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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Alcohol Consumption

Drinking alcohol in the past 30 days*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 246560 128871 54.7 54.4-55.1 117689 45.3 44.9-45.6
Alabama 3,076 1,172 41.9 39.8-44.0 1,904 58.1 56.0-60.2
Alaska 2,674 1,558 61.2 58.3-64.0 1,116 38.8 36.0-41.7
Arizona 3,210 1,853 60.6 57.9-63.2 1,357 39.4 36.8-42.1
Arkansas 3,885 1,502 41.5 39.7-43.3 2,383 58.5 56.7-60.3
California 4,168 2,527 56.8 54.9-58.7 1,641 43.2 41.3-45.1
Colorado 4,038 2,624 66.2 64.5-67.9 1,414 33.8 32.1-35.5
Connecticut 5,513 3,669 67.6 66.0-69.1 1,844 32.4 30.9-34.0
Delaware 4,026 2,165 58.8 56.6-60.9 1,861 41.2 39.1-43.4
District of Columbia 2,395 1,578 61.4 58.6-64.2 817 38.6 35.8-41.4
Florida 6,100 3,422 55.3 53.8-56.9 2,678 44.7 43.1-46.2
Georgia 5,028 2,226 49.3 47.3-51.2 2,802 50.7 48.8-52.7
Hawaii 5,940 2,814 47.7 46.0-49.4 3,126 52.3 50.6-54.0
Idaho 5,027 2,434 51.0 49.3-52.7 2,593 49.0 47.3-50.7
Illinois 5,222 2,971 56.3 54.6-57.9 2,251 43.7 42.1-45.4
Indiana 5,773 2,886 52.5 51.0-54.0 2,887 47.5 46.0-49.0
Iowa 3,653 2,035 58.3 56.4-60.3 1,618 41.7 39.7-43.6
Kansas 4,557 2,411 54.7 53.0-56.3 2,146 45.3 43.7-47.0
Kentucky 6,994 1,435 28.7 26.8-30.7 5,559 71.3 69.3-73.2
Louisiana 4,959 2,107 45.2 43.5-46.9 2,852 54.8 53.1-56.5
Maine 2,419 1,380 58.9 56.7-61.1 1,039 41.1 38.9-43.3
Maryland 4,378 2,531 58.4 56.4-60.2 1,847 41.6 39.8-43.6
Massachusetts 7,381 4,771 67.1 65.8-68.5 2,610 32.9 31.5-34.2
Michigan 5,905 3,460 58.9 57.3-60.5 2,445 41.1 39.5-42.7
Minnesota 4,461 2,913 67.2 65.6-68.8 1,548 32.8 31.2-34.4
Mississippi 4,061 1,462 39.6 37.7-41.5 2,599 60.4 58.5-62.3
Missouri 4,713 2,196 53.6 51.6-55.5 2,517 46.4 44.5-48.4
Montana 4,002 2,316 62.2 60.1-64.2 1,686 37.8 35.8-39.9
Nebraska 4,345 2,238 55.3 53.5-57.1 2,107 44.7 42.9-46.5
Nevada 3,138 1,979 61.2 58.6-63.7 1,159 38.8 36.3-41.4
New Hampshire 5,016 3,331 67.3 65.8-68.7 1,685 32.7 31.3-34.2
New Jersey 6,143 3,843 60.4 57.8-63.0 2,300 39.6 37.0-42.2
New Mexico 4,660 2,501 56.1 54.3-57.8 2,159 43.9 42.2-45.7
New York 4,451 2,724 61.0 59.2-62.7 1,727 39.0 37.3-40.8
North Carolina 6,693 2,735 41.3 39.4-43.1 3,958 58.7 56.9-60.6
North Dakota 2,982 1,840 64.0 62.0-65.9 1,142 36.0 34.1-38.0
Ohio 4,069 2,279 56.2 54.3-58.0 1,790 43.8 42.0-45.7
Oklahoma 6,728 2,504 41.1 39.6-42.5 4,224 58.9 57.5-60.4
Oregon 3,066 1,759 58.8 56.7-60.8 1,307 41.2 39.2-43.3
Pennsylvania 13,448 7,476 58.1 57.0-59.2 5,972 41.9 40.8-43.0
Rhode Island 3,812 2,477 66.1 64.3-67.9 1,335 33.9 32.1-35.7
South Carolina 4,492 1,935 45.8 43.8-47.7 2,557 54.2 52.3-56.2
South Dakota 4,777 2,773 59.9 58.2-61.5 2,004 40.1 38.5-41.8
Tennessee 3,167 940 30.4 28.5-32.3 2,227 69.6 67.7-71.5
Texas 6,089 3,164 53.5 52.0-55.0 2,925 46.5 45.0-48.0
Utah 4,074 1,335 30.1 28.3-32.0 2,739 69.9 68.0-71.7
Vermont 4,213 2,791 67.6 66.0-69.2 1,422 32.4 30.8-34.0
Virginia 4,370 2,231 55.2 53.0-57.3 2,139 44.8 42.7-47.0
Washington 4,871 3,047 62.0 60.3-63.7 1,824 38.0 36.3-39.7
West Virginia 3,334 1,094 34.7 32.9-36.6 2,240 65.3 63.4-67.1
Wisconsin 4,343 2,915 70.0 68.3-71.6 1,428 30.0 28.4-31.7
Wyoming 3,536 2,043 59.2 57.3-61.0 1,493 40.8 39.0-42.7
Guam 828 376 45.1 41.1-49.2 452 54.9 50.8-58.9
Puerto Rico 4,097 1,046 31.6 29.8-33.5 3,051 68.4 66.5-70.2
Virgin Islands 2,260 1,077 46.5 43.9-49.2 1,183 53.5 50.8-56.1

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

*Data in this table were derived from the first alcohol consumption question.

#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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