Binge Drinking - (Calculated Variable)*

Kentucky BRFSS 2002

Geographic Groups	Total Respond.#	No   N       %   C.I.(95%)	Yes   N       %   C.I.(95%)
TOTAL	6963	6659  92.1  (90.7-93.3)	304   7.9  ( 6.7- 9.3)
ADDs
Barren River	474	459  95.7  (92.4-97.6)	15   4.3  ( 2.4- 7.6)
Big Sandy	392	385  96.4  (92.3-98.3)	7   3.6  ( 1.7- 7.7)
Bluegrass	458	434  91.8  (87.4-94.8)	24   8.2  ( 5.2-12.6)
Buffalo Trace	391	374  95.0  (89.8-97.6)	17   5.0  ( 2.4-10.2)
Cumberland Valley	474	458  93.2  (88.0-96.2)	16   6.8  ( 3.8-12.0)
FIVCO	483	462  93.7  (90.1-96.0)	21   6.3  ( 4.0- 9.9)
Gateway	537	513  92.3  (87.6-95.3)	24   7.7  ( 4.7-12.4)
Green River	470	450  94.7  (91.5-96.7)	20   5.3  ( 3.3- 8.5)
Kentucky River	462	445  95.0  (91.5-97.1)	17   5.0  ( 2.9- 8.5)
KIPDA	497	462  89.1  (84.1-92.6)	35  10.9  ( 7.4-15.9)
Lake Cumberland	472	460  95.7  (91.9-97.8)	12   4.3  ( 2.2- 8.1)
Lincoln Trail	439	422  95.2  (91.7-97.3)	17   4.8  ( 2.7- 8.3)
Northern Kentucky	475	432  86.0  (81.0-89.8)	43  14.0  (10.2-19.0)
Pennyrile	482	461  91.1  (83.3-95.4)	21   8.9  ( 4.6-16.7)
Purchase	457	442  95.8  (92.4-97.7)	15   4.2  ( 2.3- 7.6)

'Yes' means those respondents who have had five or more drinks on one or more occasions in the past month.

#Use caution in interpreting data for total respondents less than 50. N = Cell Size, NH = Non-Hispanic, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).

Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

Unless stated differently above, Missing, 'Don't know', and Refused responses are excluded.