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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption-AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALES

Binge Drinking*

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  Total
Respond.^		 No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,780 1,743 98.3 97.6-98.8 37 1.7 1.2- 2.4
AGE
18-24 113 110 97.9 93.0-99.4 3 2.1 0.6- 7.0
25-34 327 316 97.6 95.4-98.8 11 2.4 1.2- 4.6
35-44 349 336 97.1 94.7-98.4 13 2.9 1.6- 5.3
45-54 340 333 98.7 97.1-99.4 7 1.3 0.6- 2.9
55-64 257 256 99.4 96.0-99.9 1 0.6 0.1- 4.0
65-74 223 222 99.4 95.9-99.9 1 0.6 0.1- 4.1
75+ 160 160 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 380 375 98.9 97.4-99.6 5 1.1 0.4- 2.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 583 570 98.3 96.9-99.1 13 1.7 0.9- 3.1
Some Post-H.S. 462 451 98.0 96.2-99.0 11 2.0 1.0- 3.8
College Graduate 352 344 98.2 96.2-99.2 8 1.8 0.8- 3.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 381 368 97.2 94.9-98.4 13 2.8 1.6- 5.1
$15,000- 24,999 441 435 99.4 98.7-99.8 6 0.6 0.2- 1.3
$25,000- 34,999 231 226 98.1 95.4-99.2 5 1.9 0.8- 4.6
$35,000- 49,999 176 170 96.9 92.6-98.7 6 3.1 1.3- 7.4
$50,000-74,999 93 92 99.4 95.6-99.9 1 0.6 0.1- 4.4
$75,000+ 80 79 98.8 92.2-99.8 1 1.2 0.2- 7.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 635 625 99.0 98.0-99.5 10 1.0 0.5- 2.0
No 1,084 1,057 97.9 96.8-98.6 27 2.1 1.4- 3.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 49 48 99.4 95.8-99.9 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2
Non-Veteran 1,720 1,684 98.3 97.5-98.8 36 1.7 1.2- 2.5
Currently Serving 10 10 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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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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