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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Randolph County

Alcohol Consumption

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
Randolph County 427 400 92.4 88.7-94.9 27 7.6 5.1-11.3
GENDER
Male 171 150 86.5 79.6-91.3 21 13.5 8.7-20.4
Female 256 250 98.2 95.7-99.2 6 1.8 0.8- 4.3
RACE
White 386 361 92.1 88.1-94.8 25 7.9 5.2-11.9
Other 39 37 95.0 81.6-98.8 2 5.0 1.2-18.4
AGE
18-44 179 163 90.9 85.0-94.7 16 9.1 5.3-15.0
45+ 245 234 94.0 88.8-96.8 11 6.0 3.2-11.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 281 260 90.5 85.4-93.9 21 9.5 6.1-14.6
Some College + 146 140 96.2 90.5-98.5 6 3.8 1.5- 9.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 232 210 87.9 81.8-92.2 22 12.1 7.8-18.2
$50,000+ 79 77 97.5 86.4-99.6 2 2.5 0.4-13.6
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
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
Piedmont NC 876 815 91.3 88.4-93.4 61 8.7 6.6-11.6
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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