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2003 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 265173 141250 56.1 55.7-56.4 123923 43.9 43.6-44.3
Alabama 3,324 1,285 41.5 39.5-43.5 2,039 58.5 56.5-60.5
Alaska 2,645 1,569 61.6 59.0-64.2 1,076 38.4 35.8-41.0
Arizona 3,221 1,809 58.1 55.5-60.6 1,412 41.9 39.4-44.5
Arkansas 4,190 1,762 44.4 42.7-46.2 2,428 55.6 53.8-57.3
California 4,459 2,779 59.9 58.1-61.6 1,680 40.1 38.4-41.9
Colorado 4,059 2,686 66.9 65.2-68.6 1,373 33.1 31.4-34.8
Connecticut 5,288 3,623 68.6 67.1-70.0 1,665 31.4 30.0-32.9
Delaware 4,038 2,315 60.7 58.7-62.7 1,723 39.3 37.3-41.3
District of Columbia 2,031 1,381 62.6 59.8-65.3 650 37.4 34.7-40.2
Florida 5,015 2,639 57.5 55.4-59.7 2,376 42.5 40.3-44.6
Georgia 7,605 3,331 50.9 49.3-52.5 4,274 49.1 47.5-50.7
Hawaii 5,958 3,224 55.5 53.9-57.1 2,734 44.5 42.9-46.1
Idaho 4,979 2,382 50.5 48.9-52.2 2,597 49.5 47.8-51.1
Illinois 5,251 3,047 59.8 58.0-61.6 2,204 40.2 38.4-42.0
Indiana 5,469 2,752 52.1 50.6-53.5 2,717 47.9 46.5-49.4
Iowa 4,990 2,855 60.0 58.4-61.7 2,135 40.0 38.3-41.6
Kansas 4,599 2,021 45.7 44.0-47.4 2,578 54.3 52.6-56.0
Kentucky 7,554 1,906 33.7 32.0-35.5 5,648 66.3 64.5-68.0
Louisiana 5,027 2,278 47.8 46.1-49.4 2,749 52.2 50.6-53.9
Maine 2,381 1,420 61.7 59.5-63.9 961 38.3 36.1-40.5
Maryland 4,417 2,681 60.8 58.9-62.6 1,736 39.2 37.4-41.1
Massachusetts 7,555 4,999 68.1 66.7-69.4 2,556 31.9 30.6-33.3
Michigan 3,542 2,069 60.5 58.6-62.3 1,473 39.5 37.7-41.4
Minnesota 3,868 2,577 67.5 65.8-69.1 1,291 32.5 30.9-34.2
Mississippi 4,394 1,654 40.9 39.2-42.7 2,740 59.1 57.3-60.8
Missouri 4,248 2,045 53.5 51.4-55.6 2,203 46.5 44.4-48.6
Montana 4,016 2,411 63.2 61.2-65.2 1,605 36.8 34.8-38.8
Nebraska 4,950 2,814 59.6 58.1-61.2 2,136 40.4 38.8-41.9
Nevada 2,949 1,862 61.1 58.5-63.6 1,087 38.9 36.4-41.5
New Hampshire 5,030 3,333 66.5 65.0-68.0 1,697 33.5 32.0-35.0
New Jersey 11,257 7,107 62.4 61.3-63.4 4,150 37.6 36.6-38.7
New Mexico 5,482 3,020 57.4 55.8-59.0 2,462 42.6 41.0-44.2
New York 5,518 3,450 61.7 60.1-63.2 2,068 38.3 36.8-39.9
North Carolina 9,407 3,542 41.4 39.8-43.1 5,865 58.6 56.9-60.2
North Dakota 3,015 1,891 65.2 63.3-67.1 1,124 34.8 32.9-36.7
Ohio 3,806 2,154 56.6 54.6-58.6 1,652 43.4 41.4-45.4
Oklahoma 7,604 3,030 43.4 42.0-44.7 4,574 56.6 55.3-58.0
Oregon 4,010 2,439 61.3 59.5-63.0 1,571 38.7 37.0-40.5
Pennsylvania 3,657 2,124 59.4 57.6-61.2 1,533 40.6 38.8-42.4
Rhode Island 4,041 2,626 66.9 65.1-68.6 1,415 33.1 31.4-34.9
South Carolina 5,906 2,866 48.7 47.2-50.2 3,040 51.3 49.8-52.8
South Dakota 5,248 3,019 60.8 59.2-62.4 2,229 39.2 37.6-40.8
Tennessee 2,546 799 32.0 29.9-34.2 1,747 68.0 65.8-70.1
Texas 6,013 3,153 54.0 52.5-55.5 2,860 46.0 44.5-47.5
Utah 4,045 1,294 31.4 29.5-33.3 2,751 68.6 66.7-70.5
Vermont 4,238 2,770 66.6 65.0-68.3 1,468 33.4 31.7-35.0
Virginia 5,416 2,742 54.9 53.1-56.7 2,674 45.1 43.3-46.9
Washington 18,567 11,073 61.8 60.9-62.7 7,494 38.2 37.3-39.1
West Virginia 3,337 1,077 34.0 32.2-36.0 2,260 66.0 64.0-67.8
Wisconsin 4,038 2,772 71.3 69.6-73.0 1,266 28.7 27.0-30.4
Wyoming 3,992 2,302 59.1 57.3-60.8 1,690 40.9 39.2-42.7
Guam 803 376 45.7 41.8-49.7 427 54.3 50.3-58.2
Puerto Rico 4,147 1,101 32.6 30.7-34.6 3,046 67.4 65.4-69.3
Virgin Islands 2,028 1,014 50.8 47.9-53.7 1,014 49.2 46.3-52.1

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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 and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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