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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake 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
-Wake County 346 280 74.2 66.5-80.6 28 10.1 6.5-15.1 13 3.6 1.8- 7.1 18 9.9 5.1-18.4 7 2.2 1.0- 4.9
GENDER
Male 151 113 69.7 57.7-79.5 14 9.4 5.3-16.4 8 3.4 1.4- 7.8 10 14.1 6.2-28.8 6 3.4 1.4- 8.1
Female 195 167 79.6 70.6-86.4 14 10.8 5.7-19.4 5 3.9 1.3-11.3 8 4.9 2.4- 9.7 1 0.8 0.1- 5.4
RACE
White 287 233 76.3 68.8-82.5 23 10.6 6.6-16.5 10 2.7 1.3- 5.7 14 7.5 3.7-14.6 7 2.9 1.3- 6.3
Other 55 43 65.1 43.4-82.0 5 8.9 3.1-22.7 3 7.0 1.9-22.7 4 19.0 5.5-48.6 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 139 106 68.9 57.1-78.7 14 11.5 6.4-19.8 3 2.5 0.7- 8.5 12 14.3 6.7-27.9 4 2.8 1.0- 7.5
45+ 203 170 81.6 74.5-87.1 14 8.1 4.7-13.6 10 5.3 2.4-11.2 6 3.6 1.6- 8.0 3 1.4 0.4- 4.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 40 30 68.7 38.6-88.5 5 8.3 3.0-20.9 1 1.5 0.2-10.6 2 19.4 3.7-60.3 2 2.1 0.5- 8.7
Some College + 306 250 75.2 67.8-81.3 23 10.4 6.5-16.1 12 4.0 1.9- 8.1 16 8.2 4.4-15.0 5 2.2 0.9- 5.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 76 52 55.1 36.7-72.3 10 16.6 7.6-32.8 4 2.0 0.7- 5.5 6 21.0 6.8-49.2 4 5.3 1.7-15.3
$50,000+ 240 200 77.9 69.8-84.3 18 9.4 5.6-15.3 8 4.4 2.0- 9.5 11 6.7 2.9-14.6 3 1.6 0.5- 5.1

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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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