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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Mecklenburg County

Alcohol Consumption

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
Mecklenburg County 445 395 84.0 77.7-88.7 50 16.0 11.3-22.3
GENDER
Male 159 124 73.4 62.6-81.9 35 26.6 18.1-37.4
Female 286 271 94.5 90.4-96.9 15 5.5 3.1- 9.6
RACE
White 266 234 82.6 73.6-89.1 32 17.4 10.9-26.4
Other 175 157 85.4 76.2-91.5 18 14.6 8.5-23.8
AGE
18-44 236 197 78.4 69.4-85.3 39 21.6 14.7-30.6
45+ 205 194 94.2 89.1-97.0 11 5.8 3.0-10.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 142 125 84.7 74.6-91.2 17 15.3 8.8-25.4
Some College + 302 269 83.5 75.2-89.5 33 16.5 10.5-24.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 196 176 82.4 70.7-90.1 20 17.6 9.9-29.3
$50,000+ 148 127 83.8 75.4-89.7 21 16.2 10.3-24.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 407 382 91.1 85.9-94.5 25 8.9 5.5-14.1
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
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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