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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wayne 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
-Wayne County 101 78 68.5 54.4-79.8 7 9.4 4.2-19.7 3 3.8 1.1-11.6 10 16.5 7.6-31.9 3 1.9 0.5- 6.6
GENDER
Male 45 34 68.1 47.2-83.6 3 5.9 1.7-18.6 2 5.4 1.3-20.0 6 20.6 7.9-44.0 0 0.0 . - .
Female 56 44 68.9 49.5-83.3 4 13.4 4.8-32.1 1 1.9 0.3-12.4 4 11.7 3.1-35.3 3 4.1 1.1-13.7
RACE
White 71 57 67.5 49.4-81.5 5 10.2 3.9-24.1 3 5.2 1.6-15.8 5 16.7 6.1-38.2 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9
Other 30 21 71.0 50.6-85.4 2 7.3 1.7-25.7 0 0.0 . - . 5 16.0 6.3-34.9 2 5.7 1.3-21.7
AGE
18-44 46 31 63.0 43.9-78.8 4 9.4 3.3-24.3 2 3.1 0.7-11.8 8 22.9 10.0-44.2 1 1.6 0.2-10.8
45+ 54 46 77.8 59.7-89.3 3 9.7 2.9-28.0 1 5.3 0.8-28.9 2 4.6 1.0-18.7 2 2.6 0.6-10.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 39 24 59.2 38.8-76.9 5 15.7 6.1-35.0 1 2.0 0.3-12.9 7 21.2 8.8-42.8 2 1.9 0.4- 8.0
Some College + 62 54 76.2 54.8-89.4 2 4.1 0.9-17.2 2 5.3 1.3-19.4 3 12.5 2.9-40.3 1 1.9 0.3-12.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 43 29 55.9 33.9-75.7 3 8.8 2.4-27.5 0 0.0 . - . 8 31.3 14.0-56.1 3 4.0 1.1-13.9
$50,000+ 44 36 75.4 57.2-87.5 3 10.5 3.2-29.3 3 9.8 3.1-27.1 2 4.3 1.0-16.6 0 0.0 . - .

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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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