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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 220 193 86.3 79.9-91.0 14 7.5 4.1-13.3 9 4.4 2.2- 8.7 4 1.8 0.6- 5.3 0 0.0 . - .
GENDER
Male 89 72 80.2 68.8-88.2 11 13.2 6.8-24.1 6 6.6 2.8-14.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Female 131 121 92.3 85.3-96.1 3 1.9 0.6- 6.5 3 2.3 0.6- 7.6 4 3.5 1.2-10.1 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 190 170 88.5 81.8-92.9 12 7.2 3.7-13.4 6 3.4 1.4- 8.1 2 0.9 0.2- 3.6 0 0.0 . - .
Other 28 22 81.0 60.4-92.3 1 5.5 0.8-30.6 3 8.3 2.4-24.7 2 5.1 1.0-22.5 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 61 47 78.7 65.7-87.7 6 10.4 4.4-22.7 6 8.1 3.5-17.5 2 2.7 0.6-11.2 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 157 145 93.3 87.9-96.3 7 4.4 1.9- 9.5 3 1.4 0.4- 4.3 2 1.0 0.2- 4.1 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 27 25 89.7 65.7-97.5 1 3.7 0.5-22.2 1 6.7 0.9-34.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 193 168 86.0 78.9-90.9 13 7.9 4.2-14.4 8 4.1 1.9- 8.6 4 2.0 0.7- 5.9 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 49 43 88.6 72.5-95.8 2 5.4 1.0-24.5 4 6.0 1.9-17.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000+ 144 126 84.7 76.1-90.6 10 8.9 4.5-16.8 4 3.6 1.3- 9.5 4 2.8 0.9- 8.2 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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