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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

Alcohol Consumption

During the past 30 days, how many days per week or per month did you have at least one drink of any alcoholic beverage?*

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  Total
Respond.^
No drinks 1-2 days 3-7 days 8-29 days Everyday
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,173 84 1.1 0.8- 1.6 1,703 28.9 27.2-30.7 1,900 32.5 30.7-34.4 1,856 30.0 28.3-31.8 630 7.4 6.7- 8.3
-New Hanover County 207 0 0.0 . - . 53 33.7 23.8-45.2 56 29.9 21.6-39.7 62 26.2 19.4-34.5 36 10.2 7.0-14.7
GENDER
Male 94 0 0.0 . - . 28 38.9 24.4-55.7 22 26.4 15.6-41.2 26 24.6 15.4-37.0 18 10.0 5.8-16.8
Female 113 0 0.0 . - . 25 26.0 16.9-37.8 34 34.9 24.2-47.4 36 28.6 20.0-39.1 18 10.5 6.3-17.0
RACE
White 189 0 0.0 . - . 44 28.8 19.5-40.3 50 29.0 21.1-38.4 61 30.9 23.1-39.9 34 11.3 7.7-16.4
Other 17 0 0.0 . - . 9 59.6 25.8-86.2 6 35.1 10.7-70.8 1 2.7 0.3-18.2 1 2.7 0.3-18.2
AGE
18-44 56 0 0.0 . - . 21 39.5 24.3-57.1 17 33.6 19.7-51.0 18 26.9 16.0-41.6 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 151 0 0.0 . - . 32 28.4 16.6-44.1 39 26.6 18.4-36.7 44 25.7 18.1-35.1 36 19.4 13.3-27.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 41 0 0.0 . - . 9 38.1 16.4-65.9 10 30.9 12.9-57.5 11 16.7 7.6-32.8 11 14.4 6.7-28.4
Some College + 166 0 0.0 . - . 44 32.3 22.1-44.4 46 29.6 21.0-39.8 51 29.3 21.3-38.9 25 8.9 5.7-13.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 67 0 0.0 . - . 16 35.6 18.5-57.3 21 36.9 20.6-56.9 18 20.8 11.1-35.6 12 6.7 3.2-13.6
$50,000+ 119 0 0.0 . - . 31 27.4 19.0-37.8 28 27.1 18.4-37.9 41 33.6 24.4-44.2 19 11.9 7.5-18.6

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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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