BRFSS 2002- Nationwide Data: (A drink of alcohol is 1 can or bottle of beer, 1 glass of wine, 1 can or bottle of wine cooler, 1 cocktail, or 1 shot of liquor.<br> During the past 30 days, how many days per week or per month did you have at least one drink of any alcoholic beverage?)

2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Alcohol Consumption

A drink of alcohol is 1 can or bottle of beer, 1 glass of wine, 1 can or bottle of wine cooler, 1 cocktail, or 1 shot of liquor.
During the past 30 days, how many days per week or per month did you have at least one drink of any alcoholic beverage?

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	Total Respond.#	No drinks	1-2 days	3-7 days	8-29 days	Everyday
All Participants	246560	117689	45.3	44.9-45.6	38,718	16.4	16.2-16.7	39,686	17.1	16.8-17.4	37,477	16.1	15.8-16.4	12,990	5.1	4.9- 5.2

Alabama	3,076	1,904	58.1	56.0-60.2	366	12.6	11.2-14.1	382	13.5	12.1-15.0	301	11.1	9.7-12.6	123	4.7	3.9- 5.8
Alaska	2,674	1,116	38.8	36.0-41.7	430	17.4	15.1-19.9	467	17.4	15.4-19.6	512	20.4	18.1-22.9	149	6.0	4.8- 7.6
Arizona	3,210	1,357	39.4	36.8-42.1	500	15.8	13.9-17.8	583	18.6	16.7-20.6	481	16.9	15.0-19.0	289	9.4	7.4-11.7
Arkansas	3,885	2,383	58.5	56.7-60.3	497	13.6	12.3-14.9	441	12.3	11.1-13.6	406	11.7	10.4-13.0	158	4.0	3.4- 4.7
California	4,168	1,641	43.2	41.3-45.1	735	17.5	16.1-19.0	732	17.5	16.1-19.0	811	16.8	15.5-18.1	249	5.1	4.4- 5.9
Colorado	4,038	1,414	33.8	32.1-35.5	742	19.0	17.6-20.5	792	19.9	18.5-21.4	852	21.6	20.2-23.1	238	5.7	5.0- 6.6
Connecticut	5,513	1,844	32.4	30.9-34.0	959	17.5	16.3-18.8	1,107	20.7	19.4-22.1	1,117	20.6	19.3-21.9	486	8.8	7.9- 9.7
Delaware	4,026	1,861	41.2	39.1-43.4	661	17.2	15.5-19.0	608	15.9	14.1-18.0	618	18.1	16.4-20.0	278	7.5	6.3- 8.9
District of Columbia	2,395	817	38.6	35.8-41.4	300	13.0	11.3-14.8	458	19.4	17.2-21.8	606	20.8	18.9-22.9	214	8.2	6.9- 9.8
Florida	6,100	2,678	44.7	43.1-46.2	915	15.0	14.0-16.1	1,077	17.1	16.0-18.2	932	15.6	14.5-16.8	498	7.6	6.9- 8.4
Georgia	5,028	2,802	50.7	48.8-52.7	735	16.4	14.7-18.2	694	15.9	14.6-17.4	600	12.9	11.8-14.2	197	4.0	3.4- 4.8
Hawaii	5,940	3,126	52.3	50.6-54.0	791	14.4	13.2-15.7	747	13.1	12.0-14.4	872	14.6	13.4-15.8	404	5.6	4.9- 6.4
Idaho	5,027	2,593	49.0	47.3-50.7	692	14.3	13.1-15.5	732	15.7	14.5-17.0	785	16.4	15.1-17.7	225	4.7	4.0- 5.5
