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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 160 40 26.0 17.5-36.8 52 25.2 18.3-33.7 26 15.6 10.0-23.4 13 14.0 5.8-30.0 29 19.2 12.9-27.6
GENDER
Male 69 12 19.7 9.5-36.4 14 13.9 7.9-23.4 13 20.1 11.3-33.3 6 9.1 3.8-20.3 24 37.2 25.2-51.0
Female 91 28 31.6 19.1-47.4 38 35.3 23.2-49.6 13 11.6 5.9-21.3 7 18.3 5.5-46.2 5 3.3 1.3- 8.0
RACE
White 145 35 23.9 15.6-34.8 48 25.7 18.3-34.7 24 16.6 10.5-25.2 13 16.1 6.7-33.6 25 17.8 11.5-26.4
Other 15 5 40.2 14.1-73.2 4 22.2 7.5-50.2 2 8.7 1.5-37.6 0 0.0 . - . 4 29.0 10.3-59.3
AGE
18-44 83 18 21.2 11.9-34.9 21 17.8 10.9-27.8 14 17.5 9.9-29.1 10 20.3 8.2-42.4 20 23.0 14.2-35.1
45+ 77 22 34.2 20.2-51.7 31 38.1 25.5-52.5 12 12.1 6.3-22.2 3 3.0 0.9- 9.0 9 12.6 6.2-24.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 44 12 26.7 14.5-43.9 13 21.5 11.9-35.8 6 17.6 7.7-35.5 2 4.9 1.1-19.3 11 29.2 16.3-46.6
Some College + 116 28 25.7 15.5-39.4 39 26.5 18.1-37.1 20 14.9 8.8-24.1 11 17.1 6.7-37.4 18 15.8 9.4-25.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 41 8 16.0 7.0-32.8 13 23.7 12.7-39.8 7 18.5 7.8-37.8 4 11.1 3.9-27.5 9 30.7 16.0-50.7
$50,000+ 103 29 27.8 17.0-42.0 29 22.4 14.5-33.0 17 15.2 8.7-25.2 8 16.3 5.6-38.8 20 18.3 11.2-28.4

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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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