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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Binge Drinking

During this most recent occasion, where were you when you did most of your drinking?*

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  Total
Respond.^
At home Another person's home Restaurant Bar or club Other
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 609 309 48.7 42.0-55.4 106 20.1 14.6-26.9 39 7.1 4.3-11.4 108 17.2 13.3-21.9 47 7.0 4.6-10.5
GENDER
Male 407 220 51.8 43.6-60.0 65 19.8 13.3-28.5 26 7.2 4.0-12.7 66 15.5 11.2-21.0 30 5.7 3.4- 9.3
Female 202 89 38.5 29.4-48.5 41 20.9 13.9-30.3 13 6.7 3.1-13.9 42 22.7 15.3-32.3 17 11.2 5.5-21.6
RACE
White 473 229 46.0 38.3-53.9 82 21.1 14.6-29.4 36 8.1 4.8-13.4 85 16.4 12.2-21.6 41 8.5 5.4-13.0
African American 92 47 48.7 34.5-63.1 20 19.4 10.5-33.0 2 5.0 1.3-17.9 17 24.5 13.7-39.8 6 2.5 0.9- 6.2

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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