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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan 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
-Rowan County 146 71 44.6 33.9-55.8 34 20.0 13.6-28.4 16 7.4 4.3-12.5 10 7.1 3.5-13.8 15 20.9 10.4-37.6
GENDER
Male 62 24 31.5 18.9-47.5 16 19.5 10.6-33.3 4 3.1 1.1- 8.8 5 6.9 2.5-17.9 13 38.9 20.5-61.2
Female 84 47 57.7 45.1-69.4 18 20.4 12.6-31.5 12 11.8 6.4-20.6 5 7.3 2.8-17.7 2 2.7 0.7-10.6
RACE
White 133 68 51.5 41.8-61.1 29 19.9 13.6-28.1 16 9.8 5.8-16.0 9 8.5 4.1-16.6 11 10.3 5.2-19.4
Other 13 3 22.8 6.2-56.8 5 20.4 6.7-47.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.8 0.4-19.0 4 54.1 22.3-82.8
AGE
18-44 46 19 37.9 22.0-57.0 10 15.1 7.3-28.4 5 5.2 1.9-13.1 3 5.1 1.4-16.7 9 36.7 18.0-60.6
45+ 99 51 50.5 39.6-61.3 24 25.3 16.9-36.2 11 9.9 5.3-17.6 7 9.2 4.1-19.4 6 5.0 2.1-11.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 50 24 33.6 18.7-52.8 10 15.8 7.3-30.9 3 4.3 1.2-13.9 5 6.6 2.4-16.9 8 39.7 18.7-65.4
Some College + 96 47 52.2 40.5-63.7 24 23.0 15.0-33.4 13 9.7 5.4-16.6 5 7.5 2.9-17.8 7 7.7 3.3-16.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 58 22 35.6 22.4-51.4 17 30.5 18.5-45.8 7 9.4 4.2-19.8 4 7.2 2.5-19.1 8 17.3 7.9-33.8
$50,000+ 70 39 60.2 46.9-72.2 15 18.5 10.8-29.8 9 9.7 4.9-18.3 3 5.5 1.6-17.5 4 6.1 2.0-17.3

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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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