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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Alcohol Consumption

During the past 30 days, how many times have you driven when you've had perhaps too much to drink?*

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  Total
Respond.#
None At least once
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 244655 239698 97.7 97.6-97.8 4,957 2.3 2.2- 2.4
Alabama 3,074 3,024 97.4 96.4-98.1 50 2.6 1.9- 3.6
Alaska 2,668 2,609 97.7 96.8-98.4 59 2.3 1.6- 3.2
Arizona 3,206 3,150 97.9 96.8-98.6 56 2.1 1.4- 3.2
Arkansas 3,881 3,831 98.3 97.6-98.8 50 1.7 1.2- 2.4
California 4,164 4,080 98.0 97.4-98.4 84 2.0 1.6- 2.6
Colorado 4,033 3,950 97.4 96.5-98.0 83 2.6 2.0- 3.5
Connecticut 5,507 5,371 97.4 96.9-97.9 136 2.6 2.1- 3.1
Delaware 4,021 3,942 97.6 96.8-98.2 79 2.4 1.8- 3.2
District of Columbia 2,386 2,333 97.8 96.9-98.5 53 2.2 1.5- 3.1
Florida 6,082 5,958 97.9 97.4-98.3 124 2.1 1.7- 2.6
Georgia 5,021 4,956 98.4 97.9-98.9 65 1.6 1.1- 2.1
Hawaii 5,925 5,781 97.0 96.2-97.6 144 3.0 2.4- 3.8
Idaho 5,014 4,935 98.4 98.0-98.8 79 1.6 1.2- 2.0
Illinois 3,742 3,681 98.3 97.7-98.7 61 1.7 1.3- 2.3
Indiana 5,771 5,645 97.6 97.1-98.0 126 2.4 2.0- 2.9
Iowa 3,646 3,527 96.0 95.1-96.7 119 4.0 3.3- 4.9
Kansas 4,546 4,430 97.1 96.3-97.7 116 2.9 2.3- 3.7
Kentucky 6,972 6,955 99.6 99.2-99.8 17 0.4 0.2- 0.8
Louisiana 4,943 4,843 97.7 97.1-98.2 100 2.3 1.8- 2.9
Maine 2,415 2,383 98.3 97.5-98.9 32 1.7 1.1- 2.5
Maryland 4,365 4,279 97.7 96.9-98.3 86 2.3 1.7- 3.1
Massachusetts 7,362 7,178 97.2 96.6-97.7 184 2.8 2.3- 3.4
Michigan 5,897 5,754 97.2 96.6-97.7 143 2.8 2.3- 3.4
Minnesota 4,452 4,339 97.0 96.3-97.6 113 3.0 2.4- 3.7
Mississippi 4,053 4,012 98.3 97.4-98.8 41 1.7 1.2- 2.6
Missouri 4,707 4,601 96.9 96.0-97.6 106 3.1 2.4- 4.0
Montana 3,992 3,896 97.4 96.5-98.0 96 2.6 2.0- 3.5
Nebraska 4,337 4,124 94.9 94.1-95.6 213 5.1 4.4- 5.9
Nevada 3,133 3,040 97.4 96.5-98.1 93 2.6 1.9- 3.5
New Hampshire 5,008 4,927 98.2 97.7-98.6 81 1.8 1.4- 2.3
New Jersey 6,129 6,043 98.7 98.1-99.1 86 1.3 0.9- 1.9
New Mexico 4,658 4,577 98.0 97.4-98.5 81 2.0 1.5- 2.6
New York 4,443 4,368 98.2 97.6-98.6 75 1.8 1.4- 2.4
North Carolina 6,678 6,616 98.7 97.8-99.3 62 1.3 0.7- 2.2
North Dakota 2,977 2,874 95.8 94.8-96.7 103 4.2 3.3- 5.2
Ohio 4,064 3,957 97.0 96.3-97.6 107 3.0 2.4- 3.7
Oklahoma 6,719 6,624 98.2 97.7-98.6 95 1.8 1.4- 2.3
Oregon 3,064 3,015 98.1 97.3-98.6 49 1.9 1.4- 2.7
Pennsylvania 13,426 13,172 97.8 97.4-98.1 254 2.2 1.9- 2.6
Rhode Island 3,806 3,686 96.2 95.2-97.0 120 3.8 3.0- 4.8
South Carolina 4,488 4,434 98.4 97.5-98.9 54 1.6 1.1- 2.5
South Dakota 4,764 4,622 96.7 96.0-97.3 142 3.3 2.7- 4.0
Tennessee 3,161 3,136 99.0 98.5-99.4 25 1.0 0.6- 1.5
Texas 6,080 5,920 96.7 96.0-97.3 160 3.3 2.7- 4.0
Utah 4,070 4,030 98.9 98.4-99.3 40 1.1 0.7- 1.6
Vermont 4,203 4,120 97.9 97.3-98.3 83 2.1 1.7- 2.7
Virginia 4,365 4,282 97.9 97.2-98.4 83 2.1 1.6- 2.8
Washington 4,866 4,777 97.8 97.2-98.3 89 2.2 1.7- 2.8
West Virginia 3,331 3,293 98.5 97.8-99.0 38 1.5 1.0- 2.2
Wisconsin 4,340 4,151 95.5 94.7-96.2 189 4.5 3.8- 5.3
Wyoming 3,535 3,447 96.9 96.0-97.6 88 3.1 2.4- 4.0
Guam 824 789 95.3 93.1-96.8 35 4.7 3.2- 6.9
Puerto Rico 4,088 4,033 98.1 97.5-98.7 55 1.9 1.3- 2.5
Virgin Islands 2,253 2,198 97.8 96.9-98.4 55 2.2 1.6- 3.1

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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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