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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake 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
-Wake County 589 523 84.8 79.5-88.9 66 15.2 11.1-20.5
GENDER
Male 224 186 80.7 71.5-87.5 38 19.3 12.5-28.5
Female 365 337 89.0 83.4-92.8 28 11.0 7.2-16.6
RACE
White 455 401 84.5 79.0-88.7 54 15.5 11.3-21.0
Other 129 117 85.1 70.6-93.1 12 14.9 6.9-29.4
AGE
18-44 214 181 81.7 73.1-88.0 33 18.3 12.0-26.9
45+ 366 333 89.1 84.5-92.4 33 10.9 7.6-15.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 122 112 88.4 69.9-96.2 10 11.6 3.8-30.1
Some College + 467 411 83.6 78.2-87.9 56 16.4 12.1-21.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 172 148 79.8 65.9-89.0 24 20.2 11.0-34.1
$50,000+ 335 295 84.5 78.3-89.2 40 15.5 10.8-21.7

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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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