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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 361 324 85.0 77.1-90.5 37 15.0 9.5-22.9
GENDER
Male 116 91 76.2 66.2-84.0 25 23.8 16.0-33.8
Female 245 233 90.6 75.8-96.7 12 9.4 3.3-24.2
RACE
White 312 281 84.7 75.3-91.0 31 15.3 9.0-24.7
Other 48 42 85.7 70.6-93.7 6 14.3 6.3-29.4
AGE
18-44 142 115 78.2 65.7-87.0 27 21.8 13.0-34.3
45+ 216 206 94.2 88.9-97.0 10 5.8 3.0-11.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 132 119 87.2 78.4-92.8 13 12.8 7.2-21.6
Some College + 229 205 83.8 72.1-91.2 24 16.2 8.8-27.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 141 129 86.7 77.1-92.6 12 13.3 7.4-22.9
$50,000+ 177 153 80.5 67.2-89.3 24 19.5 10.7-32.8

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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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