Illinois	5,222	2,251	43.7	42.1-45.4	918	17.4	16.3-18.7	932	18.4	17.1-19.7	825	15.6	14.5-16.8	296	4.9	4.3- 5.5
Indiana	5,773	2,887	47.5	46.0-49.0	1,026	18.1	16.9-19.3	837	15.4	14.3-16.5	807	15.3	14.2-16.5	216	3.7	3.2- 4.3
Iowa	3,653	1,618	41.7	39.7-43.6	669	17.7	16.3-19.2	639	18.4	16.9-20.0	567	18.0	16.5-19.6	160	4.2	3.5- 5.1
Kansas	4,557	2,146	45.3	43.7-47.0	813	18.4	17.1-19.8	790	18.2	17.0-19.6	647	14.6	13.4-15.8	161	3.5	2.9- 4.1
Kentucky	6,994	5,559	71.3	69.3-73.2	478	8.2	7.2- 9.2	486	10.3	8.9-12.0	351	8.2	7.0- 9.5	120	2.0	1.6- 2.5
Louisiana	4,959	2,852	54.8	53.1-56.5	734	14.9	13.7-16.1	679	14.1	13.0-15.3	538	12.8	11.6-14.1	156	3.5	2.9- 4.2
Maine	2,419	1,039	41.1	38.9-43.3	366	15.3	13.8-17.0	421	17.9	16.3-19.7	399	17.3	15.7-19.1	194	8.3	7.2- 9.7
Maryland	4,378	1,847	41.6	39.8-43.6	732	16.7	15.3-18.1	813	18.5	17.1-20.0	729	16.9	15.5-18.4	257	6.2	5.2- 7.4
Massachusetts	7,381	2,610	32.9	31.5-34.2	1,150	15.7	14.7-16.8	1,503	21.1	19.9-22.3	1,510	21.8	20.6-23.1	608	8.5	7.8- 9.3
Michigan	5,905	2,445	41.1	39.5-42.7	1,091	18.9	17.6-20.2	1,039	17.5	16.3-18.9	1,000	17.2	16.0-18.5	330	5.3	4.7- 6.1
Minnesota	4,461	1,548	32.8	31.2-34.4	806	18.5	17.2-19.9	965	22.0	20.6-23.5	906	21.6	20.1-23.1	236	5.1	4.5- 5.8
Mississippi	4,061	2,599	60.4	58.5-62.3	549	14.2	12.9-15.6	432	11.9	10.7-13.2	368	10.4	9.2-11.8	113	3.2	2.5- 3.9
Missouri	4,713	2,517	46.4	44.5-48.4	780	17.2	15.8-18.7	680	17.5	16.0-19.2	555	14.3	12.8-15.9	181	4.6	3.8- 5.6
Montana	4,002	1,686	37.8	35.8-39.9	694	18.1	16.5-19.8	665	16.9	15.4-18.5	666	20.1	18.4-21.9	291	7.0	6.1- 8.1
Nebraska	4,345	2,107	44.7	42.9-46.5	770	17.5	16.2-18.9	786	19.9	18.4-21.6	531	14.2	12.9-15.6	151	3.6	3.0- 4.4
Nevada	3,138	1,159	38.8	36.3-41.4	508	17.3	15.2-19.7	507	15.9	14.2-17.8	698	20.8	18.9-22.9	266	7.1	5.9- 8.4
New Hampshire	5,016	1,685	32.7	31.3-34.2	832	16.4	15.3-17.6	957	19.9	18.7-21.3	1,047	21.2	19.9-22.5	495	9.8	8.9-10.7
New Jersey	6,143	2,300	39.6	37.0-42.2	1,107	17.4	15.5-19.4	1,301	21.4	19.3-23.7	1,066	16.1	14.4-18.1	369	5.4	4.4- 6.7
New Mexico	4,660	2,159	43.9	42.2-45.7	760	17.7	16.3-19.1	755	17.5	16.1-18.9	717	15.8	14.6-17.2	269	5.1	4.4- 5.9
New York	4,451	1,727	39.0	37.3-40.8	829	18.8	17.4-20.2	834	19.1	17.7-20.6	843	18.7	17.4-20.1	218	4.4	3.8- 5.1
