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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

Alcohol Consumption

During the past 30 days, what is the largest number of drinks you had on any occasion?*

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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 5,091 1,475 23.2 21.5-25.0 1,542 27.0 25.1-28.9 856 17.0 15.3-18.8 394 9.4 8.0-10.9 824 23.5 21.2-25.9
-New Hanover County 208 47 12.3 8.7-17.1 68 26.2 18.4-35.8 40 17.2 11.8-24.4 20 16.2 8.8-27.7 33 28.1 18.5-40.3
GENDER
Male 90 12 6.5 3.3-12.2 28 19.8 12.4-30.2 21 22.0 13.3-34.2 6 15.7 5.5-37.0 23 36.0 22.2-52.5
Female 118 35 18.4 12.0-27.1 40 32.9 20.4-48.4 19 12.2 7.1-20.2 14 16.7 8.6-30.0 10 19.8 8.5-39.7
RACE
White 186 43 12.9 8.9-18.2 61 23.3 17.0-31.1 36 18.0 12.1-25.9 17 16.2 8.2-29.3 29 29.6 19.0-43.0
Other 21 4 9.0 2.9-25.0 7 43.5 16.0-75.7 4 13.1 4.1-35.0 2 14.4 3.2-46.2 4 19.9 6.2-48.2
AGE
18-44 51 6 4.2 1.7-10.0 11 18.8 8.1-37.9 10 13.0 6.2-25.1 9 23.1 10.5-43.6 15 40.9 24.0-60.4
45+ 152 40 20.8 15.1-27.9 54 33.7 26.1-42.2 29 21.9 15.3-30.5 11 8.9 4.8-15.8 18 14.7 9.3-22.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 49 9 10.4 4.8-21.0 21 32.0 17.7-50.8 9 23.2 10.9-42.7 3 5.5 1.5-18.5 7 28.9 10.2-59.3
Some College + 159 38 12.8 8.7-18.6 47 24.5 15.8-36.1 31 15.5 10.1-23.2 17 19.2 10.2-33.3 26 27.9 17.6-41.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 70 22 15.5 8.7-26.0 25 20.8 12.0-33.6 6 6.0 2.5-13.9 8 17.1 7.0-36.1 9 40.6 21.8-62.6
$50,000+ 109 17 10.7 6.4-17.5 35 26.0 18.0-35.9 26 26.9 17.7-38.5 11 15.5 6.6-32.3 20 20.9 13.1-31.7

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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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