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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Binge Drinking

During the same occasion, about how many drinks of liquor, including cocktails, did you have?*

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  Total
Respond.^
1-2 liquor drinks 3-4 liquor drinks 5-6 liquor drinks 7+ liquor drinks None
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 598 91 12.7 9.1-17.4 61 10.4 7.0-15.1 53 10.0 6.9-14.2 21 3.7 2.0- 6.8 372 63.2 56.8-69.3
GENDER
Male 398 54 12.1 7.9-18.1 35 9.6 5.7-15.8 31 8.6 5.3-13.5 14 3.4 1.6- 7.0 264 66.3 58.4-73.4
Female 200 37 14.6 9.2-22.4 26 12.6 7.6-20.1 22 14.3 8.2-23.8 7 4.7 1.6-13.0 108 53.7 43.6-63.6
RACE
White 469 67 12.8 8.6-18.6 41 8.7 5.1-14.4 45 11.3 7.7-16.4 16 4.0 2.0- 7.9 300 63.2 55.6-70.1
African American 86 19 16.1 8.9-27.5 15 21.1 11.5-35.5 8 7.4 2.2-21.6 5 3.9 1.3-11.5 39 51.4 36.8-65.8

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available.

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*Asked only of respondents who reported having at least one occasion of binge drinking (past 30 days)

^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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