BRFSS 2001- Nationwide: (Considering all types of alcoholic beverages, how many times during the past 30 days did you have 5 or more drinks on an occasion?*)

BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Nationwide

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
All Participants	106872	80,366	72.8	72.3-73.3	9,688	9.9	9.5-10.2	5,400	5.5	5.3- 5.8	7,641	7.9	7.6- 8.2	3,777	3.9	3.7- 4.2

Alabama	1,083	814	72.1	68.7-75.2	78	8.7	6.7-11.3	58	5.5	4.2- 7.3	83	8.8	7.0-11.1	50	4.9	3.6- 6.6
Alaska	1,618	1,130	70.4	66.6-73.9	190	11.5	9.3-14.1	104	6.6	4.6- 9.3	127	7.7	6.1- 9.8	67	3.8	2.6- 5.5
Arizona	1,764	1,310	70.1	66.9-73.1	144	8.6	6.9-10.6	92	5.8	4.4- 7.5	135	10.5	8.4-13.1	83	5.0	3.8- 6.6
Arkansas	1,097	824	70.9	67.6-74.1	95	8.9	7.2-11.0	51	5.4	3.8- 7.4	79	9.2	7.1-11.8	48	5.6	4.2- 7.6
California	2,360	1,834	73.3	70.8-75.6	224	11.1	9.6-12.7	122	6.0	4.9- 7.3	114	6.1	4.6- 7.9	66	3.6	2.7- 4.7
Colorado	1,309	986	74.4	71.6-77.0	129	10.1	8.4-12.1	58	4.2	3.2- 5.5	102	8.4	6.8-10.2	34	2.9	1.9- 4.3
Connecticut	4,762	3,818	78.1	76.6-79.5	366	8.7	7.7- 9.7	193	4.4	3.8- 5.2	261	6.1	5.3- 7.1	124	2.7	2.2- 3.4
Delaware	1,833	1,391	73.2	70.5-75.9	144	8.0	6.6- 9.8	80	4.4	3.3- 5.7	121	7.7	6.3- 9.6	97	6.6	5.1- 8.5
District of Colum	1,164	892	75.4	72.0-78.4	93	8.6	6.7-11.1	59	5.6	3.8- 8.1	82	6.9	5.3- 8.9	38	3.5	2.4- 5.2
Florida	2,467	1,926	77.6	75.6-79.5	207	8.2	7.0- 9.5	97	3.7	3.0- 4.6	155	6.5	5.4- 7.7	82	4.0	3.0- 5.2
Georgia	1,962	1,512	75.3	72.6-77.8	179	8.9	7.5-10.6	78	4.3	3.3- 5.6	121	7.4	5.8- 9.4	72	4.1	3.0- 5.7
Hawaii	2,059	1,613	77.0	74.3-79.5	130	6.7	5.2- 8.6	78	3.8	2.9- 5.0	151	7.2	5.8- 9.0	87	5.2	3.9- 6.9
Idaho	2,287	1,712	73.7	71.4-76.0	228	10.3	8.8-11.9	114	5.2	4.1- 6.6	158	7.3	6.1- 8.8	75	3.5	2.7- 4.6
Illinois	2,294	1,668	70.1	67.8-72.3	241	11.2	9.8-12.8	118	5.7	4.6- 7.0	200	9.2	7.9-10.7	67	3.8	2.9- 5.1
Indiana	1,940	1,453	72.4	70.1-74.6	170	9.4	8.0-11.0	80	4.4	3.5- 5.6	160	9.5	8.0-11.2	77	4.3	3.4- 5.5
Iowa	1,936	1,435	71.8	69.4-74.2	184	9.5	8.2-11.1	103	5.4	4.3- 6.8	157	9.6	8.0-11.4	57	3.6	2.7- 4.9
