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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption

During the past 30 days, what is the largest number of drinks you had on any occasion?

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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 5,701 1,802 28.0 26.4-29.6 1,672 27.3 25.8-28.9 876 15.4 14.1-16.7 470 8.4 7.5- 9.4 881 20.9 19.3-22.6
GENDER
Male 2,575 586 20.7 18.6-23.0 645 23.9 21.7-26.2 470 17.1 15.2-19.1 229 8.4 7.1- 9.8 645 30.0 27.5-32.6
Female 3,126 1,216 37.4 35.2-39.6 1,027 31.8 29.7-33.9 406 13.1 11.7-14.7 241 8.5 7.3-10.0 236 9.1 7.8-10.7
RACE
White 4,721 1,514 28.8 27.1-30.6 1,397 27.7 26.0-29.4 732 15.7 14.3-17.1 377 8.3 7.3- 9.3 701 19.6 17.9-21.4
African American 629 197 27.8 23.3-32.7 200 30.1 25.2-35.5 91 14.2 11.2-17.9 57 9.9 7.2-13.5 84 18.0 13.9-23.1
Asian 39 16 34.6 17.4-57.0 10 24.4 10.5-47.1 7 34.9 14.1-63.6 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1 5 5.8 1.6-19.5
Native American 74 17 14.2 7.9-24.2 14 14.6 7.8-25.8 13 23.4 12.9-38.8 13 14.6 7.2-27.2 17 33.2 19.5-50.5
Other Minorities 217 51 19.8 14.0-27.3 44 20.5 13.8-29.3 28 9.0 5.5-14.5 21 8.2 4.7-14.0 73 42.5 33.9-51.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 215 57 20.8 15.0-28.1 45 22.9 15.7-32.1 28 9.6 5.9-15.2 17 7.0 3.8-12.8 68 39.7 31.3-48.9
-English Speaking 101 33 27.3 18.4-38.4 30 31.4 20.9-44.3 14 15.5 7.5-29.2 6 4.8 2.0-11.1 18 20.9 12.2-33.6
-Spanish Speaking 114 24 17.8 11.0-27.7 15 19.0 10.5-32.0 14 6.9 3.7-12.6 11 8.0 3.7-16.4 50 48.3 36.9-59.8
Non-Hispanic 5,478 1,741 28.5 26.9-30.1 1,625 27.6 26.1-29.2 847 15.8 14.5-17.1 453 8.6 7.6- 9.6 812 19.5 18.0-21.2
AGE
18-24 222 49 21.9 15.6-29.8 46 21.5 15.2-29.5 34 15.2 10.2-22.1 29 8.5 5.6-12.6 64 32.9 25.5-41.3
25-34 815 185 20.8 17.7-24.4 214 24.7 21.2-28.5 125 15.0 12.2-18.1 79 8.8 6.8-11.2 212 30.7 26.9-34.9
35-44 1,246 328 26.8 23.8-30.0 364 27.2 24.4-30.3 186 14.6 12.4-17.1 121 10.3 8.3-12.7 247 21.1 18.3-24.1
45-54 1,325 374 27.0 24.2-30.0 377 27.4 24.6-30.4 236 17.6 15.3-20.3 113 8.8 7.0-11.0 225 19.2 16.6-22.0
55-64 1,094 422 37.8 34.3-41.4 352 32.3 28.8-35.9 154 14.1 11.8-16.7 81 6.8 5.2- 8.7 85 9.1 7.0-11.7
65-74 605 250 41.2 36.7-45.9 182 29.8 25.7-34.3 95 16.9 13.6-20.9 33 5.4 3.7- 8.0 45 6.6 4.8- 9.1
75+ 366 184 45.6 39.8-51.6 122 36.3 30.7-42.4 43 13.2 9.5-18.1 14 4.0 2.2- 7.2 3 0.7 0.2- 2.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 362 93 22.5 17.0-29.1 66 15.8 11.2-21.8 57 13.2 9.2-18.5 35 7.7 5.1-11.4 111 40.9 33.7-48.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,294 418 26.6 23.4-29.9 347 25.7 22.2-29.5 168 12.6 10.4-15.3 112 9.4 7.4-11.8 249 25.7 22.2-29.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,523 488 28.5 25.3-31.9 448 26.7 23.8-29.8 228 16.0 13.4-18.8 127 9.0 7.3-11.2 232 19.8 16.8-23.2
College Graduate 2,515 801 29.6 27.4-31.9 810 31.0 28.8-33.4 421 17.0 15.2-19.0 196 7.7 6.5- 9.1 287 14.6 12.8-16.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 292 105 36.7 28.5-45.7 64 16.6 11.7-22.9 38 9.7 6.5-14.4 20 7.0 4.1-11.6 65 30.1 22.1-39.5
$15,000- 24,999 608 198 25.3 20.8-30.5 158 21.2 16.6-26.7 61 8.7 6.2-12.2 57 9.9 6.9-14.0 134 34.8 28.7-41.4
$25,000- 34,999 599 198 31.3 26.0-37.1 176 25.0 20.7-29.8 79 12.4 9.5-16.0 58 9.9 7.1-13.6 88 21.5 16.3-27.7
$35,000- 49,999 891 279 25.8 22.4-29.6 258 27.9 24.0-32.1 136 16.6 13.2-20.8 65 6.2 4.6- 8.2 153 23.5 19.5-28.0
$50,000-74,999 955 275 26.8 22.9-31.0 297 29.2 25.5-33.3 160 17.7 14.7-21.1 83 8.1 6.2-10.5 140 18.2 15.0-22.0
$75,000+ 1,792 508 26.1 23.7-28.6 552 29.3 26.8-31.9 339 18.8 16.6-21.1 153 9.8 8.1-11.7 240 16.1 14.0-18.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,542 539 31.2 28.0-34.6 425 25.3 22.5-28.3 211 11.8 10.1-13.8 115 7.9 6.3- 9.9 252 23.8 20.5-27.5
No 4,023 1,232 27.2 25.4-29.0 1,206 28.1 26.2-30.0 642 16.6 15.1-18.3 342 8.5 7.5- 9.7 601 19.6 17.8-21.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,008 271 23.8 20.8-27.1 275 25.8 22.5-29.3 184 19.9 16.6-23.6 87 9.5 7.3-12.4 191 21.0 17.8-24.5
Non-Veteran 4,688 1,529 28.8 27.0-30.6 1,395 27.6 25.9-29.4 692 14.5 13.2-15.9 383 8.2 7.3- 9.3 689 20.9 19.1-22.8

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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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