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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption--MALE 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 1,352 950 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
RACE
White 1,062 755 66.4 61.7-70.8 99 10.0 7.6-12.9 67 7.4 5.2-10.3 82 9.6 7.0-13.1 59 6.6 4.5- 9.8
African American 161 119 72.4 61.7-81.1 13 9.5 4.6-18.7 8 4.0 1.9- 8.4 14 10.1 5.0-19.3 7 3.9 1.4-10.3
Asian 17 11 46.4 17.8-77.6 3 32.6 7.8-73.6 0 0.0 . - . 3 21.0 5.3-55.8 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 26 18 73.4 44.6-90.4 2 10.4 2.1-38.9 4 13.9 3.0-45.8 2 2.3 0.5- 9.9 0 0.0 . - .
Other Minorities 78 41 49.4 32.8-66.2 16 11.2 5.5-21.5 6 3.3 1.3- 8.2 12 32.7 17.0-53.5 3 3.3 0.8-13.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 80 43 50.3 33.9-66.6 16 11.3 5.7-21.3 6 3.2 1.3- 7.8 12 31.4 16.3-51.9 3 3.7 1.0-13.1
-English Speaking 31 22 68.7 43.4-86.3 2 4.2 1.0-16.1 1 0.7 0.1- 4.8 4 16.2 4.3-45.0 2 10.2 2.3-35.3
-Spanish Speaking 49 21 41.6 23.2-62.7 14 14.7 6.7-29.2 5 4.4 1.6-11.5 8 38.6 18.7-63.2 1 0.7 0.1- 4.9
Non-Hispanic 1,270 906 67.2 63.0-71.1 118 10.3 8.0-13.1 79 6.9 5.0- 9.3 102 9.8 7.4-12.8 65 5.9 4.1- 8.5
AGE
18-24 116 56 44.5 31.0-58.9 22 14.8 8.1-25.7 8 8.2 3.3-19.2 22 24.6 14.3-38.8 8 7.9 2.9-19.7
25-34 287 171 63.5 55.4-70.9 38 12.9 8.6-18.9 26 6.1 3.5-10.4 29 9.8 5.8-15.9 23 7.7 4.3-13.4
35-44 327 219 66.0 58.4-72.9 36 9.2 6.0-13.9 21 7.4 4.2-12.5 33 10.8 6.7-16.9 18 6.7 3.5-12.2
45-54 284 201 67.9 59.1-75.6 28 9.9 5.9-16.2 23 8.2 4.8-13.9 22 11.0 5.9-19.4 10 3.0 1.0- 8.3
55-64 166 138 82.5 73.3-89.0 9 7.3 3.1-16.2 5 3.7 1.3-10.2 8 4.0 1.7- 9.1 6 2.6 1.1- 6.1
65-74 109 105 93.7 81.2-98.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.2 0.2- 7.9 0 0.0 . - . 3 5.1 1.3-18.5
75+ 49 47 98.3 92.8-99.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.1 0.2- 7.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.5 0.1- 3.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 143 78 52.7 40.2-64.8 19 10.0 5.4-17.7 10 5.0 2.3-10.5 20 22.8 12.4-38.0 16 9.6 4.6-18.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 351 222 61.1 53.3-68.4 39 11.9 7.7-17.9 26 7.1 4.0-12.3 44 15.0 10.0-22.0 20 4.9 2.7- 8.7
Some Post-H.S. 282 194 65.1 55.5-73.6 32 11.2 6.9-17.6 18 4.8 2.7- 8.5 21 11.3 6.2-19.8 17 7.7 3.6-15.7
College Graduate 574 454 74.5 68.4-79.7 44 8.7 5.8-13.0 31 7.8 4.7-12.7 29 5.0 3.0- 8.4 16 3.9 1.9- 7.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 84 52 54.2 36.7-70.7 6 2.8 1.1- 6.8 10 14.5 4.7-36.9 10 19.6 8.4-39.4 6 8.9 3.3-21.8
$15,000- 24,999 181 106 54.3 43.2-64.9 25 13.2 7.6-22.1 9 4.2 1.8- 9.6 26 18.8 11.2-29.9 15 9.5 4.7-18.5
$25,000- 34,999 180 123 69.2 58.1-78.5 17 8.2 4.4-14.9 10 6.0 2.5-13.6 16 10.3 4.8-20.9 14 6.2 2.7-13.5
$35,000- 49,999 204 133 56.4 45.5-66.7 22 11.8 6.3-21.0 16 6.9 3.8-12.3 19 12.4 6.6-22.0 14 12.6 5.8-25.2
$50,000-74,999 165 125 69.7 57.6-79.6 17 13.0 7.4-21.9 10 6.3 2.5-14.8 9 7.4 2.8-18.4 4 3.5 1.2-10.0
$75,000+ 318 245 73.5 66.2-79.8 25 8.5 5.1-13.9 20 7.1 4.0-12.2 22 8.5 5.0-14.1 6 2.3 0.9- 6.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 70 55 71.7 56.6-83.2 5 10.1 3.4-26.0 2 3.8 0.8-16.7 8 14.4 7.0-27.6 0 0.0 . - .
Forsyth 97 66 68.4 56.9-78.0 12 12.9 7.0-22.6 7 5.8 2.6-12.3 9 9.1 4.2-18.6 3 3.8 1.2-11.5
Guilford 82 66 79.0 65.7-88.1 7 12.9 5.5-27.4 4 2.7 1.0- 7.0 4 4.8 1.7-12.9 1 0.6 0.1- 4.3
Henderson/Transylvania 109 88 79.1 69.1-86.6 8 8.3 4.0-16.4 3 2.9 0.8- 9.5 6 5.6 2.3-13.1 4 4.1 1.4-11.4
Mecklenburg 100 65 57.1 44.0-69.3 8 11.0 4.8-23.4 10 6.3 3.2-12.2 15 19.1 11.2-30.8 2 6.3 1.0-30.4
Orange 121 85 70.4 60.5-78.7 17 16.2 9.8-25.5 2 1.2 0.3- 5.1 10 8.4 4.1-16.3 7 3.8 1.6- 8.4
Pitt 94 59 57.8 44.9-69.6 9 10.9 4.8-23.0 8 8.9 4.5-17.0 8 11.8 5.7-22.7 10 10.6 5.3-20.2
Randolph 63 42 66.4 51.9-78.4 3 6.0 1.8-17.7 6 9.4 4.0-20.8 6 8.0 3.4-17.7 6 10.1 4.3-22.0
Robeson 74 46 61.2 46.2-74.4 9 13.2 6.1-26.3 6 7.3 3.0-17.0 9 13.7 6.1-28.1 4 4.5 1.6-12.0
Wake 121 86 69.6 59.0-78.4 14 11.3 6.5-18.9 10 8.1 4.1-15.2 8 8.5 3.5-19.1 3 2.5 0.8- 8.0
Western NC 132 93 63.1 51.9-73.1 14 9.0 5.0-15.6 8 9.9 4.1-22.0 6 8.3 3.2-19.6 11 9.7 5.1-17.7
Piedmont NC 155 110 67.6 57.5-76.3 15 10.2 5.8-17.4 9 6.2 2.6-13.9 11 7.8 3.9-15.2 10 8.1 4.2-15.3
Eastern NC 134 89 63.5 53.2-72.8 13 9.1 4.9-16.3 10 6.0 3.1-11.3 14 16.7 9.5-27.7 8 4.7 2.2- 9.5

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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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