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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption

Considering all types of alcoholic beverages, how many times during the past 30 days did you have 5 or more drinks on an occasion?*

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  Total
Respond.#		 None Once Twice 3-7 times 8-30 times
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,734 2,152 73.2 70.4-75.9 229 9.7 8.1-11.6 117 5.0 3.9- 6.5 160 8.4 6.6-10.5 76 3.6 2.6- 5.1
GENDER
Male 1,352 950 65.9 61.8-69.8 134 10.3 8.2-13.0 85 6.6 4.8- 8.8 114 11.5 8.7-14.9 69 5.8 4.0- 8.2
Female 1,382 1,202 84.7 81.4-87.4 95 8.8 6.6-11.7 32 2.6 1.6- 4.1 46 3.5 2.3- 5.4 7 0.4 0.1- 1.0
RACE
White 2,237 1,777 74.0 70.8-76.9 183 9.5 7.7-11.5 94 5.5 4.1- 7.3 119 7.0 5.3- 9.2 64 4.0 2.7- 5.9
African American 303 243 77.6 70.0-83.7 17 7.1 3.7-13.1 13 3.8 2.0- 7.1 21 8.7 5.0-14.9 9 2.8 1.1- 6.8
Asian 29 22 60.2 33.0-82.3 4 27.4 8.7-59.7 0 0.0 . - . 3 12.4 3.3-37.3 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 43 33 77.8 53.5-91.5 3 9.0 2.1-31.6 4 11.0 2.4-38.3 3 2.2 0.6- 7.7 0 0.0 . - .
Other Minorities 103 61 54.7 39.8-68.8 21 15.7 8.7-26.7 6 2.5 1.0- 6.1 12 24.6 12.3-43.1 3 2.5 0.6-10.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 112 70 55.5 40.7-69.4 19 12.8 6.7-23.2 6 2.5 1.0- 6.1 13 25.2 12.8-43.5 4 4.0 1.3-11.5
-English Speaking 53 41 73.3 53.4-86.8 4 5.7 1.7-17.3 1 0.4 0.1- 3.2 4 10.9 2.9-33.4 3 9.7 2.9-27.4
-Spanish Speaking 59 29 44.9 27.2-64.0 15 17.1 8.0-32.9 5 3.8 1.4- 9.8 9 33.7 16.1-57.4 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2
Non-Hispanic 2,616 2,077 74.3 71.5-77.0 210 9.6 7.9-11.5 111 5.2 4.0- 6.8 147 7.3 5.7- 9.2 71 3.6 2.5- 5.2
AGE
18-24 243 145 54.5 44.4-64.2 41 14.9 9.5-22.6 16 8.2 4.3-15.0 30 17.0 10.3-26.7 11 5.5 2.2-12.9
25-34 585 417 70.2 64.6-75.3 72 13.7 10.1-18.1 31 4.1 2.4- 6.7 41 7.3 4.7-11.2 24 4.8 2.7- 8.3
35-44 644 489 72.8 67.5-77.6 58 8.9 6.4-12.3 35 5.9 3.8- 9.2 43 8.3 5.5-12.2 19 4.0 2.2- 7.5
45-54 562 448 75.2 68.7-80.7 43 7.9 5.0-12.2 28 6.0 3.6- 9.8 32 8.9 5.2-14.7 11 2.1 0.7- 5.6
55-64 348 311 88.5 82.7-92.6 12 4.7 2.2-10.0 5 2.1 0.7- 6.0 13 3.1 1.5- 6.6 7 1.5 0.6- 3.5
65-74 215 211 96.6 89.5-99.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.6 0.1- 4.3 0 0.0 . - . 3 2.7 0.7-10.4
75+ 116 112 99.0 96.9-99.7 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 1 0.5 0.1- 3.4 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 214 139 60.0 48.8-70.2 24 10.5 6.0-17.8 11 3.8 1.7- 7.9 23 18.5 10.3-31.0 17 7.2 3.5-14.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 640 465 70.8 65.2-75.8 61 10.4 7.4-14.4 35 5.1 3.0- 8.3 57 10.7 7.3-15.2 22 3.1 1.7- 5.5
