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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan County

Alcohol Consumption

During the past 30 days, what is the largest number of drinks you had on any occasion?*

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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 5,091 1,475 23.2 21.5-25.0 1,542 27.0 25.1-28.9 856 17.0 15.3-18.8 394 9.4 8.0-10.9 824 23.5 21.2-25.9
-Rowan County 143 48 32.2 23.0-43.0 38 23.5 16.3-32.7 16 10.0 5.8-16.7 12 7.8 4.0-14.4 29 26.5 15.5-41.6
GENDER
Male 61 14 15.9 8.4-28.1 19 25.0 14.1-40.3 6 8.8 3.5-20.3 4 7.7 2.7-20.3 18 42.5 24.0-63.4
Female 82 34 48.6 35.8-61.6 19 22.0 13.8-33.3 10 11.2 5.8-20.6 8 7.8 3.6-16.3 11 10.4 5.5-18.6
RACE
White 130 45 35.2 26.3-45.3 35 26.8 19.2-36.2 15 11.4 6.7-18.7 9 7.1 3.3-14.5 26 19.5 12.8-28.5
Other 13 3 22.8 6.2-56.8 3 13.2 3.5-38.8 1 5.6 0.7-32.7 3 10.0 2.6-31.5 3 48.5 17.4-80.8
AGE
18-44 46 13 28.8 15.2-47.7 8 13.2 6.0-26.5 6 9.4 3.8-21.5 6 9.9 3.9-22.9 13 38.8 20.0-61.7
45+ 96 35 36.2 26.2-47.6 29 33.1 23.3-44.7 10 10.8 5.7-19.6 6 5.7 2.5-12.4 16 14.2 8.5-22.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 47 17 25.6 13.2-43.9 15 24.3 12.5-41.9 3 6.4 1.8-20.7 1 1.2 0.2- 8.3 11 42.4 20.9-67.2
Some College + 96 31 36.6 25.5-49.4 23 23.0 14.9-33.7 13 12.4 7.0-21.1 11 12.3 6.4-22.4 18 15.7 9.4-25.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 56 18 30.0 17.6-46.4 16 32.0 19.4-47.9 4 6.6 2.3-17.4 6 8.4 3.6-18.6 12 22.9 12.2-38.9
$50,000+ 70 23 37.6 25.1-52.2 18 24.6 15.1-37.3 10 13.2 6.8-23.9 5 8.6 3.2-20.9 14 16.0 9.0-27.0

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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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