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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wayne 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
-Wayne County 101 51 46.8 34.1-59.9 23 18.0 10.9-28.2 12 16.9 9.1-29.3 4 3.7 1.2-10.8 11 14.6 6.7-29.2
GENDER
Male 46 20 41.1 23.9-60.7 12 21.8 11.0-38.4 7 16.4 7.4-32.6 2 4.9 1.1-19.1 5 15.9 4.8-41.2
Female 55 31 53.5 36.2-70.0 11 13.5 6.5-25.9 5 17.6 6.5-39.4 2 2.2 0.5- 8.8 6 13.2 5.1-30.1
RACE
White 71 36 46.9 31.5-63.0 17 15.3 8.6-26.0 8 17.7 8.2-34.2 3 4.5 1.3-14.7 7 15.5 5.7-35.7
Other 30 15 46.5 26.7-67.5 6 24.5 10.1-48.6 4 15.1 5.6-34.7 1 1.5 0.2-10.1 4 12.4 4.5-30.2
AGE
18-44 45 22 46.5 29.1-64.8 7 14.2 6.2-29.4 8 19.0 8.6-36.8 1 0.9 0.1- 6.4 7 19.4 7.9-40.5
45+ 55 28 45.1 31.0-60.0 16 25.9 15.3-40.2 4 13.8 5.2-31.9 3 9.1 2.6-27.4 4 6.1 2.0-16.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 39 15 41.2 22.5-62.7 6 12.9 4.4-32.2 8 26.8 12.6-48.2 2 2.9 0.6-12.1 8 16.2 6.9-33.7
Some College + 62 36 51.4 34.9-67.6 17 22.1 12.7-35.6 4 8.8 2.9-23.6 2 4.3 0.9-18.1 3 13.3 3.4-40.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 43 17 37.9 19.3-60.9 10 15.5 6.3-33.6 7 21.7 9.1-43.5 2 2.2 0.5- 8.8 7 22.7 8.2-49.1
$50,000+ 44 23 49.0 33.3-64.8 13 27.7 15.9-43.6 3 8.4 2.5-25.2 2 6.9 1.6-24.9 3 8.0 2.6-22.2

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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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