BRFSS 2001- Nationwide: (A drink of alcohol is 1 can or bottle of beer, 1 glass of wine, 1 can or bottle of wine cooler, 1 cocktail, or 1 shot of liquor.<br> During the past 30 days, how often have you had at least one drink of any alcoholic beverage?)

BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Nationwide

Alcohol Consumption

A drink of alcohol is 1 can or bottle of beer, 1 glass of wine, 1 can or bottle of wine cooler, 1 cocktail, or 1 shot of liquor.
During the past 30 days, how often have you had at least one drink of any alcoholic beverage?

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	Total Respond.#	No drinks	1-2 days	3-7 days	8-29 days	Everyday
All Participants	210041	101877	46.3	45.9-46.7	34,123	16.8	16.6-17.1	34,685	17.3	17.1-17.6	28,755	14.6	14.4-14.9	10,601	4.9	4.7- 5.0

Alabama	2,768	1,656	57.7	55.6-59.8	374	14.0	12.5-15.6	347	13.1	11.6-14.7	307	12.1	10.8-13.7	84	3.1	2.4- 3.9
Alaska	2,836	1,194	38.5	36.0-41.1	510	20.7	18.3-23.3	498	17.4	15.3-19.6	463	17.2	15.1-19.6	171	6.3	4.8- 8.1
Arizona	3,239	1,449	43.4	41.0-45.9	492	15.2	13.6-16.9	563	19.3	17.4-21.4	514	16.2	14.5-18.1	221	5.9	4.9- 7.0
Arkansas	2,909	1,793	60.9	58.8-62.9	424	14.8	13.3-16.3	329	11.0	9.7-12.4	244	9.0	7.8-10.3	119	4.4	3.6- 5.3
California	3,928	1,559	41.8	39.9-43.7	716	18.3	16.9-19.8	690	16.5	15.2-17.9	722	18.1	16.6-19.6	241	5.4	4.6- 6.2
Colorado	2,020	696	34.6	32.4-36.9	384	19.2	17.3-21.3	423	20.7	18.8-22.7	389	19.6	17.7-21.7	128	5.9	4.9- 7.0
Connecticut	7,655	2,852	36.7	35.4-38.0	1,359	17.7	16.7-18.8	1,540	20.6	19.5-21.7	1,326	17.5	16.5-18.6	578	7.5	6.8- 8.2
Delaware	3,471	1,614	40.9	38.8-43.0	623	18.8	17.1-20.5	547	17.7	16.0-19.5	482	16.6	15.0-18.4	205	6.0	5.1- 7.2
District of Colum	1,865	690	39.9	37.2-42.6	258	15.1	13.1-17.4	351	18.2	16.2-20.3	436	20.6	18.6-22.8	130	6.2	5.2- 7.5
Florida	4,611	2,118	46.3	44.6-48.0	616	13.7	12.5-14.9	899	19.3	18.0-20.7	702	15.0	13.8-16.2	276	5.7	5.0- 6.5
Georgia	4,471	2,462	51.5	49.6-53.3	680	16.0	14.6-17.6	636	15.3	14.0-16.7	509	13.0	11.7-14.4	184	4.2	3.5- 5.1
Hawaii	4,465	2,393	54.5	52.5-56.6	580	13.6	12.2-15.0	582	12.8	11.4-14.3	631	13.1	11.8-14.5	279	6.0	5.1- 7.0
Idaho	4,805	2,501	51.1	49.4-52.8	748	15.1	13.9-16.3	678	15.0	13.7-16.4	630	13.7	12.6-15.0	248	5.1	4.4- 5.8
