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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County 346 159 41.6 34.9-48.6 129 36.2 29.9-42.9 28 8.2 5.4-12.1 12 3.5 1.8- 6.9 18 10.5 5.5-19.4
GENDER
Male 150 53 35.8 27.3-45.3 61 36.7 28.5-45.9 15 9.8 5.7-16.3 7 4.4 1.8-10.6 14 13.2 7.3-22.8
Female 196 106 47.9 37.6-58.4 68 35.5 26.6-45.6 13 6.5 3.5-11.7 5 2.5 0.9- 6.9 4 7.6 1.5-30.1
RACE
White 267 126 43.4 36.2-51.0 101 39.2 32.4-46.5 20 8.4 5.2-13.2 8 2.2 1.0- 4.7 12 6.8 3.3-13.3
Other 75 33 39.4 26.5-54.1 25 29.7 18.4-44.2 7 6.4 2.8-14.2 4 6.2 2.2-16.6 6 18.2 6.7-40.6
AGE
18-44 116 41 35.9 25.7-47.6 47 32.6 23.4-43.5 14 9.9 5.7-16.6 4 4.0 1.4-10.9 10 17.6 8.5-32.9
45+ 227 115 46.9 39.6-54.5 82 40.6 33.3-48.3 14 6.5 3.5-11.5 8 3.1 1.4- 6.6 8 3.0 1.4- 6.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 58 25 44.6 28.4-61.9 20 30.9 17.6-48.3 5 4.6 1.7-12.3 4 9.0 3.2-23.2 4 10.8 3.4-29.3
Some College + 288 134 40.7 33.7-48.0 109 37.7 31.0-45.0 23 9.3 6.0-14.1 8 1.9 0.8- 4.0 14 10.5 4.7-21.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 105 46 36.1 24.4-49.8 41 35.6 23.7-49.7 7 6.2 2.7-13.7 4 4.1 1.4-11.5 7 18.0 6.3-41.8
$50,000+ 198 93 43.1 35.5-51.2 72 38.7 31.1-46.9 17 9.4 5.7-15.2 6 1.9 0.8- 4.6 10 6.9 3.3-13.6

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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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