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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Johnston 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
-Johnston County 127 55 33.7 22.9-46.6 43 37.5 25.7-50.9 11 11.9 5.7-23.4 7 3.7 1.5- 8.6 11 13.2 5.2-29.8
GENDER
Male 65 21 21.3 12.4-34.0 24 35.5 22.6-50.9 7 16.8 7.1-34.9 5 5.3 1.9-13.9 8 21.1 8.0-45.3
Female 62 34 50.0 29.6-70.5 19 40.0 20.9-62.9 4 5.5 1.7-16.6 2 1.6 0.4- 6.7 3 2.8 0.8- 9.5
RACE
White 109 44 24.9 16.8-35.3 38 42.0 28.6-56.6 11 14.7 7.1-28.2 6 4.2 1.7-10.3 10 14.2 5.0-33.9
Other 18 11 71.6 42.2-89.7 5 18.0 6.1-42.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.4 0.2-10.3 1 9.0 1.2-44.6
AGE
18-44 69 24 29.3 16.5-46.7 29 40.8 25.5-58.1 7 12.1 4.7-27.9 3 3.2 0.9-10.6 6 14.5 4.6-37.6
45+ 57 31 46.6 32.5-61.1 14 29.1 17.0-45.0 4 11.6 4.2-28.4 4 5.2 1.9-13.4 4 7.6 2.8-18.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 43 23 45.6 27.0-65.6 9 19.6 9.5-36.2 3 18.7 5.4-48.1 4 6.3 1.9-18.6 4 9.8 2.9-28.3
Some College + 84 32 28.2 16.1-44.6 34 45.7 29.8-62.5 8 8.8 4.0-18.2 3 2.5 0.7- 8.9 7 14.7 4.6-38.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 39 16 18.8 9.1-35.0 12 49.3 26.5-72.5 3 18.6 5.5-47.2 5 6.5 2.1-18.2 3 6.6 1.4-25.7
$50,000+ 78 34 38.9 24.3-55.9 29 33.9 21.7-48.6 6 6.7 2.8-15.5 2 2.5 0.5-10.7 7 18.0 5.9-43.6

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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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