Illinois	3,991	1,684	42.1	40.4-43.9	770	18.7	17.3-20.1	771	19.8	18.4-21.2	595	15.1	13.8-16.5	171	4.3	3.6- 5.1
Indiana	3,976	2,027	49.9	48.1-51.6	748	18.7	17.3-20.1	602	15.5	14.3-16.8	453	12.0	10.9-13.2	146	3.9	3.3- 4.6
Iowa	3,599	1,644	42.2	40.3-44.0	719	21.2	19.7-22.9	644	18.8	17.3-20.3	425	13.2	11.9-14.6	167	4.6	3.9- 5.5
Kansas	4,525	2,259	48.7	47.0-50.3	848	18.8	17.5-20.1	729	16.4	15.2-17.6	525	12.3	11.2-13.4	164	4.0	3.4- 4.7
Kentucky	7,423	5,489	66.3	64.6-67.9	726	12.0	10.8-13.2	622	11.5	10.4-12.7	431	7.9	7.0- 8.9	155	2.4	1.9- 3.0
Louisiana	4,877	2,757	55.1	53.6-56.7	736	15.4	14.2-16.6	710	14.5	13.4-15.6	470	10.2	9.2-11.2	204	4.8	4.1- 5.7
Maine	2,395	1,089	44.7	42.5-46.9	385	16.5	14.8-18.4	384	16.1	14.5-17.9	367	15.9	14.3-17.7	170	6.7	5.7- 7.9
Maryland	4,427	1,914	44.2	42.3-46.1	801	17.6	16.3-19.0	806	17.6	16.2-19.0	656	15.0	13.7-16.4	250	5.6	4.8- 6.5
Massachusetts	8,535	3,158	34.7	33.5-35.9	1,402	16.3	15.4-17.3	1,847	22.0	20.9-23.0	1,561	19.6	18.6-20.7	567	7.3	6.7- 8.0
Michigan	3,787	1,652	42.4	40.6-44.2	695	18.3	17.0-19.8	667	17.8	16.5-19.3	594	16.4	15.0-17.8	179	5.0	4.2- 6.0
Minnesota	3,920	1,338	33.0	31.4-34.7	779	19.3	17.9-20.7	871	23.2	21.7-24.8	740	19.8	18.4-21.3	192	4.7	4.1- 5.5
Mississippi	2,990	1,905	60.8	58.7-62.8	397	13.6	12.3-15.1	338	12.1	10.7-13.6	270	10.2	8.9-11.7	80	3.3	2.6- 4.2
Missouri	4,151	2,294	50.4	48.4-52.5	688	17.3	15.7-18.9	576	16.1	14.6-17.7	444	12.6	11.3-14.1	149	3.6	2.9- 4.5
Montana	3,294	1,547	43.5	41.3-45.9	602	18.4	16.6-20.3	564	17.8	16.0-19.8	421	15.0	13.3-16.8	160	5.3	4.3- 6.4
Nebraska	3,633	1,846	49.3	47.3-51.2	613	16.8	15.4-18.2	633	17.9	16.5-19.5	422	12.6	11.3-13.9	119	3.5	2.9- 4.2
Nevada	2,553	913	39.3	36.5-42.2	455	17.2	15.3-19.3	459	18.3	16.1-20.7	476	16.9	15.1-18.9	250	8.3	7.0- 9.8
New Hampshire	4,018	1,396	34.7	33.1-36.4	653	16.3	15.1-17.6	794	19.5	18.1-20.9	799	20.3	18.9-21.7	376	9.1	8.2-10.2
New Jersey	5,936	2,602	41.7	40.0-43.3	1,102	19.1	17.7-20.5	1,161	20.7	19.3-22.1	786	13.8	12.7-14.9	285	4.8	4.2- 5.6
New Mexico	3,600	1,719	45.0	43.1-46.9	623	17.9	16.4-19.4	582	17.5	16.1-19.1	471	14.0	12.7-15.4	205	5.6	4.8- 6.5
New York	3,854	1,566	42.3	40.5-44.1	704	17.9	16.5-19.5	761	19.7	18.3-21.3	614	14.8	13.6-16.1	209	5.2	4.5- 6.0
