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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake 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
-Wake County 326 164 43.9 37.3-50.8 114 37.3 30.7-44.4 30 10.3 6.6-15.7 10 4.3 2.0- 8.9 8 4.2 1.8- 9.8
GENDER
Male 146 60 38.9 29.6-49.0 57 39.6 29.9-50.2 16 9.6 5.2-16.9 6 4.8 1.9-11.7 7 7.2 2.9-16.8
Female 180 104 50.2 41.3-59.1 57 34.5 26.4-43.6 14 11.2 5.8-20.4 4 3.6 0.9-12.7 1 0.6 0.1- 4.3
RACE
White 276 142 45.8 38.5-53.3 98 38.9 31.6-46.8 24 8.5 5.4-12.9 7 3.5 1.4- 8.4 5 3.3 1.2- 8.7
Other 50 22 36.9 23.0-53.4 16 31.3 18.4-47.9 6 16.9 6.5-37.6 3 7.0 1.7-24.9 3 7.8 1.6-30.3
AGE
18-44 125 48 35.1 26.1-45.2 50 40.4 30.4-51.3 15 12.0 6.5-21.0 6 5.7 2.2-13.9 6 6.8 2.7-16.1
45+ 201 116 56.2 48.5-63.7 64 32.9 26.1-40.5 15 7.9 4.6-13.1 4 2.2 0.8- 6.1 2 0.8 0.2- 3.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 53 31 42.6 25.5-61.7 15 41.2 22.0-63.4 2 1.7 0.4- 7.5 2 3.6 0.9-13.9 3 10.9 2.3-39.0
Some College + 273 133 44.2 37.1-51.4 99 36.6 29.9-43.9 28 11.8 7.5-18.1 8 4.4 1.9-10.0 5 3.0 1.1- 8.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 84 42 42.1 29.6-55.6 26 35.0 23.1-49.1 9 12.0 5.8-23.4 4 4.0 1.3-11.1 3 6.9 1.6-25.8
$50,000+ 208 102 43.9 35.9-52.2 75 37.7 29.6-46.5 21 11.2 6.6-18.6 6 5.0 2.0-11.8 4 2.2 0.7- 6.4

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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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