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2010 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Alcohol Consumption

During the past 30 days, have you had at least one drink of any alcoholic beverage
such as beer, wine, a malt beverage, or liquor?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,085 4,823 44.1 42.6-45.5 7,262 55.9 54.5-57.4
-Gaston County 267 97 34.6 27.0-43.1 170 65.4 56.9-73.0
GENDER
Male 95 46 38.5 25.8-53.0 49 61.5 47.0-74.2
Female 172 51 30.7 22.4-40.5 121 69.3 59.5-77.6
RACE
White 222 83 41.7 33.4-50.4 139 58.3 49.6-66.6
Other 45 14 18.5 9.0-34.2 31 81.5 65.8-91.0
AGE
18-44 56 21 29.9 17.8-45.5 35 70.1 54.5-82.2
45+ 210 76 38.7 30.7-47.3 134 61.3 52.7-69.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 136 36 23.8 15.5-34.8 100 76.2 65.2-84.5
Some College + 131 61 50.1 39.7-60.6 70 49.9 39.4-60.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 139 43 29.0 20.2-39.7 96 71.0 60.3-79.8
$50,000+ 79 41 56.2 43.2-68.4 38 43.8 31.6-56.8

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^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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