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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Iredell County

Alcohol Consumption

Considering all types of alcoholic beverages, how many times during the past 30 days did you have 5 or more drinks on an occasion?*

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  Total
Respond.^
None Once Twice 3-7 times 8-30 times
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,215 4,119 71.2 68.8-73.5 398 10.4 8.9-12.0 257 6.6 5.2- 8.2 309 8.6 7.0-10.5 132 3.3 2.5- 4.2
-Iredell County 177 133 73.0 63.1-81.0 19 10.0 6.0-16.3 11 8.0 3.3-18.0 10 6.1 3.1-11.7 4 2.9 1.0- 8.0
GENDER
Male 85 62 72.8 59.3-83.1 9 10.7 5.1-21.0 4 4.3 1.2-14.5 7 7.9 3.5-16.8 3 4.4 1.4-13.3
Female 92 71 73.3 57.7-84.6 10 9.1 4.7-17.0 7 13.1 4.4-33.1 3 3.6 1.0-12.7 1 0.9 0.1- 6.4
RACE
White 164 125 72.9 62.2-81.4 17 10.5 6.1-17.6 10 7.4 2.7-18.4 9 6.6 3.2-13.0 3 2.6 0.8- 8.4
Other 12 7 71.6 39.2-90.8 2 7.0 1.5-26.8 1 13.3 1.9-55.4 1 2.4 0.3-16.6 1 5.6 0.7-32.2
AGE
18-44 69 43 66.0 50.4-78.7 10 11.7 5.8-22.2 7 11.6 4.2-28.2 7 8.2 3.6-17.5 2 2.4 0.5-10.7
45+ 108 90 83.0 73.6-89.6 9 7.5 3.8-14.5 4 2.8 1.0- 7.7 3 3.0 0.8- 9.9 2 3.6 0.9-13.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 63 43 63.5 46.7-77.5 9 12.3 6.1-23.5 4 13.4 4.0-36.3 6 9.3 3.8-21.0 1 1.6 0.2-10.3
Some College + 114 90 79.6 68.8-87.4 10 8.4 3.9-17.1 7 4.3 1.9- 9.1 4 3.8 1.3-10.6 3 3.9 1.2-12.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 69 50 75.1 59.7-86.0 10 10.8 5.2-21.2 3 5.3 1.3-18.9 4 5.1 1.5-15.3 2 3.8 0.9-14.8
$50,000+ 85 63 67.4 52.6-79.4 8 10.5 4.8-21.6 6 11.0 3.3-31.0 6 8.3 3.6-18.0 2 2.7 0.6-11.1

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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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