Kansas	2,233	1,656	71.1	68.8-73.3	236	11.0	9.6-12.6	120	6.2	5.1- 7.6	143	7.1	5.9- 8.6	78	4.5	3.5- 5.7
Kentucky	1,867	1,443	73.5	70.5-76.4	131	9.3	7.4-11.5	78	4.5	3.4- 5.9	130	8.4	6.5-10.7	85	4.3	3.2- 5.7
Louisiana	2,055	1,479	68.7	66.3-71.0	210	10.9	9.4-12.7	125	7.2	6.0- 8.6	162	8.7	7.3-10.2	79	4.5	3.5- 5.7
Maine	1,291	985	72.2	69.1-75.1	103	8.7	7.0-10.6	66	7.1	5.3- 9.4	87	8.1	6.5-10.1	50	4.0	2.9- 5.5
Maryland	2,492	2,015	78.6	76.4-80.6	178	7.6	6.4- 9.0	91	3.9	3.0- 5.0	141	6.3	5.1- 7.6	67	3.6	2.7- 4.8
Massachusetts	5,326	3,969	72.2	70.7-73.7	483	9.4	8.5-10.5	242	4.9	4.2- 5.7	448	9.3	8.3-10.3	184	4.1	3.4- 5.0
Michigan	2,114	1,529	68.6	66.1-71.0	216	11.4	9.8-13.3	140	7.6	6.3- 9.1	153	7.9	6.7- 9.4	76	4.4	3.3- 5.9
Minnesota	2,563	1,896	70.7	68.5-72.7	267	11.2	9.8-12.7	146	6.4	5.3- 7.7	170	7.7	6.6- 9.1	84	4.0	3.2- 5.1
Mississippi	1,062	770	69.6	66.1-72.9	97	9.9	7.7-12.7	57	5.7	4.3- 7.4	89	9.3	7.4-11.6	49	5.5	4.0- 7.7
Missouri	1,835	1,332	71.4	68.6-74.1	141	7.3	5.9- 9.0	112	7.1	5.6- 8.9	150	9.2	7.6-11.2	100	5.0	3.9- 6.3
Montana	1,717	1,249	70.3	67.1-73.4	170	10.9	8.7-13.5	99	5.7	4.3- 7.4	144	9.0	7.2-11.1	55	4.2	2.9- 6.0
Nebraska	1,758	1,308	71.1	68.4-73.6	171	10.4	8.9-12.1	89	5.9	4.6- 7.5	120	7.6	6.0- 9.5	70	5.1	3.8- 6.6
Nevada	1,624	1,183	72.5	69.2-75.5	131	7.9	6.4- 9.7	92	5.4	4.1- 7.2	133	9.3	7.2-11.8	85	5.0	3.6- 6.8
New Hampshire	2,608	2,041	75.8	73.8-77.7	215	8.5	7.4- 9.9	128	5.2	4.3- 6.3	155	7.4	6.2- 8.8	69	3.0	2.3- 3.9
New Jersey	3,301	2,553	76.7	74.7-78.6	279	8.5	7.3- 9.8	171	5.6	4.6- 6.9	213	6.9	5.7- 8.3	85	2.3	1.7- 3.0
New Mexico	1,859	1,391	71.1	68.6-73.5	166	10.5	8.9-12.3	110	6.8	5.5- 8.4	124	7.2	5.9- 8.7	68	4.4	3.4- 5.7
New York	2,265	1,749	75.1	72.7-77.3	185	8.6	7.3-10.2	123	6.1	5.0- 7.5	143	6.8	5.6- 8.1	65	3.5	2.4- 4.9
North Carolina	2,597	2,044	76.3	73.7-78.8	196	7.2	5.9- 8.7	104	4.7	3.6- 6.2	171	8.7	7.0-10.8	82	3.0	2.3- 4.1
North Dakota	1,546	1,053	65.3	62.6-67.9	193	12.9	11.2-14.9	112	8.6	7.0-10.4	144	9.7	8.2-11.5	44	3.5	2.5- 4.9
