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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Union County

Alcohol Consumption

During the past 30 days, how many days per week or per month did you have at least one drink of any alcoholic beverage?*

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  Total
Respond.^
No drinks 1-2 days 3-7 days 8-29 days Everyday
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,270 48 0.9 0.6- 1.4 1,544 29.6 27.6-31.7 1,542 31.4 29.3-33.7 1,610 29.9 27.9-32.0 526 8.2 7.1- 9.4
-Union County 168 4 3.2 0.8-11.9 54 27.4 20.1-36.2 54 36.2 26.0-47.7 48 30.4 21.7-40.8 8 2.8 1.3- 5.8
GENDER
Male 72 1 4.4 0.6-25.3 15 20.2 11.6-32.8 28 39.0 26.9-52.7 24 34.0 22.0-48.4 4 2.3 0.8- 6.4
Female 96 3 2.1 0.6- 7.4 39 34.2 22.8-47.9 26 33.4 18.5-52.7 24 27.0 15.7-42.5 4 3.2 1.1- 9.0
RACE
White 149 3 1.3 0.4- 4.6 48 28.4 20.4-38.1 48 37.5 26.4-50.2 42 29.4 20.5-40.2 8 3.4 1.6- 7.0
Other 19 1 12.7 1.8-52.9 6 22.4 9.0-45.7 6 29.4 12.1-55.8 6 35.5 13.8-65.5 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 89 2 4.2 0.9-18.2 26 24.3 15.7-35.7 33 41.5 27.8-56.6 26 28.4 18.1-41.6 2 1.6 0.4- 6.4
45+ 79 2 1.4 0.3- 6.1 28 33.3 21.8-47.1 21 26.1 16.1-39.5 22 34.1 20.3-51.2 6 5.1 2.2-11.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 48 1 7.4 1.1-37.1 15 29.0 16.7-45.4 18 38.9 24.3-55.7 14 24.7 14.0-39.8 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 120 3 1.5 0.4- 5.4 39 26.8 18.3-37.4 36 35.0 22.6-50.0 34 32.7 21.7-46.1 8 3.9 1.8- 8.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 44 2 9.9 1.6-42.0 19 33.8 19.9-51.3 13 32.5 17.9-51.5 9 22.1 10.8-39.9 1 1.6 0.2-10.7
$50,000+ 106 2 1.4 0.3- 5.8 26 21.0 13.4-31.2 36 38.2 25.0-53.4 36 36.3 24.3-50.2 6 3.1 1.3- 7.5

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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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