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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Alcohol Consumption

Heavy Drinking*

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  Total
Respond.^
No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,921 12,448 95.6 94.9-96.3 473 4.4 3.7- 5.1
-Eastern NC 3,563 3,446 95.7 94.1-96.8 117 4.3 3.2- 5.9
GENDER
Male 1,270 1,215 94.2 91.1-96.3 55 5.8 3.7- 8.9
Female 2,293 2,231 97.0 95.5-97.9 62 3.0 2.1- 4.5
RACE
White 2,379 2,281 94.3 92.1-96.0 98 5.7 4.0- 7.9
African American 823 813 97.6 93.2-99.2 10 2.4 0.8- 6.8
Other Minorities 340 332 98.6 96.9-99.4 8 1.4 0.6- 3.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 145 144 99.8 98.6- 100 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4
Non-Hispanic 3,412 3,296 95.3 93.6-96.6 116 4.7 3.4- 6.4
AGE
18-24 132 123 95.1 89.4-97.9 9 4.9 2.1-10.6
25-34 385 371 94.3 87.3-97.5 14 5.7 2.5-12.7
35-44 539 518 92.8 86.9-96.2 21 7.2 3.8-13.1
45-54 699 664 95.3 92.4-97.1 35 4.7 2.9- 7.6
55-64 723 703 98.1 96.5-99.0 20 1.9 1.0- 3.5
65+ 1,058 1,042 98.8 97.4-99.4 16 1.2 0.6- 2.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 489 477 95.2 87.9-98.2 12 4.8 1.8-12.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,145 1,113 96.8 94.0-98.3 32 3.2 1.7- 6.0
Some Post-H.S. 989 959 96.5 94.1-97.9 30 3.5 2.1- 5.9
College Graduate 934 891 93.3 88.9-96.0 43 6.7 4.0-11.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 458 448 97.0 93.0-98.8 10 3.0 1.2- 7.0
$15,000- 24,999 615 605 97.4 90.2-99.4 10 2.6 0.6- 9.8
$25,000- 34,999 363 354 95.5 86.1-98.6 9 4.5 1.4-13.9
$35,000- 49,999 476 459 95.7 91.9-97.7 17 4.3 2.3- 8.1
$50,000-74,999 476 457 95.5 91.2-97.8 19 4.5 2.2- 8.8
$75,000+ 668 625 92.7 87.6-95.8 43 7.3 4.2-12.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,344 1,312 96.9 94.0-98.4 32 3.1 1.6- 6.0
No 2,023 1,941 94.7 92.4-96.4 82 5.3 3.6- 7.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 556 539 97.1 93.9-98.7 17 2.9 1.3- 6.1
Non-Veteran 2,704 2,614 95.6 93.7-97.0 90 4.4 3.0- 6.3

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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 cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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