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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan County

Alcohol Consumption

During the past 30 days, have you had at least one drink of any alcoholic beverage such as beer, wine, a malt beverage, or liquor?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 13,127 5,382 45.5 44.0-47.1 7,745 54.5 52.9-56.0
-Rowan County 432 154 38.3 32.0-45.1 278 61.7 54.9-68.0
GENDER
Male 154 66 44.8 33.9-56.3 88 55.2 43.7-66.1
Female 278 88 33.5 26.6-41.2 190 66.5 58.8-73.4
RACE
White 380 141 36.2 30.4-42.3 239 63.8 57.7-69.6
Other 50 13 48.6 28.6-69.0 37 51.4 31.0-71.4
AGE
18-44 102 47 41.4 29.6-54.3 55 58.6 45.7-70.4
45+ 327 106 35.7 30.0-41.9 221 64.3 58.1-70.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 214 55 32.4 22.9-43.6 159 67.6 56.4-77.1
Some College + 218 99 44.3 36.0-52.9 119 55.7 47.1-64.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 221 62 26.5 19.8-34.4 159 73.5 65.6-80.2
$50,000+ 130 73 55.7 45.4-65.5 57 44.3 34.5-54.6

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^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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