North Carolina	6,131	3,502	58.3	56.4-60.2	816	13.0	11.8-14.4	846	13.3	12.1-14.6	710	11.8	10.6-13.1	257	3.6	3.0- 4.3
North Dakota	2,491	936	35.6	33.6-37.7	544	22.3	20.6-24.2	588	23.9	22.1-25.7	349	14.9	13.4-16.6	74	3.3	2.6- 4.2
Ohio	3,405	1,556	45.4	43.4-47.4	599	17.3	15.8-18.9	634	18.8	17.3-20.4	467	13.7	12.3-15.1	149	4.8	3.9- 6.0
Oklahoma	4,494	2,845	59.5	57.5-61.4	621	14.9	13.4-16.4	565	14.1	12.8-15.6	328	8.3	7.2- 9.5	135	3.3	2.6- 4.0
Oregon	2,519	1,059	41.4	39.3-43.5	431	17.7	16.1-19.5	419	16.4	14.9-18.1	442	17.8	16.2-19.5	168	6.7	5.8- 7.9
Pennsylvania	3,639	1,589	43.1	41.2-44.9	697	19.6	18.1-21.1	714	19.4	18.0-21.0	458	13.0	11.8-14.3	181	5.0	4.2- 5.9
Rhode Island	4,088	1,480	36.2	34.4-37.9	728	17.6	16.2-19.1	825	19.8	18.4-21.3	720	18.0	16.6-19.5	335	8.4	7.5- 9.5
South Carolina	3,167	1,698	53.1	51.1-55.2	410	13.0	11.7-14.6	477	15.2	13.8-16.7	406	13.0	11.6-14.4	176	5.7	4.8- 6.6
South Dakota	5,087	2,143	38.7	37.2-40.2	1,089	21.8	20.5-23.1	960	20.7	19.4-22.0	647	14.0	12.9-15.2	248	4.8	4.2- 5.5
Tennessee	2,835	2,101	72.3	70.3-74.3	192	6.6	5.7- 7.7	283	10.5	9.2-12.0	223	9.2	7.9-10.7	36	1.4	0.9- 2.0
Texas	5,883	2,862	48.3	46.8-49.7	1,107	19.2	18.1-20.4	931	15.7	14.6-16.8	729	12.6	11.7-13.6	254	4.2	3.7- 4.9
Utah	3,649	2,419	69.9	68.0-71.7	397	10.0	8.8-11.2	378	9.7	8.5-11.0	334	7.6	6.6- 8.7	121	2.9	2.3- 3.7
Vermont	4,272	1,564	35.9	34.2-37.5	709	16.9	15.7-18.2	776	18.0	16.7-19.3	869	20.8	19.5-22.3	354	8.4	7.5- 9.4
Virginia	2,914	1,326	45.3	43.2-47.4	481	16.7	15.2-18.4	477	16.1	14.7-17.7	484	17.2	15.5-18.9	146	4.7	3.9- 5.5
Washington	4,187	1,621	38.2	36.5-39.8	765	17.5	16.3-18.8	798	19.9	18.5-21.4	759	18.4	17.1-19.8	244	6.0	5.3- 6.9
West Virginia	3,075	2,096	67.2	65.3-69.1	354	11.4	10.2-12.7	337	11.3	10.0-12.6	207	7.5	6.5- 8.7	81	2.6	2.1- 3.4
Wisconsin	3,330	1,015	29.3	27.5-31.1	627	18.6	17.1-20.2	760	23.1	21.5-24.8	728	22.6	21.0-24.3	200	6.4	5.4- 7.6
Wyoming	3,023	1,336	44.7	42.7-46.7	552	17.9	16.5-19.5	513	16.6	15.2-18.0	449	15.0	13.7-16.5	173	5.8	4.9- 6.8
Guam	863	481	56.4	52.5-60.2	152	17.0	14.3-20.0	118	13.9	11.5-16.8	83	9.2	7.3-11.6	29	3.5	2.3- 5.3
Puerto Rico	4,228	3,289	71.8	69.7-73.7	281	7.9	6.9- 9.2	373	11.6	10.2-13.2	237	7.6	6.4- 8.9	48	1.1	0.7- 1.6
Virgin Islands	2,234	1,183	53.1	50.5-55.7	361	16.2	14.4-18.2	309	14.6	12.7-16.6	251	10.8	9.3-12.5	130	5.3	4.3- 6.6

