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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

Alcohol Consumption

One drink is equivalent to a 12 ounce beer, a 5 ounce glass of wine, or a drink with one shot of liquor.
During the past 30 days, on the days when you drank, about how many drinks did you drink on the average?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Only one Two Three Four Five or more
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,614 2,744 41.0 39.1-42.9 1,721 32.1 30.2-33.9 568 12.0 10.8-13.4 230 5.3 4.4- 6.4 351 9.6 8.3-11.2
-Buncombe County 169 94 43.7 34.4-53.4 50 36.1 26.7-46.7 9 4.3 2.1- 8.6 4 4.7 1.4-14.6 12 11.2 5.0-23.2
GENDER
Male 82 34 32.3 21.8-44.9 29 40.4 27.4-54.9 6 4.6 1.9-10.7 4 7.1 2.1-21.3 9 15.6 6.6-32.6
Female 87 60 65.7 53.1-76.4 21 27.9 17.9-40.6 3 3.8 1.1-11.9 0 0.0 . - . 3 2.7 0.7- 9.4
RACE
White 153 84 44.6 35.0-54.6 47 36.3 26.9-46.9 9 4.9 2.4- 9.8 3 5.2 1.5-16.6 10 9.0 3.7-20.2
Other 16 10 37.4 13.6-69.6 3 34.7 8.8-74.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.6 0.2-12.0 2 26.2 4.6-72.6
AGE
18-44 50 21 30.0 18.5-44.8 18 41.5 26.1-58.6 3 3.3 1.0-10.4 2 7.6 1.9-26.1 6 17.7 6.9-38.3
45+ 118 72 58.9 48.4-68.6 32 30.2 21.4-40.8 6 5.5 2.3-12.4 2 1.5 0.3- 6.3 6 3.9 1.7- 9.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 34 14 32.4 16.8-53.2 12 42.0 21.6-65.6 2 2.5 0.6-10.5 0 0.0 . - . 6 23.1 8.1-50.6
Some College + 134 79 47.7 37.1-58.5 38 34.1 24.4-45.3 7 5.0 2.2-10.7 4 6.4 1.9-19.3 6 6.8 1.9-21.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 79 46 42.8 29.1-57.7 21 34.6 20.8-51.7 4 3.6 1.2-10.2 1 1.0 0.1- 6.8 7 17.9 6.7-39.6
$50,000+ 78 41 45.6 33.0-58.8 26 40.0 27.6-53.9 4 5.0 1.8-13.2 2 4.0 0.7-19.6 5 5.4 2.1-13.0

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported drinking at least one drink in the last month.

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = 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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