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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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 644 290 39.6 34.7-44.6 218 35.1 30.0-40.7 80 15.2 11.8-19.3 27 4.0 2.6- 6.1 29 6.1 3.9- 9.5
GENDER
Male 280 102 32.7 26.1-40.0 99 37.1 29.3-45.6 48 17.6 12.8-23.7 14 4.1 2.2- 7.4 17 8.6 4.9-14.5
Female 364 188 48.3 41.8-54.8 119 32.7 26.8-39.2 32 12.1 8.0-18.0 13 3.9 2.2- 6.9 12 3.0 1.5- 5.8
AGE
18-24 34 7 17.3 7.1-36.3 13 51.6 30.3-72.4 6 11.8 4.6-27.1 2 3.8 0.8-16.1 6 15.5 5.7-35.7
25-34 146 49 30.7 22.5-40.3 58 36.2 27.7-45.8 26 21.7 14.4-31.4 5 4.1 1.7- 9.9 8 7.2 3.4-14.9
35-44 148 72 46.7 37.1-56.6 52 33.9 25.3-43.8 13 12.0 6.6-20.8 4 2.9 1.1- 7.7 7 4.5 1.8-10.7
45-54 156 76 47.2 37.7-56.9 41 25.9 18.2-35.5 21 16.1 10.0-25.0 11 6.1 3.2-11.4 7 4.6 2.0-10.4
55-64 97 49 49.1 36.5-61.9 31 31.7 21.5-44.1 13 15.6 8.1-27.9 3 3.0 0.7-11.9 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2
65-74 50 29 59.4 43.2-73.9 19 38.1 24.0-54.5 1 1.2 0.2- 8.5 1 1.2 0.2- 8.2 0 0.0 . - .
75+ 12 8 68.7 37.8-88.8 3 27.2 8.7-59.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.0 0.5-24.8 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 92 29 29.1 18.4-42.7 31 29.9 19.8-42.4 18 20.3 11.9-32.6 8 11.5 5.4-22.8 6 9.3 3.3-23.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 201 87 35.9 27.5-45.3 63 33.0 23.4-44.2 28 19.0 12.5-27.7 9 3.0 1.3- 6.8 14 9.1 4.6-17.1
Some Post-H.S. 186 83 38.1 30.0-46.8 68 36.6 28.1-46.1 20 14.3 8.8-22.5 7 4.3 2.0- 9.2 8 6.6 3.0-14.1
College Graduate 165 91 50.7 40.4-61.0 56 38.8 28.8-49.8 14 8.8 4.8-15.7 3 1.5 0.4- 4.8 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 91 47 45.4 33.0-58.4 23 24.6 14.8-38.0 13 20.4 10.8-35.4 3 4.5 1.3-14.0 5 5.1 1.8-13.6
$15,000- 24,999 143 63 38.9 27.9-51.1 50 35.7 23.7-49.8 17 18.0 10.4-29.2 4 1.7 0.6- 4.7 9 5.8 2.6-12.5
$25,000- 34,999 98 36 33.9 22.5-47.6 38 42.7 28.5-58.2 13 12.9 6.8-23.2 10 8.5 4.1-16.7 1 2.0 0.3-12.7
$35,000- 49,999 99 45 37.2 27.1-48.6 33 32.9 22.9-44.8 15 21.7 13.0-33.9 2 2.4 0.5-10.5 4 5.8 1.9-16.2
$50,000-74,999 71 38 48.9 35.3-62.8 20 30.7 19.0-45.5 10 15.4 7.6-29.0 2 3.6 0.9-13.4 1 1.3 0.2- 8.7
$75,000+ 86 37 37.9 27.2-50.0 36 44.8 33.0-57.3 7 8.4 3.5-18.7 3 3.8 1.1-12.1 3 5.0 1.4-16.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 193 86 35.0 26.9-44.0 56 30.5 22.4-40.0 27 20.2 13.3-29.5 12 6.7 3.5-12.5 12 7.6 3.7-14.9
No 424 192 41.5 35.3-47.9 156 38.0 31.4-45.0 45 11.6 8.2-16.1 15 3.2 1.8- 5.6 16 5.8 3.2-10.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 102 41 38.6 27.9-50.5 41 38.3 27.4-50.4 11 14.6 7.6-26.4 5 3.7 1.3-10.0 4 4.8 1.5-13.8
Non-Veteran 539 249 39.9 34.5-45.5 175 34.4 28.7-40.7 68 15.2 11.6-19.7 22 4.1 2.5- 6.5 25 6.4 3.9-10.4

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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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