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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Risk Factors--AFRICAN AMERICAN Respondents Only

Binge Drinking*

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  Total
Respond.#
No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,042 983 92.8 90.0-94.9 59 7.2 5.1-10.0
GENDER
Male 364 322 86.4 80.3-90.8 42 13.6 9.2-19.7
Female 678 661 97.6 95.6-98.7 17 2.4 1.3- 4.4
AGE
18-24 92 83 87.1 73.7-94.2 9 12.9 5.8-26.3
25-34 190 173 92.7 86.9-96.1 17 7.3 3.9-13.1
35-44 236 216 88.5 80.5-93.5 20 11.5 6.5-19.5
45-54 216 208 95.2 89.6-97.9 8 4.8 2.1-10.4
55-64 127 123 96.4 89.4-98.8 4 3.6 1.2-10.6
65-74 95 95 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
75+ 67 66 99.7 97.9- 100 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 199 192 97.0 91.9-98.9 7 3.0 1.1- 8.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 351 324 89.4 83.3-93.4 27 10.6 6.6-16.7
Some Post-H.S. 279 264 93.5 86.6-96.9 15 6.5 3.1-13.4
College Graduate 205 195 93.9 88.2-96.9 10 6.1 3.1-11.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 147 138 95.5 89.2-98.2 9 4.5 1.8-10.8
$15,000- 24,999 234 222 94.9 89.6-97.6 12 5.1 2.4-10.4
$25,000- 34,999 162 154 92.8 84.1-96.9 8 7.2 3.1-15.9
$35,000- 49,999 125 109 75.7 61.1-86.0 16 24.3 14.0-38.9
$50,000-74,999 62 60 97.8 88.8-99.6 2 2.2 0.4-11.2
$75,000+ 59 55 95.3 86.8-98.4 4 4.7 1.6-13.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 27 27 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Forsyth 96 92 96.8 91.1-98.9 4 3.2 1.1- 8.9
Guilford 116 110 92.6 80.1-97.5 6 7.4 2.5-19.9
Henderson/Transylvania 12 12 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Mecklenburg 133 122 90.5 82.9-94.9 11 9.5 5.1-17.1
Orange 42 41 95.6 74.5-99.4 1 4.4 0.6-25.5
Pitt 109 103 88.9 73.8-95.8 6 11.1 4.2-26.2
Randolph 16 15 93.3 63.9-99.1 1 6.7 0.9-36.1
Robeson 92 86 92.5 82.8-97.0 6 7.5 3.0-17.2
Wake 74 69 95.2 87.9-98.2 5 4.8 1.8-12.1
Western NC 23 20 84.6 59.4-95.4 3 15.4 4.6-40.6
Piedmont NC 112 106 93.3 85.1-97.2 6 6.7 2.8-14.9
Eastern NC 190 180 92.7 86.0-96.3 10 7.3 3.7-14.0

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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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