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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Nationwide

Alcohol Consumption

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%)
All Participants 106768 45,347 41.0 40.5-41.5 32,815 29.7 29.2-30.2 13,343 13.0 12.6-13.3 5,921 5.9 5.7- 6.2 9,342 10.4 10.0-10.7
Alabama 1,102 453 39.4 36.0-42.8 310 28.0 25.0-31.3 162 14.4 12.2-17.0 80 8.1 6.4-10.2 97 10.1 8.1-12.4
Alaska 1,608 608 38.8 35.1-42.7 469 31.3 27.7-35.1 225 13.8 11.3-16.8 114 6.3 4.8- 8.1 192 9.8 8.0-12.0
Arizona 1,765 752 39.6 36.5-42.8 525 28.5 25.7-31.5 205 11.9 10.0-14.3 97 6.1 4.7- 7.8 186 13.9 11.6-16.6
Arkansas 1,092 479 40.7 37.5-44.1 318 29.3 26.3-32.4 140 12.7 10.6-15.1 56 5.0 3.8- 6.6 99 12.3 9.9-15.2
California 2,365 1,123 44.1 41.7-46.5 701 28.5 26.4-30.7 257 11.8 10.3-13.5 104 4.9 3.9- 6.0 180 10.7 8.9-12.8
Colorado 1,315 584 43.5 40.6-46.4 396 29.3 26.6-32.1 171 14.1 11.9-16.7 69 5.6 4.3- 7.2 95 7.5 6.0- 9.4
Connecticut 4,747 2,290 46.7 45.0-48.4 1,492 31.0 29.4-32.6 509 11.3 10.2-12.4 205 4.5 3.8- 5.2 251 6.5 5.6- 7.6
Delaware 1,832 702 35.2 32.5-38.0 622 33.4 30.7-36.2 241 13.7 11.8-15.9 95 6.5 5.0- 8.3 172 11.1 9.3-13.3
District of Colum 1,157 509 42.9 39.5-46.4 415 34.8 31.6-38.1 130 10.3 8.4-12.5 41 3.7 2.5- 5.6 62 8.3 6.1-11.4
Florida 2,439 1,071 43.1 40.8-45.4 823 32.5 30.4-34.7 255 10.3 9.0-11.8 124 6.7 5.4- 8.4 166 7.3 6.2- 8.7
Georgia 1,955 891 43.5 40.7-46.4 600 31.4 28.7-34.2 231 11.7 10.0-13.7 93 5.4 4.0- 7.2 140 8.0 6.5- 9.9
Hawaii 2,046 767 33.0 30.3-35.8 632 29.3 26.5-32.2 269 15.3 13.2-17.7 142 8.2 6.6-10.2 236 14.2 12.0-16.7
Idaho 2,281 1,053 45.8 43.2-48.3 663 28.4 26.2-30.7 269 11.7 10.2-13.4 131 5.9 4.8- 7.2 165 8.1 6.7- 9.9
Illinois 2,294 936 38.1 35.9-40.4 684 28.2 26.2-30.3 318 15.8 13.9-17.9 131 6.3 5.2- 7.6 225 11.6 10.0-13.4
Indiana 1,936 845 40.6 38.3-43.1 568 29.6 27.3-31.9 237 13.5 11.8-15.4 125 6.6 5.5- 8.0 161 9.7 8.2-11.4
Iowa 1,927 831 41.2 38.7-43.7 582 30.4 28.1-32.8 238 12.1 10.6-13.9 89 4.4 3.5- 5.5 187 11.9 10.1-14.0
Kansas 2,227 888 38.0 35.8-40.2 691 30.1 27.9-32.3 314 14.5 12.9-16.4 132 5.9 4.9- 7.1 202 11.5 9.9-13.3
Kentucky 1,901 679 31.4 28.6-34.3 610 34.2 31.2-37.2 271 13.7 11.7-16.0 130 7.7 6.2- 9.7 211 13.0 10.8-15.6
Louisiana 2,053 784 36.5 34.2-38.9 669 31.9 29.6-34.2 277 13.2 11.7-15.0 112 6.1 5.0- 7.5 211 12.2 10.6-14.0
Maine 1,287 581 42.4 39.4-45.4 422 32.6 29.8-35.6 129 10.4 8.6-12.4 47 4.1 2.9- 5.7 108 10.5 8.6-12.9
Maryland 2,487 1,134 43.7 41.3-46.1 811 32.1 30.0-34.4 255 10.8 9.4-12.4 129 5.5 4.5- 6.8 158 7.9 6.5- 9.5
Massachusetts 5,314 2,337 43.2 41.6-44.8 1,598 28.6 27.2-30.0 656 12.6 11.5-13.8 283 5.4 4.6- 6.2 440 10.2 9.2-11.4
Michigan 2,108 877 37.9 35.6-40.2 617 29.5 27.3-31.8 280 14.2 12.5-16.2 144 7.3 6.2- 8.8 190 11.0 9.4-12.9
Minnesota 2,562 1,017 37.7 35.6-39.7 856 32.5 30.5-34.5 334 14.0 12.5-15.6 171 7.1 6.1- 8.3 184 8.8 7.5-10.3
Mississippi 1,058 421 37.0 33.7-40.4 319 29.0 26.0-32.3 150 15.4 12.8-18.5 53 5.9 4.3- 7.9 115 12.7 10.4-15.4
Missouri 1,831 714 38.5 35.6-41.5 539 29.6 26.9-32.5 228 12.7 10.8-15.0 129 6.8 5.4- 8.5 221 12.3 10.4-14.5
Montana 1,723 707 39.5 36.4-42.6 500 29.4 26.5-32.4 227 13.9 11.8-16.4 103 7.2 5.4- 9.5 186 10.1 8.1-12.4
