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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Buncombe County

Risk Factors

Binge Drinking*

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  Total
Respond.#
No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,659 6,082 89.1 87.8-90.3 577 10.9 9.7-12.2
Buncombe County 407 382 91.1 85.9-94.5 25 8.9 5.5-14.1
GENDER
Male 154 139 87.2 78.5-92.7 15 12.8 7.3-21.5
Female 253 243 94.7 87.1-97.9 10 5.3 2.1-12.9
RACE
White 360 337 91.0 85.3-94.6 23 9.0 5.4-14.7
Other 40 38 90.9 68.9-97.9 2 9.1 2.1-31.1
AGE
18-44 150 135 87.3 78.3-92.9 15 12.7 7.1-21.7
45+ 252 242 93.9 86.1-97.4 10 6.1 2.6-13.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 156 144 89.8 81.9-94.5 12 10.2 5.5-18.1
Some College + 247 234 91.9 83.8-96.1 13 8.1 3.9-16.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 212 195 89.9 83.2-94.1 17 10.1 5.9-16.8
$50,000+ 87 83 92.0 73.9-97.9 4 8.0 2.1-26.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Forsyth 463 419 88.8 84.7-91.9 44 11.2 8.1-15.3
Guilford 418 390 92.2 87.9-95.0 28 7.8 5.0-12.1
Henderson/Transylvania 470 437 92.6 89.1-95.0 33 7.4 5.0-10.9
Mecklenburg 445 395 84.0 77.7-88.7 50 16.0 11.3-22.3
Orange 434 381 87.0 82.4-90.5 53 13.0 9.5-17.6
Pitt 412 361 83.0 77.2-87.5 51 17.0 12.5-22.8
Randolph 427 400 92.4 88.7-94.9 27 7.6 5.1-11.3
Robeson 435 403 89.1 83.9-92.7 32 10.9 7.3-16.1
Wake 427 369 84.2 79.3-88.1 58 15.8 11.9-20.7
Western NC 655 605 89.8 85.9-92.7 50 10.2 7.3-14.1
Piedmont NC 876 815 91.3 88.4-93.4 61 8.7 6.6-11.6
Eastern NC 790 725 89.4 86.1-92.0 65 10.6 8.0-13.9

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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, 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, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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