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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County 365 328 87.1 82.1-90.9 37 12.9 9.1-17.9
GENDER
Male 141 116 80.1 71.2-86.8 25 19.9 13.2-28.8
Female 224 212 93.7 88.2-96.7 12 6.3 3.3-11.8
RACE
White 299 265 85.9 80.2-90.2 34 14.1 9.8-19.8
Other 63 60 91.9 75.6-97.7 3 8.1 2.3-24.4
AGE
18-44 138 113 77.6 67.8-85.1 25 22.4 14.9-32.2
45+ 226 214 94.5 90.2-96.9 12 5.5 3.1- 9.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 113 105 88.1 77.3-94.2 8 11.9 5.8-22.7
Some College + 251 222 86.6 80.5-91.0 29 13.4 9.0-19.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 174 162 90.0 81.3-94.9 12 10.0 5.1-18.7
$50,000+ 102 85 80.5 70.3-87.9 17 19.5 12.1-29.7

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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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