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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption--AFRICAN AMERICAN Respondents Only

Drinking alcohol in the past 30 days*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,047 301 32.5 28.3-36.9 746 67.5 63.1-71.7
GENDER
Male 368 162 49.5 42.1-56.9 206 50.5 43.1-57.9
Female 679 139 19.8 15.9-24.4 540 80.2 75.6-84.1
AGE
18-24 92 34 32.4 20.3-47.3 58 67.6 52.7-79.7
25-34 191 85 48.6 38.3-59.1 106 51.4 40.9-61.7
35-44 237 81 39.3 30.5-48.9 156 60.7 51.1-69.5
45-54 217 58 34.8 26.1-44.7 159 65.2 55.3-73.9
55-64 128 23 21.2 12.7-33.4 105 78.8 66.6-87.3
65-74 95 13 5.1 2.6- 9.5 82 94.9 90.5-97.4
75+ 68 5 2.3 0.7- 6.7 63 97.7 93.3-99.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 201 42 19.5 12.8-28.5 159 80.5 71.5-87.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 353 94 30.4 23.5-38.3 259 69.6 61.7-76.5
Some Post-H.S. 280 98 40.1 31.5-49.3 182 59.9 50.7-68.5
College Graduate 205 67 41.2 32.3-50.7 138 58.8 49.3-67.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 148 27 26.2 15.6-40.5 121 73.8 59.5-84.4
$15,000- 24,999 236 63 24.6 16.9-34.4 173 75.4 65.6-83.1
$25,000- 34,999 162 68 42.5 31.3-54.6 94 57.5 45.4-68.7
$35,000- 49,999 125 43 47.0 34.2-60.1 82 53.0 39.9-65.8
$50,000-74,999 62 22 42.9 25.3-62.5 40 57.1 37.5-74.7
$75,000+ 59 23 40.6 25.8-57.3 36 59.4 42.7-74.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 27 7 30.4 13.8-54.4 20 69.6 45.6-86.2
Forsyth 96 20 22.2 13.9-33.7 76 77.8 66.3-86.1
Guilford 117 42 38.6 27.9-50.5 75 61.4 49.5-72.1
Henderson/Transylvania 12 3 8.3 1.7-32.3 9 91.7 67.7-98.3
Mecklenburg 133 51 38.4 29.6-48.1 82 61.6 51.9-70.4
Orange 42 12 27.7 15.0-45.5 30 72.3 54.5-85.0
Pitt 111 24 30.6 22.0-40.8 87 69.4 59.2-78.0
Randolph 17 4 22.1 7.5-49.8 13 77.9 50.2-92.5
Robeson 92 22 34.9 20.4-52.7 70 65.1 47.3-79.6
Wake 74 37 57.6 43.0-71.1 37 42.4 28.9-57.0
Western NC 23 8 32.8 15.9-55.8 15 67.2 44.2-84.1
Piedmont NC 113 29 26.0 17.5-36.7 84 74.0 63.3-82.5
Eastern NC 190 42 28.3 20.7-37.5 148 71.7 62.5-79.3

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*Data in this table were derived from the first alcohol consumption question.

#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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