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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
Western NC 656 216 35.1 30.8-39.6 440 64.9 60.4-69.2
GENDER
Male 280 132 46.0 39.3-52.8 148 54.0 47.2-60.7
Female 376 84 22.3 18.0-27.4 292 77.7 72.6-82.0
RACE
White 610 199 34.5 30.1-39.2 411 65.5 60.8-69.9
Other 44 16 39.5 23.9-57.5 28 60.5 42.5-76.1
AGE
18-44 244 104 43.1 35.7-50.7 140 56.9 49.3-64.3
45+ 406 110 28.2 23.5-33.3 296 71.8 66.7-76.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 374 89 23.6 18.9-29.0 285 76.4 71.0-81.1
Some College + 281 127 50.6 43.7-57.4 154 49.4 42.6-56.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 401 123 31.1 25.8-36.9 278 68.9 63.1-74.2
$50,000+ 107 59 55.3 44.9-65.2 48 44.7 34.8-55.1
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
Piedmont NC 881 309 33.9 30.0-38.1 572 66.1 61.9-70.0
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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