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 MALES

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	915	349	38.6	34.6-42.8	566	61.4	57.2-65.4
GENDER
Male	915	349	38.6	34.6-42.8	566	61.4	57.2-65.4
RACE
African American	915	349	38.6	34.6-42.8	566	61.4	57.2-65.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic	44	15	36.2	20.5-55.4	29	63.8	44.6-79.5
-English Speaking	16	4	16.6	5.0-42.8	12	83.4	57.2-95.0
-Spanish Speaking	28	11	44.4	24.2-66.7	17	55.6	33.3-75.8
Non-Hispanic	871	334	38.8	34.7-43.1	537	61.2	56.9-65.3
AGE
18-24	56	25	37.2	24.2-52.3	31	62.8	47.7-75.8
25-34	134	72	54.2	44.2-63.8	62	45.8	36.2-55.8
35-44	177	82	45.7	37.4-54.3	95	54.3	45.7-62.6
45-54	215	84	38.1	30.5-46.3	131	61.9	53.7-69.5
55-64	169	55	30.4	23.0-38.9	114	69.6	61.1-77.0
65-74	109	21	16.1	10.2-24.5	88	83.9	75.5-89.8
75+	53	10	16.5	8.5-29.5	43	83.5	70.5-91.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	204	49	21.4	14.7-29.9	155	78.6	70.1-85.3
H.S. or G.E.D.	341	144	44.2	37.7-51.0	197	55.8	49.0-62.3
Some Post-H.S.	199	82	39.7	31.1-48.9	117	60.3	51.1-68.9
College Graduate	169	74	48.4	39.8-57.1	95	51.6	42.9-60.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	151	42	28.9	20.6-39.0	109	71.1	61.0-79.4
$15,000- 24,999	204	75	42.0	33.3-51.1	129	58.0	48.9-66.7
$25,000- 34,999	131	48	33.2	24.0-44.0	83	66.8	56.0-76.0
$35,000- 49,999	123	57	38.7	28.3-50.4	66	61.3	49.6-71.7
$50,000-74,999	85	38	40.2	27.8-53.9	47	59.8	46.1-72.2
$75,000+	88	43	54.2	42.1-65.9	45	45.8	34.1-57.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	327	101	31.7	25.8-38.4	226	68.3	61.6-74.2
No	538	234	41.9	36.5-47.4	304	58.1	52.6-63.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	248	87	33.9	27.4-41.1	161	66.1	58.9-72.6
Non-Veteran	661	260	39.8	35.0-44.9	401	60.2	55.1-65.0

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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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