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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Risk Factors--MALE Respondents Only

Binge Drinking*

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  Total
Respond.#		 No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,566 2,166 82.3 79.8-84.6 400 17.7 15.4-20.2
RACE
White 1,939 1,634 82.4 79.5-84.9 305 17.6 15.1-20.5
African American 364 322 86.4 80.3-90.8 42 13.6 9.2-19.7
Asian 36 30 65.4 36.0-86.4 6 34.6 13.6-64.0
Native American 69 61 84.5 64.4-94.2 8 15.5 5.8-35.6
Other Minorities 142 105 75.4 62.3-85.1 37 24.6 14.9-37.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 151 114 75.5 62.7-85.0 37 24.5 15.0-37.3
-English Speaking 55 46 79.3 59.4-91.0 9 20.7 9.0-40.6
-Spanish Speaking 96 68 74.3 58.3-85.7 28 25.7 14.3-41.7
Non-Hispanic 2,411 2,049 82.9 80.4-85.2 362 17.1 14.8-19.6
AGE
18-24 185 125 66.3 55.4-75.7 60 33.7 24.3-44.6
25-34 440 324 77.8 72.2-82.5 116 22.2 17.5-27.8
35-44 554 447 80.2 75.0-84.5 107 19.8 15.5-25.0
45-54 520 438 83.0 77.4-87.5 82 17.0 12.5-22.6
55-64 370 342 92.6 88.3-95.4 28 7.4 4.6-11.7
65-74 292 288 98.1 93.8-99.4 4 1.9 0.6- 6.2
75+ 184 182 99.7 98.8-99.9 2 0.3 0.1- 1.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 432 368 84.0 77.3-89.0 64 16.0 11.0-22.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 761 633 83.0 78.6-86.6 128 17.0 13.4-21.4
Some Post-H.S. 527 439 80.0 73.8-85.1 88 20.0 14.9-26.2
College Graduate 839 719 82.0 77.4-85.9 120 18.0 14.1-22.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 205 173 81.5 70.1-89.2 32 18.5 10.8-29.9
$15,000- 24,999 396 321 78.5 71.5-84.1 75 21.5 15.9-28.5
$25,000- 34,999 320 263 84.8 78.3-89.6 57 15.2 10.4-21.7
$35,000- 49,999 393 322 78.1 70.6-84.2 71 21.9 15.8-29.4
$50,000-74,999 293 253 82.2 74.5-88.0 40 17.8 12.0-25.5
$75,000+ 427 355 80.7 74.9-85.4 72 19.3 14.6-25.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 154 139 87.2 78.5-92.7 15 12.8 7.3-21.5
Forsyth 178 147 81.5 74.0-87.3 31 18.5 12.7-26.0
Guilford 152 136 89.2 81.1-94.0 16 10.8 6.0-18.9
Henderson/Transylvania 189 168 88.3 82.1-92.6 21 11.7 7.4-17.9
Mecklenburg 159 124 73.4 62.6-81.9 35 26.6 18.1-37.4
Orange 178 142 79.3 71.7-85.4 36 20.7 14.6-28.3
Pitt 154 119 72.7 62.8-80.7 35 27.3 19.3-37.2
Randolph 171 150 86.5 79.6-91.3 21 13.5 8.7-20.4
Robeson 171 143 80.3 71.3-87.1 28 19.7 12.9-28.7
Wake 182 147 78.6 70.4-85.0 35 21.4 15.0-29.6
Western NC 279 241 83.9 77.3-88.9 38 16.1 11.1-22.7
Piedmont NC 317 272 84.8 79.2-89.1 45 15.2 10.9-20.8
Eastern NC 282 238 82.2 75.8-87.2 44 17.8 12.8-24.2

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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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