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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Northeast NC II (Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington)

Alcohol Consumption

Binge Drinking*

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  Total
Respond.^
No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,360 8,730 91.4 90.3-92.5 630 8.6 7.5- 9.7
-Northeast NC II 507 463 87.8 82.9-91.4 44 12.2 8.6-17.1
GENDER
Male 183 154 82.1 73.6-88.3 29 17.9 11.7-26.4
Female 324 309 93.3 88.2-96.3 15 6.7 3.7-11.8
RACE
White 345 312 86.4 80.1-91.0 33 13.6 9.0-19.9
Other 160 150 91.2 82.8-95.7 10 8.8 4.3-17.2
AGE
18-44 173 144 78.5 69.1-85.7 29 21.5 14.3-30.9
45+ 329 314 95.2 91.9-97.2 15 4.8 2.8- 8.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 262 241 88.0 80.5-92.8 21 12.0 7.2-19.5
Some College + 243 220 87.5 80.5-92.2 23 12.5 7.8-19.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 273 247 86.1 78.9-91.1 26 13.9 8.9-21.1
$50,000+ 97 88 86.8 73.6-94.0 9 13.2 6.0-26.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 450 418 89.9 84.9-93.4 32 10.1 6.6-15.1
Guilford 439 402 88.3 83.3-92.0 37 11.7 8.0-16.7
Mecklenburg 443 399 85.9 79.3-90.7 44 14.1 9.3-20.7
Orange 451 397 82.3 75.2-87.8 54 17.7 12.2-24.8
Wake 450 416 91.6 87.1-94.6 34 8.4 5.4-12.9
Chatham/Lee 397 368 92.1 88.2-94.8 29 7.9 5.2-11.8
Nash/Wilson 377 355 91.9 86.3-95.4 22 8.1 4.6-13.7
Craven/Pamlico 454 426 91.9 87.8-94.8 28 8.1 5.2-12.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 434 406 92.5 89.0-95.0 28 7.5 5.0-11.0
Appalachian/Wilkes 452 426 92.2 87.7-95.1 26 7.8 4.9-12.3
Franklin/Gran./Vance 474 441 87.9 81.1-92.5 33 12.1 7.5-18.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson 421 390 82.3 64.8-92.1 31 17.7 7.9-35.2
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 469 448 95.0 91.6-97.1 21 5.0 2.9- 8.4
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 416 390 91.1 86.5-94.3 26 8.9 5.7-13.5
Northeast NC I 457 437 94.0 90.3-96.4 20 6.0 3.6- 9.7
Northeastern Partnership 964 900 90.0 86.7-92.6 64 10.0 7.4-13.3
Mountain AHEC 1,294 1,212 89.7 84.2-93.4 82 10.3 6.6-15.8
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,288 3,086 92.3 90.6-93.7 202 7.7 6.3- 9.4
Piedmont 4,013 3,708 91.1 89.5-92.5 305 8.9 7.5-10.5
Western NC 2,059 1,936 91.0 87.4-93.7 123 9.0 6.3-12.6

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