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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake 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
-Wake County 347 167 42.8 36.4-49.5 120 33.1 27.0-39.9 33 11.9 8.1-17.3 9 2.0 1.0- 4.2 18 10.2 5.3-18.7
GENDER
Male 152 63 36.7 27.9-46.5 54 33.9 24.9-44.1 16 12.0 7.1-19.5 8 3.4 1.5- 7.3 11 14.0 6.2-28.6
Female 195 104 50.1 41.5-58.6 66 32.1 24.6-40.8 17 11.9 6.7-20.4 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7 7 5.5 2.2-13.1
RACE
White 286 137 42.6 35.8-49.7 101 36.3 29.4-43.8 27 12.0 7.8-18.1 9 2.7 1.3- 5.4 12 6.4 2.8-13.7
Other 57 29 45.3 29.2-62.5 17 19.7 10.6-33.7 6 12.4 5.1-26.9 0 0.0 . - . 5 22.6 8.1-49.2
AGE
18-44 140 61 37.3 28.4-47.0 48 32.9 24.0-43.2 17 13.6 8.1-22.0 3 1.6 0.5- 5.4 11 14.6 6.9-28.3
45+ 203 106 51.2 43.6-58.8 68 32.9 26.0-40.5 16 9.6 5.6-15.8 6 2.7 1.2- 6.1 7 3.7 1.7- 7.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 42 19 36.1 19.1-57.4 10 26.1 10.5-51.6 6 9.9 3.9-22.9 1 0.7 0.1- 5.3 6 27.1 9.0-58.5
Some College + 305 148 44.1 37.6-50.9 110 34.5 28.3-41.2 27 12.3 8.1-18.4 8 2.3 1.1- 4.8 12 6.8 3.2-13.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 75 31 32.2 20.0-47.5 24 29.2 17.4-44.7 8 12.7 4.9-29.2 5 4.5 1.7-11.1 7 21.4 7.1-49.4
$50,000+ 242 119 45.9 38.6-53.5 88 34.5 27.6-42.0 23 12.6 8.1-18.9 4 1.6 0.5- 4.7 8 5.4 2.0-13.8

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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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