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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption-WHITE 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 2,401 885 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
AGE
18-24 113 22 18.8 11.6-29.0 30 28.6 19.5-39.9 18 15.7 9.1-25.9 8 6.5 3.0-13.8 35 30.3 21.2-41.3
25-34 359 84 25.7 20.6-31.6 105 28.0 23.0-33.6 76 23.6 18.6-29.4 29 7.4 4.9-11.2 65 15.3 11.5-20.1
35-44 515 139 27.3 23.1-31.9 202 40.8 36.0-45.8 93 16.3 13.1-20.2 30 6.4 4.3- 9.6 51 9.2 6.7-12.3
45-54 499 161 34.1 29.3-39.3 183 36.9 32.1-42.1 72 14.2 11.1-18.0 36 5.4 3.7- 7.8 47 9.3 6.6-12.9
55-64 469 214 48.5 43.2-53.8 144 31.5 26.7-36.6 63 11.6 8.6-15.4 18 2.6 1.5- 4.4 30 5.9 3.7- 9.3
65-74 272 157 59.2 52.4-65.7 80 28.3 22.6-34.9 27 9.0 6.1-13.2 3 1.1 0.3- 4.0 5 2.3 0.9- 5.9
75+ 167 107 62.8 54.0-70.8 42 25.9 19.0-34.2 8 6.1 2.8-12.6 6 2.4 1.0- 5.5 4 2.8 0.9- 8.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 181 49 18.9 12.8-27.0 46 33.5 24.2-44.3 36 21.6 13.9-32.0 11 5.9 2.9-11.5 39 20.1 13.0-29.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 547 178 30.9 26.0-36.3 152 26.0 21.4-31.2 96 18.0 14.1-22.6 40 6.6 4.4- 9.8 81 18.5 14.2-23.9
Some Post-H.S. 555 188 31.2 26.5-36.3 186 32.7 28.1-37.8 84 16.1 12.4-20.7 31 5.4 3.4- 8.5 66 14.6 10.9-19.2
College Graduate 1,117 470 39.6 36.2-43.1 404 37.0 33.6-40.5 142 13.3 11.0-16.0 49 4.7 3.3- 6.6 52 5.4 3.9- 7.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 102 31 24.9 16.1-36.4 29 27.5 17.3-40.8 22 28.1 16.2-44.0 7 8.3 2.6-23.5 13 11.2 5.9-20.3
$15,000- 24,999 239 83 23.3 17.3-30.6 56 27.8 20.2-36.9 42 19.3 13.7-26.4 14 7.1 3.6-13.5 44 22.5 15.8-31.0
$25,000- 34,999 254 83 34.4 26.9-42.8 67 22.2 16.6-29.1 48 18.9 12.9-26.8 19 6.7 3.7-12.0 37 17.8 11.4-26.7
$35,000- 49,999 377 133 32.3 26.9-38.2 122 33.5 27.7-39.8 56 15.6 11.5-20.9 27 6.8 4.3-10.7 39 11.8 8.0-17.2
$50,000-74,999 453 170 37.1 31.8-42.8 163 37.6 31.9-43.6 55 10.8 7.7-14.8 26 5.6 3.4- 9.1 39 8.9 6.3-12.5
$75,000+ 743 298 36.3 32.4-40.3 275 37.8 33.8-42.0 102 14.7 11.9-18.1 28 4.0 2.7- 6.0 40 7.2 4.8-10.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 543 229 40.0 34.7-45.5 148 29.5 24.7-34.9 78 15.8 11.8-20.9 31 4.9 3.1- 7.6 57 9.8 7.2-13.3
No 1,809 641 32.5 29.9-35.2 626 34.1 31.4-36.9 272 15.7 13.6-18.0 95 5.4 4.2- 6.9 175 12.3 10.3-14.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 827 365 40.4 36.2-44.7 250 31.0 26.9-35.3 97 11.8 9.3-14.8 43 5.4 3.7- 7.8 72 11.5 8.4-15.5
Non-Veteran 1,570 520 31.2 28.5-34.2 534 33.9 31.0-36.9 261 17.4 15.0-20.0 88 5.4 4.2- 7.0 167 12.1 10.1-14.5

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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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