BRFSS 2005 - North Carolina: (During the past 30 days, have you had at least one drink of any alcoholic beverage such as beer, wine, a malt beverage, or liquor?)

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption-AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALES

During the past 30 days, have you had at least one drink of any alcoholic beverage such as beer, wine, a malt beverage, or liquor?

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
TOTAL	2,122	474	23.4	21.2-25.8	1,648	76.6	74.2-78.8
GENDER
Female	2,122	474	23.4	21.2-25.8	1,648	76.6	74.2-78.8
RACE
African American	2,122	474	23.4	21.2-25.8	1,648	76.6	74.2-78.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic	41	10	21.9	10.6-39.7	31	78.1	60.3-89.4
-English Speaking	11	3	44.2	16.0-76.6	8	55.8	23.4-84.0
-Spanish Speaking	30	7	17.1	7.1-35.8	23	82.9	64.2-92.9
Non-Hispanic	2,081	464	23.5	21.2-25.9	1,617	76.5	74.1-78.8
AGE
18-24	128	39	30.0	21.3-40.6	89	70.0	59.4-78.7
25-34	342	120	33.2	27.4-39.6	222	66.8	60.4-72.6
35-44	444	137	33.0	27.8-38.6	307	67.0	61.4-72.2
45-54	435	100	22.2	17.9-27.2	335	77.8	72.8-82.1
55-64	361	48	13.2	9.3-18.2	313	86.8	81.8-90.7
65-74	237	26	8.8	5.8-13.0	211	91.2	87.0-94.2
75+	160	4	3.3	1.0-10.4	156	96.7	89.6-99.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	415	47	12.9	8.9-18.2	368	87.1	81.8-91.1
H.S. or G.E.D.	732	164	21.9	18.4-25.9	568	78.1	74.1-81.6
Some Post-H.S.	527	129	26.0	21.7-30.9	398	74.0	69.1-78.3
College Graduate	444	134	32.8	27.3-38.8	310	67.2	61.2-72.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	462	86	17.6	13.9-22.1	376	82.4	77.9-86.1
$15,000- 24,999	512	104	21.2	17.1-25.9	408	78.8	74.1-82.9
$25,000- 34,999	317	80	27.8	21.9-34.6	237	72.2	65.4-78.1
$35,000- 49,999	218	67	29.5	22.7-37.3	151	70.5	62.7-77.3
$50,000-74,999	162	48	32.2	23.2-42.8	114	67.8	57.2-76.8
$75,000+	132	41	30.6	22.4-40.4	91	69.4	59.6-77.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	760	134	19.3	15.8-23.4	626	80.7	76.6-84.2
No	1,269	322	25.6	22.6-28.7	947	74.4	71.3-77.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	72	29	42.5	28.6-57.7	43	57.5	42.3-71.4
Non-Veteran	2,045	445	22.8	20.5-25.3	1,600	77.2	74.7-79.5

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^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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