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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County 366 182 42.1 35.9-48.4 121 37.7 31.5-44.4 42 12.2 8.5-17.3 8 3.3 1.4- 7.3 13 4.7 2.4- 9.1
GENDER
Male 153 64 35.5 26.9-45.1 50 36.3 27.2-46.6 24 15.4 9.5-24.0 6 5.5 2.2-13.1 9 7.3 3.3-15.4
Female 213 118 49.4 41.3-57.5 71 39.4 31.5-47.9 18 8.6 5.1-14.3 2 0.7 0.2- 3.2 4 1.9 0.7- 5.1
RACE
White 293 148 43.2 36.6-50.1 95 37.4 30.7-44.6 35 12.5 8.7-17.6 7 3.7 1.5- 8.8 8 3.2 1.5- 6.7
Other 71 33 38.9 26.3-53.2 25 38.6 25.6-53.5 7 11.7 4.6-26.6 1 2.4 0.3-15.1 5 8.4 2.8-22.5
AGE
18-44 139 52 35.1 26.4-44.8 57 43.4 33.9-53.4 19 12.3 7.1-20.4 6 5.0 2.0-12.0 5 4.3 1.4-12.0
45+ 223 127 51.5 44.1-58.9 63 29.6 23.2-37.0 23 12.5 8.1-18.8 2 0.9 0.2- 3.5 8 5.5 2.6-11.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 56 24 31.6 18.9-47.8 18 41.5 25.8-59.0 8 14.1 6.7-27.4 2 2.6 0.6-10.7 4 10.2 2.8-31.0
Some College + 309 157 44.5 37.8-51.4 103 36.9 30.3-44.0 34 11.8 7.7-17.5 6 3.4 1.3- 8.5 9 3.4 1.7- 6.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 98 48 38.5 26.4-52.1 28 30.0 18.8-44.1 15 19.4 9.9-34.4 4 4.8 1.4-15.3 3 7.4 1.8-25.1
$50,000+ 228 115 45.6 38.1-53.3 79 38.4 31.1-46.3 21 8.5 5.4-13.3 4 3.2 1.1- 9.3 9 4.2 2.1- 8.2

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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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