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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption--WHITE 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 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
GENDER
Male 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
Female 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
AGE
18-24 180 105 56.2 44.2-67.5 31 13.0 7.5-21.6 13 10.0 4.9-19.3 23 14.9 8.4-25.1 8 5.9 1.9-16.6
25-34 440 318 69.1 62.3-75.2 54 13.8 9.8-19.1 21 3.7 1.9- 6.9 25 6.8 3.9-11.7 22 6.6 3.7-11.5
35-44 513 390 74.0 68.3-79.1 45 8.9 6.1-12.8 29 6.9 4.2-11.0 33 6.2 4.1- 9.3 16 4.0 1.9- 8.0
45-54 476 375 72.6 65.0-79.1 39 9.3 5.7-14.7 26 7.2 4.2-12.0 26 8.4 4.4-15.7 10 2.6 0.9- 7.2
55-64 306 276 89.0 82.4-93.3 11 5.5 2.5-11.6 3 1.5 0.3- 6.6 11 2.7 1.1- 6.3 5 1.3 0.5- 3.8
65-74 199 195 96.5 89.0-98.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.7 0.1- 4.5 0 0.0 . - . 3 2.9 0.7-10.9
75+ 108 105 99.2 96.9-99.8 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 115 74 66.3 52.6-77.7 12 8.9 4.1-18.3 7 5.2 1.9-13.5 10 7.6 3.7-15.2 12 12.0 5.1-25.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 502 369 71.1 64.5-76.8 47 10.7 7.2-15.7 25 5.7 3.2-10.1 43 9.6 6.0-14.8 18 2.9 1.5- 5.5
Some Post-H.S. 528 411 70.0 62.8-76.3 53 11.8 8.1-16.8 22 4.5 2.7- 7.3 27 8.8 5.0-14.9 15 5.0 2.2-11.0
College Graduate 1,090 921 79.6 75.2-83.4 71 7.3 5.3-10.0 40 6.0 3.7- 9.5 39 4.2 2.7- 6.7 19 2.9 1.5- 5.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 114 80 54.4 37.7-70.3 12 14.8 5.8-33.0 7 12.2 3.5-34.9 10 13.4 4.7-33.0 5 5.1 1.6-15.3
$15,000- 24,999 237 161 60.4 49.9-70.1 25 9.9 5.7-16.7 12 6.0 2.7-12.5 24 12.3 6.4-22.4 15 11.3 5.8-20.9
$25,000- 34,999 263 204 75.9 66.7-83.3 22 8.5 4.8-14.8 9 5.2 2.2-11.9 17 7.7 3.5-16.4 11 2.6 1.0- 6.6
$35,000- 49,999 352 278 71.3 62.3-79.0 30 9.1 5.5-14.7 15 4.4 2.3- 8.3 17 6.1 3.0-11.8 12 9.1 3.9-19.8
$50,000-74,999 336 279 74.9 66.2-82.0 26 10.2 6.2-16.3 15 5.4 2.5-11.0 12 7.2 3.3-14.8 4 2.3 0.8- 6.7
$75,000+ 536 437 77.4 71.8-82.2 40 8.3 5.5-12.4 24 5.7 3.4- 9.5 27 6.6 4.0-10.8 8 1.9 0.8- 4.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 147 124 78.5 67.2-86.6 10 8.1 3.5-17.7 2 0.9 0.2- 3.7 11 12.5 6.3-23.4 0 0.0 . - .
Forsyth 167 132 77.0 68.4-83.8 13 8.3 4.6-14.7 8 3.8 1.7- 8.2 12 8.7 4.6-15.9 2 2.1 0.5- 8.3
Guilford 129 109 83.3 74.2-89.6 11 9.9 5.1-18.6 5 3.2 1.3- 7.8 3 3.0 0.9- 9.8 1 0.5 0.1- 3.7
Henderson/Transylvania 200 172 86.1 79.5-90.8 11 5.3 2.8- 9.7 4 2.4 0.8- 7.2 8 3.1 1.3- 7.2 5 3.1 1.1- 8.3
Mecklenburg 147 115 69.2 56.4-79.7 8 5.6 2.4-12.5 10 5.5 2.8-10.8 12 13.3 7.2-23.2 2 6.3 1.0-30.0
Orange 236 186 79.2 71.4-85.2 21 9.4 5.8-15.0 5 1.3 0.5- 3.5 16 7.3 4.0-13.1 8 2.8 1.3- 6.0
Pitt 164 119 68.3 58.4-76.8 18 9.5 5.5-15.7 8 6.4 3.2-12.5 11 9.7 5.0-18.0 8 6.1 2.7-13.2
Randolph 116 91 75.1 64.4-83.5 6 6.0 2.5-13.8 7 7.1 3.2-15.1 6 4.8 1.9-11.4 6 7.0 3.0-15.5
Robeson 52 41 74.6 56.0-87.1 1 6.2 0.9-32.9 3 6.4 1.6-21.7 4 6.2 2.0-17.6 3 6.6 2.0-19.6
Wake 191 144 71.2 62.6-78.6 22 11.8 7.6-18.0 15 8.6 5.0-14.6 7 6.2 2.4-15.2 3 2.1 0.6- 6.6
Western NC 200 155 70.6 61.2-78.5 19 9.4 5.7-15.0 6 6.8 2.5-17.1 10 7.0 3.1-15.3 10 6.2 3.2-11.8
Piedmont NC 265 215 74.2 66.2-80.9 25 11.0 7.0-16.8 9 4.7 2.0-10.7 7 4.7 2.0-10.4 9 5.5 2.7-10.8
Eastern NC 223 174 74.7 67.2-80.9 18 8.9 5.2-14.8 12 5.6 3.1- 9.9 12 7.7 4.1-14.0 7 3.1 1.4- 6.7

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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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