Total
Respond.#

No drinks

1-2 days

3-7 days

8-29 days

Everyday

C.I.(95%)

All Participants

210041

101877

46.3

45.9-46.7

34,123

16.8

16.6-17.1

34,685

17.3

17.1-17.6

28,755

14.6

14.4-14.9

10,601

4.9

4.7- 5.0

Alabama

2,768

1,656

57.7

55.6-59.8

374

14.0

12.5-15.6

347

13.1

11.6-14.7

307

12.1

10.8-13.7

3.1

2.4- 3.9

Alaska

2,836

1,194

38.5

36.0-41.1

510

20.7

18.3-23.3

498

17.4

15.3-19.6

463

17.2

15.1-19.6

171

6.3

4.8- 8.1

Arizona

3,239

1,449

43.4

41.0-45.9

492

15.2

13.6-16.9

563

19.3

17.4-21.4

514

16.2

14.5-18.1

221

5.9

4.9- 7.0

Arkansas

2,909

1,793

60.9

58.8-62.9

424

14.8

13.3-16.3

329

11.0

9.7-12.4

244

9.0

7.8-10.3

119

4.4

3.6- 5.3

California

3,928

1,559

41.8

39.9-43.7

716

18.3

16.9-19.8

690

16.5

15.2-17.9

722

18.1

16.6-19.6

241

5.4

4.6- 6.2

Colorado

2,020

696

34.6

32.4-36.9

384

19.2

17.3-21.3

423

20.7

18.8-22.7

389

19.6

17.7-21.7

128

5.9

4.9- 7.0

Connecticut

7,655

2,852

36.7

35.4-38.0

1,359

17.7

16.7-18.8

1,540

20.6

19.5-21.7

1,326

17.5

16.5-18.6

578

7.5

6.8- 8.2

Delaware

3,471

1,614

40.9

38.8-43.0

623

18.8

17.1-20.5

547

17.7

16.0-19.5

482

16.6

15.0-18.4

205

6.0

5.1- 7.2

District of Colum

1,865

690

39.9

37.2-42.6

258

15.1

13.1-17.4

351

18.2

16.2-20.3

436

20.6

18.6-22.8

130

6.2

5.2- 7.5

Florida

4,611

2,118

46.3

44.6-48.0

616

13.7

12.5-14.9

899

19.3

18.0-20.7

702

15.0

13.8-16.2

276

5.7

5.0- 6.5

Georgia

4,471

2,462

51.5

49.6-53.3

680

16.0

14.6-17.6

636

15.3

14.0-16.7

509

13.0

11.7-14.4

184

4.2

3.5- 5.1

Hawaii

4,465

2,393

54.5

52.5-56.6

580

13.6

12.2-15.0

582

12.8

11.4-14.3

631

13.1

11.8-14.5

279

6.0

5.1- 7.0

Idaho

4,805

2,501

51.1

49.4-52.8

748

15.1

13.9-16.3

678

15.0

13.7-16.4

630

13.7

12.6-15.0

248

5.1

4.4- 5.8

Illinois

3,991

1,684

42.1

40.4-43.9

770

18.7

17.3-20.1

771

19.8

18.4-21.2

595

15.1

13.8-16.5

171

4.3

3.6- 5.1

Indiana

3,976

2,027

49.9

48.1-51.6

748

18.7

17.3-20.1

602

15.5

14.3-16.8

453

12.0

10.9-13.2

146

3.9

3.3- 4.6

Iowa

3,599

1,644

42.2

40.3-44.0

719

21.2

19.7-22.9

644

18.8

17.3-20.3

425

13.2

11.9-14.6

167

4.6

3.9- 5.5

Kansas

4,525

2,259

48.7

47.0-50.3

848

18.8

17.5-20.1

729

16.4

15.2-17.6

525

12.3

11.2-13.4

164

4.0

3.4- 4.7

Kentucky

7,423

5,489

66.3

64.6-67.9

726

12.0

10.8-13.2

622

11.5

10.4-12.7

431

7.9

7.0- 8.9

155

2.4

1.9- 3.0

Louisiana

4,877

2,757

55.1

53.6-56.7

736

15.4

14.2-16.6

710

14.5