Ohio	1,831	1,331	70.4	67.5-73.0	207	11.5	9.8-13.3	102	5.8	4.4- 7.5	128	8.1	6.6- 9.8	63	4.4	3.0- 6.3
Oklahoma	1,583	1,212	72.3	68.9-75.5	147	11.7	9.3-14.7	64	4.4	3.2- 6.1	108	8.0	6.3-10.2	52	3.6	2.4- 5.2
Oregon	1,453	1,109	74.9	72.3-77.3	134	9.8	8.1-11.7	63	4.0	3.1- 5.1	96	7.6	6.1- 9.3	51	3.8	2.8- 5.1
Pennsylvania	2,036	1,540	72.6	70.1-75.0	184	9.8	8.2-11.6	109	6.0	4.9- 7.4	139	7.9	6.5- 9.7	64	3.7	2.8- 4.9
Rhode Island	2,583	2,051	76.2	74.0-78.3	197	8.5	7.2-10.0	101	4.1	3.3- 5.1	156	7.0	5.7- 8.5	78	4.2	3.2- 5.6
South Carolina	1,456	1,107	73.6	70.8-76.2	117	8.6	7.1-10.3	73	5.9	4.4- 7.8	93	7.0	5.6- 8.6	66	5.0	3.9- 6.5
South Dakota	2,917	2,147	69.8	67.7-71.7	308	12.3	10.8-13.9	177	6.6	5.6- 7.7	206	8.2	7.1- 9.5	79	3.2	2.5- 4.1
Tennessee	716	566	74.7	70.3-78.6	56	8.7	6.5-11.4	33	5.4	3.6- 8.0	42	7.6	5.1-11.2	19	3.7	2.2- 6.2
Texas	2,975	2,180	70.5	68.5-72.4	303	11.2	9.9-12.7	154	5.3	4.5- 6.3	229	8.8	7.6-10.1	109	4.1	3.4- 5.1
Utah	1,225	848	67.6	64.0-70.9	142	11.7	9.5-14.3	63	5.4	3.9- 7.5	105	9.6	7.6-12.0	67	5.7	4.2- 7.8
Vermont	2,690	2,129	75.5	73.4-77.4	199	8.8	7.5-10.2	122	5.1	4.2- 6.2	164	7.3	6.2- 8.7	76	3.3	2.6- 4.3
Virginia	1,569	1,214	73.9	71.0-76.7	124	9.0	7.3-11.1	79	5.1	4.0- 6.4	94	8.0	6.0-10.4	58	4.0	3.0- 5.3
Washington	2,553	1,981	75.8	73.9-77.7	215	9.2	8.0-10.6	137	5.5	4.6- 6.6	146	6.2	5.2- 7.4	74	3.2	2.5- 4.1
West Virginia	964	728	71.1	67.4-74.4	71	8.0	6.1-10.4	50	6.5	4.7- 8.8	68	8.2	6.2-10.6	47	6.3	4.6- 8.5
Wisconsin	2,309	1,501	63.7	61.3-66.0	300	13.0	11.5-14.7	138	6.5	5.3- 7.8	268	11.8	10.3-13.5	102	5.0	3.9- 6.5
Wyoming	1,680	1,223	70.9	68.4-73.3	185	12.0	10.3-13.9	97	6.3	5.1- 7.7	112	6.6	5.4- 8.1	63	4.2	3.2- 5.5
Guam	374	231	58.1	52.2-63.8	58	17.9	13.6-23.1	25	7.1	4.6-10.7	34	9.1	6.3-13.0	26	7.8	5.0-12.0
Puerto Rico	892	532	58.5	54.1-62.9	106	11.6	9.1-14.5	69	6.7	5.1- 8.7	141	17.5	14.2-21.3	44	5.8	3.7- 8.8
Virgin Islands	1,018	773	75.7	72.2-78.9	65	5.9	4.5- 7.8	54	5.1	3.7- 7.1	86	9.1	7.0-11.8	40	4.1	2.8- 6.1

