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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

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
Western NC 656 649 98.1 95.0-99.3 7 1.9 0.7- 5.0
GENDER
Male 280 276 97.1 91.0-99.1 4 2.9 0.9- 9.0
Female 376 373 99.2 97.7-99.8 3 0.8 0.2- 2.3
RACE
White 610 606 98.5 94.7-99.6 4 1.5 0.4- 5.3
Other 44 41 92.4 78.5-97.6 3 7.6 2.4-21.5
AGE
18-44 244 237 95.8 89.3-98.4 7 4.2 1.6-10.7
45+ 406 406 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 374 372 99.5 97.8-99.9 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2
Some College + 281 276 96.2 88.9-98.8 5 3.8 1.2-11.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 401 397 97.9 92.1-99.5 4 2.1 0.5- 7.9
$50,000+ 107 106 98.2 88.5-99.8 1 1.8 0.2-11.5
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 . - .
Wake 426 423 99.4 98.2-99.8 3 0.6 0.2- 1.8
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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