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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Union County

Alcohol Consumption

Considering all types of alcoholic beverages, how many times during the past 30 days did you have 5 or more drinks on an occasion?*

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  Total
Respond.^
None Once Twice 3-7 times 8-30 times
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,215 4,119 71.2 68.8-73.5 398 10.4 8.9-12.0 257 6.6 5.2- 8.2 309 8.6 7.0-10.5 132 3.3 2.5- 4.2
-Union County 163 126 70.2 57.8-80.2 19 18.6 9.6-32.9 7 4.5 1.9-10.0 9 5.1 2.5-10.1 2 1.7 0.4- 6.8
GENDER
Male 71 46 61.0 47.8-72.8 12 19.4 11.0-31.9 4 7.3 2.6-18.7 7 8.7 3.9-18.2 2 3.6 0.9-13.7
Female 92 80 78.3 53.6-91.9 7 17.8 5.2-45.8 3 1.9 0.6- 6.1 2 1.9 0.5- 7.8 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 146 115 71.9 57.8-82.6 16 18.7 9.0-35.0 5 2.8 1.0- 7.5 8 4.7 2.2- 9.6 2 1.9 0.5- 7.7
Other 17 11 58.7 33.1-80.4 3 17.3 5.4-43.7 2 16.0 4.1-45.9 1 8.0 1.1-39.9 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 85 58 60.4 44.4-74.5 16 26.2 13.1-45.6 5 6.0 2.3-14.8 5 5.7 2.3-13.7 1 1.7 0.2-10.9
45+ 78 68 86.8 75.6-93.3 3 5.5 1.6-17.2 2 1.9 0.5- 7.4 4 4.1 1.5-10.7 1 1.7 0.2-11.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 47 34 68.4 51.7-81.4 4 9.2 3.3-23.3 3 8.4 2.5-24.7 5 11.8 4.7-26.6 1 2.2 0.3-14.4
Some College + 116 92 70.9 54.4-83.3 15 22.2 10.6-40.7 4 2.9 1.0- 8.7 4 2.5 0.9- 6.7 1 1.5 0.2- 9.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 42 30 59.1 40.5-75.4 4 17.5 6.7-38.5 4 12.2 4.1-31.0 4 11.2 3.9-28.1 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000+ 104 80 69.6 52.6-82.5 14 21.3 9.5-41.2 3 2.7 0.7- 9.1 5 3.9 1.5- 9.8 2 2.5 0.6- 9.9

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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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