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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption

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 6,537 3,065 41.3 39.7-42.8 2,041 32.1 30.6-33.7 726 12.8 11.6-14.0 286 4.8 4.1- 5.6 419 9.0 8.0-10.2
GENDER
Male 2,944 1,069 33.3 31.2-35.6 963 33.5 31.2-35.8 428 14.9 13.1-16.8 171 5.8 4.8- 7.0 313 12.5 10.9-14.4
Female 3,593 1,996 51.9 49.8-54.0 1,078 30.4 28.5-32.3 298 10.0 8.7-11.4 115 3.5 2.8- 4.4 106 4.2 3.3- 5.5
RACE
White 5,402 2,573 42.2 40.5-43.9 1,691 31.9 30.3-33.5 600 13.0 11.8-14.3 220 4.5 3.8- 5.3 318 8.5 7.3- 9.7
African American 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
Asian 43 27 64.3 46.3-78.9 14 33.5 19.3-51.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.3 0.2- 9.1 1 0.9 0.1- 6.0
Native American 75 23 29.5 17.6-45.2 17 21.4 11.9-35.3 11 17.4 8.1-33.3 4 7.9 2.6-21.7 20 23.9 14.3-37.1
Other Minorities 213 68 24.4 17.7-32.6 71 34.3 25.8-44.0 27 15.9 8.7-27.3 19 7.3 3.9-13.2 28 18.0 11.5-27.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 247 81 26.2 20.0-33.6 79 35.0 27.2-43.8 30 11.4 7.3-17.4 15 5.5 2.8-10.6 42 21.8 15.4-29.8
-English Speaking 95 41 40.3 29.4-52.2 35 41.7 30.3-54.0 9 9.0 4.4-17.6 6 6.2 2.2-16.0 4 2.8 1.0- 7.5
-Spanish Speaking 152 40 21.9 14.9-31.0 44 33.0 23.6-43.9 21 12.2 7.2-19.9 9 5.3 2.2-11.9 38 27.7 19.4-37.7
Non-Hispanic 6,287 2,982 42.4 40.8-44.0 1,961 31.9 30.4-33.5 696 12.9 11.7-14.2 271 4.8 4.1- 5.5 377 8.0 7.0- 9.1
AGE
18-24 360 91 22.1 17.2-27.9 115 32.6 26.8-38.9 61 18.0 13.1-24.2 25 6.6 4.2-10.4 68 20.7 15.9-26.6
25-34 1,112 389 33.1 29.8-36.6 362 32.0 28.7-35.5 173 17.2 14.6-20.2 70 6.2 4.7- 8.1 118 11.5 9.3-14.1
35-44 1,485 599 38.1 35.1-41.1 521 37.0 34.0-40.2 187 12.0 10.2-14.1 77 5.6 4.3- 7.4 101 7.3 5.8- 9.1
45-54 1,393 629 44.3 41.1-47.5 478 33.4 30.4-36.5 145 11.3 9.3-13.5 68 4.6 3.5- 6.0 73 6.5 4.8- 8.7
55-64 1,154 654 56.9 53.4-60.3 324 27.9 24.9-31.1 103 9.0 7.1-11.2 32 2.1 1.4- 3.2 41 4.1 2.8- 6.1
65-74 612 400 65.1 60.6-69.4 156 25.7 21.9-30.0 41 6.3 4.5- 8.8 6 1.1 0.4- 2.9 9 1.7 0.8- 3.6
75+ 396 292 72.7 67.3-77.5 75 19.8 15.7-24.8 15 4.0 2.2- 7.0 7 1.2 0.6- 2.6 7 2.2 1.0- 4.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 463 145 24.2 19.3-29.8 127 32.9 26.8-39.7 70 15.2 11.1-20.5 34 7.3 4.7-11.1 87 20.5 15.5-26.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,557 688 39.8 36.5-43.1 438 27.4 24.4-30.6 208 15.4 12.6-18.6 85 5.5 4.2- 7.3 138 11.9 9.6-14.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,676 776 39.6 36.6-42.7 521 32.6 29.6-35.7 185 12.9 10.8-15.4 80 4.9 3.7- 6.4 114 10.0 7.9-12.6
College Graduate 2,838 1,454 47.4 45.1-49.7 955 34.5 32.3-36.7 263 10.6 9.2-12.2 87 3.7 2.9- 4.9 79 3.8 2.9- 5.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 422 171 31.5 25.9-37.6 118 31.1 24.7-38.4 59 15.3 10.7-21.5 27 7.3 4.1-12.7 47 14.8 10.3-20.7
$15,000- 24,999 856 353 31.2 27.1-35.6 241 30.6 25.9-35.7 118 14.5 11.6-18.0 47 6.9 4.7-10.0 97 16.9 13.0-21.6
$25,000- 34,999 728 319 40.3 35.3-45.5 205 24.6 20.7-29.0 101 17.4 12.6-23.4 37 5.3 3.5- 7.8 66 12.5 9.1-17.0
$35,000- 49,999 987 433 40.1 36.4-43.9 316 32.4 28.8-36.2 125 14.2 11.6-17.2 58 6.0 4.4- 8.1 55 7.3 5.2-10.2
$50,000-74,999 1,091 517 44.5 40.8-48.3 376 35.2 31.6-39.1 99 9.3 7.3-11.8 46 5.0 3.5- 7.2 53 5.9 4.3- 7.9
$75,000+ 1,742 902 46.4 43.6-49.2 577 35.1 32.4-37.9 163 10.9 9.2-12.8 44 3.0 2.1- 4.3 56 4.7 3.4- 6.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,488 732 44.3 40.8-47.7 410 28.8 25.7-32.1 168 13.9 11.0-17.6 66 4.3 3.1- 5.8 112 8.8 6.9-11.0
No 4,901 2,263 40.6 38.8-42.4 1,591 33.0 31.3-34.8 542 12.5 11.3-13.8 212 4.9 4.1- 5.8 293 9.0 7.8-10.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,047 460 41.3 37.6-45.1 311 30.0 26.5-33.7 127 12.1 9.9-14.8 62 6.1 4.4- 8.2 87 10.5 7.9-13.8
Non-Veteran 5,481 2,602 41.3 39.6-43.0 1,725 32.5 30.8-34.2 598 12.9 11.6-14.3 224 4.6 3.9- 5.4 332 8.7 7.6-10.0

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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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