North Carolina	6,693	3,958	58.7	56.9-60.6	739	11.1	10.0-12.3	906	14.6	13.2-16.1	811	12.3	11.1-13.6	279	3.2	2.7- 3.8
North Dakota	2,982	1,142	36.0	34.1-38.0	633	20.9	19.3-22.5	621	21.9	20.2-23.6	489	18.0	16.5-19.7	97	3.3	2.6- 4.0
Ohio	4,069	1,790	43.8	42.0-45.7	717	17.4	16.1-18.8	724	18.0	16.6-19.4	614	15.6	14.3-17.0	224	5.2	4.4- 6.0
Oklahoma	6,728	4,224	58.9	57.5-60.4	938	14.8	13.8-15.9	784	13.2	12.2-14.3	594	10.4	9.5-11.4	188	2.7	2.3- 3.2
Oregon	3,066	1,307	41.2	39.2-43.3	477	15.9	14.5-17.5	485	15.8	14.4-17.4	575	19.6	17.9-21.3	222	7.5	6.5- 8.6
Pennsylvania	13,448	5,972	41.9	40.8-43.0	2,432	18.8	17.9-19.8	2,279	17.6	16.8-18.5	2,116	16.8	16.0-17.7	649	4.8	4.4- 5.3
Rhode Island	3,812	1,335	33.9	32.1-35.7	643	16.7	15.4-18.2	807	21.5	20.0-23.0	738	19.8	18.4-21.4	289	8.1	7.1- 9.2
South Carolina	4,492	2,557	54.2	52.3-56.2	591	13.7	12.3-15.1	564	12.9	11.7-14.2	598	14.6	13.3-16.1	182	4.6	3.8- 5.6
South Dakota	4,777	2,004	40.1	38.5-41.8	909	19.3	18.0-20.7	977	21.4	20.0-22.9	716	15.7	14.6-17.0	171	3.5	2.9- 4.1
Tennessee	3,167	2,227	69.6	67.7-71.5	233	7.6	6.6- 8.8	358	11.3	10.1-12.6	282	9.1	7.9-10.4	67	2.4	1.7- 3.3
Texas	6,089	2,925	46.5	45.0-48.0	1,072	17.3	16.2-18.5	944	16.0	14.9-17.2	892	15.3	14.2-16.4	256	4.9	4.1- 5.9
Utah	4,074	2,739	69.9	68.0-71.7	436	10.6	9.3-12.0	405	9.0	8.0-10.3	351	7.9	6.8- 9.0	143	2.7	2.1- 3.3
Vermont	4,213	1,422	32.4	30.8-34.0	681	16.7	15.5-18.0	743	18.0	16.7-19.3	928	22.7	21.2-24.1	439	10.3	9.3-11.3
Virginia	4,370	2,139	44.8	42.7-47.0	658	16.0	14.4-17.7	649	15.9	14.3-17.5	724	19.4	17.6-21.4	200	3.9	3.3- 4.6
Washington	4,871	1,824	38.0	36.3-39.7	879	17.8	16.5-19.2	844	16.9	15.7-18.2	1,053	21.9	20.5-23.4	271	5.4	4.6- 6.2
West Virginia	3,334	2,240	65.3	63.4-67.1	372	12.1	10.9-13.5	363	11.2	10.0-12.5	262	8.4	7.4- 9.6	97	2.9	2.4- 3.7
Wisconsin	4,343	1,428	30.0	28.4-31.7	809	19.1	17.7-20.6	951	23.0	21.5-24.6	918	22.3	20.8-23.8	237	5.6	4.8- 6.5
Wyoming	3,536	1,493	40.8	39.0-42.7	667	19.1	17.6-20.6	627	17.4	16.0-18.8	567	17.4	15.9-19.1	182	5.4	4.6- 6.3
Guam	828	452	54.9	50.8-58.9	134	15.7	13.0-18.8	119	14.0	11.5-17.1	90	11.4	9.1-14.3	33	4.0	2.7- 5.9
Puerto Rico	4,097	3,051	68.4	66.5-70.2	418	11.7	10.5-13.1	407	13.1	11.7-14.6	182	5.6	4.7- 6.7	39	1.2	0.8- 1.7
Virgin Islands	2,260	1,183	53.5	50.8-56.1	345	15.7	13.8-17.7	288	11.5	9.9-13.2	314	13.7	12.0-15.5	130	5.7	4.6- 7.0

