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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 213 52 21.4 15.3-29.1 85 37.1 29.6-45.2 46 27.1 20.0-35.7 13 5.7 3.1-10.1 17 8.7 5.1-14.5
GENDER
Male 86 13 14.1 7.1-26.2 31 34.5 23.3-47.6 22 30.8 19.8-44.5 6 6.2 2.6-14.1 14 14.4 7.9-24.8
Female 127 39 28.6 19.8-39.3 54 39.6 30.2-49.8 24 23.6 15.4-34.3 7 5.1 2.3-11.1 3 3.2 0.9-10.3
RACE
White 188 43 19.7 13.7-27.4 77 38.7 31.1-47.0 42 27.0 20.0-35.4 12 6.1 3.3-11.1 14 8.4 4.6-14.9
Other 23 8 28.7 12.0-54.3 8 31.9 13.4-58.5 4 29.1 10.6-58.5 1 3.9 0.5-23.5 2 6.4 1.4-25.5
AGE
18-44 57 10 18.0 8.6-34.0 18 29.4 17.6-44.7 18 35.8 22.6-51.6 4 5.1 1.9-13.4 7 11.7 5.3-23.9
45+ 154 41 24.0 17.5-32.1 67 43.8 35.4-52.5 28 20.4 14.1-28.4 9 6.1 3.0-12.3 9 5.7 2.8-11.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 27 9 26.2 12.0-48.0 8 28.6 13.6-50.7 5 28.5 10.8-56.8 3 11.3 3.2-33.1 2 5.3 1.2-20.4
Some College + 186 43 20.8 14.3-29.2 77 38.2 30.1-47.0 41 26.9 19.4-36.0 10 4.9 2.5- 9.4 15 9.2 5.2-15.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 47 16 26.5 14.0-44.4 14 36.6 20.4-56.7 10 29.1 15.0-48.8 3 3.7 1.1-11.5 4 4.0 1.4-11.1
$50,000+ 141 26 16.3 10.4-24.6 63 37.8 29.4-47.0 33 28.8 20.1-39.3 7 5.8 2.7-11.9 12 11.4 6.2-19.9

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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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