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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County 345 279 73.3 65.3-80.0 25 10.5 6.6-16.4 19 6.4 3.8-10.6 16 7.8 3.4-16.9 6 2.0 0.8- 4.8
GENDER
Male 151 115 71.3 61.5-79.5 13 10.5 5.8-18.3 10 8.2 4.1-15.9 9 7.0 3.0-15.3 4 2.9 1.0- 8.3
Female 194 164 75.5 61.4-85.6 12 10.6 5.0-20.9 9 4.2 2.2- 8.2 7 8.7 2.2-29.3 2 1.0 0.2- 3.9
RACE
White 266 216 77.8 70.8-83.5 17 7.5 4.5-12.4 16 6.9 4.1-11.4 12 5.1 2.3-11.0 5 2.7 1.0- 7.0
Other 74 58 62.6 45.0-77.3 8 17.2 8.1-32.7 3 5.9 1.7-18.7 4 13.6 3.7-39.2 1 0.8 0.1- 5.4
AGE
18-44 117 80 60.8 48.3-72.0 15 15.3 8.6-25.7 12 9.6 5.1-17.5 8 12.2 4.6-28.6 2 2.0 0.5- 7.9
45+ 225 196 87.1 81.3-91.4 10 5.3 2.6-10.4 7 2.8 1.3- 5.9 8 2.8 1.3- 6.1 4 2.0 0.7- 5.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 58 50 78.6 58.7-90.5 3 12.1 3.6-33.5 1 1.7 0.2-11.4 2 5.5 0.9-26.8 2 2.1 0.4- 9.6
Some College + 287 229 71.7 62.7-79.2 22 10.1 6.3-15.7 18 7.8 4.5-13.1 14 8.5 3.3-19.9 4 2.0 0.7- 5.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 106 90 71.9 51.9-85.8 5 10.3 3.5-26.9 2 1.1 0.3- 4.5 7 15.2 4.5-40.6 2 1.5 0.3- 7.2
$50,000+ 195 151 71.4 62.9-78.7 17 11.7 6.9-19.1 16 10.8 6.2-18.1 7 3.2 1.4- 7.2 4 2.9 1.0- 7.9

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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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