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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

Alcohol Consumption

During the past 30 days, what is the largest number of drinks you had on any occasion?*

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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 5,972 1,813 25.5 24.0-27.2 1,661 24.7 23.2-26.3 965 15.3 14.1-16.6 504 9.2 8.1-10.4 1,029 25.2 23.3-27.3
-New Hanover County 207 47 18.8 13.4-25.8 73 31.3 22.9-41.2 32 17.9 10.4-29.2 19 9.6 4.8-18.4 36 22.3 15.2-31.6
GENDER
Male 94 16 12.9 7.3-22.0 24 25.8 14.4-41.6 17 23.1 11.6-40.6 11 12.0 4.9-26.6 26 26.2 16.2-39.6
Female 113 31 27.4 18.7-38.3 49 39.4 29.3-50.5 15 10.4 5.5-18.8 8 6.2 2.8-13.1 10 16.6 8.0-31.3
RACE
White 189 41 19.9 14.0-27.5 67 30.9 23.3-39.8 30 18.3 10.1-30.8 18 7.9 4.7-13.2 33 23.0 15.7-32.4
Other 18 6 13.3 4.4-33.7 6 33.2 8.7-72.3 2 16.2 3.7-49.3 1 18.3 2.7-64.7 3 18.9 4.2-55.6
AGE
18-44 56 10 13.1 6.5-24.7 22 34.3 20.2-51.9 7 13.2 5.9-26.9 4 10.0 2.7-30.6 13 29.3 16.6-46.4
45+ 150 37 24.1 16.6-33.5 50 28.1 20.0-38.0 25 22.3 11.0-40.0 15 9.3 5.3-16.1 23 16.1 10.3-24.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 40 8 14.1 5.7-30.9 12 31.9 12.3-60.9 6 11.4 3.4-31.8 4 16.5 3.8-49.8 10 26.1 11.0-50.3
Some College + 167 39 20.3 14.1-28.3 61 31.1 23.0-40.6 26 20.0 11.0-33.6 15 7.5 4.1-13.2 26 21.1 13.6-31.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 68 10 12.7 5.7-25.8 24 28.8 13.9-50.3 10 13.3 5.6-28.4 9 15.9 5.4-38.4 15 29.3 15.3-48.7
$50,000+ 117 27 21.4 14.3-30.6 43 35.6 26.2-46.3 20 15.9 9.6-25.0 9 6.9 3.4-13.5 18 20.2 12.3-31.3

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

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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