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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 220 125 50.9 42.7-59.0 72 36.7 29.1-45.1 16 9.1 5.2-15.3 4 2.5 0.9- 6.6 3 0.8 0.2- 2.6
GENDER
Male 90 40 39.8 28.3-52.5 35 43.4 31.4-56.3 11 13.9 7.3-24.9 1 1.3 0.2- 8.5 3 1.6 0.5- 5.2
Female 130 85 62.1 51.5-71.6 37 30.0 21.3-40.4 5 4.2 1.5-11.3 3 3.7 1.1-11.2 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 189 108 51.6 43.2-60.0 67 41.0 32.9-49.6 11 6.3 3.1-12.4 1 0.5 0.1- 3.5 2 0.5 0.1- 2.1
Other 29 16 49.4 28.4-70.6 5 23.3 8.4-50.2 4 16.0 5.8-36.7 3 9.5 2.9-26.7 1 1.8 0.2-12.2
AGE
18-44 62 24 37.2 24.3-52.2 28 46.1 32.2-60.6 7 12.7 5.9-25.3 3 4.0 1.2-12.2 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 156 100 62.9 54.3-70.9 43 28.3 21.2-36.6 9 6.0 3.0-11.9 1 1.2 0.2- 8.0 3 1.5 0.5- 4.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 28 15 39.8 21.9-61.0 9 46.0 25.3-68.2 2 9.1 2.1-31.3 0 0.0 . - . 2 5.1 1.2-19.8
Some College + 192 110 52.4 43.6-61.1 63 35.5 27.5-44.4 14 9.1 5.0-15.9 4 2.8 1.0- 7.5 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 50 27 42.7 27.1-60.0 15 41.3 24.8-60.2 5 12.8 4.8-29.9 0 0.0 . - . 3 3.1 0.9-10.0
$50,000+ 144 81 53.3 43.7-62.8 51 36.6 28.0-46.3 10 8.1 4.0-15.8 2 1.9 0.4- 8.0 0 0.0 . - .

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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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