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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County 225 1 1.0 0.1- 6.9 42 17.9 11.2-27.4 65 31.8 22.9-42.3 87 42.0 32.5-52.1 30 7.3 4.8-10.8
GENDER
Male 102 1 1.9 0.3-12.4 15 20.7 10.2-37.4 26 23.6 13.8-37.5 45 46.3 33.0-60.1 15 7.6 4.2-13.2
Female 123 0 0.0 . - . 27 14.8 9.3-22.9 39 41.2 27.5-56.4 42 37.1 24.2-52.2 15 6.9 3.8-12.1
RACE
White 199 0 0.0 . - . 36 18.7 11.2-29.6 55 27.5 19.1-38.0 79 45.9 35.5-56.7 29 7.9 5.2-11.8
Other 25 1 6.5 0.9-35.2 6 14.1 4.9-34.4 10 55.6 29.7-78.8 7 19.8 7.7-42.1 1 4.0 0.5-24.5
AGE
18-44 57 0 0.0 . - . 9 18.0 7.8-36.4 18 33.5 19.0-52.0 30 48.4 31.8-65.4 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 163 1 2.2 0.3-14.0 33 18.4 12.9-25.7 45 29.3 21.9-37.8 54 34.1 26.6-42.6 30 15.9 11.0-22.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 53 0 0.0 . - . 12 17.7 8.3-33.7 20 32.0 18.2-49.8 15 42.1 22.8-64.2 6 8.3 3.2-19.8
Some College + 172 1 1.3 0.2- 8.7 30 18.0 10.2-29.7 45 31.8 21.4-44.4 72 41.9 31.4-53.3 24 7.0 4.4-10.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 76 1 3.1 0.4-19.2 18 23.2 10.9-42.8 25 28.2 15.6-45.5 19 36.7 20.1-57.1 13 8.8 4.3-17.0
$50,000+ 115 0 0.0 . - . 16 17.7 8.5-33.2 25 21.8 14.3-31.9 58 51.1 39.5-62.5 16 9.4 5.6-15.4

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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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