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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption

Drinking alcohol in the past 30 days*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,693 2,735 41.2 39.4-43.1 3,958 58.8 56.9-60.6
Piedmont NC 881 309 33.9 30.0-38.1 572 66.1 61.9-70.0
GENDER
Male 321 157 47.1 40.2-54.0 164 52.9 46.0-59.8
Female 560 152 22.7 18.8-27.2 408 77.3 72.8-81.2
RACE
White 719 264 35.8 31.3-40.5 455 64.2 59.5-68.7
Other 156 43 27.3 19.7-36.5 113 72.7 63.5-80.3
AGE
18-44 371 164 43.4 37.0-50.1 207 56.6 49.9-63.0
45+ 498 140 24.5 20.2-29.3 358 75.5 70.7-79.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 474 110 24.7 20.2-29.9 364 75.3 70.1-79.8
Some College + 403 198 47.4 41.0-53.8 205 52.6 46.2-59.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 453 139 28.3 23.5-33.7 314 71.7 66.3-76.5
$50,000+ 218 108 50.4 41.7-58.9 110 49.6 41.1-58.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 413 165 41.1 35.6-46.9 248 58.9 53.1-64.4
Forsyth 465 197 45.9 40.6-51.4 268 54.1 48.6-59.4
Guilford 421 181 45.4 39.6-51.3 240 54.6 48.7-60.4
Henderson/Transylvania 470 210 42.4 36.9-48.2 260 57.6 51.8-63.1
Mecklenburg 447 220 50.3 44.1-56.4 227 49.7 43.6-55.9
Orange 438 274 64.2 57.6-70.4 164 35.8 29.6-42.4
Pitt 415 191 52.7 46.6-58.6 224 47.3 41.4-53.4
Randolph 429 122 30.1 24.8-36.1 307 69.9 63.9-75.2
Robeson 436 110 32.1 26.1-38.8 326 67.9 61.2-73.9
Wake 428 251 61.7 56.2-66.9 177 38.3 33.1-43.8
Western NC 656 216 35.1 30.8-39.6 440 64.9 60.4-69.2
Eastern NC 794 289 39.5 35.4-43.8 505 60.5 56.2-64.6

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*Data in this table were derived from the first alcohol consumption question.

#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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