BRFSS 2009 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (Binge Drinking*)

2009 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Alcohol Consumption

Binge Drinking*

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	Total Respond.^	No	Yes
North Carolina	13,008	11,912	87.2	85.9-88.4	1,096	12.8	11.6-14.1
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance	349	326	85.7	72.2-93.3	23	14.3	6.7-27.8
Buncombe	391	358	86.0	79.8-90.5	33	14.0	9.5-20.2
Cabarrus	344	312	87.4	81.3-91.7	32	12.6	8.3-18.7
Catawba	359	327	86.3	80.5-90.5	32	13.7	9.5-19.5
Cumberland	378	337	85.3	78.8-90.0	41	14.7	10.0-21.2
Davidson	404	373	89.8	84.7-93.3	31	10.2	6.7-15.3
Durham	407	366	84.3	77.4-89.3	41	15.7	10.7-22.6
Forsyth	378	347	90.5	86.2-93.6	31	9.5	6.4-13.8
Gaston	348	313	85.7	79.4-90.4	35	14.3	9.6-20.6
Guilford	421	382	89.7	84.9-93.1	39	10.3	6.9-15.1
Iredell	428	384	87.2	81.9-91.1	44	12.8	8.9-18.1
Johnston	363	336	87.0	78.5-92.4	27	13.0	7.6-21.5
Mecklenburg	601	535	84.3	78.8-88.6	66	15.7	11.4-21.2
New Hanover	404	347	75.9	67.7-82.5	57	24.1	17.5-32.3
Onslow	380	337	81.5	74.8-86.8	43	18.5	13.2-25.2
Orange	362	335	92.0	88.0-94.8	27	8.0	5.2-12.0
Pitt	361	330	88.7	82.3-93.0	31	11.3	7.0-17.7
Randolph	348	328	92.1	87.1-95.3	20	7.9	4.7-12.9
Robeson	371	352	91.4	85.8-94.9	19	8.6	5.1-14.2
Rowan	430	394	88.4	81.2-93.1	36	11.6	6.9-18.8
Union	361	324	85.0	77.1-90.5	37	15.0	9.5-22.9
Wake	589	523	84.8	79.5-88.9	66	15.2	11.1-20.5
Wayne	380	357	89.4	83.0-93.5	23	10.6	6.5-17.0
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC	3,591	3,274	85.8	82.8-88.3	317	14.2	11.7-17.2
Piedmont	6,644	6,043	87.1	85.4-88.6	601	12.9	11.4-14.6
Western NC	2,773	2,595	90.5	88.5-92.2	178	9.5	7.8-11.5
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC	1,891	1,761	88.5	85.7-90.8	130	11.5	9.2-14.3
Northwest	2,957	2,729	89.9	87.8-91.7	228	10.1	8.3-12.2
Charlotte	1,773	1,594	85.2	81.5-88.2	179	14.8	11.8-18.5
Greensboro	1,616	1,489	87.4	83.4-90.6	127	12.6	9.4-16.6
Southern Regional	1,170	1,081	89.3	85.7-92.0	89	10.7	8.0-14.3
Coastal	564	494	85.8	80.2-90.1	70	14.2	9.9-19.8
Wake	1,479	1,340	87.0	83.7-89.6	139	13.0	10.4-16.3
Area L	138	126	81.5	64.6-91.4	12	18.5	8.6-35.4
Eastern	1,420	1,298	85.6	80.3-89.6	122	14.4	10.4-19.7

Total
Respond.^

Yes

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

13,008

11,912

87.2

85.9-88.4

1,096

12.8

11.6-14.1

COUNTY/REGIONS

Alamance

349

326

85.7

72.2-93.3

14.3

6.7-27.8

Buncombe

391

358

86.0

79.8-90.5

14.0

9.5-20.2

Cabarrus

344

312

87.4

81.3-91.7

12.6

8.3-18.7

Catawba

359

327

86.3

80.5-90.5

13.7

9.5-19.5

Cumberland

378

337

85.3

78.8-90.0

14.7

10.0-21.2

Davidson

404

373

89.8

84.7-93.3

10.2

6.7-15.3

Durham

407

366

84.3

77.4-89.3

15.7

10.7-22.6

Forsyth

378

347

90.5

86.2-93.6

9.5

6.4-13.8

Gaston

348

313

85.7

79.4-90.4

14.3

9.6-20.6

Guilford

421

382

89.7

84.9-93.1

10.3

6.9-15.1

Iredell

428

384

87.2

81.9-91.1

12.8

8.9-18.1

Johnston

363

336

87.0

78.5-92.4

13.0

7.6-21.5

Mecklenburg

601

535

84.3

78.8-88.6

15.7

11.4-21.2

New Hanover

404

347

75.9

67.7-82.5

24.1

17.5-32.3

Onslow

380

337

81.5

74.8-86.8

18.5

13.2-25.2

Orange

362

335

92.0

88.0-94.8

8.0

5.2-12.0

Pitt

361

330

88.7

82.3-93.0

11.3

7.0-17.7

Randolph

348

328

92.1

87.1-95.3

7.9

4.7-12.9

Robeson

371

352

91.4

85.8-94.9

8.6

5.1-14.2

Rowan

430

394

88.4

81.2-93.1

11.6

6.9-18.8

Union

361

324

85.0

77.1-90.5

15.0

9.5-22.9

Wake

589

523

84.8

79.5-88.9

15.2

11.1-20.5

Wayne

380

357

89.4

83.0-93.5

10.6

6.5-17.0

NC REGIONS

Eastern NC

3,591

3,274

85.8

82.8-88.3

317

14.2

11.7-17.2

Piedmont

6,644

6,043

87.1

85.4-88.6

601

12.9

11.4-14.6

Western NC

2,773

2,595

90.5

88.5-92.2

178

9.5

7.8-11.5

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)

Mountain AHEC

1,891

1,761

88.5

85.7-90.8

130

11.5

9.2-14.3

Northwest

2,957

2,729

89.9

87.8-91.7

228

10.1

8.3-12.2

Charlotte

1,773

1,594

85.2

81.5-88.2

179

14.8

11.8-18.5

Greensboro

1,616

1,489

87.4

83.4-90.6

127

12.6

9.4-16.6

Southern Regional

1,170

1,081

89.3

85.7-92.0

10.7

8.0-14.3

Coastal

564

494

85.8

80.2-90.1

14.2

9.9-19.8

Wake

1,479

1,340

87.0

83.7-89.6

139

13.0

10.4-16.3

Area L

138

126

81.5

64.6-91.4

18.5

8.6-35.4

Eastern

1,420

1,298

85.6

80.3-89.6

122

14.4

10.4-19.7

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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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