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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption-AFRICAN AMERICANS

One drink is equivalent to a 12 ounce beer, a 5 ounce glass of wine, or a drink with one shot of liquor.
During the past 30 days, on the days when you drank, about how many drinks did you drink on the average?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Only one Two Three Four Five or more
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 788 364 42.2 37.7-46.8 244 33.5 29.0-38.2 86 10.6 8.2-13.6 42 5.8 3.9- 8.4 52 8.0 5.8-10.8
GENDER
Male 335 122 37.1 30.8-43.8 103 34.0 27.7-40.9 46 10.6 7.5-14.9 26 7.5 4.7-11.8 38 10.8 7.5-15.4
Female 453 242 49.8 44.0-55.6 141 32.7 27.2-38.7 40 10.6 7.4-15.1 16 3.1 1.8- 5.5 14 3.7 2.1- 6.5
AGE
18-24 61 21 31.6 19.0-47.7 27 49.2 33.8-64.6 6 8.0 3.3-18.3 1 1.9 0.3-12.2 6 9.4 3.6-22.4
25-34 190 87 43.4 34.7-52.5 56 30.0 21.8-39.8 21 10.8 6.8-16.8 11 6.5 3.1-13.1 15 9.2 5.4-15.4
35-44 209 83 37.3 29.8-45.4 70 35.0 27.6-43.3 25 11.0 6.9-17.2 14 8.2 4.1-15.8 17 8.5 5.0-14.0
45-54 174 86 47.3 37.8-57.0 52 29.1 21.4-38.2 19 12.0 6.4-21.2 11 6.4 3.2-12.3 6 5.3 2.1-12.9
55-64 99 53 52.4 40.3-64.2 26 24.6 15.5-36.6 10 11.5 5.5-22.3 4 3.7 1.1-11.8 6 7.8 2.9-19.2
65-74 43 27 56.3 39.2-72.1 11 26.2 14.4-42.8 3 9.2 2.7-27.0 1 5.5 0.8-30.0 1 2.8 0.4-17.5
75+ 12 7 62.6 32.4-85.4 2 20.6 5.2-55.2 2 9.7 2.1-35.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 7.1 1.0-37.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 86 35 42.5 28.5-57.9 19 22.4 12.5-36.9 13 10.6 5.1-20.6 8 9.1 4.1-19.1 11 15.3 7.8-27.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 293 136 42.7 35.4-50.3 88 33.6 26.4-41.8 31 9.2 6.0-13.8 13 4.8 2.2-10.0 25 9.7 6.0-15.5
Some Post-H.S. 206 88 37.9 29.8-46.6 74 38.4 29.7-47.8 20 11.4 6.6-19.2 12 4.9 2.6- 9.2 12 7.4 4.0-13.4
College Graduate 203 105 45.8 37.2-54.6 63 32.8 24.9-41.7 22 12.2 7.7-18.7 9 6.7 3.0-14.3 4 2.5 0.9- 6.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 123 56 39.6 29.3-50.9 31 22.5 14.8-32.7 11 9.3 4.6-18.1 8 5.6 2.1-14.1 17 23.0 13.1-37.0
$15,000- 24,999 170 75 42.7 33.2-52.8 48 30.5 20.9-42.1 23 12.0 7.2-19.1 12 7.3 3.3-15.6 12 7.5 3.9-14.2
$25,000- 34,999 123 52 44.1 33.0-55.8 40 29.2 19.4-41.4 18 14.6 8.5-23.9 5 4.1 1.6- 9.9 8 8.0 3.6-16.7
$35,000- 49,999 119 56 43.8 33.6-54.5 37 32.2 23.0-43.1 14 10.9 6.3-18.3 8 8.0 3.7-16.5 4 5.1 1.8-13.2
$50,000-74,999 84 45 45.4 32.5-58.9 24 30.2 18.6-45.2 7 12.7 5.1-28.6 4 5.9 2.0-16.6 4 5.7 2.0-15.3
$75,000+ 84 43 40.5 28.3-54.0 29 42.2 29.5-56.0 6 6.5 2.5-15.8 2 5.2 1.1-21.1 4 5.6 2.0-14.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 221 100 42.0 34.0-50.4 72 36.5 28.3-45.5 27 11.4 7.3-17.2 7 2.1 1.0- 4.6 15 8.0 4.5-13.9
No 537 248 41.1 35.8-46.6 163 32.8 27.5-38.6 56 10.8 7.8-14.6 34 6.8 4.5-10.2 36 8.5 5.8-12.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 112 44 37.9 28.1-48.7 37 32.8 23.4-43.7 16 13.6 7.7-22.8 11 11.1 5.7-20.5 4 4.7 1.6-13.0
Non-Veteran 674 319 42.8 37.9-47.9 207 33.7 28.9-39.0 69 10.0 7.5-13.2 31 4.9 3.1- 7.8 48 8.5 6.1-11.7

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported drinking at least one drink in the last month.

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = 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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