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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Risk Factors

Binge Drinking*

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  Total
Respond.#
No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 6,659 6,082 89.1 87.8-90.3 577 10.9 9.7-12.2
GENDER
Male 2,566 2,166 82.3 79.8-84.6 400 17.7 15.4-20.2
Female 4,093 3,916 95.4 94.4-96.3 177 4.6 3.7- 5.6
RACE
White 5,052 4,596 89.0 87.4-90.3 456 11.0 9.7-12.6
African American 1,042 983 92.8 90.0-94.9 59 7.2 5.1-10.0
Asian 78 71 80.3 59.6-91.8 7 19.7 8.2-40.4
Native American 182 172 90.5 77.8-96.3 10 9.5 3.7-22.2
Other Minorities 259 217 81.7 72.6-88.3 42 18.3 11.7-27.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 291 249 83.0 74.2-89.2 42 17.0 10.8-25.8
-English Speaking 125 113 86.7 74.7-93.5 12 13.3 6.5-25.3
-Spanish Speaking 166 136 81.5 69.7-89.4 30 18.5 10.6-30.3
Non-Hispanic 6,357 5,823 89.5 88.2-90.7 534 10.5 9.3-11.8
AGE
18-24 478 382 77.6 71.1-83.0 96 22.4 17.0-28.9
25-34 1,125 957 85.0 81.7-87.7 168 15.0 12.3-18.3
35-44 1,309 1,156 87.1 84.2-89.6 153 12.9 10.4-15.8
45-54 1,306 1,193 90.2 87.2-92.6 113 9.8 7.4-12.8
55-64 967 930 96.0 93.8-97.4 37 4.0 2.6- 6.2
65-74 794 790 99.2 97.5-99.8 4 0.8 0.2- 2.5
75+ 618 614 99.9 99.5- 100 4 0.1 0.0- 0.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,068 994 90.8 87.0-93.5 74 9.2 6.5-13.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,955 1,782 90.1 87.8-91.9 173 9.9 8.1-12.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,555 1,409 87.6 84.5-90.2 146 12.4 9.8-15.5
College Graduate 2,061 1,877 88.1 85.5-90.3 184 11.9 9.7-14.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 669 616 90.1 84.9-93.6 53 9.9 6.4-15.1
$15,000- 24,999 1,083 971 87.3 83.5-90.2 112 12.7 9.8-16.5
$25,000- 34,999 806 733 91.3 87.9-93.8 73 8.7 6.2-12.1
$35,000- 49,999 891 799 85.7 81.2-89.3 92 14.3 10.7-18.8
$50,000-74,999 742 681 88.4 84.0-91.6 61 11.6 8.4-16.0
$75,000+ 873 767 85.9 82.2-88.9 106 14.1 11.1-17.8
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
Mecklenburg 445 395 84.0 77.7-88.7 50 16.0 11.3-22.3
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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