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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption

During the past 30 days, what is the largest number of drinks you had on any occasion?

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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 6,444 1,995 26.5 25.1-27.9 1,798 25.9 24.5-27.3 1,082 18.2 17.0-19.6 445 7.5 6.7- 8.4 1,124 21.9 20.5-23.4
GENDER
Male 2,888 624 19.3 17.5-21.2 696 23.4 21.4-25.5 528 19.0 17.1-21.1 253 8.8 7.6-10.2 787 29.5 27.3-31.7
Female 3,556 1,371 36.0 34.1-38.0 1,102 29.2 27.4-31.1 554 17.2 15.6-18.9 192 5.7 4.7- 6.8 337 11.9 10.4-13.5
RACE
White 5,339 1,645 26.3 24.8-27.7 1,511 26.0 24.5-27.5 897 17.9 16.6-19.3 372 7.5 6.6- 8.5 914 22.4 20.8-24.0
African American 767 253 29.1 25.2-33.4 205 25.4 21.4-29.9 132 20.1 16.3-24.5 53 8.1 5.7-11.4 124 17.2 14.2-20.8
Asian 42 21 51.1 33.5-68.4 10 22.4 11.1-40.1 6 15.3 6.1-33.1 1 1.4 0.2- 9.2 4 9.8 3.2-26.1
Native American 72 16 22.6 11.9-38.9 13 17.4 8.4-32.8 9 10.0 4.6-20.4 3 5.1 1.6-15.2 31 44.9 30.5-60.1
Other Minorities 209 54 20.1 13.9-28.3 55 26.7 19.0-36.1 36 21.2 13.3-32.2 16 7.4 3.9-13.5 48 24.6 17.2-33.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 240 62 20.5 14.8-27.7 59 25.3 18.3-33.9 39 19.4 13.5-27.1 15 6.0 3.1-11.2 65 28.8 21.7-37.0
-English Speaking 91 31 28.8 19.5-40.3 28 30.4 20.4-42.7 11 14.7 7.9-25.6 9 11.0 5.4-21.0 12 15.2 7.8-27.3
-Spanish Speaking 149 31 18.0 11.5-27.0 31 23.8 15.5-34.7 28 20.8 13.6-30.5 6 4.5 1.7-11.7 53 32.9 24.1-43.0
Non-Hispanic 6,201 1,932 26.9 25.6-28.3 1,738 25.9 24.5-27.4 1,042 18.2 16.9-19.5 430 7.6 6.8- 8.5 1,059 21.4 20.0-22.9
AGE
18-24 353 62 15.7 11.4-21.2 74 20.7 15.9-26.5 74 21.8 16.5-28.2 29 7.5 4.8-11.4 114 34.3 28.3-40.9
25-34 1,093 255 20.8 18.1-23.8 264 22.4 19.6-25.5 183 17.8 15.1-20.8 99 8.7 6.9-10.9 292 30.3 26.9-33.9
35-44 1,468 356 22.1 19.7-24.6 422 28.0 25.2-31.1 252 18.1 15.8-20.6 121 9.3 7.5-11.4 317 22.6 20.1-25.3
45-54 1,366 404 27.9 25.1-30.9 375 26.4 23.6-29.4 252 19.5 17.0-22.4 99 7.3 5.8- 9.1 236 18.9 16.4-21.7
55-64 1,142 412 36.1 32.9-39.5 356 30.3 27.2-33.5 189 17.3 14.8-20.1 63 5.4 4.0- 7.3 122 10.9 8.9-13.4
65-74 599 272 43.4 38.9-48.0 186 29.8 25.8-34.1 90 16.6 13.3-20.6 21 4.2 2.5- 6.8 30 6.0 4.1- 8.8
75+ 398 225 57.2 51.5-62.8 117 29.0 24.2-34.5 37 9.2 6.5-13.0 8 2.3 1.1- 4.9 11 2.2 1.1- 4.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 454 112 19.3 14.8-24.7 90 23.9 18.2-30.6 79 18.7 14.1-24.3 34 6.8 4.3-10.6 139 31.4 25.6-37.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,526 485 27.4 24.6-30.5 398 23.8 21.1-26.8 224 17.1 14.2-20.5 103 7.3 5.7- 9.2 316 24.3 21.4-27.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,655 533 27.7 25.1-30.5 439 23.5 21.0-26.2 285 18.4 16.1-21.1 113 7.3 5.8- 9.1 285 23.1 20.2-26.3
College Graduate 2,806 864 26.9 24.9-28.9 870 29.1 27.1-31.2 494 18.7 17.0-20.6 195 7.9 6.7- 9.3 383 17.4 15.6-19.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 403 125 24.9 19.7-30.8 102 23.2 17.7-29.7 61 18.4 13.1-25.2 28 5.4 3.4- 8.6 87 28.2 21.7-35.7
$15,000- 24,999 841 275 23.5 19.9-27.6 195 22.3 18.2-27.1 143 18.4 14.9-22.4 56 8.2 5.7-11.5 172 27.6 23.1-32.7
$25,000- 34,999 717 216 28.3 23.9-33.1 174 20.3 16.7-24.5 128 20.5 15.5-26.5 51 7.0 5.0- 9.8 148 23.9 19.5-28.9
$35,000- 49,999 971 275 25.7 22.5-29.1 281 25.8 22.6-29.4 164 17.2 14.5-20.3 70 8.0 6.1-10.5 181 23.3 19.8-27.1
$50,000-74,999 1,081 327 26.1 23.0-29.4 346 31.7 28.2-35.4 160 15.9 13.2-18.9 74 8.2 6.1-10.8 174 18.3 15.5-21.4
$75,000+ 1,729 500 24.6 22.4-27.0 509 27.5 25.1-30.1 326 20.5 18.3-22.9 129 8.3 6.8-10.0 265 19.1 16.8-21.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,466 517 31.3 28.2-34.6 386 24.5 21.7-27.5 237 18.5 15.4-21.9 81 5.4 4.1- 7.1 245 20.3 17.4-23.6
No 4,837 1,433 25.3 23.8-26.9 1,376 26.0 24.5-27.7 826 18.4 17.0-19.9 359 8.2 7.2- 9.3 843 22.1 20.4-23.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,025 279 24.7 21.6-28.1 264 24.5 21.2-28.1 194 20.1 17.2-23.4 84 9.2 7.1-11.8 204 21.5 18.2-25.1
Non-Veteran 5,410 1,714 26.8 25.3-28.3 1,530 26.1 24.6-27.7 886 17.9 16.5-19.4 361 7.2 6.3- 8.2 919 22.0 20.5-23.7

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*This question 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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