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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

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 13,008 11,912 87.2 85.9-88.4 1,096 12.8 11.6-14.1
-Mecklenburg County 601 535 84.3 78.8-88.6 66 15.7 11.4-21.2
GENDER
Male 225 189 81.1 73.7-86.8 36 18.9 13.2-26.3
Female 376 346 87.2 78.1-92.8 30 12.8 7.2-21.9
RACE
White 419 369 85.7 80.8-89.5 50 14.3 10.5-19.2
Other 173 157 81.2 68.7-89.5 16 18.8 10.5-31.3
AGE
18-44 187 150 76.3 66.7-83.8 37 23.7 16.2-33.3
45+ 407 378 92.6 89.1-95.1 29 7.4 4.9-10.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 146 138 89.4 77.3-95.4 8 10.6 4.6-22.7
Some College + 452 394 82.3 75.7-87.4 58 17.7 12.6-24.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 227 211 85.5 71.7-93.2 16 14.5 6.8-28.3
$50,000+ 276 232 80.6 74.0-85.8 44 19.4 14.2-26.0

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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 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.

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