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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg 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 5,270 48 0.9 0.6- 1.4 1,544 29.6 27.6-31.7 1,542 31.4 29.3-33.7 1,610 29.9 27.9-32.0 526 8.2 7.1- 9.4
-Mecklenburg County 349 2 0.7 0.1- 3.0 89 26.4 20.8-33.0 107 31.8 25.2-39.2 123 36.1 29.7-43.1 28 4.9 3.2- 7.4
GENDER
Male 149 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6 34 23.7 16.7-32.5 41 27.2 19.8-36.3 57 43.0 33.8-52.7 16 5.7 3.3- 9.7
Female 200 1 1.0 0.1- 6.8 55 29.4 21.0-39.5 66 36.7 26.5-48.3 66 28.9 21.1-38.1 12 4.1 2.1- 7.8
RACE
White 270 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0 66 28.0 21.3-35.9 76 26.8 21.0-33.4 100 37.8 31.0-45.2 27 7.1 4.7-10.8
Other 75 1 1.4 0.2- 9.7 22 23.9 14.7-36.5 28 39.6 25.3-56.1 23 34.2 21.6-49.4 1 0.8 0.1- 5.5
AGE
18-44 116 0 0.0 . - . 32 24.8 16.4-35.5 42 37.5 26.5-50.0 40 36.5 26.3-48.2 2 1.2 0.3- 4.7
45+ 230 2 1.4 0.3- 6.2 56 27.8 21.3-35.5 64 25.8 20.1-32.5 82 35.8 29.0-43.3 26 9.1 5.9-13.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 59 1 2.1 0.3-13.5 17 27.8 14.9-45.7 19 27.0 15.0-43.6 20 42.3 26.6-59.8 2 0.9 0.2- 3.5
Some College + 290 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 72 26.0 20.2-32.9 88 33.3 25.9-41.6 103 34.3 27.8-41.4 26 6.2 4.0- 9.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 106 0 0.0 . - . 37 34.4 23.0-48.0 32 34.0 20.1-51.4 31 29.2 18.0-43.7 6 2.3 0.9- 5.9
$50,000+ 199 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 41 21.4 15.5-28.8 60 29.6 22.9-37.3 81 42.7 34.8-50.9 16 6.0 3.6- 9.9

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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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