Total
Respond.#

None

Once

Twice

3-7 times

8-30 times

C.I.(95%)

All Participants

106872

80,366

72.8

72.3-73.3

9,688

9.9

9.5-10.2

5,400

5.5

5.3- 5.8

7,641

7.9

7.6- 8.2

3,777

3.9

3.7- 4.2

Alabama

1,083

814

72.1

68.7-75.2

8.7

6.7-11.3

5.5

4.2- 7.3

8.8

7.0-11.1

4.9

3.6- 6.6

Alaska

1,618

1,130

70.4

66.6-73.9

190

11.5

9.3-14.1

104

6.6

4.6- 9.3

127

7.7

6.1- 9.8

3.8

2.6- 5.5

Arizona

1,764

1,310

70.1

66.9-73.1

144

8.6

6.9-10.6

5.8

4.4- 7.5

135

10.5

8.4-13.1

5.0

3.8- 6.6

Arkansas

1,097

824

70.9

67.6-74.1

8.9

7.2-11.0

5.4

3.8- 7.4

9.2

7.1-11.8

5.6

4.2- 7.6

California

2,360

1,834

73.3

70.8-75.6

224

11.1

9.6-12.7

122

6.0

4.9- 7.3

114

6.1

4.6- 7.9

3.6

2.7- 4.7

Colorado

1,309

986

74.4

71.6-77.0

129

10.1

8.4-12.1

4.2

3.2- 5.5

102

8.4

6.8-10.2

2.9

1.9- 4.3

Connecticut

4,762

3,818

78.1

76.6-79.5

366

8.7

7.7- 9.7

193

4.4

3.8- 5.2

261

6.1

5.3- 7.1

124

2.7

2.2- 3.4

Delaware

1,833

1,391

73.2

70.5-75.9

144

8.0

6.6- 9.8

4.4

3.3- 5.7

121

7.7

6.3- 9.6

6.6

5.1- 8.5

District of Colum

1,164

892

75.4

72.0-78.4

8.6

6.7-11.1

5.6

3.8- 8.1

6.9

5.3- 8.9

3.5

2.4- 5.2

Florida

2,467

1,926

77.6

75.6-79.5

207

8.2

7.0- 9.5

3.7

3.0- 4.6

155

6.5

5.4- 7.7

4.0

3.0- 5.2

Georgia

1,962

1,512

75.3

72.6-77.8

179

8.9

7.5-10.6

4.3

3.3- 5.6

121

7.4

5.8- 9.4

4.1

3.0- 5.7

Hawaii

2,059

1,613

77.0

74.3-79.5

130

6.7

5.2- 8.6

3.8

2.9- 5.0

151

7.2

5.8- 9.0

5.2

3.9- 6.9

Idaho

2,287

1,712

73.7

71.4-76.0

228

10.3

8.8-11.9

114

5.2

4.1- 6.6

158

7.3

6.1- 8.8

3.5

2.7- 4.6

Illinois

2,294

1,668

70.1

67.8-72.3

241

11.2

9.8-12.8

118

5.7

4.6- 7.0

200

9.2

7.9-10.7

3.8

2.9- 5.1

Indiana

1,940

1,453

72.4

70.1-74.6

170

9.4

8.0-11.0

4.4

3.5- 5.6

160

9.5

8.0-11.2

4.3

3.4- 5.5

Iowa

1,936

1,435

71.8

69.4-74.2

184

9.5

8.2-11.1

103

5.4

4.3- 6.8

157

9.6

8.0-11.4

3.6

2.7- 4.9

Kansas

2,233

1,656

71.1

68.8-73.3

236

11.0

9.6-12.6

120

6.2

5.1- 7.6

143

7.1

5.9- 8.6

4.5

3.5- 5.7

Kentucky

1,867

1,443

73.5

70.5-76.4

131

9.3

7.4-11.5

4.5

3.4- 5.9

130

8.4

6.5-10.7

4.3

3.2- 5.7

Louisiana

2,055

1,479

68.7

66.3-71.0

210

10.9

9.4-12.7

125

7.2

6.0- 8.6

162

8.7

7.3-10.2

4.5

3.5- 5.7

Maine

1,291

985

72.2

69.1-75.1

103

8.7

7.0-10.6

7.1

5.3- 9.4

8.1

6.5-10.1

4.0

2.9- 5.5

Maryland

2,492

2,015

78.6

76.4-80.6

178

7.6

6.4- 9.0

3.9

3.0- 5.0

141

6.3

5.1- 7.6

3.6

2.7- 4.8

Massachusetts

5,326

3,969

72.2

70.7-73.7

483

9.4

8.5-10.5

242

4.9

4.2- 5.7

448

9.3

8.3-10.3

184

4.1

3.4- 5.0

Michigan

2,114

1,529

68.6

66.1-71.0

216

11.4

9.8-13.3

140

7.6

6.3- 9.1

153

7.9

6.7- 9.4

4.4

3.3- 5.9

Minnesota

2,563

1,896

70.7

68.5-72.7

267

11.2

9.8-12.7

146

6.4

5.3- 7.7

170

7.7

6.6- 9.1

4.0

3.2- 5.1

Mississippi

1,062

770

69.6

66.1-72.9

9.9

7.7-12.7

5.7

4.3- 7.4

9.3

7.4-11.6

5.5

4.0- 7.7

Missouri

1,835

1,332

71.4

68.6-74.1

141

7.3

5.9- 9.0

112

7.1

5.6- 8.9

150

9.2

7.6-11.2

100

5.0

3.9- 6.3

Montana

1,717

1,249

70.3

67.1-73.4

170

10.9

8.7-13.5

5.7

4.3- 7.4

144

9.0

7.2-11.1

4.2

