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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

Binge Drinking*

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  Total
Respond.#
No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 264035 230086 84.2 83.9-84.5 33,949 15.8 15.5-16.1
Alabama 3,309 3,002 87.9 86.3-89.4 307 12.1 10.6-13.7
Alaska 2,628 2,141 81.6 79.3-83.6 487 18.4 16.4-20.7
Arizona 3,204 2,791 83.4 81.1-85.5 413 16.6 14.5-18.9
Arkansas 4,174 3,763 87.5 86.1-88.7 411 12.5 11.3-13.9
California 4,447 3,841 84.1 82.7-85.5 606 15.9 14.5-17.3
Colorado 4,047 3,436 81.7 80.1-83.1 611 18.3 16.9-19.9
Connecticut 5,273 4,526 83.5 82.2-84.7 747 16.5 15.3-17.8
Delaware 4,027 3,438 81.4 79.5-83.1 589 18.6 16.9-20.5
District of Columbia 2,013 1,658 81.4 79.1-83.6 355 18.6 16.4-20.9
Florida 4,993 4,383 84.5 82.7-86.1 610 15.5 13.9-17.3
Georgia 7,554 6,824 87.0 85.7-88.1 730 13.0 11.9-14.3
Hawaii 5,940 5,193 84.9 83.6-86.1 747 15.1 13.9-16.4
Idaho 4,962 4,314 84.5 83.1-85.8 648 15.5 14.2-16.9
Illinois 5,234 4,446 82.0 80.4-83.5 788 18.0 16.5-19.6
Indiana 5,447 4,751 84.9 83.7-86.1 696 15.1 13.9-16.3
Iowa 4,979 4,214 80.6 79.1-82.0 765 19.4 18.0-20.9
Kansas 4,582 4,093 86.1 84.6-87.4 489 13.9 12.6-15.4
Kentucky 7,532 7,106 90.7 89.4-91.9 426 9.3 8.1-10.6
Louisiana 4,987 4,321 83.6 82.2-84.9 666 16.4 15.1-17.8
Maine 2,370 2,045 83.2 81.2-85.0 325 16.8 15.0-18.8
Maryland 4,400 3,831 85.0 83.5-86.5 569 15.0 13.5-16.5
Massachusetts 7,514 6,292 81.7 80.5-82.9 1,222 18.3 17.1-19.5
Michigan 3,534 2,987 80.9 79.2-82.5 547 19.1 17.5-20.8
Minnesota 3,848 3,228 80.3 78.6-81.8 620 19.7 18.2-21.4
Mississippi 4,360 3,960 88.6 87.4-89.8 400 11.4 10.2-12.6
Missouri 4,233 3,649 82.8 81.0-84.5 584 17.2 15.5-19.0
Montana 4,004 3,311 80.9 79.0-82.6 693 19.1 17.4-21.0
Nebraska 4,936 4,244 82.0 80.6-83.4 692 18.0 16.6-19.4
Nevada 2,935 2,425 82.1 79.9-84.1 510 17.9 15.9-20.1
New Hampshire 5,014 4,268 82.3 80.9-83.6 746 17.7 16.4-19.1
New Jersey 11,215 9,726 84.0 83.1-84.9 1,489 16.0 15.1-16.9
New Mexico 5,465 4,777 84.7 83.4-85.9 688 15.3 14.1-16.6
New York 5,483 4,703 83.1 81.7-84.3 780 16.9 15.7-18.3
North Carolina 9,360 8,730 91.4 90.3-92.5 630 8.6 7.5- 9.7
North Dakota 3,005 2,461 78.6 76.8-80.4 544 21.4 19.6-23.2
Ohio 3,779 3,214 83.3 81.7-84.8 565 16.7 15.2-18.3
Oklahoma 7,581 6,828 86.7 85.6-87.7 753 13.3 12.3-14.4
Oregon 3,993 3,471 84.5 83.0-85.8 522 15.5 14.2-17.0
Pennsylvania 3,641 3,067 82.0 80.4-83.4 574 18.0 16.6-19.6
Rhode Island 4,018 3,409 81.8 80.1-83.4 609 18.2 16.6-19.9
South Carolina 5,888 5,191 85.6 84.3-86.7 697 14.4 13.3-15.7
South Dakota 5,233 4,437 81.0 79.6-82.4 796 19.0 17.6-20.4
Tennessee 2,524 2,377 93.4 92.2-94.5 147 6.6 5.5- 7.8
Texas 5,979 5,153 83.7 82.5-84.9 826 16.3 15.1-17.5
Utah 4,035 3,640 89.8 88.4-91.0 395 10.2 9.0-11.6
Vermont 4,220 3,660 82.7 81.1-84.2 560 17.3 15.8-18.9
Virginia 5,382 4,732 84.9 83.3-86.3 650 15.1 13.7-16.7
Washington 18,509 16,219 84.8 84.1-85.5 2,290 15.2 14.5-15.9
West Virginia 3,322 3,020 88.9 87.5-90.2 302 11.1 9.8-12.5
Wisconsin 4,027 3,187 75.8 74.1-77.5 840 24.2 22.5-25.9
Wyoming 3,985 3,392 81.7 80.2-83.2 593 18.3 16.8-19.8
Guam 793 656 81.3 77.9-84.3 137 18.7 15.7-22.1
Puerto Rico 4,112 3,818 90.2 88.8-91.4 294 9.8 8.6-11.2
Virgin Islands 2,006 1,737 85.8 83.5-87.7 269 14.2 12.3-16.5

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

*Data in this table were derived from the alcohol consumption questions.
1=Yes = Respondents who report they did not drink in the past 30 days and who did not have five or more drinks on an occasion.
No = Respondents who report they did drink in the past 30 days and had five or more drinks on one or more occasions in the past 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 and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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