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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption-WHITES

Heavy Drinking*

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  Total
Respond.^
No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 6,883 6,671 96.5 95.5-97.2 212 3.5 2.8- 4.5
GENDER
Male 2,552 2,461 95.7 93.7-97.0 91 4.3 3.0- 6.3
Female 4,331 4,210 97.2 96.4-97.8 121 2.8 2.2- 3.6
AGE
18-24 363 337 90.3 83.6-94.5 26 9.7 5.5-16.4
25-34 940 906 96.3 92.8-98.1 34 3.7 1.9- 7.2
35-44 1,266 1,223 97.3 96.0-98.3 43 2.7 1.7- 4.0
45-54 1,317 1,267 96.2 94.3-97.5 50 3.8 2.5- 5.7
55-64 1,178 1,154 98.3 97.1-99.0 24 1.7 1.0- 2.9
65-74 1,016 990 98.0 96.3-98.9 26 2.0 1.1- 3.7
75+ 763 755 98.4 96.1-99.4 8 1.6 0.6- 3.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 914 905 99.1 97.9-99.6 9 0.9 0.4- 2.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,998 1,943 95.7 93.1-97.3 55 4.3 2.7- 6.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,788 1,718 95.8 93.5-97.3 70 4.2 2.7- 6.5
College Graduate 2,168 2,090 96.7 95.4-97.7 78 3.3 2.3- 4.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 643 626 95.8 88.9-98.5 17 4.2 1.5-11.1
$15,000- 24,999 1,093 1,047 95.6 93.1-97.2 46 4.4 2.8- 6.9
$25,000- 34,999 748 727 97.1 94.7-98.4 21 2.9 1.6- 5.3
$35,000- 49,999 986 955 97.5 95.7-98.5 31 2.5 1.5- 4.3
$50,000-74,999 841 810 96.7 94.8-97.9 31 3.3 2.1- 5.2
$75,000+ 1,024 991 95.4 91.0-97.7 33 4.6 2.3- 9.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 398 382 96.8 94.6-98.2 16 3.2 1.8- 5.4
Guilford 309 295 94.4 89.7-97.0 14 5.6 3.0-10.3
Mecklenburg 289 276 91.9 82.0-96.6 13 8.1 3.4-18.0
Orange 370 355 95.7 92.3-97.6 15 4.3 2.4- 7.7
Wake 323 303 93.4 88.8-96.2 20 6.6 3.8-11.2
Chatham/Lee 291 280 95.8 92.4-97.7 11 4.2 2.3- 7.6
Nash/Wilson 233 229 97.7 93.8-99.2 4 2.3 0.8- 6.2
Craven/Pamlico 349 335 96.5 93.5-98.2 14 3.5 1.8- 6.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 403 396 98.4 96.5-99.3 7 1.6 0.7- 3.5
Appalachian/Wilkes 433 421 95.3 90.8-97.7 12 4.7 2.3- 9.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance 290 283 97.7 94.1-99.1 7 2.3 0.9- 5.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson 367 356 96.1 92.0-98.1 11 3.9 1.9- 8.0
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 200 197 99.2 97.2-99.8 3 0.8 0.2- 2.8
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 260 254 96.7 91.9-98.7 6 3.3 1.3- 8.1
Northeast NC I 209 203 97.6 94.4-99.0 6 2.4 1.0- 5.6
Northeast NC II 346 333 95.8 90.3-98.2 13 4.2 1.8- 9.7
Northeastern Partnership 555 536 96.3 92.4-98.2 19 3.7 1.8- 7.6
Mountain AHEC 1,160 1,124 97.2 95.7-98.1 36 2.8 1.9- 4.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,052 1,990 96.9 95.5-97.9 62 3.1 2.1- 4.5
Piedmont 2,952 2,852 96.0 94.3-97.1 100 4.0 2.9- 5.7
Western NC 1,879 1,829 97.5 96.4-98.2 50 2.5 1.8- 3.6

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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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