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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Binge Drinking

During the most recent occasion when you had 5 or more alcoholic beverages, about how many beers, including malt liquor, did you drink?*

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  Total
Respond.#
1-2 beers 3-4 beers 5-6 beers 7+ beers None
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 7,793 460 7.6 6.5- 8.9 723 10.3 9.0-11.8 3,159 36.7 34.6-38.8 2,000 27.5 25.5-29.6 1,451 17.9 16.3-19.6
California 603 69 10.4 7.9-13.5 67 11.1 8.5-14.5 188 31.9 27.6-36.5 116 25.2 21.0-30.0 163 21.4 18.0-25.2
Maine 305 6 2.1 0.9- 4.9 24 7.3 4.8-11.0 129 41.9 35.7-48.3 90 34.4 28.2-41.2 56 14.4 10.7-19.0
Michigan 531 41 7.4 5.3-10.2 65 11.7 8.8-15.4 201 38.4 33.8-43.3 126 26.1 21.9-30.8 98 16.3 13.0-20.3
Minnesota 612 19 3.1 1.9- 5.0 64 11.7 8.7-15.5 220 34.2 30.1-38.7 186 33.4 29.1-37.9 123 17.6 14.5-21.2
Montana 636 32 5.5 3.6- 8.4 57 8.4 5.9-11.7 278 45.2 39.7-50.8 169 27.1 22.4-32.3 100 13.8 10.5-18.0
Nebraska 659 31 4.7 3.1- 7.2 55 8.9 6.5-12.0 317 45.4 41.1-49.9 168 30.3 26.1-34.9 88 10.6 8.5-13.3
Nevada 504 37 7.3 4.7-11.2 42 8.7 5.7-13.1 188 36.5 30.5-42.9 115 22.8 18.0-28.5 122 24.6 19.4-30.8
New Hampshire 684 48 6.5 4.8- 8.7 71 10.2 7.8-13.2 282 41.2 36.9-45.6 128 23.8 19.8-28.3 155 18.3 15.4-21.6
North Carolina 598 40 5.1 3.2- 7.9 52 6.8 4.6-10.0 239 40.5 34.0-47.4 144 31.7 25.3-39.0 123 15.9 12.3-20.2
Pennsylvania 542 35 6.1 4.2- 8.7 50 9.8 7.3-13.1 235 44.5 39.8-49.3 140 26.3 22.4-30.7 82 13.3 10.5-16.6
South Dakota 760 26 3.6 2.3- 5.6 46 5.5 3.9- 7.8 334 41.0 36.9-45.2 245 37.6 33.5-42.0 109 12.2 9.8-15.2
Wisconsin 805 51 6.0 4.3- 8.4 81 8.9 6.7-11.8 292 35.4 31.5-39.5 235 33.7 29.5-38.1 146 16.0 13.3-19.1
Wyoming 554 25 5.5 3.4- 8.8 49 9.5 7.0-12.6 256 44.0 39.3-48.8 138 28.1 23.8-32.9 86 12.9 10.2-16.1

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

*Asked only of respondents who reported having at least one occasion of binge drinking (past 30 days)

#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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