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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)*

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

Binge Drinking*

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  Total
Respond.^
No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,339 14,113 88.8 87.9-89.5 1,226 11.2 10.5-12.1
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 557 519 90.3 86.1-93.4 38 9.7 6.6-13.9
GENDER
Male 213 189 85.2 77.4-90.6 24 14.8 9.4-22.6
Female 344 330 95.0 90.7-97.4 14 5.0 2.6- 9.3
RACE
White 497 464 90.5 86.1-93.7 33 9.5 6.3-13.9
Other 59 54 87.4 67.4-95.9 5 12.6 4.1-32.6
AGE
18-44 132 117 86.9 77.9-92.5 15 13.1 7.5-22.1
45+ 425 402 92.5 87.9-95.5 23 7.5 4.5-12.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 260 240 88.8 81.7-93.4 20 11.2 6.6-18.3
Some College + 294 277 91.9 86.3-95.4 17 8.1 4.6-13.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 360 336 88.9 82.8-93.0 24 11.1 7.0-17.2
$50,000+ 126 115 92.2 84.7-96.2 11 7.8 3.8-15.3

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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.


*Mountain AHEC: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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