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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption

Drinking alcohol in the past 30 days*

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  Total
Respond.#		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 6,693 2,735 41.2 39.4-43.1 3,958 58.8 56.9-60.6
GENDER
Male 2,590 1,362 52.4 49.4-55.4 1,228 47.6 44.6-50.6
Female 4,103 1,373 30.8 28.8-33.0 2,730 69.2 67.0-71.2
RACE
White 5,075 2,238 43.2 41.1-45.3 2,837 56.8 54.7-58.9
African American 1,047 301 32.5 28.3-36.9 746 67.5 63.1-71.7
Asian 78 29 49.5 34.1-65.1 49 50.5 34.9-65.9
Native American 182 41 42.1 29.6-55.8 141 57.9 44.2-70.4
Other Minorities 264 106 40.6 31.8-49.9 158 59.4 50.1-68.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 295 114 38.4 30.0-47.5 181 61.6 52.5-70.0
-English Speaking 126 53 47.7 35.1-60.5 73 52.3 39.5-64.9
-Spanish Speaking 169 61 34.7 24.6-46.5 108 65.3 53.5-75.4
Non-Hispanic 6,386 2,614 41.4 39.5-43.3 3,772 58.6 56.7-60.5
AGE
18-24 480 239 49.6 42.5-56.8 241 50.4 43.2-57.5
25-34 1,130 585 50.5 46.3-54.7 545 49.5 45.3-53.7
35-44 1,314 647 48.5 44.6-52.5 667 51.5 47.5-55.4
45-54 1,318 566 40.5 36.6-44.5 752 59.5 55.5-63.4
55-64 971 349 35.1 30.9-39.5 622 64.9 60.5-69.1
65-74 795 212 22.1 18.5-26.3 583 77.9 73.7-81.5
75+ 621 115 14.8 11.4-18.9 506 85.2 81.1-88.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,076 214 23.6 19.5-28.3 862 76.4 71.7-80.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,969 645 34.8 31.7-38.1 1,324 65.2 61.9-68.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,561 663 45.1 41.2-49.1 898 54.9 50.9-58.8
College Graduate 2,067 1,211 58.6 55.4-61.7 856 41.4 38.3-44.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 675 172 28.2 22.7-34.4 503 71.8 65.6-77.3
$15,000- 24,999 1,093 360 34.2 29.7-38.9 733 65.8 61.1-70.3
$25,000- 34,999 809 351 38.7 33.7-43.9 458 61.3 56.1-66.3
$35,000- 49,999 893 405 43.2 38.4-48.1 488 56.8 51.9-61.6
$50,000-74,999 743 368 49.3 43.6-54.9 375 50.7 45.1-56.4
$75,000+ 875 583 65.7 61.1-70.1 292 34.3 29.9-38.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 413 165 41.1 35.6-46.9 248 58.9 53.1-64.4
Forsyth 465 197 45.9 40.6-51.4 268 54.1 48.6-59.4
Guilford 421 181 45.4 39.6-51.3 240 54.6 48.7-60.4
Henderson/Transylvania 470 210 42.4 36.9-48.2 260 57.6 51.8-63.1
Mecklenburg 447 220 50.3 44.1-56.4 227 49.7 43.6-55.9
Orange 438 274 64.2 57.6-70.4 164 35.8 29.6-42.4
Pitt 415 191 52.7 46.6-58.6 224 47.3 41.4-53.4
Randolph 429 122 30.1 24.8-36.1 307 69.9 63.9-75.2
Robeson 436 110 32.1 26.1-38.8 326 67.9 61.2-73.9
Wake 428 251 61.7 56.2-66.9 177 38.3 33.1-43.8
Western NC 656 216 35.1 30.8-39.6 440 64.9 60.4-69.2
Piedmont NC 881 309 33.9 30.0-38.1 572 66.1 61.9-70.0
Eastern NC 794 289 39.5 35.4-43.8 505 60.5 56.2-64.6

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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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