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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange County

Alcohol Consumption

Heavy Drinking*

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  Total
Respond.^
No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,921 12,448 95.6 94.9-96.3 473 4.4 3.7- 5.1
-Orange County 360 346 96.9 93.9-98.4 14 3.1 1.6- 6.1
GENDER
Male 136 134 99.2 96.9-99.8 2 0.8 0.2- 3.1
Female 224 212 95.1 90.0-97.7 12 4.9 2.3-10.0
RACE
White 288 275 95.7 91.5-97.9 13 4.3 2.1- 8.5
Other 67 66 99.5 96.8-99.9 1 0.5 0.1- 3.2
AGE
18-44 97 96 98.0 87.4-99.7 1 2.0 0.3-12.6
45+ 258 245 95.8 92.8-97.6 13 4.2 2.4- 7.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 84 84 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 275 261 95.9 92.0-97.9 14 4.1 2.1- 8.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 105 104 99.4 95.6-99.9 1 0.6 0.1- 4.4
$50,000+ 201 189 94.8 89.3-97.5 12 5.2 2.5-10.7

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*Heavy drinkers--adult men having more than two drinks per day and adult women having more than one drink per day.

^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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