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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption--FEMALE Respondents Only

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 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 1,175 1,022 84.9 81.3-87.9 84 8.7 6.4-11.8 27 2.7 1.6- 4.5 37 3.4 2.1- 5.4 5 0.4 0.1- 1.2
African American 142 124 87.1 78.2-92.7 4 2.6 0.9- 7.6 5 3.4 1.1-10.4 7 6.2 2.6-14.3 2 0.7 0.2- 2.8
Asian 12 11 80.1 32.9-97.1 1 19.9 2.9-67.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 17 15 94.7 77.3-98.9 1 3.7 0.5-23.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.7 0.2-11.9 0 0.0 . - .
Other Minorities 25 20 70.8 42.8-88.7 5 29.2 11.3-57.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 32 27 75.2 44.8-91.9 3 18.4 4.3-52.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.5 0.2-10.3 1 4.9 0.7-28.2
-English Speaking 22 19 82.7 51.0-95.6 2 8.8 1.3-41.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 8.5 1.2-42.2
-Spanish Speaking 10 8 65.0 19.8-93.3 1 31.5 5.0-80.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.5 0.4-24.0 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 1,346 1,171 84.9 81.6-87.7 92 8.5 6.4-11.3 32 2.7 1.7- 4.3 45 3.6 2.4- 5.5 6 0.2 0.1- 0.5
AGE
18-24 127 89 71.0 58.4-81.0 19 15.0 7.7-27.1 8 8.1 3.7-16.7 8 4.4 1.4-13.0 3 1.5 0.4- 5.9
25-34 298 246 80.6 72.8-86.5 34 14.8 9.5-22.5 5 0.9 0.3- 2.7 12 3.5 1.5- 7.8 1 0.3 0.0- 1.9
35-44 317 270 83.1 76.6-88.1 22 8.5 5.0-14.0 14 3.8 1.9- 7.4 10 4.5 2.2- 9.0 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7
45-54 278 247 89.8 83.3-93.9 15 3.9 1.9- 7.7 5 1.5 0.4- 4.7 10 4.6 1.8-11.1 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0
55-64 182 173 96.6 90.3-98.9 3 1.3 0.3- 4.9 0 0.0 . - . 5 2.0 0.4- 9.7 1 0.1 0.0- 0.5
65-74 106 106 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
75+ 67 65 99.6 98.1-99.9 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 71 61 82.2 60.9-93.2 5 11.9 3.3-35.3 1 0.1 0.0- 0.9 3 5.5 1.4-19.2 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 289 243 86.0 80.1-90.4 22 7.9 4.7-13.2 9 1.9 0.8- 4.6 13 3.8 1.8- 7.7 2 0.3 0.1- 1.3
Some Post-H.S. 382 323 79.8 72.4-85.6 34 11.6 7.0-18.5 9 4.6 2.2- 9.1 15 3.5 1.4- 8.3 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6
College Graduate 639 574 88.1 83.9-91.4 34 6.6 4.2-10.2 13 1.9 0.9- 4.0 15 3.0 1.5- 5.9 3 0.3 0.1- 1.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 86 64 70.6 50.1-85.2 11 21.0 8.2-44.0 3 4.4 1.1-16.7 6 3.1 1.1- 8.5 2 0.8 0.1- 4.3
$15,000- 24,999 173 136 77.7 66.3-86.0 18 12.4 6.3-22.8 6 3.9 1.2-12.2 11 4.2 1.7-10.1 2 1.8 0.3- 8.3
$25,000- 34,999 172 155 88.6 79.1-94.1 8 6.6 2.5-16.6 3 1.7 0.3- 8.5 6 3.1 1.2- 7.5 0 0.0 . - .
$35,000- 49,999 204 183 85.5 76.7-91.3 14 9.6 5.0-17.6 3 1.4 0.4- 4.9 4 3.5 1.1-11.2 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000-74,999 205 184 86.4 76.6-92.4 10 4.8 1.8-12.2 5 2.6 0.8- 8.0 6 6.2 2.3-15.8 0 0.0 . - .
$75,000+ 267 233 86.5 80.0-91.1 19 8.2 4.8-13.5 6 3.2 1.1- 9.0 7 1.7 0.6- 4.5 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 90 80 85.3 68.1-94.0 6 6.0 2.2-14.9 1 1.0 0.1- 6.5 3 7.8 1.6-30.8 0 0.0 . - .
Forsyth 98 85 87.1 78.0-92.7 5 5.2 2.0-13.0 4 2.9 1.0- 8.1 4 4.8 1.7-12.5 0 0.0 . - .
Guilford 98 86 87.1 76.7-93.3 7 8.4 3.5-19.0 3 2.9 0.8- 9.3 1 0.7 0.1- 4.9 1 0.9 0.1- 5.9
Henderson/Transylvania 103 91 90.1 82.0-94.7 5 4.6 1.8-11.1 2 2.5 0.5-11.4 4 2.3 0.8- 6.7 1 0.6 0.1- 3.9
Mecklenburg 119 104 85.6 76.3-91.7 6 4.1 1.8- 9.3 5 6.5 2.5-16.1 3 3.2 1.0- 9.5 1 0.6 0.1- 4.3
Orange 150 133 88.8 79.9-94.0 6 3.5 1.4- 8.6 3 1.0 0.3- 3.5 7 5.6 2.2-13.8 1 1.0 0.1- 6.8
Pitt 97 80 81.2 67.4-90.0 11 12.6 5.5-26.3 1 1.9 0.3-12.2 4 3.2 1.1- 8.6 1 1.2 0.2- 8.4
Randolph 60 54 91.3 80.6-96.3 3 5.0 1.5-15.0 1 1.5 0.2- 9.7 2 2.3 0.4-11.3 0 0.0 . - .
Robeson 42 38 90.9 76.2-96.9 1 3.7 0.5-22.2 1 1.1 0.2- 7.6 2 4.3 1.0-16.2 0 0.0 . - .
Wake 130 107 81.8 73.1-88.1 14 10.7 6.2-17.7 6 5.6 2.2-13.6 2 1.6 0.4- 6.2 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1
Western NC 85 73 85.0 74.3-91.7 6 8.1 3.4-18.1 1 1.3 0.2- 9.0 5 5.6 2.2-13.5 0 0.0 . - .
Piedmont NC 155 138 85.5 76.6-91.4 13 10.4 5.6-18.3 0 0.0 . - . 4 4.1 1.4-11.5 0 0.0 . - .
Eastern NC 155 133 83.4 74.8-89.4 12 10.1 5.2-18.6 4 2.4 0.9- 6.5 5 3.6 1.5- 8.4 1 0.6 0.1- 3.9

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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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