Total
Respond.#

No drinks

1-2 days

3-7 days

8-29 days

Everyday

C.I.(95%)

All Participants

246560

117689

45.3

44.9-45.6

38,718

16.4

16.2-16.7

39,686

17.1

16.8-17.4

37,477

16.1

15.8-16.4

12,990

5.1

4.9- 5.2

Alabama

3,076

1,904

58.1

56.0-60.2

366

12.6

11.2-14.1

382

13.5

12.1-15.0

301

11.1

9.7-12.6

123

4.7

3.9- 5.8

Alaska

2,674

1,116

38.8

36.0-41.7

430

17.4

15.1-19.9

467

17.4

15.4-19.6

512

20.4

18.1-22.9

149

6.0

4.8- 7.6

Arizona

3,210

1,357

39.4

36.8-42.1

500

15.8

13.9-17.8

583

18.6

16.7-20.6

481

16.9

15.0-19.0

289

9.4

7.4-11.7

Arkansas

3,885

2,383

58.5

56.7-60.3

497

13.6

12.3-14.9

441

12.3

11.1-13.6

406

11.7

10.4-13.0

158

4.0

3.4- 4.7

California

4,168

1,641

43.2

41.3-45.1

735

17.5

16.1-19.0

732

17.5

16.1-19.0

811

16.8

15.5-18.1

249

5.1

4.4- 5.9

Colorado

4,038

1,414

33.8

32.1-35.5

742

19.0

17.6-20.5

792

19.9

18.5-21.4

852

21.6

20.2-23.1

238

5.7

5.0- 6.6

Connecticut

5,513

1,844

32.4

30.9-34.0

959

17.5

16.3-18.8

1,107

20.7

19.4-22.1

1,117

20.6

19.3-21.9

486

8.8

7.9- 9.7

Delaware

4,026

1,861

41.2

39.1-43.4

661

17.2

15.5-19.0

608

15.9

14.1-18.0

618

18.1

16.4-20.0

278

7.5

6.3- 8.9

District of Columbia

2,395

817

38.6

35.8-41.4

300

13.0

11.3-14.8

458

19.4

17.2-21.8

606

20.8

18.9-22.9

214

8.2

6.9- 9.8

Florida

6,100

2,678

44.7

43.1-46.2

915

15.0

14.0-16.1

1,077

17.1

16.0-18.2

932

15.6

14.5-16.8

498

7.6

6.9- 8.4

Georgia

5,028

2,802

50.7

48.8-52.7

735

16.4

14.7-18.2

694

15.9

14.6-17.4

600

12.9

11.8-14.2

197

4.0

3.4- 4.8

Hawaii

5,940

3,126

52.3

50.6-54.0

791

14.4

13.2-15.7

747

13.1

12.0-14.4

872

14.6

13.4-15.8

404

5.6

4.9- 6.4

Idaho

5,027

2,593

49.0

47.3-50.7

692

14.3

13.1-15.5

732

15.7

14.5-17.0

785

16.4

15.1-17.7

225

4.7

4.0- 5.5

Illinois

5,222

2,251

43.7

42.1-45.4

918

17.4

16.3-18.7

932

18.4

17.1-19.7

825

15.6

14.5-16.8

296

4.9

4.3- 5.5

Indiana

5,773

2,887

47.5

46.0-49.0

1,026

18.1

16.9-19.3

837

15.4

14.3-16.5

807

15.3

14.2-16.5

216

3.7

3.2- 4.3

Iowa

3,653

1,618

41.7

39.7-43.6

669

17.7

16.3-19.2

639

18.4

16.9-20.0

567

18.0

16.5-19.6

160

4.2

3.5- 5.1

Kansas

4,557

2,146

45.3

43.7-47.0

813

18.4

17.1-19.8

790

18.2

17.0-19.6

647

14.6

13.4-15.8

161

3.5

2.9- 4.1

Kentucky

6,994

5,559

71.3

69.3-73.2

478

8.2

7.2- 9.2

486

10.3

8.9-12.0

351

8.2

7.0- 9.5

120

2.0

1.6- 2.5

Louisiana

4,959

2,852

54.8

53.1-56.5

734

14.9

13.7-16.1

