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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption-FEMALES

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 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 3,001 1,688 52.4 50.1-54.7 903 30.4 28.3-32.5 242 9.6 8.2-11.1 89 3.4 2.6- 4.4 79 4.2 3.2- 5.7
African American 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
Asian 19 14 74.5 48.2-90.2 4 20.7 7.2-46.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.8 0.6-27.9 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 40 14 22.6 11.3-40.2 11 35.7 17.6-59.2 4 21.3 6.7-50.4 2 4.8 0.9-22.7 9 15.5 6.8-31.8
Other Minorities 73 34 48.4 34.1-63.0 18 21.8 12.4-35.4 10 16.5 7.8-31.5 7 8.2 3.7-17.2 4 5.1 1.7-14.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 97 51 54.2 42.2-65.8 21 18.6 10.9-29.9 12 14.0 7.5-24.7 8 7.8 3.5-16.7 5 5.3 2.2-12.4
-English Speaking 57 30 53.7 37.9-68.7 16 25.3 13.8-41.7 6 10.4 4.3-23.0 5 10.6 3.6-27.1 0 0.0 . - .
-Spanish Speaking 40 21 54.7 36.9-71.4 5 12.2 4.2-30.3 6 17.5 7.4-36.0 3 5.2 1.6-15.3 5 10.4 4.2-23.6
Non-Hispanic 3,494 1,944 51.8 49.7-53.9 1,056 30.9 28.9-32.9 286 9.8 8.5-11.3 107 3.3 2.6- 4.2 101 4.2 3.2- 5.5
AGE
18-24 206 59 24.4 18.2-32.0 68 35.4 27.9-43.8 40 20.5 14.6-27.9 13 5.7 3.0-10.7 26 13.9 8.9-21.1
25-34 615 272 44.6 40.0-49.2 207 32.6 28.5-37.1 80 13.8 10.9-17.3 31 5.0 3.3- 7.5 25 4.0 2.4- 6.4
35-44 825 410 50.8 46.8-54.7 270 32.3 28.8-36.1 80 9.1 7.1-11.6 35 4.1 2.8- 5.9 30 3.7 2.4- 5.5
45-54 786 433 57.0 52.9-61.0 259 31.2 27.5-35.1 54 6.9 5.1- 9.4 23 2.8 1.8- 4.4 17 2.1 1.2- 3.6
55-64 612 403 66.8 62.3-71.0 167 25.8 22.0-29.9 27 4.7 3.1- 7.2 10 1.3 0.6- 2.5 5 1.4 0.4- 4.6
65-74 318 232 73.9 67.9-79.1 69 22.3 17.4-28.2 12 2.6 1.4- 4.9 2 0.4 0.1- 1.7 3 0.8 0.2- 2.5
75+ 215 178 83.0 76.5-88.0 31 14.9 10.2-21.2 5 1.7 0.6- 4.6 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 163 70 36.2 27.5-45.9 41 24.5 16.6-34.6 17 15.6 8.3-27.4 12 7.0 3.8-12.5 23 16.8 10.3-26.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 830 447 53.2 49.0-57.3 232 26.8 23.3-30.5 86 11.4 9.0-14.5 36 4.4 3.0- 6.6 29 4.2 2.7- 6.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,009 550 48.2 44.2-52.3 296 31.7 27.8-35.8 87 10.3 7.9-13.2 41 4.5 3.1- 6.5 35 5.4 3.3- 8.7
College Graduate 1,590 928 56.0 52.9-59.0 509 32.1 29.4-35.0 108 8.2 6.6-10.3 26 1.9 1.1- 3.2 19 1.8 1.0- 3.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 256 126 40.1 31.9-48.9 67 30.6 21.8-41.1 30 11.8 7.4-18.4 16 8.3 3.9-16.8 17 9.1 4.9-16.2
$15,000- 24,999 481 229 41.6 35.7-47.7 142 28.5 23.3-34.3 54 13.2 9.2-18.5 23 5.4 3.4- 8.5 33 11.3 7.0-17.9
$25,000- 34,999 399 207 49.4 43.0-55.8 122 28.9 23.7-34.8 41 11.8 8.2-16.7 14 4.7 2.5- 8.5 15 5.2 2.8- 9.4
$35,000- 49,999 535 275 50.2 45.1-55.3 175 32.2 27.6-37.2 55 11.8 8.8-15.5 21 3.7 2.4- 5.8 9 2.1 0.9- 4.8
$50,000-74,999 587 325 53.7 48.8-58.6 198 34.2 29.6-39.2 39 6.9 4.8- 9.7 16 3.5 1.9- 6.3 9 1.7 0.7- 4.0
$75,000+ 929 577 59.2 55.4-62.9 271 30.2 26.9-33.9 57 7.6 5.6-10.1 13 1.4 0.7- 2.7 11 1.6 0.8- 3.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 804 458 53.3 48.7-57.9 217 26.7 22.9-30.8 63 9.4 6.8-13.0 30 4.0 2.6- 6.2 36 6.5 4.2-10.0
No 2,713 1,494 51.7 49.3-54.1 842 31.4 29.2-33.7 230 10.1 8.7-11.8 83 3.4 2.6- 4.5 64 3.4 2.4- 4.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 100 50 53.5 41.9-64.8 25 22.3 14.6-32.6 15 17.2 9.8-28.4 5 3.7 1.5- 8.9 5 3.3 1.1- 9.3
Non-Veteran 3,491 1,945 51.9 49.7-54.0 1,052 30.6 28.6-32.6 283 9.8 8.5-11.2 110 3.5 2.8- 4.4 101 4.3 3.3- 5.5

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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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