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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Alcohol Consumption

Heavy Drinking*

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  Total
Respond.^
No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,533 14,006 96.2 95.6-96.6 527 3.8 3.4- 4.4
-Piedmont NC 6,980 6,729 96.3 95.6-96.9 251 3.7 3.1- 4.4
GENDER
Male 2,561 2,457 96.2 94.9-97.2 104 3.8 2.8- 5.1
Female 4,419 4,272 96.4 95.6-97.1 147 3.6 2.9- 4.4
RACE
White 5,594 5,362 95.4 94.5-96.2 232 4.6 3.8- 5.5
African American 964 951 98.4 96.7-99.2 13 1.6 0.8- 3.3
Other Minorities 402 396 98.2 94.7-99.4 6 1.8 0.6- 5.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 303 297 97.7 93.1-99.3 6 2.3 0.7- 6.9
Non-Hispanic 6,665 6,420 96.2 95.4-96.8 245 3.8 3.2- 4.6
AGE
18-24 230 213 94.6 90.5-97.0 17 5.4 3.0- 9.5
25-34 699 675 96.8 94.6-98.2 24 3.2 1.8- 5.4
35-44 1,192 1,147 96.6 95.2-97.6 45 3.4 2.4- 4.8
45-54 1,441 1,375 95.3 93.6-96.7 66 4.7 3.3- 6.4
55-64 1,404 1,349 96.0 94.4-97.1 55 4.0 2.9- 5.6
65-74 1,105 1,074 97.7 96.5-98.5 31 2.3 1.5- 3.5
75+ 865 853 98.3 96.5-99.2 12 1.7 0.8- 3.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 922 905 98.1 95.8-99.1 17 1.9 0.9- 4.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,943 1,890 96.2 94.5-97.4 53 3.8 2.6- 5.5
Some Post-H.S. 1,759 1,699 96.7 95.2-97.7 60 3.3 2.3- 4.8
College Graduate 2,350 2,229 95.3 94.1-96.3 121 4.7 3.7- 5.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 632 619 96.7 92.0-98.6 13 3.3 1.4- 8.0
$15,000- 24,999 991 967 97.5 95.6-98.6 24 2.5 1.4- 4.4
$25,000- 34,999 710 693 98.0 96.1-98.9 17 2.0 1.1- 3.9
$35,000- 49,999 967 922 95.9 93.6-97.5 45 4.1 2.5- 6.4
$50,000-74,999 1,028 988 94.6 91.7-96.6 40 5.4 3.4- 8.3
$75,000+ 1,674 1,583 95.3 93.9-96.3 91 4.7 3.7- 6.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,340 2,268 96.7 95.4-97.6 72 3.3 2.4- 4.6
No 4,369 4,198 96.2 95.2-96.9 171 3.8 3.1- 4.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 932 889 95.9 93.6-97.4 43 4.1 2.6- 6.4
Non-Veteran 6,047 5,839 96.3 95.6-97.0 208 3.7 3.0- 4.4

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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.

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.

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