Nebraska 1,757 692 37.0 34.5-39.6 533 29.4 27.0-31.9 228 13.3 11.6-15.2 136 8.7 7.2-10.5 168 11.6 9.7-13.9
Nevada 1,622 684 41.1 37.8-44.6 514 31.8 28.6-35.1 197 12.0 10.0-14.3 91 6.0 4.6- 7.8 136 9.1 7.1-11.5
New Hampshire 2,598 1,218 44.0 41.9-46.1 852 32.7 30.7-34.7 278 11.6 10.2-13.1 92 3.8 3.0- 4.8 158 7.9 6.7- 9.4
New Jersey 3,282 1,400 42.5 40.3-44.7 1,046 32.7 30.6-34.9 422 12.4 11.1-14.0 156 4.4 3.5- 5.4 258 8.0 6.9- 9.3
New Mexico 1,861 816 40.6 38.0-43.2 531 27.9 25.6-30.4 227 13.2 11.4-15.1 114 7.3 5.9- 9.0 173 11.0 9.4-12.9
New York 2,258 1,026 45.4 42.9-47.9 709 29.1 27.0-31.2 250 11.8 10.3-13.6 115 5.3 4.3- 6.5 158 8.4 6.9-10.3
North Carolina 2,592 1,144 41.0 38.2-43.8 803 31.4 28.7-34.3 327 13.7 11.8-15.9 130 5.2 4.0- 6.8 188 8.7 7.0-10.7
North Dakota 1,544 557 35.2 32.6-37.8 473 29.5 27.1-32.0 227 14.5 12.7-16.5 108 7.1 5.8- 8.7 179 13.8 11.9-16.0
Ohio 1,830 741 38.5 35.9-41.2 550 28.4 26.0-31.0 246 14.3 12.5-16.4 108 6.1 4.9- 7.5 185 12.7 10.5-15.3
Oklahoma 1,619 658 37.9 34.8-41.1 482 27.6 24.8-30.6 233 15.6 13.3-18.2 95 6.9 5.4- 8.8 151 12.0 9.5-14.9
Oregon 1,448 684 45.8 43.0-48.7 449 31.0 28.4-33.7 158 11.0 9.3-13.0 69 5.2 4.1- 6.7 88 6.9 5.5- 8.6
Pennsylvania 2,034 839 39.3 37.0-41.8 601 28.4 26.2-30.8 284 14.8 13.0-16.9 129 6.7 5.5- 8.1 181 10.8 9.1-12.6
Rhode Island 2,587 1,171 43.4 41.2-45.7 846 30.8 28.8-33.0 263 11.5 9.9-13.2 141 6.5 5.4- 7.9 166 7.7 6.5- 9.1
South Carolina 1,456 621 39.3 36.6-42.2 458 30.7 28.0-33.7 173 13.2 11.1-15.6 78 6.8 5.3- 8.6 126 10.0 8.3-12.0
South Dakota 2,903 1,202 38.1 36.1-40.0 899 31.4 29.4-33.3 384 14.0 12.5-15.6 150 5.9 4.9- 7.1 268 10.7 9.4-12.2
Tennessee 716 312 39.5 35.5-43.6 224 31.7 27.9-35.8 88 13.6 10.9-17.0 40 6.4 4.6- 9.0 52 8.7 6.5-11.6
Texas 2,979 1,198 37.9 36.0-39.8 896 28.7 26.9-30.5 386 13.4 12.0-14.9 164 6.5 5.5- 7.8 335 13.5 12.1-15.1
Utah 1,224 463 36.3 32.8-39.8 379 30.7 27.4-34.1 175 14.4 12.1-17.2 72 6.6 5.0- 8.8 135 12.0 9.7-14.7
Vermont 2,691 1,333 46.3 44.2-48.4 842 31.1 29.1-33.1 272 11.5 10.1-13.1 98 4.6 3.7- 5.8 146 6.5 5.4- 7.8
Virginia 1,572 742 44.8 42.0-47.6 481 30.4 27.7-33.1 185 12.6 10.7-14.9 67 4.5 3.4- 5.8 97 7.8 6.0-10.0
Washington 2,550 1,228 47.0 44.8-49.2 766 29.0 27.1-31.0 299 11.8 10.5-13.3 113 5.4 4.2- 6.9 144 6.8 5.7- 8.1
West Virginia 955 339 32.4 29.2-35.7 299 31.1 27.9-34.5 138 14.7 12.3-17.5 70 7.1 5.5- 9.1 109 14.8 12.1-18.0
Wisconsin 2,299 879 38.0 35.7-40.3 656 28.1 26.0-30.3 318 13.6 12.0-15.3 150 6.5 5.4- 7.8 296 13.9 12.2-15.8
Wyoming 1,676 713 40.8 38.3-43.4 509 30.1 27.8-32.5 211 13.4 11.7-15.4 96 5.8 4.7- 7.2 147 9.8 8.2-11.6
Guam 376 123 30.6 25.6-36.2 87 23.2 18.7-28.5 59 14.6 11.1-19.1 35 8.8 6.1-12.6 72 22.7 17.9-28.3
Puerto Rico 894 100 9.5 7.3-12.1 190 19.9 16.6-23.7 197 25.2 21.3-29.5 113 12.3 9.7-15.6 294 33.1 29.1-37.4
Virgin Islands 1,033 431 41.1 37.3-45.0 308 28.6 25.3-32.2 140 13.4 11.0-16.2 62 6.4 4.7- 8.6 92 10.6 8.3-13.3

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

* 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. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

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