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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption-MALES

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 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
RACE
White 2,401 885 33.8 31.4-36.2 788 33.1 30.8-35.6 358 15.8 13.9-17.8 131 5.4 4.4- 6.7 239 11.9 10.2-13.9
African American 335 122 37.1 30.8-43.8 103 34.0 27.7-40.9 46 10.6 7.5-14.9 26 7.5 4.7-11.8 38 10.8 7.5-15.4
Asian 24 13 60.2 38.0-78.8 10 38.6 20.2-60.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.2 0.2- 8.4
Native American 35 9 34.0 17.2-56.0 6 12.1 4.9-26.9 7 14.8 5.4-34.9 2 9.9 2.5-31.8 11 29.2 15.5-48.3
Other Minorities 140 34 18.5 11.8-27.8 53 37.4 27.1-49.0 17 15.8 7.5-30.1 12 7.1 3.3-14.7 24 21.2 13.2-32.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 150 30 16.3 10.2-25.1 58 40.9 30.9-51.7 18 10.5 5.8-18.2 7 4.7 1.7-11.8 37 27.6 19.2-38.0
-English Speaking 38 11 24.2 12.7-41.4 19 61.3 43.8-76.4 3 7.4 2.2-22.4 1 1.0 0.1- 6.8 4 6.1 2.1-16.1
-Spanish Speaking 112 19 14.9 8.4-25.2 39 37.4 26.4-49.9 15 11.1 5.8-20.0 6 5.3 1.9-13.7 33 31.3 21.5-43.1
Non-Hispanic 2,793 1,038 35.0 32.8-37.3 905 32.7 30.5-35.0 410 15.3 13.5-17.3 164 5.9 4.9- 7.1 276 11.0 9.5-12.7
AGE
18-24 154 32 20.3 13.6-29.1 47 30.3 22.3-39.7 21 16.1 9.3-26.4 12 7.3 3.9-13.5 42 26.0 18.6-35.1
25-34 497 117 25.4 21.1-30.3 155 31.5 26.9-36.6 93 19.5 15.7-24.0 39 7.0 4.9-10.0 93 16.5 13.1-20.7
35-44 660 189 28.7 24.8-32.9 251 40.5 36.0-45.2 107 14.1 11.4-17.3 42 6.8 4.7- 9.6 71 9.9 7.6-12.9
45-54 607 196 34.9 30.4-39.6 219 35.0 30.7-39.7 91 14.5 11.5-18.1 45 5.9 4.2- 8.2 56 9.7 6.9-13.5
55-64 542 251 49.4 44.5-54.3 157 29.5 25.2-34.2 76 12.2 9.3-15.7 22 2.8 1.7- 4.6 36 6.2 4.0- 9.3
65-74 294 168 58.3 51.8-64.6 87 28.3 22.9-34.6 29 9.2 6.2-13.2 4 1.7 0.6- 4.9 6 2.5 1.0- 5.8
75+ 181 114 61.6 53.1-69.3 44 25.2 18.6-33.1 10 6.4 3.3-12.3 6 2.1 0.9- 4.9 7 4.7 2.1-10.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 300 75 20.1 14.6-27.1 86 35.7 28.1-44.1 53 15.1 10.4-21.3 22 7.4 4.3-12.4 64 21.7 15.7-29.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 727 241 31.1 26.8-35.7 206 27.8 23.6-32.5 122 17.9 13.8-23.0 49 6.3 4.3- 9.0 109 16.9 13.4-21.2
Some Post-H.S. 667 226 31.3 27.1-35.9 225 33.4 29.1-38.1 98 15.5 12.2-19.5 39 5.3 3.5- 7.8 79 14.5 11.1-18.7
College Graduate 1,248 526 40.3 37.1-43.6 446 36.4 33.2-39.7 155 12.5 10.4-14.9 61 5.3 3.9- 7.1 60 5.5 4.0- 7.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 166 45 23.8 16.7-32.8 51 31.6 22.8-41.9 29 18.4 11.1-28.9 11 6.4 2.7-14.8 30 19.7 12.6-29.5
$15,000- 24,999 375 124 24.5 19.3-30.5 99 31.9 25.2-39.5 64 15.3 11.5-20.1 24 7.8 4.6-12.9 64 20.4 15.0-27.2
$25,000- 34,999 329 112 33.8 27.1-41.3 83 21.5 16.3-27.9 60 21.3 14.1-30.9 23 5.7 3.3- 9.6 51 17.7 12.3-24.8
$35,000- 49,999 452 158 32.5 27.5-37.8 141 32.5 27.3-38.2 70 16.0 12.2-20.7 37 7.7 5.2-11.2 46 11.3 7.9-15.9
$50,000-74,999 504 192 38.0 33.0-43.4 178 36.0 30.7-41.5 60 11.0 8.0-15.0 30 6.1 3.9- 9.5 44 8.8 6.4-12.1
$75,000+ 813 325 36.3 32.6-40.2 306 38.9 35.0-42.9 106 13.4 10.9-16.5 31 4.3 2.9- 6.3 45 7.1 4.9-10.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 684 274 37.2 32.5-42.2 193 30.4 25.9-35.4 105 17.5 12.9-23.3 36 4.4 2.8- 6.8 76 10.5 8.0-13.7
No 2,188 769 32.3 29.9-34.8 749 34.2 31.7-36.8 312 14.3 12.5-16.3 129 6.0 4.8- 7.4 229 13.2 11.3-15.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 947 410 40.3 36.5-44.3 286 30.6 26.9-34.6 112 11.7 9.4-14.5 57 6.3 4.5- 8.6 82 11.0 8.3-14.6
Non-Veteran 1,990 657 31.0 28.5-33.6 673 34.4 31.7-37.2 315 15.9 13.8-18.3 114 5.7 4.5- 7.1 231 13.1 11.2-15.3

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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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