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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Orange County

Alcohol Consumption

Drinking alcohol in the past 30 days*

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  Total
Respond.^
YES NO
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,407 3,542 41.4 39.8-43.1 5,865 58.6 56.9-60.2
-Orange County 451 289 60.9 52.9-68.4 162 39.1 31.6-47.1
GENDER
Male 169 110 55.8 43.9-67.0 59 44.2 33.0-56.1
Female 282 179 64.9 54.4-74.2 103 35.1 25.8-45.6
RACE
White 371 265 71.0 62.6-78.3 106 29.0 21.7-37.4
Other 74 20 21.7 12.1-35.9 54 78.3 64.1-87.9
AGE
18-44 215 152 64.6 52.4-75.1 63 35.4 24.9-47.6
45+ 231 136 55.8 47.5-63.8 95 44.2 36.2-52.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 92 39 32.8 20.7-47.8 53 67.2 52.2-79.3
Some College + 359 250 72.2 65.3-78.3 109 27.8 21.7-34.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 204 122 58.5 45.7-70.2 82 41.5 29.8-54.3
$50,000+ 140 109 76.3 67.4-83.3 31 23.7 16.7-32.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 452 197 45.6 40.2-51.2 255 54.4 48.8-59.8
Guilford 442 205 45.4 39.9-51.1 237 54.6 48.9-60.1
Mecklenburg 446 237 55.0 49.1-60.8 209 45.0 39.2-50.9
Orange 451 289 60.9 52.9-68.4 162 39.1 31.6-47.1
Wake 452 240 51.6 46.0-57.2 212 48.4 42.8-54.0
Chatham/Lee 399 167 40.3 34.4-46.4 232 59.7 53.6-65.6
Nash/Wilson 378 110 29.1 23.8-35.0 268 70.9 65.0-76.2
Craven/Pamlico 454 184 42.4 36.9-48.0 270 57.6 52.0-63.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 437 115 27.2 22.6-32.4 322 72.8 67.6-77.4
Appalachian/Wilkes 454 152 35.3 29.5-41.6 302 64.7 58.4-70.5
Franklin/Gran./Vance 477 145 33.9 27.1-41.4 332 66.1 58.6-72.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson 425 147 38.6 27.9-50.5 278 61.4 49.5-72.1
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 469 115 25.4 20.9-30.5 354 74.6 69.5-79.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 418 92 24.2 19.4-29.7 326 75.8 70.3-80.6
Northeast NC I 459 123 27.8 23.0-33.3 336 72.2 66.7-77.0
Northeast NC II 512 181 39.4 34.2-44.8 331 60.6 55.2-65.8
Northeastern Partnership 971 304 35.3 31.4-39.4 667 64.7 60.6-68.6
Mountain AHEC 1,302 493 41.9 37.5-46.4 809 58.1 53.6-62.5
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,302 1,043 37.2 34.3-40.1 2,259 62.8 59.9-65.7
Piedmont 4,034 1,768 44.7 42.5-47.0 2,266 55.3 53.0-57.5
Western NC 2,071 731 37.2 33.8-40.8 1,340 62.8 59.2-66.2

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*Data in this table were derived from the first alcohol consumption question.

^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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