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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Union County

Alcohol Consumption

One drink is equivalent to a 12 ounce beer, a 5 ounce glass of wine, or a drink with one shot of liquor.
During the past 30 days, on the days when you drank, about how many drinks did you drink on the average?*

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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 5,188 2,488 40.8 38.6-43.0 1,623 30.6 28.6-32.7 535 12.1 10.7-13.7 203 4.9 3.8- 6.3 339 11.6 9.7-13.8
-Union County 162 74 41.3 31.5-51.9 56 30.3 22.4-39.6 19 14.7 9.1-23.0 7 9.5 2.7-28.4 6 4.2 1.8- 9.5
GENDER
Male 70 26 34.7 22.4-49.4 19 25.0 15.5-37.8 14 25.5 15.2-39.4 6 6.8 2.9-15.3 5 8.0 3.2-18.5
Female 92 48 47.3 32.1-63.1 37 35.1 23.0-49.4 5 5.0 1.9-12.6 1 11.8 1.8-49.2 1 0.7 0.1- 5.2
RACE
White 145 65 39.3 29.2-50.5 51 31.5 22.9-41.7 17 14.3 8.6-23.0 7 11.1 3.2-32.1 5 3.7 1.4- 9.2
Other 17 9 53.1 26.3-78.3 5 23.0 8.3-49.6 2 17.0 4.2-49.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 6.9 0.9-36.6
AGE
18-44 85 31 31.9 20.8-45.5 30 29.9 19.8-42.4 15 19.7 11.5-31.7 4 12.6 3.0-40.4 5 5.9 2.3-14.2
45+ 77 43 58.3 43.8-71.5 26 31.0 19.9-44.9 4 5.8 1.8-16.7 3 3.8 1.2-11.8 1 1.1 0.1- 7.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 46 24 45.6 30.4-61.7 9 19.0 9.5-34.2 7 20.4 9.5-38.4 2 3.6 0.8-14.2 4 11.5 4.1-27.9
Some College + 116 50 39.7 27.8-53.0 47 34.5 24.3-46.4 12 12.6 6.8-22.2 5 11.6 2.9-36.6 2 1.5 0.3- 6.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 41 16 34.8 20.1-53.1 14 27.1 15.0-43.9 7 23.3 10.7-43.4 0 0.0 . - . 4 14.9 5.4-34.6
$50,000+ 104 49 41.3 28.8-55.1 37 32.5 22.2-44.9 10 11.3 5.8-20.8 7 13.8 4.0-38.0 1 1.0 0.1- 6.9

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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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