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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

Binge Drinking*

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  Total
Respond.^
No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 17,087 15,756 89.5 88.7-90.1 1,331 10.5 9.9-11.3
GENDER
Male 6,087 5,198 83.6 82.3-84.9 889 16.4 15.1-17.7
Female 11,000 10,558 94.9 94.3-95.5 442 5.1 4.5- 5.7
RACE
White 12,885 11,827 88.7 87.8-89.5 1,058 11.3 10.5-12.2
African American 3,014 2,843 92.8 91.3-94.0 171 7.2 6.0- 8.7
Asian 116 113 97.0 89.5-99.2 3 3.0 0.8-10.5
Native American 293 261 88.7 83.0-92.6 32 11.3 7.4-17.0
Other Minorities 722 658 88.0 83.9-91.2 64 12.0 8.8-16.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 871 780 84.8 80.8-88.1 91 15.2 11.9-19.2
-English Speaking 267 252 93.7 88.4-96.6 15 6.3 3.4-11.6
-Spanish Speaking 604 528 82.2 77.2-86.3 76 17.8 13.7-22.8
Non-Hispanic 16,201 14,961 89.9 89.2-90.6 1,240 10.1 9.4-10.8
AGE
18-24 808 686 82.9 79.3-86.1 122 17.1 13.9-20.7
25-34 2,382 2,073 84.4 82.4-86.3 309 15.6 13.7-17.6
35-44 3,154 2,777 87.0 85.4-88.4 377 13.0 11.6-14.6
45-54 3,299 3,025 90.9 89.6-92.1 274 9.1 7.9-10.4
55-64 3,125 2,962 94.1 93.0-95.1 163 5.9 4.9- 7.0
65-74 2,363 2,308 97.3 96.3-98.0 55 2.7 2.0- 3.7
75+ 1,873 1,845 98.5 97.6-99.0 28 1.5 1.0- 2.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 2,702 2,539 90.3 88.2-92.2 163 9.7 7.8-11.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 5,153 4,785 90.6 89.3-91.8 368 9.4 8.2-10.7
Some Post-H.S. 4,156 3,826 89.1 87.5-90.5 330 10.9 9.5-12.5
College Graduate 5,044 4,575 88.0 86.7-89.2 469 12.0 10.8-13.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 2,067 1,968 92.1 89.7-94.0 99 7.9 6.0-10.3
$15,000- 24,999 3,069 2,850 88.4 86.1-90.3 219 11.6 9.7-13.9
$25,000- 34,999 2,104 1,935 89.4 87.1-91.3 169 10.6 8.7-12.9
$35,000- 49,999 2,334 2,118 88.6 86.6-90.2 216 11.4 9.8-13.4
$50,000-74,999 2,229 2,026 89.7 88.0-91.2 203 10.3 8.8-12.0
$75,000+ 2,771 2,471 86.9 85.1-88.4 300 13.1 11.6-14.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 5,362 5,074 92.6 91.4-93.7 288 7.4 6.3- 8.6
No 11,260 10,256 88.2 87.3-89.1 1,004 11.8 10.9-12.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 2,284 2,060 88.8 86.9-90.5 224 11.2 9.5-13.1
Non-Veteran 14,776 13,670 89.5 88.7-90.3 1,106 10.5 9.7-11.3

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*Data in this table were derived from the alcohol consumption questions.
1=Yes = Respondents who report they did not drink in the past 30 days and who did not have five or more drinks on an occasion.
No = Respondents who report they did drink in the 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.

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