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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan County

Alcohol Consumption

Heavy Drinking*

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  Total
Respond.^
No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,921 12,448 95.6 94.9-96.3 473 4.4 3.7- 5.1
-Rowan County 427 407 95.0 89.9-97.6 20 5.0 2.4-10.1
GENDER
Male 151 142 92.5 79.9-97.4 9 7.5 2.6-20.1
Female 276 265 96.9 94.2-98.3 11 3.1 1.7- 5.8
RACE
White 375 356 95.9 92.9-97.6 19 4.1 2.4- 7.1
Other 50 49 91.1 57.9-98.7 1 8.9 1.3-42.1
AGE
18-44 102 98 94.1 81.0-98.4 4 5.9 1.6-19.0
45+ 322 306 95.7 92.9-97.4 16 4.3 2.6- 7.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 211 204 93.7 82.5-97.9 7 6.3 2.1-17.5
Some College + 216 203 96.2 93.4-97.9 13 3.8 2.1- 6.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 217 209 96.4 91.4-98.5 8 3.6 1.5- 8.6
$50,000+ 129 120 95.8 91.9-97.9 9 4.2 2.1- 8.1

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*Heavy drinkers--adult men having more than two drinks per day and adult women having more than one drink per day.

^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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