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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan County

Alcohol Consumption

Binge Drinking*

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  Total
Respond.^
No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 13,008 11,912 87.2 85.9-88.4 1,096 12.8 11.6-14.1
-Rowan County 430 394 88.4 81.2-93.1 36 11.6 6.9-18.8
GENDER
Male 153 135 81.7 66.5-90.9 18 18.3 9.1-33.5
Female 277 259 93.5 89.2-96.2 18 6.5 3.8-10.8
RACE
White 378 346 91.6 87.7-94.4 32 8.4 5.6-12.3
Other 50 46 74.3 44.4-91.3 4 25.7 8.7-55.6
AGE
18-44 102 85 81.6 66.8-90.7 17 18.4 9.3-33.2
45+ 325 306 94.2 90.9-96.3 19 5.8 3.7- 9.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 212 198 85.6 71.3-93.4 14 14.4 6.6-28.7
Some College + 218 196 91.3 86.4-94.5 22 8.7 5.5-13.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 219 204 92.4 86.4-95.9 15 7.6 4.1-13.6
$50,000+ 130 114 90.2 83.8-94.3 16 9.8 5.7-16.2

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*Binge drinkers (males having five or more drinks on one occasion, females having four or more drinks on one occasion).

^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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