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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Nationwide

Risk Factors

Binge Drinking*

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  Total
Respond.#
No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 210009 183480 85.5 85.3-85.8 26,529 14.5 14.2-14.7
Alabama 2,768 2,499 88.5 86.9-89.9 269 11.5 10.1-13.1
Alaska 2,836 2,348 82.0 79.5-84.2 488 18.0 15.8-20.5
Arizona 3,239 2,785 83.3 81.2-85.1 454 16.7 14.9-18.8
Arkansas 2,909 2,636 88.8 87.3-90.2 273 11.2 9.8-12.7
California 3,928 3,402 84.5 83.0-86.0 526 15.5 14.0-17.0
Colorado 2,020 1,697 83.5 81.5-85.3 323 16.5 14.7-18.5
Connecticut 7,655 6,711 86.2 85.3-87.2 944 13.8 12.8-14.7
Delaware 3,471 3,029 84.4 82.6-86.0 442 15.6 14.0-17.4
District of Colum 1,865 1,593 85.3 83.1-87.3 272 14.7 12.7-16.9
Florida 4,611 4,068 88.1 86.9-89.1 543 11.9 10.9-13.1
Georgia 4,471 4,021 88.3 86.9-89.6 450 11.7 10.4-13.1
Hawaii 4,465 4,019 89.6 88.3-90.8 446 10.4 9.2-11.7
Idaho 4,805 4,230 87.3 86.0-88.4 575 12.7 11.6-14.0
Illinois 3,991 3,364 82.8 81.3-84.1 627 17.2 15.9-18.7
Indiana 3,976 3,489 86.2 84.9-87.4 487 13.8 12.6-15.1
Iowa 3,599 3,098 83.9 82.3-85.4 501 16.1 14.6-17.7
Kansas 4,525 3,947 85.4 84.1-86.6 578 14.6 13.4-15.9
Kentucky 7,423 6,999 91.4 90.3-92.5 424 8.6 7.5- 9.7
Louisiana 4,877 4,301 86.4 85.2-87.5 576 13.6 12.5-14.8
Maine 2,395 2,085 84.6 82.7-86.4 310 15.4 13.6-17.3
Maryland 4,427 3,947 88.1 86.8-89.3 480 11.9 10.7-13.2
Massachusetts 8,535 7,177 82.0 81.0-83.1 1,358 18.0 16.9-19.0
Michigan 3,787 3,202 82.1 80.5-83.6 585 17.9 16.4-19.5
Minnesota 3,920 3,253 80.5 78.9-81.9 667 19.5 18.1-21.1
Mississippi 2,990 2,698 88.3 86.7-89.8 292 11.7 10.2-13.3
Missouri 4,151 3,648 86.0 84.5-87.4 503 14.0 12.6-15.5
Montana 3,294 2,826 83.4 81.4-85.3 468 16.6 14.7-18.6
Nebraska 3,633 3,183 85.5 84.0-86.9 450 14.5 13.1-16.0
Nevada 2,553 2,112 83.4 81.3-85.4 441 16.6 14.6-18.7
New Hampshire 4,018 3,450 84.3 82.9-85.6 568 15.7 14.4-17.1
New Jersey 5,936 5,188 86.5 85.3-87.7 748 13.5 12.3-14.7
New Mexico 3,600 3,132 84.4 82.8-85.8 468 15.6 14.2-17.2
New York 3,854 3,336 85.7 84.3-87.1 518 14.3 12.9-15.7
North Carolina 6,099 5,546 90.2 89.0-91.3 553 9.8 8.7-11.0
North Dakota 2,491 1,998 77.8 75.9-79.6 493 22.2 20.4-24.1
Ohio 3,405 2,903 83.9 82.1-85.5 502 16.1 14.5-17.9
Oklahoma 4,494 4,123 89.2 87.6-90.6 371 10.8 9.4-12.4
Oregon 2,519 2,175 85.4 83.7-86.9 344 14.6 13.1-16.3
Pennsylvania 3,639 3,143 84.5 82.9-85.9 496 15.5 14.1-17.1
Rhode Island 4,088 3,556 85.0 83.5-86.4 532 15.0 13.6-16.5
South Carolina 3,167 2,817 87.7 86.3-89.0 350 12.3 11.0-13.7
South Dakota 5,087 4,317 81.6 80.2-82.9 770 18.4 17.1-19.8
Tennessee 2,835 2,685 93.2 91.8-94.4 150 6.8 5.6- 8.2
Texas 5,883 5,088 85.0 83.9-86.1 795 15.0 13.9-16.1
Utah 3,649 3,272 90.3 89.0-91.4 377 9.7 8.6-11.0
Vermont 4,272 3,709 84.3 82.9-85.7 563 15.7 14.3-17.1
Virginia 2,914 2,557 85.8 84.0-87.5 357 14.2 12.5-16.0
Washington 4,187 3,615 85.1 83.8-86.3 572 14.9 13.7-16.2
West Virginia 3,075 2,838 90.6 89.2-91.9 237 9.4 8.1-10.8
Wisconsin 3,330 2,522 74.4 72.5-76.2 808 25.6 23.8-27.5
Wyoming 3,023 2,566 84.0 82.5-85.4 457 16.0 14.6-17.5
Guam 863 720 82.1 78.8-84.9 143 17.9 15.1-21.2
Puerto Rico 4,228 3,868 88.9 87.4-90.3 360 11.1 9.7-12.6
Virgin Islands 2,234 1,989 89.1 87.3-90.6 245 10.9 9.4-12.7

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

*Data in this table were derived from the alcohol consumption questions.
No = Respondents who report they did not drink in the past 30 days and who did not have five or more drinks on an occasion.
Yes = Respondents who report they did drink in t he past 30 days and had five or more drinks on one or more occasions in the past 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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