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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 434 409 93.7 90.4-95.9 25 6.3 4.1- 9.6
GENDER
Male 133 118 89.9 83.1-94.1 15 10.1 5.9-16.9
Female 301 291 96.1 92.2-98.1 10 3.9 1.9- 7.8
RACE
White 374 351 93.2 89.5-95.7 23 6.8 4.3-10.5
Other 59 57 95.8 84.5-99.0 2 4.2 1.0-15.5
AGE
18-44 190 174 92.2 87.1-95.4 16 7.8 4.6-12.9
45+ 242 233 94.9 89.8-97.6 9 5.1 2.4-10.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 170 163 95.7 90.7-98.1 7 4.3 1.9- 9.3
Some College + 264 246 92.5 87.7-95.5 18 7.5 4.5-12.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 180 174 96.3 91.5-98.5 6 3.7 1.5- 8.5
$50,000+ 171 154 90.5 84.6-94.3 17 9.5 5.7-15.4

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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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