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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 2,852 2,752 96.9 95.8-97.7 100 3.1 2.3- 4.2
GENDER
Male 1,055 1,013 96.5 94.3-97.9 42 3.5 2.1- 5.7
Female 1,797 1,739 97.2 96.3-97.9 58 2.8 2.1- 3.7
RACE
White 2,633 2,539 96.7 95.6-97.6 94 3.3 2.4- 4.4
African American 93 90 98.0 93.3-99.4 3 2.0 0.6- 6.7
Other Minorities 118 115 98.2 92.9-99.6 3 1.8 0.4- 7.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 69 67 97.6 90.0-99.4 2 2.4 0.6-10.0
Non-Hispanic 2,776 2,678 96.8 95.7-97.7 98 3.2 2.3- 4.3
AGE
18-24 75 71 92.8 77.3-98.0 4 7.2 2.0-22.7
25-34 236 234 99.3 96.9-99.8 2 0.7 0.2- 3.1
35-44 371 358 97.1 94.9-98.4 13 2.9 1.6- 5.1
45-54 515 486 95.9 93.7-97.3 29 4.1 2.7- 6.3
55-64 638 615 96.5 94.6-97.8 23 3.5 2.2- 5.4
65-74 568 553 97.4 95.5-98.5 15 2.6 1.5- 4.5
75+ 438 426 97.1 94.8-98.4 12 2.9 1.6- 5.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 450 436 95.3 87.8-98.3 14 4.7 1.7-12.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 895 874 98.0 96.7-98.8 21 2.0 1.2- 3.3
Some Post-H.S. 742 718 97.3 95.6-98.4 24 2.7 1.6- 4.4
College Graduate 759 718 95.9 94.2-97.1 41 4.1 2.9- 5.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 346 338 97.1 94.1-98.6 8 2.9 1.4- 5.9
$15,000- 24,999 553 535 95.5 89.9-98.1 18 4.5 1.9-10.1
$25,000- 34,999 310 297 97.4 95.0-98.7 13 2.6 1.3- 5.0
$35,000- 49,999 447 426 96.5 94.2-97.9 21 3.5 2.1- 5.8
$50,000-74,999 393 379 97.3 95.2-98.5 14 2.7 1.5- 4.8
$75,000+ 427 412 97.2 95.2-98.4 15 2.8 1.6- 4.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,112 1,077 96.1 93.0-97.9 35 3.9 2.1- 7.0
No 1,623 1,563 97.2 96.3-98.0 60 2.8 2.0- 3.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 433 413 96.2 93.5-97.8 20 3.8 2.2- 6.5
Non-Veteran 2,419 2,339 97.0 95.8-97.9 80 3.0 2.1- 4.2

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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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