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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Iredell 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 5,188 2,488 40.8 38.6-43.0 1,623 30.6 28.6-32.7 535 12.1 10.7-13.7 203 4.9 3.8- 6.3 339 11.6 9.7-13.8
-Iredell County 178 87 43.1 32.6-54.2 52 28.3 20.6-37.5 15 12.6 6.6-22.9 11 6.1 3.2-11.5 13 9.9 5.5-17.0
GENDER
Male 87 34 36.0 21.0-54.3 28 31.3 20.1-45.2 9 11.6 5.3-23.5 7 8.1 3.6-17.2 9 13.0 6.4-24.5
Female 91 53 52.9 39.5-65.9 24 24.1 15.5-35.6 6 14.0 4.7-34.8 4 3.4 1.2- 9.5 4 5.5 1.9-14.8
RACE
White 165 83 45.0 33.8-56.6 49 30.6 22.1-40.6 10 7.9 3.1-18.8 11 7.0 3.6-13.1 12 9.5 5.3-16.7
Other 12 4 32.5 9.8-68.2 3 13.1 3.7-37.6 4 41.1 15.0-73.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 13.2 1.8-55.1
AGE
18-44 69 22 37.3 21.7-56.0 22 25.5 15.4-39.2 10 17.7 8.2-34.1 4 4.5 1.6-12.3 11 15.1 7.8-27.0
45+ 109 65 51.3 40.9-61.7 30 32.2 22.8-43.3 5 5.5 2.1-13.7 7 8.5 3.8-18.0 2 2.5 0.6- 9.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 63 25 29.1 17.5-44.3 18 25.7 14.9-40.5 8 24.0 11.3-43.9 5 7.0 2.6-17.3 7 14.3 6.5-28.3
Some College + 115 62 52.8 39.0-66.2 34 30.1 20.1-42.4 7 4.7 2.0-10.6 6 5.6 2.3-13.0 6 6.8 2.9-15.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 69 29 43.6 25.2-63.8 24 30.2 17.6-46.6 7 12.9 5.2-28.5 3 3.2 0.8-11.5 6 10.2 4.2-22.4
$50,000+ 85 44 41.7 30.2-54.3 21 26.4 16.9-38.7 7 14.6 5.6-33.1 8 10.4 4.9-20.4 5 6.9 2.7-16.3

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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 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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