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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 6,606 6,347 95.5 94.4-96.4 259 4.5 3.6- 5.6
GENDER
Male 2,480 2,371 95.3 93.6-96.6 109 4.7 3.4- 6.4
Female 4,126 3,976 95.7 94.2-96.8 150 4.3 3.2- 5.8
RACE
White 5,326 5,109 95.6 94.7-96.4 217 4.4 3.6- 5.3
African American 904 872 95.3 91.6-97.4 32 4.7 2.6- 8.4
Other Minorities 330 320 94.4 85.9-97.9 10 5.6 2.1-14.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 229 221 93.9 84.0-97.9 8 6.1 2.1-16.0
Non-Hispanic 6,356 6,105 95.6 94.6-96.4 251 4.4 3.6- 5.4
AGE
18-24 173 161 90.4 81.9-95.1 12 9.6 4.9-18.1
25-34 623 594 96.4 94.4-97.6 29 3.6 2.4- 5.6
35-44 1,066 1,022 95.8 93.8-97.2 44 4.2 2.8- 6.2
45-54 1,310 1,245 95.1 93.2-96.5 65 4.9 3.5- 6.8
55-64 1,352 1,296 96.4 95.0-97.4 56 3.6 2.6- 5.0
65+ 2,019 1,967 97.5 96.4-98.2 52 2.5 1.8- 3.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 803 781 94.0 87.7-97.1 22 6.0 2.9-12.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,809 1,763 96.4 94.6-97.6 46 3.6 2.4- 5.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,593 1,548 95.9 93.0-97.6 45 4.1 2.4- 7.0
College Graduate 2,393 2,247 95.1 93.9-96.0 146 4.9 4.0- 6.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 597 577 87.9 77.3-94.0 20 12.1 6.0-22.7
$15,000- 24,999 921 894 96.9 94.3-98.3 27 3.1 1.7- 5.7
$25,000- 34,999 629 608 96.5 93.9-97.9 21 3.5 2.1- 6.1
$35,000- 49,999 831 808 97.7 95.7-98.8 23 2.3 1.2- 4.3
$50,000-74,999 944 902 96.4 94.7-97.5 42 3.6 2.5- 5.3
$75,000+ 1,673 1,570 95.1 93.8-96.1 103 4.9 3.9- 6.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,117 2,056 95.1 91.7-97.2 61 4.9 2.8- 8.3
No 4,141 3,951 95.3 94.2-96.2 190 4.7 3.8- 5.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 769 745 96.5 94.1-98.0 24 3.5 2.0- 5.9
Non-Veteran 5,296 5,076 95.2 93.9-96.2 220 4.8 3.8- 6.1

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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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