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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County 218 101 29.1 22.3-37.0 72 37.0 27.6-47.5 27 13.3 8.3-20.7 8 7.0 2.7-16.9 10 13.6 6.1-27.5
GENDER
Male 95 35 22.6 14.8-32.8 34 37.5 24.8-52.1 14 14.7 7.8-25.8 5 10.8 3.4-29.1 7 14.5 5.1-35.2
Female 123 66 35.9 25.1-48.3 38 36.5 23.5-51.8 13 11.9 5.6-23.3 3 3.2 0.9-10.5 3 12.6 3.6-35.6
RACE
White 196 94 30.1 22.9-38.4 63 33.3 24.3-43.8 23 13.2 7.8-21.4 7 7.9 3.0-19.2 9 15.5 7.0-31.0
Other 21 7 23.5 8.2-51.3 9 60.6 31.9-83.5 3 12.3 3.2-37.2 1 2.0 0.3-14.0 1 1.6 0.2-11.4
AGE
18-44 56 15 13.6 7.2-24.2 21 38.8 23.4-56.8 11 14.9 7.2-28.5 5 11.2 3.8-28.9 4 21.5 8.7-44.1
45+ 157 82 46.0 37.8-54.5 50 35.4 27.6-44.1 16 11.8 7.1-19.1 3 2.3 0.7- 7.0 6 4.5 1.9-10.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 51 22 27.5 15.5-43.9 14 28.4 14.9-47.4 10 22.3 10.7-40.7 0 0.0 . - . 5 21.8 5.6-56.6
Some College + 167 79 29.5 21.8-38.7 58 39.3 28.4-51.5 17 10.9 5.8-19.5 8 9.0 3.5-21.0 5 11.3 4.2-27.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 72 38 32.3 19.5-48.4 17 24.7 12.5-43.0 11 16.9 7.4-34.2 2 13.2 3.1-41.5 4 13.0 2.6-45.2
$50,000+ 115 47 30.6 22.2-40.6 45 39.4 29.2-50.6 14 15.6 8.6-26.5 6 6.1 2.6-13.9 3 8.3 1.9-30.3

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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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