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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Alcohol Consumption

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
-Piedmont NC 6,644 6,043 87.1 85.4-88.6 601 12.9 11.4-14.6
GENDER
Male 2,502 2,144 82.5 79.6-85.0 358 17.5 15.0-20.4
Female 4,142 3,899 91.4 89.6-93.0 243 8.6 7.0-10.4
RACE
White 5,360 4,865 86.8 85.0-88.5 495 13.2 11.5-15.0
African American 908 834 87.2 82.4-90.8 74 12.8 9.2-17.6
Other Minorities 328 300 87.8 79.4-93.0 28 12.2 7.0-20.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 232 207 84.0 74.1-90.6 25 16.0 9.4-25.9
Non-Hispanic 6,390 5,815 87.3 85.7-88.8 575 12.7 11.2-14.3
AGE
18-24 175 138 76.4 66.8-83.9 37 23.6 16.1-33.2
25-34 627 524 83.0 78.3-86.9 103 17.0 13.1-21.7
35-44 1,070 908 85.0 81.9-87.6 162 15.0 12.4-18.1
45-54 1,315 1,148 86.3 82.9-89.1 167 13.7 10.9-17.1
55-64 1,358 1,268 92.4 89.8-94.3 90 7.6 5.7-10.2
65+ 2,036 1,995 98.2 97.4-98.7 41 1.8 1.3- 2.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 814 768 88.7 81.6-93.2 46 11.3 6.8-18.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,816 1,671 87.9 84.5-90.6 145 12.1 9.4-15.5
Some Post-H.S. 1,606 1,471 87.5 83.9-90.4 135 12.5 9.6-16.1
College Graduate 2,400 2,125 85.6 83.2-87.8 275 14.4 12.2-16.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 604 569 85.4 75.5-91.7 35 14.6 8.3-24.5
$15,000- 24,999 931 870 91.0 87.0-93.9 61 9.0 6.1-13.0
$25,000- 34,999 629 580 87.3 80.0-92.3 49 12.7 7.7-20.0
$35,000- 49,999 833 761 89.0 84.2-92.4 72 11.0 7.6-15.8
$50,000-74,999 947 850 86.1 81.7-89.6 97 13.9 10.4-18.3
$75,000+ 1,677 1,445 83.6 80.5-86.3 232 16.4 13.7-19.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,142 2,030 90.2 86.4-93.0 112 9.8 7.0-13.6
No 4,152 3,688 84.9 82.8-86.8 464 15.1 13.2-17.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 779 713 89.0 83.9-92.7 66 11.0 7.3-16.1
Non-Veteran 5,318 4,824 86.7 84.7-88.4 494 13.3 11.6-15.3

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*Binge drinkers (males having five or more drinks on one occasion, females having four or more drinks on one occasion).

^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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