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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption-AFRICAN AMERICANS

Binge Drinking*

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  Total
Respond.^
No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,653 2,530 94.9 93.7-95.8 123 5.1 4.2- 6.3
GENDER
Male 873 787 90.5 88.0-92.5 86 9.5 7.5-12.0
Female 1,780 1,743 98.3 97.6-98.8 37 1.7 1.2- 2.4
AGE
18-24 173 160 92.1 85.7-95.7 13 7.9 4.3-14.3
25-34 465 430 91.5 87.5-94.3 35 8.5 5.7-12.5
35-44 519 490 94.3 91.4-96.3 29 5.7 3.7- 8.6
45-54 513 486 95.7 93.5-97.2 27 4.3 2.8- 6.5
55-64 422 410 96.5 93.6-98.1 12 3.5 1.9- 6.4
65-74 326 320 97.1 92.3-98.9 6 2.9 1.1- 7.7
75+ 219 219 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 596 573 96.1 93.7-97.6 23 3.9 2.4- 6.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 910 863 94.2 92.0-95.8 47 5.8 4.2- 8.0
Some Post-H.S. 649 618 93.9 90.9-96.0 31 6.1 4.0- 9.1
College Graduate 493 471 96.0 93.5-97.5 22 4.0 2.5- 6.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 521 495 95.2 92.1-97.1 26 4.8 2.9- 7.9
$15,000- 24,999 617 592 95.9 93.5-97.4 25 4.1 2.6- 6.5
$25,000- 34,999 340 329 96.9 94.3-98.4 11 3.1 1.6- 5.7
$35,000- 49,999 297 273 89.4 83.7-93.2 24 10.6 6.8-16.3
$50,000-74,999 190 173 91.6 86.3-95.0 17 8.4 5.0-13.7
$75,000+ 144 138 93.7 86.1-97.3 6 6.3 2.7-13.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 931 899 96.3 94.4-97.6 32 3.7 2.4- 5.6
No 1,619 1,534 94.4 92.9-95.7 85 5.6 4.3- 7.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 302 281 91.5 86.4-94.9 21 8.5 5.1-13.6
Non-Veteran 2,306 2,208 95.6 94.4-96.5 98 4.4 3.5- 5.6
Currently Serving 38 35 90.7 69.6-97.7 3 9.3 2.3-30.4

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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 (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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