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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 2,752 2,655 96.1 94.8-97.2 97 3.9 2.8- 5.2
GENDER
Male 1,052 1,004 95.4 92.8-97.1 48 4.6 2.9- 7.2
Female 1,700 1,651 96.8 95.5-97.8 49 3.2 2.2- 4.5
RACE
White 2,535 2,445 96.4 95.3-97.2 90 3.6 2.8- 4.7
African American 74 72 86.3 53.6-97.2 2 13.7 2.8-46.4
Other Minorities 132 128 98.3 94.3-99.5 4 1.7 0.5- 5.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 55 55 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 2,692 2,595 96.0 94.6-97.1 97 4.0 2.9- 5.4
AGE
18-24 88 86 97.7 90.0-99.5 2 2.3 0.5-10.0
25-34 187 178 93.5 84.8-97.4 9 6.5 2.6-15.2
35-44 341 332 97.2 94.4-98.6 9 2.8 1.4- 5.6
45-54 481 458 96.0 93.7-97.5 23 4.0 2.5- 6.3
55-64 638 614 95.9 93.7-97.3 24 4.1 2.7- 6.3
65+ 996 966 96.6 94.8-97.8 30 3.4 2.2- 5.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 387 382 98.8 96.5-99.6 5 1.2 0.4- 3.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 900 876 97.2 95.1-98.4 24 2.8 1.6- 4.9
Some Post-H.S. 678 650 96.1 93.7-97.7 28 3.9 2.3- 6.3
College Graduate 783 743 93.4 89.4-96.0 40 6.6 4.0-10.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 362 357 98.9 96.9-99.6 5 1.1 0.4- 3.1
$15,000- 24,999 505 494 97.7 95.3-98.9 11 2.3 1.1- 4.7
$25,000- 34,999 343 330 95.1 89.7-97.7 13 4.9 2.3-10.3
$35,000- 49,999 365 356 97.8 95.7-98.9 9 2.2 1.1- 4.3
$50,000-74,999 358 342 96.7 94.5-98.1 16 3.3 1.9- 5.5
$75,000+ 401 370 91.1 84.8-95.0 31 8.9 5.0-15.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,052 1,024 97.2 95.5-98.3 28 2.8 1.7- 4.5
No 1,593 1,528 95.6 93.6-97.0 65 4.4 3.0- 6.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 341 325 95.3 91.9-97.4 16 4.7 2.6- 8.1
Non-Veteran 2,179 2,107 96.3 94.7-97.4 72 3.7 2.6- 5.3

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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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