13.4-15.6

470

10.2

9.2-11.2

204

4.8

4.1- 5.7

Maine

2,395

1,089

44.7

42.5-46.9

385

16.5

14.8-18.4

384

16.1

14.5-17.9

367

15.9

14.3-17.7

170

6.7

5.7- 7.9

Maryland

4,427

1,914

44.2

42.3-46.1

801

17.6

16.3-19.0

806

17.6

16.2-19.0

656

15.0

13.7-16.4

250

5.6

4.8- 6.5

Massachusetts

8,535

3,158

34.7

33.5-35.9

1,402

16.3

15.4-17.3

1,847

22.0

20.9-23.0

1,561

19.6

18.6-20.7

567

7.3

6.7- 8.0

Michigan

3,787

1,652

42.4

40.6-44.2

695

18.3

17.0-19.8

667

17.8

16.5-19.3

594

16.4

15.0-17.8

179

5.0

4.2- 6.0

Minnesota

3,920

1,338

33.0

31.4-34.7

779

19.3

17.9-20.7

871

23.2

21.7-24.8

740

19.8

18.4-21.3

192

4.7

4.1- 5.5

Mississippi

2,990

1,905

60.8

58.7-62.8

397

13.6

12.3-15.1

338

12.1

10.7-13.6

270

10.2

8.9-11.7

3.3

2.6- 4.2

Missouri

4,151

2,294

50.4

48.4-52.5

688

17.3

15.7-18.9

576

16.1

14.6-17.7

444

12.6

11.3-14.1

149

3.6

2.9- 4.5

Montana

3,294

1,547

43.5

41.3-45.9

602

18.4

16.6-20.3

564

17.8

16.0-19.8

421

15.0

13.3-16.8

160

5.3

4.3- 6.4

Nebraska

3,633

1,846

49.3

47.3-51.2

613

16.8

15.4-18.2

633

17.9

16.5-19.5

422

12.6

11.3-13.9

119

3.5

2.9- 4.2

Nevada

2,553

913

39.3

36.5-42.2

455

17.2

15.3-19.3

459

18.3

16.1-20.7

476

16.9

15.1-18.9

250

8.3

7.0- 9.8

New Hampshire

4,018

1,396

34.7

33.1-36.4

653

16.3

15.1-17.6

794

19.5

18.1-20.9

799

20.3

18.9-21.7

376

9.1

8.2-10.2

New Jersey

5,936

2,602

41.7

40.0-43.3

1,102

19.1

17.7-20.5

1,161

20.7

19.3-22.1

786

13.8

12.7-14.9

285

4.8

4.2- 5.6

New Mexico

3,600

1,719

45.0

43.1-46.9

623

17.9

16.4-19.4

582

17.5

16.1-19.1

471

14.0

12.7-15.4

205

5.6

4.8- 6.5

New York

3,854

1,566

42.3

40.5-44.1

704

17.9

16.5-19.5

761

19.7

18.3-21.3

614

14.8

13.6-16.1

209

5.2

4.5- 6.0

North Carolina

6,131

3,502

58.3

56.4-60.2

816

13.0

11.8-14.4

846

13.3

12.1-14.6

710

11.8

10.6-13.1

257

3.6

3.0- 4.3

North Dakota

2,491

936

35.6

33.6-37.7

544

22.3

20.6-24.2

588

23.9

22.1-25.7

349

14.9

13.4-16.6

3.3

2.6- 4.2

Ohio

3,405

1,556

45.4

43.4-47.4

599

17.3

15.8-18.9

634

18.8

17.3-20.4

467

13.7

12.3-15.1

149

4.8

3.9- 6.0

Oklahoma

4,494

2,845

59.5

57.5-61.4

621

14.9

13.4-16.4

565

14.1

12.8-15.6

328

8.3

7.2- 9.5

135

3.3

2.6- 4.0

Oregon

2,519

1,059

41.4

39.3-43.5

431

17.7

16.1-19.5

419

16.4

14.9-18.1

442

17.8

16.2-19.5

168

6.7

5.8- 7.9

Pennsylvania

3,639

1,589

43.1

41.2-44.9

697

19.6

18.1-21.1

714

19.4

18.0-21.0

458

13.0

11.8-14.3

