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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County 404 347 75.9 67.7-82.5 57 24.1 17.5-32.3
GENDER
Male 154 124 72.7 60.2-82.4 30 27.3 17.6-39.8
Female 250 223 78.7 67.2-86.9 27 21.3 13.1-32.8
RACE
White 345 295 74.1 64.8-81.7 50 25.9 18.3-35.2
Other 57 50 83.9 66.8-93.1 7 16.1 6.9-33.2
AGE
18-44 87 58 60.6 45.9-73.6 29 39.4 26.4-54.1
45+ 310 282 89.4 84.9-92.7 28 10.6 7.3-15.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 126 114 85.6 68.5-94.2 12 14.4 5.8-31.5
Some College + 278 233 71.4 61.6-79.6 45 28.6 20.4-38.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 168 152 71.2 55.2-83.2 16 28.8 16.8-44.8
$50,000+ 176 142 80.0 72.1-86.1 34 20.0 13.9-27.9

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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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