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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 360 352 97.8 95.4-99.0 8 2.2 1.0- 4.6
GENDER
Male 115 112 97.5 91.7-99.3 3 2.5 0.7- 8.3
Female 245 240 98.0 95.1-99.2 5 2.0 0.8- 4.9
RACE
White 311 304 97.9 95.5-99.0 7 2.1 1.0- 4.5
Other 48 47 97.4 83.4-99.6 1 2.6 0.4-16.6
AGE
18-44 142 138 97.7 93.5-99.2 4 2.3 0.8- 6.5
45+ 215 211 98.0 94.6-99.3 4 2.0 0.7- 5.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 131 129 97.6 90.7-99.4 2 2.4 0.6- 9.3
Some College + 229 223 97.9 95.2-99.1 6 2.1 0.9- 4.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 140 138 97.9 91.0-99.5 2 2.1 0.5- 9.0
$50,000+ 177 172 97.6 94.0-99.0 5 2.4 1.0- 6.0

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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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