Some Post-H.S. 664 517 71.8 65.7-77.2 66 11.4 8.0-15.8 27 4.7 3.0- 7.3 36 7.7 4.6-12.6 18 4.4 2.1- 8.9
College Graduate 1,213 1,028 79.8 75.6-83.4 78 7.9 5.8-10.8 44 5.6 3.5- 8.6 44 4.2 2.8- 6.4 19 2.5 1.3- 5.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 170 116 61.2 47.7-73.2 17 10.5 4.5-22.6 13 10.2 3.9-24.2 16 12.6 5.7-25.4 8 5.5 2.2-13.1
$15,000- 24,999 354 242 62.3 53.7-70.1 43 12.9 8.4-19.4 15 4.1 2.0- 8.1 37 13.8 8.5-21.7 17 6.9 3.5-13.0
$25,000- 34,999 352 278 77.3 69.8-83.4 25 7.6 4.5-12.6 13 4.2 2.0- 8.9 22 7.3 3.8-13.6 14 3.6 1.6- 8.0
$35,000- 49,999 408 316 67.5 59.4-74.8 36 10.9 6.9-17.0 19 4.8 2.7- 8.2 23 9.0 5.1-15.3 14 7.8 3.5-16.3
$50,000-74,999 370 309 76.5 68.5-83.0 27 9.7 6.0-15.3 15 4.8 2.3- 9.8 15 6.9 3.4-13.7 4 2.1 0.7- 6.0
$75,000+ 585 478 77.9 72.6-82.5 44 8.4 5.7-12.2 26 5.8 3.5- 9.4 29 6.2 3.8-10.0 8 1.7 0.7- 4.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 160 135 78.0 67.3-85.9 11 8.2 3.7-16.9 3 2.5 0.6- 9.1 11 11.4 5.7-21.5 0 0.0 . - .
Forsyth 195 151 75.4 67.5-82.0 17 10.0 5.9-16.4 11 4.7 2.5- 8.8 13 7.5 4.0-13.6 3 2.4 0.7- 7.3
Guilford 180 152 82.6 74.1-88.7 14 10.9 5.8-19.6 7 2.7 1.3- 5.9 5 3.0 1.2- 7.5 2 0.7 0.2- 2.9
Henderson/Transylvania 212 179 82.9 75.8-88.2 13 7.0 3.8-12.4 5 2.7 1.0- 7.1 10 4.5 2.1- 9.3 5 2.9 1.0- 7.7
Mecklenburg 219 169 68.1 58.3-76.5 14 8.4 4.2-16.1 15 6.4 3.7-11.0 18 13.0 7.9-20.7 3 4.1 0.7-20.0
Orange 271 218 79.7 72.6-85.3 23 9.8 6.1-15.3 5 1.1 0.4- 3.0 17 7.0 3.9-12.1 8 2.4 1.1- 5.1
Pitt 191 139 67.2 57.4-75.8 20 11.6 6.5-19.9 9 6.1 3.1-11.4 12 8.3 4.4-15.2 11 6.8 3.5-13.0
Randolph 123 96 75.1 64.8-83.1 6 5.6 2.3-13.0 7 6.7 3.0-14.2 8 6.0 2.8-12.5 6 6.6 2.8-14.7
Robeson 116 84 67.5 55.0-77.9 10 11.2 5.4-21.8 7 6.0 2.5-13.6 11 11.7 5.5-23.3 4 3.6 1.3- 9.5
Wake 251 193 74.5 67.4-80.5 28 11.1 7.5-16.1 16 7.1 4.1-11.9 10 5.7 2.6-12.3 4 1.6 0.5- 4.9
Western NC 217 166 69.5 60.6-77.1 20 8.7 5.4-13.8 9 7.4 3.2-16.3 11 7.5 3.5-15.3 11 6.9 3.6-12.7
Piedmont NC 310 248 74.2 67.1-80.2 28 10.3 6.7-15.4 9 3.9 1.7- 9.0 15 6.5 3.6-11.4 10 5.1 2.6- 9.8
Eastern NC 289 222 72.2 65.1-78.3 25 9.5 6.1-14.6 14 4.5 2.6- 7.6 19 11.0 6.6-17.8 9 2.9 1.4- 5.7

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported drinking at least one drink in the last 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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