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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption-WHITES

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 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
GENDER
Male 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
Female 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
AGE
18-24 268 64 20.8 15.6-27.3 79 31.4 24.9-38.6 49 17.8 12.8-24.1 19 6.5 3.9-10.9 57 23.5 17.7-30.5
25-34 816 277 33.0 29.3-37.1 265 30.8 27.2-34.7 135 19.0 15.8-22.7 53 6.5 4.7- 8.8 86 10.7 8.3-13.6
35-44 1,176 476 38.2 35.0-41.5 421 37.1 33.9-40.5 157 13.1 11.0-15.6 54 5.2 3.8- 7.0 68 6.4 4.9- 8.3
45-54 1,164 520 44.2 40.8-47.7 410 34.5 31.3-37.9 119 11.2 9.1-13.5 55 4.2 3.1- 5.7 60 5.9 4.3- 8.0
55-64 1,017 578 56.8 53.1-60.4 290 28.6 25.4-32.1 89 8.7 6.8-11.1 27 2.0 1.3- 3.1 33 3.9 2.5- 6.0
65-74 561 368 65.8 61.1-70.2 144 25.7 21.7-30.2 37 6.1 4.3- 8.6 4 0.7 0.2- 2.2 8 1.7 0.7- 3.7
75+ 378 281 73.5 68.0-78.3 73 20.2 15.9-25.3 13 3.8 2.0- 6.9 7 1.3 0.6- 2.8 4 1.3 0.4- 4.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 271 86 24.0 18.2-31.0 69 29.4 22.1-37.9 44 19.9 13.5-28.5 18 6.3 3.6-10.5 54 20.4 14.4-28.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,188 531 40.3 36.7-44.0 332 26.7 23.5-30.1 161 14.9 12.3-17.8 66 5.8 4.2- 7.8 98 12.4 9.7-15.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,401 657 39.6 36.4-43.0 427 32.1 28.9-35.5 159 13.3 11.0-16.1 63 4.8 3.5- 6.6 95 10.1 7.8-12.9
College Graduate 2,540 1,298 47.3 44.9-49.7 863 34.7 32.4-37.0 236 10.8 9.3-12.5 73 3.4 2.6- 4.6 70 3.8 2.8- 5.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 254 101 30.1 23.2-38.1 68 30.5 22.1-40.4 45 20.5 13.5-29.8 15 8.6 4.0-17.3 25 10.4 6.3-16.6
$15,000- 24,999 585 251 29.9 25.4-34.9 160 28.9 23.7-34.8 81 16.5 12.7-21.2 27 6.1 3.7- 9.8 66 18.5 13.8-24.4
$25,000- 34,999 563 253 42.3 36.8-48.1 157 24.7 20.5-29.4 74 14.7 10.9-19.6 31 5.9 3.8- 9.2 48 12.3 8.4-17.9
$35,000- 49,999 837 368 40.1 36.1-44.3 272 32.9 28.9-37.1 105 14.0 11.2-17.4 45 5.5 3.8- 7.8 47 7.5 5.2-10.7
$50,000-74,999 984 460 44.0 40.1-47.9 345 36.0 32.1-40.0 91 9.3 7.2-11.9 40 4.8 3.2- 7.1 48 5.9 4.3- 8.2
$75,000+ 1,607 832 46.7 43.9-49.6 529 34.3 31.6-37.1 156 11.5 9.7-13.6 41 2.9 2.0- 4.1 49 4.6 3.2- 6.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,185 598 46.2 42.4-50.0 318 27.8 24.5-31.3 131 13.2 10.5-16.4 55 4.5 3.2- 6.3 83 8.3 6.4-10.9
No 4,113 1,929 41.4 39.5-43.3 1,345 33.0 31.1-34.9 458 12.9 11.5-14.3 158 4.4 3.6- 5.4 223 8.3 7.0- 9.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 897 398 41.1 37.1-45.3 266 30.2 26.4-34.3 110 12.4 9.9-15.3 47 5.3 3.7- 7.6 76 11.0 8.1-14.8
Non-Veteran 4,499 2,174 42.4 40.6-44.3 1,420 32.2 30.4-34.0 490 13.1 11.8-14.6 173 4.4 3.6- 5.3 242 8.0 6.8- 9.3

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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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