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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption

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 5,866 44 0.9 0.5- 1.6 1,800 31.3 29.6-33.0 1,812 32.0 30.3-33.7 1,670 28.3 26.8-30.0 540 7.5 6.7- 8.4
GENDER
Male 2,669 19 1.0 0.4- 2.2 644 26.6 24.2-29.1 824 32.9 30.4-35.4 848 30.3 28.0-32.7 334 9.4 8.1-10.8
Female 3,197 25 0.8 0.4- 1.3 1,156 37.5 35.3-39.8 988 30.9 28.8-33.0 822 25.7 23.8-27.8 206 5.1 4.3- 6.0
RACE
White 4,817 24 0.3 0.2- 0.5 1,398 29.9 28.1-31.7 1,468 31.6 29.7-33.4 1,461 30.4 28.7-32.3 466 7.8 7.0- 8.8
African American 663 11 1.6 0.9- 3.0 262 35.7 30.9-40.8 207 31.7 26.9-36.9 142 24.0 19.9-28.7 41 6.9 4.5-10.6
Asian 40 1 2.1 0.3-13.6 14 26.4 12.8-46.5 19 61.0 39.3-79.1 4 6.2 1.6-21.7 2 4.3 0.9-18.3
Native American 80 1 1.5 0.2- 9.7 25 30.2 18.7-44.9 24 30.5 19.0-45.1 20 28.2 16.6-43.7 10 9.6 4.7-18.8
Other Minorities 241 6 5.1 1.6-15.4 92 38.9 30.7-47.8 84 32.9 25.6-41.2 40 17.4 12.1-24.3 19 5.7 3.2- 9.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 237 7 5.3 1.7-15.5 89 40.5 32.2-49.5 80 32.3 25.1-40.5 42 17.7 12.4-24.7 19 4.2 2.4- 7.2
-English Speaking 105 2 3.2 0.6-16.4 38 33.4 23.2-45.4 32 33.1 22.6-45.6 20 20.5 12.1-32.5 13 9.9 5.0-18.7
-Spanish Speaking 132 5 6.1 1.6-20.9 51 43.5 32.7-55.0 48 32.0 23.0-42.6 22 16.6 10.3-25.5 6 1.8 0.7- 4.4
Non-Hispanic 5,620 37 0.5 0.4- 0.7 1,709 30.5 28.8-32.2 1,730 32.0 30.3-33.8 1,625 29.2 27.6-30.8 519 7.8 6.9- 8.7
AGE
18-24 247 0 0.0 . - . 114 46.6 38.9-54.5 74 30.0 23.1-37.9 56 21.8 16.0-28.9 3 1.7 0.5- 5.1
25-34 842 8 1.7 0.5- 5.7 299 32.9 29.1-36.9 311 36.2 32.3-40.4 200 25.9 22.3-29.8 24 3.3 1.9- 5.4
35-44 1,281 6 0.5 0.2- 1.4 423 31.2 28.2-34.5 446 35.3 32.1-38.6 349 27.8 24.8-30.9 57 5.2 3.7- 7.2
45-54 1,360 8 0.8 0.4- 1.6 406 26.8 24.1-29.6 404 30.8 27.8-34.0 440 33.4 30.4-36.5 102 8.3 6.5-10.5
55-64 1,125 13 1.3 0.7- 2.4 324 27.3 24.2-30.6 322 28.9 25.7-32.4 343 30.9 27.7-34.4 123 11.5 9.5-14.0
65-74 608 4 0.6 0.2- 1.6 141 22.0 18.4-26.1 158 24.4 20.6-28.6 171 29.4 25.3-33.8 134 23.6 19.8-27.9
75+ 371 5 0.8 0.3- 2.0 84 22.3 17.8-27.5 85 22.5 18.0-27.8 105 31.2 25.9-37.1 92 23.2 18.6-28.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 388 7 3.7 0.9-13.1 126 33.3 26.8-40.6 122 31.5 25.3-38.5 95 23.8 18.3-30.3 38 7.7 4.8-12.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,354 13 1.0 0.5- 2.0 474 35.9 32.1-39.8 410 30.2 26.8-34.0 318 24.2 21.0-27.7 139 8.7 6.9-10.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,553 10 0.4 0.2- 0.9 532 34.6 31.2-38.1 473 31.8 28.4-35.4 406 26.6 23.6-29.9 132 6.7 5.3- 8.3
College Graduate 2,561 14 0.5 0.3- 0.8 665 25.8 23.7-28.1 803 33.2 30.9-35.6 851 33.2 30.9-35.5 228 7.3 6.2- 8.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 315 6 5.5 1.2-21.3 130 40.1 31.5-49.4 75 20.6 14.7-28.1 72 26.0 18.8-34.7 32 7.8 4.2-14.2
$15,000- 24,999 633 8 1.0 0.4- 2.2 225 34.0 28.7-39.8 186 31.3 25.7-37.5 145 25.7 20.8-31.3 69 8.1 5.6-11.5
$25,000- 34,999 613 6 0.8 0.3- 2.0 199 34.3 28.9-40.1 204 35.3 29.8-41.1 141 20.6 16.5-25.5 63 9.0 6.5-12.3
$35,000- 49,999 911 9 1.2 0.5- 2.8 283 33.1 28.8-37.6 295 33.1 29.0-37.6 240 25.1 21.6-29.0 84 7.4 5.7- 9.6
$50,000-74,999 977 3 0.3 0.1- 0.9 270 28.0 24.3-32.0 323 34.5 30.4-38.8 305 30.2 26.6-34.2 76 7.0 5.3- 9.2
$75,000+ 1,816 6 0.2 0.1- 0.5 477 25.3 22.9-27.7 556 32.8 30.1-35.6 625 34.5 31.8-37.3 152 7.2 5.9- 8.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,597 16 1.0 0.5- 1.8 520 30.9 27.8-34.1 462 30.2 27.0-33.7 411 28.0 24.8-31.3 188 10.0 8.2-12.1
No 4,115 25 0.8 0.4- 1.8 1,234 31.3 29.3-33.4 1,304 32.7 30.7-34.7 1,209 28.3 26.5-30.2 343 6.9 6.0- 7.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,036 5 0.3 0.1- 0.8 241 24.0 20.7-27.6 291 31.2 27.5-35.2 318 29.2 25.9-32.7 181 15.3 12.8-18.2
Non-Veteran 4,825 39 1.0 0.5- 1.8 1,557 32.6 30.8-34.6 1,521 32.2 30.3-34.1 1,350 28.2 26.4-30.0 358 6.0 5.2- 7.0

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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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