679

14.1

13.0-15.3

538

12.8

11.6-14.1

156

3.5

2.9- 4.2

Maine

2,419

1,039

41.1

38.9-43.3

366

15.3

13.8-17.0

421

17.9

16.3-19.7

399

17.3

15.7-19.1

194

8.3

7.2- 9.7

Maryland

4,378

1,847

41.6

39.8-43.6

732

16.7

15.3-18.1

813

18.5

17.1-20.0

729

16.9

15.5-18.4

257

6.2

5.2- 7.4

Massachusetts

7,381

2,610

32.9

31.5-34.2

1,150

15.7

14.7-16.8

1,503

21.1

19.9-22.3

1,510

21.8

20.6-23.1

608

8.5

7.8- 9.3

Michigan

5,905

2,445

41.1

39.5-42.7

1,091

18.9

17.6-20.2

1,039

17.5

16.3-18.9

1,000

17.2

16.0-18.5

330

5.3

4.7- 6.1

Minnesota

4,461

1,548

32.8

31.2-34.4

806

18.5

17.2-19.9

965

22.0

20.6-23.5

906

21.6

20.1-23.1

236

5.1

4.5- 5.8

Mississippi

4,061

2,599

60.4

58.5-62.3

549

14.2

12.9-15.6

432

11.9

10.7-13.2

368

10.4

9.2-11.8

113

3.2

2.5- 3.9

Missouri

4,713

2,517

46.4

44.5-48.4

780

17.2

15.8-18.7

680

17.5

16.0-19.2

555

14.3

12.8-15.9

181

4.6

3.8- 5.6

Montana

4,002

1,686

37.8

35.8-39.9

694

18.1

16.5-19.8

665

16.9

15.4-18.5

666

20.1

18.4-21.9

291

7.0

6.1- 8.1

Nebraska

4,345

2,107

44.7

42.9-46.5

770

17.5

16.2-18.9

786

19.9

18.4-21.6

531

14.2

12.9-15.6

151

3.6

3.0- 4.4

Nevada

3,138

1,159

38.8

36.3-41.4

508

17.3

15.2-19.7

507

15.9

14.2-17.8

698

20.8

18.9-22.9

266

7.1

5.9- 8.4

New Hampshire

5,016

1,685

32.7

31.3-34.2

832

16.4

15.3-17.6

957

19.9

18.7-21.3

1,047

21.2

19.9-22.5

495

9.8

8.9-10.7

New Jersey

6,143

2,300

39.6

37.0-42.2

1,107

17.4

15.5-19.4

1,301

21.4

19.3-23.7

1,066

16.1

14.4-18.1

369

5.4

4.4- 6.7

New Mexico

4,660

2,159

43.9

42.2-45.7

760

17.7

16.3-19.1

755

17.5

16.1-18.9

717

15.8

14.6-17.2

269

5.1

4.4- 5.9

New York

4,451

1,727

39.0

37.3-40.8

829

18.8

17.4-20.2

834

19.1

17.7-20.6

843

18.7

17.4-20.1

218

4.4

3.8- 5.1

North Carolina

6,693

3,958

58.7

56.9-60.6

739

11.1

10.0-12.3

906

14.6

13.2-16.1

811

12.3

11.1-13.6

279

3.2

2.7- 3.8

North Dakota

2,982

1,142

36.0

34.1-38.0

633

20.9

19.3-22.5

621

21.9

20.2-23.6

489

18.0

16.5-19.7

3.3

2.6- 4.0

Ohio

4,069

1,790

43.8

42.0-45.7

717

17.4

16.1-18.8

724

18.0

16.6-19.4

614

15.6

14.3-17.0

224

5.2

4.4- 6.0

Oklahoma

6,728

4,224

58.9

57.5-60.4

938

14.8

13.8-15.9

784

13.2

12.2-14.3

594

10.4

9.5-11.4

188

2.7

2.3- 3.2

Oregon

3,066

1,307

41.2

39.2-43.3

477

15.9

14.5-17.5

485

15.8

14.4-17.4

575

19.6

17.9-21.3

222

7.5

6.5- 8.6

Pennsylvania

13,448

5,972

41.9

40.8-43.0

2,432

18.8

17.9-19.8

