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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

Alcohol Consumption

Considering all types of alcoholic beverages, how many times during the past 30 days did you have 5 or more drinks on an occasion?*

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  Total
Respond.^
None Once Twice 3-7 times 8-30 times
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,614 4,424 71.6 69.5-73.5 467 10.9 9.7-12.4 236 5.7 4.7- 6.8 337 8.6 7.3-10.2 150 3.2 2.5- 4.0
-Buncombe County 167 144 78.5 67.0-86.8 10 10.0 4.5-20.7 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9 8 6.3 2.8-13.6 4 4.8 1.2-16.9
GENDER
Male 82 66 71.5 55.8-83.3 7 13.4 5.6-28.9 0 0.0 . - . 7 9.0 3.8-19.9 2 6.0 1.2-24.9
Female 85 78 92.4 84.0-96.6 3 3.2 1.0-10.0 1 1.2 0.2- 8.1 1 0.8 0.1- 5.6 2 2.4 0.5-10.7
RACE
White 151 131 79.5 67.9-87.6 8 7.6 3.4-16.2 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3 7 7.0 3.0-15.3 4 5.5 1.4-19.0
Other 16 13 72.1 27.6-94.6 2 26.2 4.6-72.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.6 0.2-12.0 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 51 37 65.7 47.7-80.0 6 16.5 6.8-34.7 0 0.0 . - . 6 10.4 4.2-23.7 2 7.5 1.5-29.7
45+ 115 106 93.4 87.1-96.8 4 2.5 0.9- 6.8 1 0.9 0.1- 6.0 2 1.5 0.3- 6.4 2 1.7 0.4- 7.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 34 28 78.2 50.0-92.8 2 5.8 1.1-24.4 0 0.0 . - . 2 3.4 0.8-13.1 2 12.7 2.1-49.6
Some College + 132 115 78.6 65.5-87.6 8 11.6 4.8-25.5 1 0.6 0.1- 3.9 6 7.4 2.9-17.3 2 1.9 0.5- 7.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 79 70 80.2 59.6-91.8 4 10.2 2.8-31.0 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.0 0.2- 4.0 3 8.6 1.9-31.2
$50,000+ 77 63 74.1 59.2-85.0 6 10.9 4.2-25.3 1 0.9 0.1- 6.1 6 12.7 5.4-27.1 1 1.3 0.2- 8.9

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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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