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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Alcohol Consumption

Binge Drinking*

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  Total
Respond.#
No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 245181 213070 84.3 84.1-84.6 32,111 15.7 15.4-15.9
Alabama 3,066 2,747 85.5 83.7-87.2 319 14.5 12.8-16.3
Alaska 2,648 2,190 81.8 79.4-83.9 458 18.2 16.1-20.6
Arizona 3,187 2,790 83.1 80.5-85.4 397 16.9 14.6-19.5
Arkansas 3,867 3,481 87.3 85.8-88.6 386 12.7 11.4-14.2
California 4,156 3,598 85.1 83.6-86.4 558 14.9 13.6-16.4
Colorado 4,016 3,406 81.4 79.8-83.0 610 18.6 17.0-20.2
Connecticut 5,485 4,708 83.7 82.4-85.0 777 16.3 15.0-17.6
Delaware 4,016 3,508 81.7 79.4-83.7 508 18.3 16.3-20.6
District of Columbia 2,374 1,976 83.0 80.8-84.9 398 17.0 15.1-19.2
Florida 6,058 5,277 86.3 85.3-87.3 781 13.7 12.7-14.7
Georgia 4,994 4,502 87.2 85.4-88.8 492 12.8 11.2-14.6
Hawaii 5,912 5,259 88.1 86.8-89.2 653 11.9 10.8-13.2
Idaho 5,011 4,350 84.2 82.8-85.6 661 15.8 14.4-17.2
Illinois 5,198 4,356 82.2 80.9-83.4 842 17.8 16.6-19.1
Indiana 5,749 4,964 84.1 82.8-85.2 785 15.9 14.8-17.2
Iowa 3,640 3,058 79.9 78.1-81.5 582 20.1 18.5-21.9
Kansas 4,529 3,914 84.2 82.8-85.4 615 15.8 14.6-17.2
Kentucky 6,963 6,659 92.1 90.7-93.3 304 7.9 6.7- 9.3
Louisiana 4,891 4,333 86.4 85.2-87.6 558 13.6 12.4-14.8
Maine 2,406 2,084 84.6 82.8-86.2 322 15.4 13.8-17.2
Maryland 4,363 3,821 85.6 84.0-87.0 542 14.4 13.0-16.0
Massachusetts 7,338 6,169 81.7 80.4-82.8 1,169 18.3 17.2-19.6
Michigan 5,880 5,039 83.1 81.7-84.4 841 16.9 15.6-18.3
Minnesota 4,438 3,647 78.9 77.3-80.4 791 21.1 19.6-22.7
Mississippi 4,032 3,667 87.6 86.1-89.0 365 12.4 11.0-13.9
Missouri 4,686 4,077 82.8 81.0-84.4 609 17.2 15.6-19.0
Montana 3,979 3,282 80.2 78.4-81.9 697 19.8 18.1-21.6
Nebraska 4,321 3,718 82.4 80.7-84.0 603 17.6 16.0-19.3
Nevada 3,117 2,543 80.2 77.7-82.4 574 19.8 17.6-22.3
New Hampshire 4,980 4,286 83.4 82.1-84.6 694 16.6 15.4-17.9
New Jersey 6,115 5,381 86.1 84.2-87.9 734 13.9 12.1-15.8
New Mexico 4,640 4,079 85.6 84.2-86.9 561 14.4 13.1-15.8
New York 4,420 3,744 82.1 80.6-83.5 676 17.9 16.5-19.4
North Carolina 6,659 6,082 89.1 87.8-90.3 577 10.9 9.7-12.2
North Dakota 2,966 2,398 78.0 76.2-79.8 568 22.0 20.2-23.8
Ohio 4,045 3,492 84.1 82.6-85.6 553 15.9 14.4-17.4
Oklahoma 6,693 6,033 86.7 85.5-87.8 660 13.3 12.2-14.5
Oregon 3,046 2,630 83.7 81.9-85.2 416 16.3 14.8-18.1
Pennsylvania 13,370 11,460 83.1 82.2-84.0 1,910 16.9 16.0-17.8
Rhode Island 3,792 3,234 82.3 80.7-83.9 558 17.7 16.1-19.3
South Carolina 4,462 3,981 87.6 86.1-88.9 481 12.4 11.1-13.9
South Dakota 4,753 4,030 81.5 80.0-82.9 723 18.5 17.1-20.0
Tennessee 3,145 2,923 91.8 90.4-93.0 222 8.2 7.0- 9.6
Texas 6,034 5,135 82.2 80.8-83.5 899 17.8 16.5-19.2
Utah 4,066 3,665 89.9 88.6-91.2 401 10.1 8.8-11.4
Vermont 4,199 3,621 83.5 82.0-84.8 578 16.5 15.2-18.0
Virginia 4,344 3,777 84.4 82.7-86.0 567 15.6 14.0-17.3
Washington 4,858 4,200 84.9 83.6-86.2 658 15.1 13.8-16.4
West Virginia 3,319 3,010 88.6 87.2-89.9 309 11.4 10.1-12.8
Wisconsin 4,325 3,395 75.1 73.5-76.8 930 24.9 23.2-26.5
Wyoming 3,517 2,982 81.9 80.2-83.5 535 18.1 16.5-19.8
Guam 813 673 82.3 78.9-85.3 140 17.7 14.7-21.1
Puerto Rico 4,073 3,757 89.4 88.0-90.7 316 10.6 9.3-12.0
Virgin Islands 2,227 1,979 88.3 86.5-89.9 248 11.7 10.1-13.5

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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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