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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

Alcohol Consumption

During the past 30 days, have you had at least one drink of any alcoholic beverage such as beer, wine, a malt beverage, or liquor?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 13,127 5,382 45.5 44.0-47.1 7,745 54.5 52.9-56.0
-New Hanover County 411 227 59.5 52.0-66.7 184 40.5 33.3-48.0
GENDER
Male 160 103 65.9 53.7-76.3 57 34.1 23.7-46.3
Female 251 124 53.6 43.9-63.0 127 46.4 37.0-56.1
RACE
White 349 200 60.8 52.4-68.7 149 39.2 31.3-47.6
Other 60 26 53.6 36.2-70.1 34 46.4 29.9-63.8
AGE
18-44 87 57 67.1 52.3-79.2 30 32.9 20.8-47.7
45+ 317 165 52.3 45.7-58.9 152 47.7 41.1-54.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 128 54 41.5 28.6-55.7 74 58.5 44.3-71.4
Some College + 283 173 67.8 59.8-74.9 110 32.2 25.1-40.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 171 77 55.3 43.9-66.1 94 44.7 33.9-56.1
$50,000+ 176 115 61.4 50.5-71.2 61 38.6 28.8-49.5

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^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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