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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)

Alcohol Consumption

Binge Drinking*

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  Total
Respond.^
No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,849 13,783 91.6 91.0-92.2 1,066 8.4 7.8- 9.0
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County) 595 567 94.6 91.6-96.5 28 5.4 3.5- 8.4
GENDER
Male 211 189 90.4 84.4-94.2 22 9.6 5.8-15.6
Female 384 378 98.2 95.3-99.3 6 1.8 0.7- 4.7
RACE
White 502 482 95.0 91.9-97.0 20 5.0 3.0- 8.1
Other 90 82 90.6 75.7-96.8 8 9.4 3.2-24.3
AGE
18-44 200 182 89.8 82.8-94.2 18 10.2 5.8-17.2
45+ 391 381 97.4 94.7-98.7 10 2.6 1.3- 5.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 284 267 92.4 86.7-95.8 17 7.6 4.2-13.3
Some College + 308 297 96.4 93.0-98.2 11 3.6 1.8- 7.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 342 323 93.3 88.5-96.2 19 6.7 3.8-11.5
$50,000+ 123 118 95.3 88.0-98.2 5 4.7 1.8-12.0

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*Data in this table were derived from the alcohol consumption questions.
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^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 (MAHEC): 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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