BRFSS 2005 - Rowan County: (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
-Rowan County	466	460	98.4	96.3-99.3	6	1.6	0.7- 3.7
GENDER
Male	162	158	97.5	93.2-99.1	4	2.5	0.9- 6.8
Female	304	302	99.3	96.8-99.8	2	0.7	0.2- 3.2
RACE
White	385	383	99.5	97.7-99.9	2	0.5	0.1- 2.3
Other	78	74	94.5	85.2-98.1	4	5.5	1.9-14.8
AGE
18-44	153	149	97.6	93.6-99.1	4	2.4	0.9- 6.4
45+	313	311	99.2	96.2-99.8	2	0.8	0.2- 3.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	257	254	98.4	94.9-99.5	3	1.6	0.5- 5.1
Some College +	209	206	98.4	94.9-99.5	3	1.6	0.5- 5.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	303	300	98.7	95.6-99.6	3	1.3	0.4- 4.4
$50,000+	98	97	98.8	92.0-99.8	1	1.2	0.2- 8.0

*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: Rowan County

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
-Rowan County	466	460	98.4	96.3-99.3	6	1.6	0.7- 3.7
GENDER
Male	162	158	97.5	93.2-99.1	4	2.5	0.9- 6.8
Female	304	302	99.3	96.8-99.8	2	0.7	0.2- 3.2
RACE
White	385	383	99.5	97.7-99.9	2	0.5	0.1- 2.3
Other	78	74	94.5	85.2-98.1	4	5.5	1.9-14.8
AGE
18-44	153	149	97.6	93.6-99.1	4	2.4	0.9- 6.4
45+	313	311	99.2	96.2-99.8	2	0.8	0.2- 3.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	257	254	98.4	94.9-99.5	3	1.6	0.5- 5.1
Some College +	209	206	98.4	94.9-99.5	3	1.6	0.5- 5.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	303	300	98.7	95.6-99.6	3	1.3	0.4- 4.4
$50,000+	98	97	98.8	92.0-99.8	1	1.2	0.2- 8.0