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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Wake County

Alcohol Consumption

During the past 30 days, how many times have you driven when you've had perhaps too much to drink?*

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  Total
Respond.#
None At least once
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,678 6,616 98.7 97.8-99.3 62 1.3 0.7- 2.2
Wake County 426 423 99.4 98.2-99.8 3 0.6 0.2- 1.8
GENDER
Male 181 179 99.1 96.6-99.8 2 0.9 0.2- 3.4
Female 245 244 99.7 98.2- 100 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8
RACE
White 307 304 99.2 97.3-99.7 3 0.8 0.3- 2.7
Other 117 117 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 240 239 99.8 98.6- 100 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4
45+ 182 180 98.7 95.1-99.7 2 1.3 0.3- 4.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 111 109 98.3 93.5-99.6 2 1.7 0.4- 6.5
Some College + 315 314 99.8 98.8- 100 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 154 152 99.0 95.8-99.8 2 1.0 0.2- 4.2
$50,000+ 174 174 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 410 404 97.1 92.5-98.9 6 2.9 1.1- 7.5
Forsyth 465 455 97.9 95.9-99.0 10 2.1 1.0- 4.1
Guilford 420 414 98.1 95.4-99.3 6 1.9 0.7- 4.6
Henderson/Transylvania 469 465 99.2 97.2-99.8 4 0.8 0.2- 2.8
Mecklenburg 447 442 98.9 97.2-99.5 5 1.1 0.5- 2.8
Orange 438 431 98.1 95.4-99.2 7 1.9 0.8- 4.6
Pitt 414 409 98.6 96.5-99.4 5 1.4 0.6- 3.5
Randolph 426 424 99.1 96.4-99.8 2 0.9 0.2- 3.6
Robeson 436 436 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Western NC 656 649 98.1 95.0-99.3 7 1.9 0.7- 5.0
Piedmont NC 878 872 97.8 93.6-99.2 6 2.2 0.8- 6.4
Eastern NC 793 792 99.9 99.4- 100 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6

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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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