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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Eastern North Carolina**

Alcohol Consumption

Heavy Drinking*

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  Total
Respond.^
No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,355 9,109 97.0 96.2-97.6 246 3.0 2.4- 3.8
-Eastern NC 3,280 3,208 97.7 96.7-98.4 72 2.3 1.6- 3.3
GENDER
Male 1,147 1,112 96.9 95.2-98.1 35 3.1 1.9- 4.8
Female 2,133 2,096 98.4 97.3-99.0 37 1.6 1.0- 2.7
RACE
White 2,052 1,990 96.9 95.5-97.9 62 3.1 2.1- 4.5
African American 970 962 98.9 97.2-99.6 8 1.1 0.4- 2.8
Other Minorities 241 239 99.7 98.7-99.9 2 0.3 0.1- 1.3
AGE
18-24 199 194 96.2 90.0-98.6 5 3.8 1.4-10.0
25-34 486 473 97.9 95.8-99.0 13 2.1 1.0- 4.2
35-44 590 572 97.9 96.0-98.9 18 2.1 1.1- 4.0
45-54 639 626 98.0 95.6-99.1 13 2.0 0.9- 4.4
55-64 565 556 98.4 96.3-99.3 9 1.6 0.7- 3.7
65-74 456 443 96.7 92.3-98.7 13 3.3 1.3- 7.7
75+ 325 324 98.5 90.5-99.8 1 1.5 0.2- 9.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 652 646 99.1 97.3-99.7 6 0.9 0.3- 2.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,100 1,072 97.5 95.7-98.6 28 2.5 1.4- 4.3
Some Post-H.S. 840 821 97.4 94.9-98.7 19 2.6 1.3- 5.1
College Graduate 682 663 97.2 94.3-98.6 19 2.8 1.4- 5.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 465 460 99.3 98.1-99.8 5 0.7 0.2- 1.9
$15,000- 24,999 648 627 96.4 93.0-98.2 21 3.6 1.8- 7.0
$25,000- 34,999 376 364 96.2 91.7-98.3 12 3.8 1.7- 8.3
$35,000- 49,999 423 415 97.5 93.6-99.0 8 2.5 1.0- 6.4
$50,000-74,999 329 318 96.9 93.1-98.7 11 3.1 1.3- 6.9
$75,000+ 290 286 98.6 94.1-99.7 4 1.4 0.3- 5.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 450 433 96.1 92.5-98.1 17 3.9 1.9- 7.5
Guilford 440 424 95.7 92.3-97.6 16 4.3 2.4- 7.7
Mecklenburg 443 425 93.4 87.1-96.8 18 6.6 3.2-12.9
Orange 450 432 95.8 92.8-97.6 18 4.2 2.4- 7.2
Wake 449 428 94.4 90.0-96.9 21 5.6 3.1-10.0
Chatham/Lee 398 384 96.7 94.3-98.1 14 3.3 1.9- 5.7
Nash/Wilson 376 371 98.5 96.3-99.4 5 1.5 0.6- 3.7
Craven/Pamlico 451 436 96.9 94.4-98.3 15 3.1 1.7- 5.6
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 434 424 97.7 95.5-98.8 10 2.3 1.2- 4.5
Appalachian/Wilkes 453 441 95.5 91.1-97.8 12 4.5 2.2- 8.9
Franklin/Gran./Vance 473 465 98.5 96.3-99.4 8 1.5 0.6- 3.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson 424 412 96.0 92.0-98.0 12 4.0 2.0- 8.0
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 467 461 98.9 97.4-99.6 6 1.1 0.4- 2.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 418 409 97.2 94.2-98.7 9 2.8 1.3- 5.8
Northeast NC I 457 451 99.0 97.6-99.6 6 1.0 0.4- 2.4
Northeast NC II 505 491 96.6 92.6-98.5 14 3.4 1.5- 7.4
Northeastern Partnership 962 942 97.4 95.0-98.7 20 2.6 1.3- 5.0
Mountain AHEC 1,299 1,259 96.8 95.2-97.9 40 3.2 2.1- 4.8
NC REGIONS***
Piedmont 4,012 3,894 96.5 95.2-97.5 118 3.5 2.5- 4.8
Western NC 2,063 2,007 97.2 96.1-98.0 56 2.8 2.0- 3.9

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*Data in this table were derived from the alcohol consumption questions.
No = Respondents reported having LESS than 2 drinks/day for MALES and LESS than 1 drink/day for FEMALES.
Yes = Respondents reported having MORE than 2 drinks/day for MALES and MORE than 1 drink/day for FEMALES.

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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