2.9- 6.0

Nebraska

1,758

1,308

71.1

68.4-73.6

171

10.4

8.9-12.1

5.9

4.6- 7.5

120

7.6

6.0- 9.5

5.1

3.8- 6.6

Nevada

1,624

1,183

72.5

69.2-75.5

131

7.9

6.4- 9.7

5.4

4.1- 7.2

133

9.3

7.2-11.8

5.0

3.6- 6.8

New Hampshire

2,608

2,041

75.8

73.8-77.7

215

8.5

7.4- 9.9

128

5.2

4.3- 6.3

155

7.4

6.2- 8.8

3.0

2.3- 3.9

New Jersey

3,301

2,553

76.7

74.7-78.6

279

8.5

7.3- 9.8

171

5.6

4.6- 6.9

213

6.9

5.7- 8.3

2.3

1.7- 3.0

New Mexico

1,859

1,391

71.1

68.6-73.5

166

10.5

8.9-12.3

110

6.8

5.5- 8.4

124

7.2

5.9- 8.7

4.4

3.4- 5.7

New York

2,265

1,749

75.1

72.7-77.3

185

8.6

7.3-10.2

123

6.1

5.0- 7.5

143

6.8

5.6- 8.1

3.5

2.4- 4.9

North Carolina

2,597

2,044

76.3

73.7-78.8

196

7.2

5.9- 8.7

104

4.7

3.6- 6.2

171

8.7

7.0-10.8

3.0

2.3- 4.1

North Dakota

1,546

1,053

65.3

62.6-67.9

193

12.9

11.2-14.9

112

8.6

7.0-10.4

144

9.7

8.2-11.5

3.5

2.5- 4.9

Ohio

1,831

1,331

70.4

67.5-73.0

207

11.5

9.8-13.3

102

5.8

4.4- 7.5

128

8.1

6.6- 9.8

4.4

3.0- 6.3

Oklahoma

1,583

1,212

72.3

68.9-75.5

147

11.7

9.3-14.7

4.4

3.2- 6.1

108

8.0

6.3-10.2

3.6

2.4- 5.2

Oregon

1,453

1,109

74.9

72.3-77.3

134

9.8

8.1-11.7

4.0

3.1- 5.1

7.6

6.1- 9.3

3.8

2.8- 5.1

Pennsylvania

2,036

1,540

72.6

70.1-75.0

184

9.8

8.2-11.6

109

6.0

4.9- 7.4

139

7.9

6.5- 9.7

3.7

2.8- 4.9

Rhode Island

2,583

2,051

76.2

74.0-78.3

197

8.5

7.2-10.0

101

4.1

3.3- 5.1

156

7.0

5.7- 8.5

4.2

3.2- 5.6

South Carolina

1,456

1,107

73.6

70.8-76.2

117

8.6

7.1-10.3

5.9

4.4- 7.8

7.0

5.6- 8.6

5.0

3.9- 6.5

South Dakota

2,917

2,147

69.8

67.7-71.7

308

12.3

10.8-13.9

177

6.6

5.6- 7.7

206

8.2

7.1- 9.5

3.2

2.5- 4.1

Tennessee

716

566

74.7

70.3-78.6

8.7

6.5-11.4

5.4

3.6- 8.0

7.6

5.1-11.2

3.7

2.2- 6.2

Texas

2,975

2,180

70.5

68.5-72.4

303

11.2

9.9-12.7

154

5.3

4.5- 6.3

229

8.8

7.6-10.1

109

4.1

3.4- 5.1

Utah

1,225

848

67.6

64.0-70.9

142

11.7

9.5-14.3

5.4

3.9- 7.5

105

9.6

7.6-12.0

5.7

4.2- 7.8

Vermont

2,690

2,129

75.5

73.4-77.4

199

8.8

7.5-10.2

122

5.1

4.2- 6.2

164

7.3

6.2- 8.7

3.3

2.6- 4.3

Virginia

1,569

1,214

73.9

71.0-76.7

124

9.0

7.3-11.1

5.1

4.0- 6.4

8.0

6.0-10.4

4.0

3.0- 5.3

Washington

2,553

1,981

75.8

73.9-77.7

215

9.2

8.0-10.6

137

5.5

4.6- 6.6

146

6.2

5.2- 7.4

3.2

2.5- 4.1

West Virginia

964

728

71.1

67.4-74.4

8.0

6.1-10.4

6.5

4.7- 8.8

8.2

6.2-10.6

6.3

4.6- 8.5

Wisconsin

2,309

1,501

63.7

61.3-66.0

300

13.0

11.5-14.7

138

6.5

5.3- 7.8

268

11.8

10.3-13.5

102

5.0

3.9- 6.5

Wyoming

1,680

1,223

70.9

68.4-73.3

185

12.0

10.3-13.9

6.3

5.1- 7.7

112

6.6

5.4- 8.1

4.2

3.2- 5.5

Guam

374

231

58.1

52.2-63.8

17.9

13.6-23.1

7.1

4.6-10.7

9.1

6.3-13.0

7.8

5.0-12.0

Puerto Rico

892

532

58.5

54.1-62.9

106

11.6

9.1-14.5

6.7

5.1- 8.7

141

17.5

14.2-21.3

5.8

3.7- 8.8

Virgin Islands

1,018

773

75.7

72.2-78.9

5.9

4.5- 7.8

5.1

3.7- 7.1

9.1

7.0-11.8

4.1

2.8- 6.1

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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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