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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Alcohol Consumption

Heavy Drinking*

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  Total
Respond.^
No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 17,017 16,512 97.1 96.7-97.4 505 2.9 2.6- 3.3
-Eastern NC 5,500 5,350 97.2 96.5-97.8 150 2.8 2.2- 3.5
GENDER
Male 1,901 1,827 96.6 95.2-97.6 74 3.4 2.4- 4.8
Female 3,599 3,523 97.7 97.1-98.3 76 2.3 1.7- 2.9
RACE
White 3,667 3,536 96.3 95.2-97.1 131 3.7 2.9- 4.8
African American 1,352 1,341 99.2 98.4-99.6 11 0.8 0.4- 1.6
Other Minorities 463 455 98.4 96.5-99.3 8 1.6 0.7- 3.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 243 240 98.6 94.4-99.7 3 1.4 0.3- 5.6
Non-Hispanic 5,250 5,103 97.1 96.3-97.7 147 2.9 2.3- 3.7
AGE
18-24 276 269 96.4 90.5-98.7 7 3.6 1.3- 9.5
25-34 771 751 97.8 96.5-98.7 20 2.2 1.3- 3.5
35-44 976 942 96.5 94.9-97.6 34 3.5 2.4- 5.1
45-54 1,128 1,097 97.2 95.9-98.1 31 2.8 1.9- 4.1
55-64 1,028 987 96.4 95.0-97.4 41 3.6 2.6- 5.0
65-74 757 747 98.4 96.8-99.2 10 1.6 0.8- 3.2
75+ 534 528 99.1 97.9-99.6 6 0.9 0.4- 2.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 863 851 98.9 97.7-99.4 12 1.1 0.6- 2.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,817 1,765 96.5 94.6-97.7 52 3.5 2.3- 5.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,399 1,357 97.0 95.7-98.0 42 3.0 2.0- 4.3
College Graduate 1,414 1,370 97.2 96.1-98.0 44 2.8 2.0- 3.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 753 738 98.6 97.6-99.2 15 1.4 0.8- 2.4
$15,000- 24,999 1,030 1,008 97.3 95.4-98.4 22 2.7 1.6- 4.6
$25,000- 34,999 704 685 96.0 91.0-98.3 19 4.0 1.7- 9.0
$35,000- 49,999 777 753 97.1 95.5-98.1 24 2.9 1.9- 4.5
$50,000-74,999 707 682 97.5 96.1-98.4 25 2.5 1.6- 3.9
$75,000+ 749 719 96.3 94.4-97.5 30 3.7 2.5- 5.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,867 1,814 97.3 96.3-98.1 53 2.7 1.9- 3.7
No 3,479 3,388 97.2 96.1-97.9 91 2.8 2.1- 3.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 887 845 94.8 91.3-96.9 42 5.2 3.1- 8.7
Non-Veteran 4,598 4,490 97.7 97.1-98.2 108 2.3 1.8- 2.9

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*Heavy drinkers--adult men having more than two drinks per day and adult women having more than one drink per day.

^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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
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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