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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Pitt 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
-Pitt County 125 64 45.0 33.9-56.6 39 32.7 23.0-44.1 7 4.3 1.9- 9.4 7 5.2 2.2-11.7 8 12.9 5.2-28.4
GENDER
Male 55 24 34.5 20.7-51.5 18 36.6 22.0-54.3 4 5.0 1.8-13.3 3 6.0 1.7-18.6 6 17.8 6.1-42.1
Female 70 40 57.4 42.6-71.1 21 28.0 17.6-41.3 3 3.4 0.9-12.5 4 4.2 1.5-11.2 2 7.0 1.4-28.2
RACE
White 109 59 48.9 36.5-61.4 33 28.3 19.3-39.4 5 3.4 1.3- 8.8 5 5.0 1.8-13.0 7 14.4 5.6-32.5
Other 16 5 26.1 9.3-54.9 6 54.2 26.8-79.3 2 8.7 1.9-31.1 2 5.8 1.3-22.2 1 5.2 0.7-30.0
AGE
18-44 40 14 32.1 17.4-51.5 15 37.7 21.6-57.0 2 3.7 0.9-14.2 4 5.5 1.8-15.3 5 21.0 7.4-47.0
45+ 84 49 57.8 45.0-69.7 24 27.7 18.3-39.7 5 4.9 1.9-11.9 3 4.8 1.2-17.2 3 4.7 1.4-14.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 27 15 33.0 16.4-55.3 5 33.4 13.1-62.6 3 10.5 3.1-29.6 1 2.1 0.3-14.3 3 20.9 5.9-52.8
Some College + 98 49 48.0 35.2-61.0 34 32.5 22.2-44.9 4 2.8 0.9- 8.2 6 5.9 2.4-14.0 5 10.8 3.2-30.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 48 24 41.3 24.3-60.5 12 32.8 17.2-53.3 5 8.8 3.3-21.1 2 2.5 0.6-10.0 5 14.7 5.3-34.8
$50,000+ 65 31 41.3 27.7-56.3 25 36.1 23.4-51.2 2 1.8 0.4- 7.6 4 6.9 2.2-19.4 3 13.9 3.4-42.7

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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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