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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Binge Drinking

During the same occasion, about how many drinks of liquor, including cocktails, did you have?*

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  Total
Respond.#
1-2 liquor drinks 3-4 liquor drinks 5-6 liquor drinks 7+ liquor drinks None
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 7,535 1,140 17.4 15.7-19.3 759 13.0 11.4-14.7 802 11.6 10.2-13.3 375 5.8 4.8- 7.0 4,459 52.2 49.8-54.5
California 602 98 16.2 12.9-20.1 89 14.3 11.3-18.0 66 11.5 8.7-15.0 33 5.6 3.8- 8.2 316 52.4 47.6-57.2
Maine 302 49 16.8 12.4-22.3 19 6.1 3.7- 9.9 33 8.8 6.0-12.7 10 3.8 2.0- 7.4 191 64.5 58.1-70.4
Michigan 227 81 38.3 31.2-46.0 57 22.2 16.7-28.8 64 26.9 20.7-34.1 25 12.7 8.3-18.7 0 0.0 . - .
Minnesota 613 99 18.6 14.9-23.1 51 9.1 6.8-12.1 74 10.7 8.3-13.5 34 5.9 4.0- 8.8 355 55.7 51.0-60.3
Montana 642 76 16.1 12.2-20.9 48 8.6 5.9-12.3 58 7.5 5.1-10.7 33 5.8 3.4- 9.7 427 62.1 56.4-67.4
Nebraska 659 82 14.8 11.5-18.8 55 8.8 6.6-11.8 64 8.7 6.7-11.3 22 3.8 2.4- 6.0 436 63.9 59.4-68.2
Nevada 504 77 12.9 9.5-17.2 58 11.7 8.1-16.5 56 10.2 6.9-14.8 29 8.9 5.4-14.1 284 56.4 49.9-62.7
New Hampshire 692 110 18.4 15.0-22.5 68 10.7 8.2-13.9 69 8.9 6.8-11.6 17 2.0 1.2- 3.3 428 60.0 55.5-64.3
North Carolina 598 91 12.7 9.1-17.4 61 10.4 7.0-15.1 53 10.0 6.9-14.2 21 3.7 2.0- 6.8 372 63.2 56.8-69.3
Pennsylvania 546 65 13.8 10.7-17.7 56 11.5 8.6-15.0 50 9.5 6.8-13.0 25 4.6 3.0- 7.0 350 60.6 55.8-65.3
South Dakota 772 86 13.4 10.5-17.0 46 6.7 4.7- 9.5 71 9.9 7.4-13.0 44 5.5 3.8- 7.7 525 64.5 60.2-68.7
Wisconsin 811 141 18.7 15.2-22.7 88 12.1 9.2-15.6 81 9.9 7.8-12.5 50 5.9 4.2- 8.1 451 53.5 49.2-57.8
Wyoming 567 85 16.2 12.9-20.1 63 12.3 9.3-16.1 63 10.3 7.8-13.3 32 6.3 4.2- 9.5 324 54.9 50.1-59.7

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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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