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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 219 0 0.0 . - . 44 21.7 15.5-29.4 64 32.1 25.0-40.3 90 38.9 31.3-47.2 21 7.2 4.4-11.7
GENDER
Male 89 0 0.0 . - . 13 16.3 8.7-28.2 29 35.8 24.7-48.6 38 39.6 27.9-52.6 9 8.4 4.0-16.8
Female 130 0 0.0 . - . 31 27.1 18.4-37.9 35 28.5 20.1-38.8 52 38.3 29.0-48.5 12 6.1 3.3-10.8
RACE
White 189 0 0.0 . - . 32 19.3 12.9-27.8 56 32.8 25.3-41.3 82 39.3 31.7-47.5 19 8.6 5.1-14.1
Other 28 0 0.0 . - . 11 30.2 15.1-51.4 7 27.9 12.3-51.6 8 39.2 19.2-63.6 2 2.6 0.6-10.7
AGE
18-44 62 0 0.0 . - . 22 31.6 20.1-46.0 19 33.9 21.8-48.4 18 30.0 18.0-45.7 3 4.5 1.3-14.3
45+ 155 0 0.0 . - . 21 12.8 8.1-19.5 45 31.0 23.3-39.9 71 46.5 38.0-55.2 18 9.7 6.0-15.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 28 0 0.0 . - . 7 23.4 10.3-44.8 10 44.3 23.8-66.9 8 26.1 12.4-46.8 3 6.2 1.8-19.6
Some College + 191 0 0.0 . - . 37 21.4 14.9-29.9 54 30.5 23.1-39.0 82 40.7 32.4-49.6 18 7.4 4.3-12.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 50 0 0.0 . - . 15 25.1 14.0-40.8 18 41.4 25.3-59.5 12 28.6 14.5-48.6 5 4.9 1.9-12.3
$50,000+ 143 0 0.0 . - . 19 14.6 8.8-23.1 40 31.1 22.9-40.7 69 45.1 35.7-54.8 15 9.3 5.3-16.0

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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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