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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption-WHITES

During the past 30 days, how many days per week or per month did you have at least one drink of any alcoholic beverage?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 No drinks 1-2 days 3-7 days 8-29 days Everyday
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 5,455 39 0.7 0.5- 1.0 1,643 30.9 29.3-32.5 1,684 31.1 29.5-32.7 1,564 29.3 27.8-30.9 525 8.0 7.2- 8.9
GENDER
Male 2,414 11 0.4 0.2- 0.7 564 25.5 23.2-27.9 732 31.0 28.7-33.5 809 33.4 31.0-35.8 298 9.7 8.5-11.2
Female 3,041 28 1.0 0.7- 1.6 1,079 37.4 35.2-39.7 952 31.1 29.1-33.2 755 24.4 22.6-26.4 227 6.0 5.2- 7.0
AGE
18-24 271 2 0.6 0.1- 2.4 112 42.4 35.3-49.8 98 32.7 26.4-39.7 54 21.5 16.0-28.3 5 2.8 1.1- 7.0
25-34 818 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4 300 34.8 31.0-38.8 284 34.5 30.6-38.5 216 28.6 24.9-32.5 17 2.1 1.2- 3.7
35-44 1,199 12 1.1 0.6- 2.1 385 29.7 26.8-32.8 387 31.8 28.7-35.0 355 31.9 28.8-35.2 60 5.5 4.1- 7.3
45-54 1,167 7 0.5 0.2- 1.1 338 27.8 24.8-31.0 367 31.5 28.3-34.8 350 32.0 28.8-35.4 105 8.3 6.7-10.2
55-64 1,027 6 0.7 0.3- 1.6 275 26.9 23.8-30.3 294 28.3 25.1-31.8 314 30.4 27.2-33.8 138 13.7 11.3-16.4
65-74 563 6 1.2 0.4- 3.1 141 23.6 19.8-27.9 153 25.6 21.7-29.9 166 29.7 25.5-34.3 97 19.9 16.1-24.4
75+ 386 4 1.1 0.4- 3.2 88 23.6 18.7-29.3 93 23.4 18.8-28.7 101 27.0 22.1-32.6 100 24.8 20.2-30.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 282 4 1.3 0.4- 3.7 97 40.9 32.8-49.5 80 26.4 19.9-34.1 65 21.0 15.6-27.8 36 10.5 6.5-16.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,198 11 0.7 0.3- 1.5 419 34.7 31.2-38.4 375 31.5 28.1-35.1 270 23.4 20.2-27.0 123 9.6 7.8-11.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,416 11 0.8 0.4- 1.5 475 34.9 31.6-38.4 427 30.0 26.9-33.2 360 27.0 24.0-30.1 143 7.4 6.0- 9.1
College Graduate 2,557 13 0.5 0.3- 0.9 652 25.1 23.0-27.3 801 32.2 30.0-34.6 868 34.9 32.6-37.2 223 7.3 6.3- 8.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 261 7 1.4 0.6- 3.3 103 41.0 32.2-50.4 71 24.9 18.3-32.9 50 22.5 15.3-31.8 30 10.2 5.8-17.3
$15,000- 24,999 595 6 1.0 0.4- 2.7 202 33.4 28.1-39.1 182 30.2 25.1-35.9 140 26.4 21.6-31.9 65 8.9 6.4-12.4
$25,000- 34,999 577 4 0.6 0.2- 1.9 195 39.2 33.7-45.1 177 28.7 24.1-33.8 141 24.2 19.6-29.5 60 7.2 5.3- 9.8
$35,000- 49,999 843 5 0.7 0.3- 1.9 271 31.7 27.8-35.8 256 30.9 27.1-35.1 226 26.7 23.1-30.7 85 9.9 7.7-12.8
$50,000-74,999 988 5 0.5 0.2- 1.2 299 30.3 26.8-34.0 328 35.0 31.2-39.0 275 27.7 24.4-31.4 81 6.5 5.0- 8.3
$75,000+ 1,616 7 0.3 0.1- 0.7 414 25.3 22.8-27.9 502 32.1 29.4-34.9 559 35.2 32.5-38.0 134 7.1 5.9- 8.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,211 11 0.7 0.3- 1.2 396 34.8 31.2-38.6 353 28.2 25.0-31.6 296 25.5 22.3-28.9 155 10.9 9.1-13.0
No 4,136 25 0.6 0.4- 0.9 1,225 30.2 28.4-32.1 1,293 31.7 29.9-33.6 1,243 30.4 28.6-32.2 350 7.1 6.2- 8.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 902 5 0.6 0.2- 1.4 209 24.5 21.1-28.3 267 32.0 28.0-36.3 273 28.8 25.1-32.8 148 14.1 11.7-16.9
Non-Veteran 4,547 34 0.7 0.5- 1.0 1,432 32.1 30.3-34.0 1,415 30.9 29.2-32.7 1,289 29.4 27.7-31.2 377 6.9 6.0- 7.8

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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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