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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan County

Alcohol Consumption

Considering all types of alcoholic beverages, how many times during the past 30 days did you have 5 or more drinks on an occasion?*

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  Total
Respond.^
None Once Twice 3-7 times 8-30 times
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,215 4,119 71.2 68.8-73.5 398 10.4 8.9-12.0 257 6.6 5.2- 8.2 309 8.6 7.0-10.5 132 3.3 2.5- 4.2
-Rowan County 147 111 68.9 54.9-80.2 14 8.7 4.7-15.4 9 6.4 2.9-13.4 9 10.2 2.9-29.7 4 5.9 1.4-22.1
GENDER
Male 64 46 58.5 37.7-76.7 4 4.1 1.5-11.0 5 9.3 3.3-23.2 5 16.6 3.9-49.3 4 11.6 2.7-38.0
Female 83 65 79.7 68.0-87.9 10 13.5 6.7-25.3 4 3.3 1.2- 8.9 4 3.5 1.3- 9.2 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 134 102 75.9 66.4-83.3 13 10.0 5.4-17.7 9 8.4 3.9-17.1 8 4.7 2.2- 9.7 2 1.1 0.3- 4.7
Other 13 9 47.0 17.5-78.7 1 4.5 0.6-28.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 27.5 4.5-75.3 2 21.0 3.7-64.4
AGE
18-44 46 29 54.4 33.8-73.6 8 11.8 5.1-25.0 4 7.7 2.4-22.5 3 16.1 3.5-50.6 2 10.0 1.8-40.1
45+ 100 81 83.1 74.4-89.3 6 5.7 2.5-12.3 5 5.1 2.1-11.7 6 4.3 1.9- 9.5 2 1.8 0.4- 7.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 50 36 52.9 30.7-74.1 5 9.8 3.5-24.8 3 6.8 1.7-23.4 4 18.3 3.7-56.9 2 12.1 2.2-45.7
Some College + 97 75 80.0 70.1-87.3 9 7.9 3.9-15.4 6 6.0 2.4-14.4 5 4.5 1.7-11.0 2 1.5 0.3- 6.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 58 43 70.4 53.8-82.9 5 11.2 4.0-27.4 4 9.3 2.8-26.9 4 5.5 1.8-16.2 2 3.6 0.9-13.6
$50,000+ 71 55 81.8 70.8-89.3 7 7.4 3.5-15.1 5 7.3 2.7-18.1 3 2.9 0.9- 8.9 1 0.6 0.1- 4.3

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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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