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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wayne 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
-Wayne County 377 367 95.7 91.1-98.0 10 4.3 2.0- 8.9
GENDER
Male 119 113 95.3 89.0-98.0 6 4.7 2.0-11.0
Female 258 254 96.1 87.4-98.9 4 3.9 1.1-12.6
RACE
White 230 222 93.7 86.2-97.3 8 6.3 2.7-13.8
Other 146 144 98.6 94.4-99.7 2 1.4 0.3- 5.6
AGE
18-44 109 104 94.5 85.6-98.1 5 5.5 1.9-14.4
45+ 265 260 96.9 91.9-98.9 5 3.1 1.1- 8.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 191 185 95.0 86.5-98.2 6 5.0 1.8-13.5
Some College + 186 182 96.5 90.8-98.7 4 3.5 1.3- 9.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 212 207 95.1 85.7-98.4 5 4.9 1.6-14.3
$50,000+ 96 91 94.2 86.2-97.7 5 5.8 2.3-13.8

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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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