 0.9- 4.3
Forsyth 454 434 95.8 93.2-97.5 20 4.2 2.5- 6.8
Gaston 462 449 97.2 95.1-98.5 13 2.8 1.5- 4.9
Guilford 412 390 94.6 91.4-96.6 22 5.4 3.4- 8.6
New Hanover 393 361 91.1 87.1-94.0 32 8.9 6.0-12.9
Onslow 427 413 96.2 93.0-97.9 14 3.8 2.1- 7.0
Wake 426 409 95.1 91.7-97.2 17 4.9 2.8- 8.3
Western NC 608 590 96.1 93.6-97.7 18 3.9 2.3- 6.4
Piedmont NC 657 629 95.6 93.1-97.2 28 4.4 2.8- 6.9
Eastern NC 606 582 96.7 94.6-98.0 24 3.3 2.0- 5.4

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*Data in this table were derived from the alcohol consumption questions.
No = Respondents reported having LESS than or equal to 2 drinks/day for MALES and LESS than or equal to 1 drink/day for FEMALES.
Yes = Respondents reported having MORE than or equal to 2 drinks/day for MALES and MORE than or equal to 1 drink/day for FEMALES.

#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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