BRFSS 2005 - Northeastern Partnership**: (Heavy Drinking*)

	Total Respond.^	No	Yes
North Carolina	17,017	16,512	97.1	96.7-97.4	505	2.9	2.6- 3.3
-Northeastern Partnership	1,169	1,142	97.1	95.6-98.1	27	2.9	1.9- 4.4
GENDER
Male	410	394	96.3	93.6-97.9	16	3.7	2.1- 6.4
Female	759	748	97.9	96.1-98.9	11	2.1	1.1- 3.9
RACE
White	686	663	96.0	93.8-97.5	23	4.0	2.5- 6.2
African American	426	422	98.3	95.1-99.4	4	1.7	0.6- 4.9
Other Minorities	50	50	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic	35	35	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Non-Hispanic	1,134	1,107	96.9	95.4-98.0	27	3.1	2.0- 4.6
AGE
18-24	36	36	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
25-34	128	124	97.2	91.9-99.0	4	2.8	1.0- 8.1
35-44	177	171	94.6	87.9-97.7	6	5.4	2.3-12.1
45-54	264	258	96.8	92.6-98.6	6	3.2	1.4- 7.4
55-64	244	235	95.3	90.6-97.7	9	4.7	2.3- 9.4
65-74	174	174	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
75+	139	138	99.6	97.0-99.9	1	0.4	0.1- 3.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	241	237	97.5	91.9-99.2	4	2.5	0.8- 8.1
H.S. or G.E.D.	432	425	97.6	95.0-98.9	7	2.4	1.1- 5.0
Some Post-H.S.	258	252	96.8	92.5-98.6	6	3.2	1.4- 7.5
College Graduate	237	227	96.0	92.4-98.0	10	4.0	2.0- 7.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	198	195	98.7	95.8-99.6	3	1.3	0.4- 4.2
$15,000- 24,999	229	223	94.6	88.3-97.6	6	5.4	2.4-11.7
$25,000- 34,999	155	154	99.1	93.9-99.9	1	0.9	0.1- 6.1
$35,000- 49,999	134	130	96.5	90.6-98.7	4	3.5	1.3- 9.4
$50,000-74,999	131	127	97.9	93.6-99.3	4	2.1	0.7- 6.4
$75,000+	128	121	93.8	87.3-97.1	7	6.2	2.9-12.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	472	462	97.7	95.5-98.9	10	2.3	1.1- 4.5
No	666	650	96.8	94.6-98.1	16	3.2	1.9- 5.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	158	148	93.8	87.8-96.9	10	6.2	3.1-12.2
Non-Veteran	1,004	987	97.7	96.1-98.7	17	2.3	1.3- 3.9

*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.

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

Alcohol Consumption

Heavy Drinking*

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	Total Respond.^	No			Yes
	Total Respond.^	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
-Northeastern Partnership	1,169	1,142	97.1	95.6-98.1	27	2.9	1.9- 4.4
GENDER
Male	410	394	96.3	93.6-97.9	16	3.7	2.1- 6.4
Female	759	748	97.9	96.1-98.9	11	2.1	1.1- 3.9
RACE
White	686	663	96.0	93.8-97.5	23	4.0	2.5- 6.2
African American	426	422	98.3	95.1-99.4	4	1.7	0.6- 4.9
Other Minorities	50	50	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic	35	35	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Non-Hispanic	1,134	1,107	96.9	95.4-98.0	27	3.1	2.0- 4.6
AGE
18-24	36	36	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
25-34	128	124	97.2	91.9-99.0	4	2.8	1.0- 8.1
35-44	177	171	94.6	87.9-97.7	6	5.4	2.3-12.1
45-54	264	258	96.8	92.6-98.6	6	3.2	1.4- 7.4
55-64	244	235	95.3	90.6-97.7	9	4.7	2.3- 9.4
65-74	174	174	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
75+	139	138	99.6	97.0-99.9	1	0.4	0.1- 3.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	241	237	97.5	91.9-99.2	4	2.5	0.8- 8.1
H.S. or G.E.D.	432	425	97.6	95.0-98.9	7	2.4	1.1- 5.0
Some Post-H.S.	258	252	96.8	92.5-98.6	6	3.2	1.4- 7.5
College Graduate	237	227	96.0	92.4-98.0	10	4.0	2.0- 7.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	198	195	98.7	95.8-99.6	3	1.3	0.4- 4.2
$15,000- 24,999	229	223	94.6	88.3-97.6	6	5.4	2.4-11.7
$25,000- 34,999	155	154	99.1	93.9-99.9	1	0.9	0.1- 6.1
$35,000- 49,999	134	130	96.5	90.6-98.7	4	3.5	1.3- 9.4
$50,000-74,999	131	127	97.9	93.6-99.3	4	2.1	0.7- 6.4
$75,000+	128	121	93.8	87.3-97.1	7	6.2	2.9-12.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	472	462	97.7	95.5-98.9	10	2.3	1.1- 4.5
No	666	650	96.8	94.6-98.1	16	3.2	1.9- 5.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	158	148	93.8	87.8-96.9	10	6.2	3.1-12.2
Non-Veteran	1,004	987	97.7	96.1-98.7	17	2.3	1.3- 3.9