2,279

17.6

16.8-18.5

2,116

16.8

16.0-17.7

649

4.8

4.4- 5.3

Rhode Island

3,812

1,335

33.9

32.1-35.7

643

16.7

15.4-18.2

807

21.5

20.0-23.0

738

19.8

18.4-21.4

289

8.1

7.1- 9.2

South Carolina

4,492

2,557

54.2

52.3-56.2

591

13.7

12.3-15.1

564

12.9

11.7-14.2

598

14.6

13.3-16.1

182

4.6

3.8- 5.6

South Dakota

4,777

2,004

40.1

38.5-41.8

909

19.3

18.0-20.7

977

21.4

20.0-22.9

716

15.7

14.6-17.0

171

3.5

2.9- 4.1

Tennessee

3,167

2,227

69.6

67.7-71.5

233

7.6

6.6- 8.8

358

11.3

10.1-12.6

282

9.1

7.9-10.4

2.4

1.7- 3.3

Texas

6,089

2,925

46.5

45.0-48.0

1,072

17.3

16.2-18.5

944

16.0

14.9-17.2

892

15.3

14.2-16.4

256

4.9

4.1- 5.9

Utah

4,074

2,739

69.9

68.0-71.7

436

10.6

9.3-12.0

405

9.0

8.0-10.3

351

7.9

6.8- 9.0

143

2.7

2.1- 3.3

Vermont

4,213

1,422

32.4

30.8-34.0

681

16.7

15.5-18.0

743

18.0

16.7-19.3

928

22.7

21.2-24.1

439

10.3

9.3-11.3

Virginia

4,370

2,139

44.8

42.7-47.0

658

16.0

14.4-17.7

649

15.9

14.3-17.5

724

19.4

17.6-21.4

200

3.9

3.3- 4.6

Washington

4,871

1,824

38.0

36.3-39.7

879

17.8

16.5-19.2

844

16.9

15.7-18.2

1,053

21.9

20.5-23.4

271

5.4

4.6- 6.2

West Virginia

3,334

2,240

65.3

63.4-67.1

372

12.1

10.9-13.5

363

11.2

10.0-12.5

262

8.4

7.4- 9.6

2.9

2.4- 3.7

Wisconsin

4,343

1,428

30.0

28.4-31.7

809

19.1

17.7-20.6

951

23.0

21.5-24.6

918

22.3

20.8-23.8

237

5.6

4.8- 6.5

Wyoming

3,536

1,493

40.8

39.0-42.7

667

19.1

17.6-20.6

627

17.4

16.0-18.8

567

17.4

15.9-19.1

182

5.4

4.6- 6.3

Guam

828

452

54.9

50.8-58.9

134

15.7

13.0-18.8

119

14.0

11.5-17.1

11.4

9.1-14.3

4.0

2.7- 5.9

Puerto Rico

4,097

3,051

68.4

66.5-70.2

418

11.7

10.5-13.1

407

13.1

11.7-14.6

182

5.6

4.7- 6.7

1.2

0.8- 1.7

Virgin Islands

2,260

1,183

53.5

50.8-56.1

345

15.7

13.8-17.7

288

11.5

9.9-13.2

314

13.7

12.0-15.5

130

5.7

4.6- 7.0

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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Alcohol Consumption

A drink of alcohol is 1 can or bottle of beer, 1 glass of wine, 1 can or bottle of wine cooler, 1 cocktail, or 1 shot of liquor. During the past 30 days, how many days per week or per month did you have at least one drink of any alcoholic beverage?

A drink of alcohol is 1 can or bottle of beer, 1 glass of wine, 1 can or bottle of wine cooler, 1 cocktail, or 1 shot of liquor.
During the past 30 days, how many days per week or per month did you have at least one drink of any alcoholic beverage?