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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County 219 162 58.6 47.7-68.7 15 10.3 5.6-18.0 16 11.0 5.6-20.4 18 10.2 5.7-17.6 8 10.0 3.9-23.4
GENDER
Male 96 66 57.1 42.0-71.0 6 8.6 3.5-19.4 11 17.8 8.3-34.1 10 10.0 4.7-19.8 3 6.6 1.3-28.2
Female 123 96 60.2 44.4-74.0 9 12.1 5.3-25.2 5 3.7 1.5- 9.0 8 10.4 4.2-23.7 5 13.6 4.3-35.6
RACE
White 196 146 57.3 45.7-68.1 13 9.3 4.8-17.4 13 11.3 5.4-22.1 17 10.8 5.8-19.0 7 11.4 4.4-26.5
Other 22 15 66.0 36.7-86.7 2 16.4 3.9-48.7 3 9.4 2.5-29.5 1 6.6 0.9-36.2 1 1.6 0.2-11.2
AGE
18-44 57 28 41.3 25.7-58.9 11 16.5 8.2-30.4 9 15.7 6.7-32.4 6 10.9 4.3-24.9 3 15.5 5.2-38.1
45+ 157 129 78.7 70.7-85.1 4 2.8 1.0- 7.2 7 5.5 2.6-11.2 12 9.6 5.4-16.4 5 3.4 1.3- 8.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 52 40 64.1 38.9-83.4 2 3.6 0.8-14.1 3 4.8 1.4-15.1 2 5.0 0.9-23.2 5 22.5 6.1-56.3
Some College + 167 122 57.1 44.9-68.5 13 12.1 6.4-21.7 13 12.7 6.1-24.4 16 11.6 6.2-20.6 3 6.6 1.7-21.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 73 57 45.5 28.8-63.2 4 14.9 5.2-35.8 5 16.3 5.1-41.3 3 10.3 2.7-32.2 4 13.0 2.7-44.9
$50,000+ 115 81 67.5 56.4-76.9 10 11.1 5.6-20.8 9 8.3 4.2-15.7 14 12.4 7.1-20.9 1 0.7 0.1- 5.1

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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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