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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Derived Variables and Risk Factors-AFRICAN AMERICANS

Binge Drinking*

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  Total
Respond.^
No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,851 1,755 92.8 90.5-94.5 96 7.2 5.5- 9.5
GENDER
Male 588 524 86.9 82.1-90.5 64 13.1 9.5-17.9
Female 1,263 1,231 97.2 95.4-98.3 32 2.8 1.7- 4.6
AGE
18-24 146 132 91.9 85.1-95.7 14 8.1 4.3-14.9
25-34 282 246 84.9 77.3-90.3 36 15.1 9.7-22.7
35-44 367 345 92.0 85.8-95.7 22 8.0 4.3-14.2
45-54 411 396 94.6 89.2-97.4 15 5.4 2.6-10.8
55-64 286 278 96.7 91.4-98.8 8 3.3 1.2- 8.6
65-74 203 202 99.6 96.9-99.9 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1
75+ 141 141 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 441 426 95.6 90.2-98.1 15 4.4 1.9- 9.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 644 593 88.3 83.3-92.0 51 11.7 8.0-16.7
Some Post-H.S. 429 406 93.9 90.1-96.3 23 6.1 3.7- 9.9
College Graduate 331 324 96.8 92.5-98.7 7 3.2 1.3- 7.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 348 332 94.0 88.3-97.0 16 6.0 3.0-11.7
$15,000- 24,999 425 401 93.6 88.3-96.6 24 6.4 3.4-11.7
$25,000- 34,999 225 209 91.9 84.1-96.0 16 8.1 4.0-15.9
$35,000- 49,999 197 182 87.8 78.7-93.3 15 12.2 6.7-21.3
$50,000-74,999 118 115 93.9 80.4-98.3 3 6.1 1.7-19.6
$75,000+ 94 86 89.3 78.4-95.1 8 10.7 4.9-21.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 29 26 84.3 58.3-95.3 3 15.7 4.7-41.7
Guilford 114 105 90.1 79.3-95.5 9 9.9 4.5-20.7
Mecklenburg 119 111 92.6 84.6-96.6 8 7.4 3.4-15.4
Orange 48 45 92.9 77.8-98.0 3 7.1 2.0-22.2
Wake 85 81 95.7 86.6-98.7 4 4.3 1.3-13.4
Chatham/Lee 70 68 97.7 90.7-99.5 2 2.3 0.5- 9.3
Nash/Wilson 124 118 94.6 88.1-97.7 6 5.4 2.3-11.9
Craven/Pamlico 92 88 95.1 86.3-98.3 4 4.9 1.7-13.7
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 16 14 92.6 72.1-98.4 2 7.4 1.6-27.9
Appalachian/Wilkes 9 8 83.4 38.1-97.6 1 16.6 2.4-61.9
Franklin/Gran./Vance 162 154 91.6 79.1-96.9 8 8.4 3.1-20.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson 9 9 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 142 136 92.1 81.1-97.0 6 7.9 3.0-18.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 128 122 93.7 84.7-97.6 6 6.3 2.4-15.3
Northeast NC I 236 231 97.0 92.6-98.8 5 3.0 1.2- 7.4
Northeast NC II 146 137 90.8 81.4-95.7 9 9.2 4.3-18.6
Northeastern Partnership 382 368 93.8 88.8-96.7 14 6.2 3.3-11.2
Mountain AHEC 50 46 86.3 67.0-95.1 4 13.7 4.9-33.0
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 973 929 92.5 88.8-95.1 44 7.5 4.9-11.2
Piedmont 805 759 93.0 89.8-95.2 46 7.0 4.8-10.2
Western NC 73 67 91.0 78.4-96.6 6 9.0 3.4-21.6

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*Data in this table were derived from the alcohol consumption questions.
1=Yes = Respondents who report they did not drink in the past 30 days and who did not have five or more drinks on an occasion.
No = Respondents who report they did drink in the past 30 days and had five or more drinks on one or more occasions in the past month.

^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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