181

5.0

4.2- 5.9

Rhode Island

4,088

1,480

36.2

34.4-37.9

728

17.6

16.2-19.1

825

19.8

18.4-21.3

720

18.0

16.6-19.5

335

8.4

7.5- 9.5

South Carolina

3,167

1,698

53.1

51.1-55.2

410

13.0

11.7-14.6

477

15.2

13.8-16.7

406

13.0

11.6-14.4

176

5.7

4.8- 6.6

South Dakota

5,087

2,143

38.7

37.2-40.2

1,089

21.8

20.5-23.1

960

20.7

19.4-22.0

647

14.0

12.9-15.2

248

4.8

4.2- 5.5

Tennessee

2,835

2,101

72.3

70.3-74.3

192

6.6

5.7- 7.7

283

10.5

9.2-12.0

223

9.2

7.9-10.7

1.4

0.9- 2.0

Texas

5,883

2,862

48.3

46.8-49.7

1,107

19.2

18.1-20.4

931

15.7

14.6-16.8

729

12.6

11.7-13.6

254

4.2

3.7- 4.9

Utah

3,649

2,419

69.9

68.0-71.7

397

10.0

8.8-11.2

378

9.7

8.5-11.0

334

7.6

6.6- 8.7

121

2.9

2.3- 3.7

Vermont

4,272

1,564

35.9

34.2-37.5

709

16.9

15.7-18.2

776

18.0

16.7-19.3

869

20.8

19.5-22.3

354

8.4

7.5- 9.4

Virginia

2,914

1,326

45.3

43.2-47.4

481

16.7

15.2-18.4

477

16.1

14.7-17.7

484

17.2

15.5-18.9

146

4.7

3.9- 5.5

Washington

4,187

1,621

38.2

36.5-39.8

765

17.5

16.3-18.8

798

19.9

18.5-21.4

759

18.4

17.1-19.8

244

6.0

5.3- 6.9

West Virginia

3,075

2,096

67.2

65.3-69.1

354

11.4

10.2-12.7

337

11.3

10.0-12.6

207

7.5

6.5- 8.7

2.6

2.1- 3.4

Wisconsin

3,330

1,015

29.3

27.5-31.1

627

18.6

17.1-20.2

760

23.1

21.5-24.8

728

22.6

21.0-24.3

200

6.4

5.4- 7.6

Wyoming

3,023

1,336

44.7

42.7-46.7

552

17.9

16.5-19.5

513

16.6

15.2-18.0

449

15.0

13.7-16.5

173

5.8

4.9- 6.8

Guam

863

481

56.4

52.5-60.2

152

17.0

14.3-20.0

118

13.9

11.5-16.8

9.2

7.3-11.6

3.5

2.3- 5.3

Puerto Rico

4,228

3,289

71.8

69.7-73.7

281

7.9

6.9- 9.2

373

11.6

10.2-13.2

237

7.6

6.4- 8.9

1.1

0.7- 1.6

Virgin Islands

2,234

1,183

53.1

50.5-55.7

361

16.2

14.4-18.2

309

14.6

12.7-16.6

251

10.8

9.3-12.5

130

5.3

4.3- 6.6

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#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

This page was generated on 20SEP02.

BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Nationwide

Alcohol Consumption

A drink of alcohol is 1 can or bottle of beer, 1 glass of wine, 1 can or bottle of wine cooler, 1 cocktail, or 1 shot of liquor. During the past 30 days, how often have you had at least one drink of any alcoholic beverage?

A drink of alcohol is 1 can or bottle of beer, 1 glass of wine, 1 can or bottle of wine cooler, 1 cocktail, or 1 shot of liquor.
During the past 30 days, how often have you had at least one drink of any alcoholic beverage?