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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption-AFRICAN AMERICANS

Heavy Drinking*

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  Total
Respond.^
No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,537 2,492 97.8 96.9-98.5 45 2.2 1.5- 3.1
GENDER
Male 757 735 97.4 95.7-98.4 22 2.6 1.6- 4.3
Female 1,780 1,757 98.2 96.9-98.9 23 1.8 1.1- 3.1
AGE
18-24 127 124 98.1 92.5-99.5 3 1.9 0.5- 7.5
25-34 345 339 97.9 95.2-99.1 6 2.1 0.9- 4.8
35-44 450 438 96.3 92.8-98.1 12 3.7 1.9- 7.2
45-54 543 528 97.2 95.0-98.4 15 2.8 1.6- 5.0
55-64 478 474 99.1 97.3-99.7 4 0.9 0.3- 2.7
65-74 356 352 98.9 96.8-99.7 4 1.1 0.3- 3.2
75+ 219 218 99.6 96.9-99.9 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 539 527 97.0 94.0-98.6 12 3.0 1.4- 6.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 913 895 97.4 95.4-98.5 18 2.6 1.5- 4.6
Some Post-H.S. 586 577 98.2 96.1-99.1 9 1.8 0.9- 3.9
College Graduate 494 488 99.0 97.7-99.6 6 1.0 0.4- 2.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 491 487 99.2 97.4-99.7 4 0.8 0.3- 2.6
$15,000- 24,999 599 587 98.3 96.7-99.2 12 1.7 0.8- 3.3
$25,000- 34,999 349 343 97.7 94.6-99.0 6 2.3 1.0- 5.4
$35,000- 49,999 317 309 96.9 93.4-98.6 8 3.1 1.4- 6.6
$50,000-74,999 222 219 98.5 95.5-99.5 3 1.5 0.5- 4.5
$75,000+ 185 180 96.0 88.8-98.6 5 4.0 1.4-11.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 968 948 97.5 95.7-98.6 20 2.5 1.4- 4.3
No 1,444 1,420 97.8 96.5-98.7 24 2.2 1.3- 3.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 289 284 97.9 93.1-99.4 5 2.1 0.6- 6.9
Non-Veteran 2,244 2,205 97.9 96.9-98.5 39 2.1 1.5- 3.1

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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.

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