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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake 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
-Wake County 588 558 93.6 88.8-96.4 30 6.4 3.6-11.2
GENDER
Male 224 212 92.9 83.5-97.1 12 7.1 2.9-16.5
Female 364 346 94.3 89.1-97.1 18 5.7 2.9-10.9
RACE
White 452 428 94.8 91.3-96.9 24 5.2 3.1- 8.7
Other 131 125 90.8 74.1-97.1 6 9.2 2.9-25.9
AGE
18-44 215 203 92.4 83.9-96.6 12 7.6 3.4-16.1
45+ 364 346 95.2 92.0-97.2 18 4.8 2.8- 8.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 123 117 89.7 69.7-97.0 6 10.3 3.0-30.3
Some College + 465 441 94.9 91.6-96.9 24 5.1 3.1- 8.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 170 160 88.0 71.1-95.6 10 12.0 4.4-28.9
$50,000+ 336 318 95.7 92.8-97.5 18 4.3 2.5- 7.2

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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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