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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

Risk Factors

Binge Drinking*

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  Total
Respond.#
No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,659 6,082 89.1 87.8-90.3 577 10.9 9.7-12.2
Piedmont NC 876 815 91.3 88.4-93.4 61 8.7 6.6-11.6
GENDER
Male 317 272 84.8 79.2-89.1 45 15.2 10.9-20.8
Female 559 543 96.7 94.4-98.1 16 3.3 1.9- 5.6
RACE
White 716 666 90.7 87.4-93.2 50 9.3 6.8-12.6
Other 154 143 93.0 86.8-96.4 11 7.0 3.6-13.2
AGE
18-44 368 326 87.5 82.6-91.1 42 12.5 8.9-17.4
45+ 496 477 94.7 91.2-96.9 19 5.3 3.1- 8.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 470 444 93.2 89.6-95.7 26 6.8 4.3-10.4
Some College + 402 367 88.3 83.3-91.9 35 11.7 8.1-16.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 451 419 91.3 87.3-94.2 32 8.7 5.8-12.7
$50,000+ 218 196 86.1 78.8-91.1 22 13.9 8.9-21.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 407 382 91.1 85.9-94.5 25 8.9 5.5-14.1
Forsyth 463 419 88.8 84.7-91.9 44 11.2 8.1-15.3
Guilford 418 390 92.2 87.9-95.0 28 7.8 5.0-12.1
Henderson/Transylvania 470 437 92.6 89.1-95.0 33 7.4 5.0-10.9
Mecklenburg 445 395 84.0 77.7-88.7 50 16.0 11.3-22.3
Orange 434 381 87.0 82.4-90.5 53 13.0 9.5-17.6
Pitt 412 361 83.0 77.2-87.5 51 17.0 12.5-22.8
Randolph 427 400 92.4 88.7-94.9 27 7.6 5.1-11.3
Robeson 435 403 89.1 83.9-92.7 32 10.9 7.3-16.1
Wake 427 369 84.2 79.3-88.1 58 15.8 11.9-20.7
Western NC 655 605 89.8 85.9-92.7 50 10.2 7.3-14.1
Eastern NC 790 725 89.4 86.1-92.0 65 10.6 8.0-13.9

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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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