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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption

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 5,797 2,816 43.6 41.8-45.3 1,796 31.4 29.7-33.1 611 11.8 10.7-13.1 237 4.4 3.7- 5.1 337 8.9 7.7-10.2
GENDER
Male 2,626 997 34.8 32.3-37.3 845 31.9 29.5-34.5 374 14.5 12.8-16.4 147 5.3 4.3- 6.5 263 13.5 11.6-15.6
Female 3,171 1,819 55.1 52.9-57.4 951 30.6 28.6-32.8 237 8.3 7.1- 9.7 90 3.1 2.3- 4.0 74 2.9 2.2- 3.8
RACE
White 4,788 2,392 45.5 43.5-47.4 1,486 31.6 29.8-33.4 481 11.1 9.9-12.4 190 4.3 3.6- 5.2 239 7.5 6.3- 8.9
African American 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
Asian 39 21 51.0 28.0-73.5 11 13.9 5.6-30.5 6 34.7 13.7-64.0 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 76 24 23.6 14.4-36.0 20 21.6 12.8-34.2 14 22.9 12.7-37.8 4 3.2 0.8-11.8 14 28.7 15.8-46.4
Other Minorities 226 75 30.4 23.1-38.8 56 27.9 20.2-37.2 26 8.5 5.2-13.6 14 5.9 3.0-11.3 55 27.3 20.5-35.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 223 85 32.2 24.8-40.5 54 29.5 21.6-38.9 23 7.7 4.5-12.8 13 5.9 3.0-11.3 48 24.8 18.2-32.7
-English Speaking 104 54 48.4 36.5-60.5 30 34.4 23.2-47.7 8 4.6 2.1- 9.8 4 2.4 0.8- 7.2 8 10.2 4.5-21.2
-Spanish Speaking 119 31 24.8 16.3-35.8 24 27.3 17.4-40.0 15 9.1 4.8-16.4 9 7.5 3.5-15.3 40 31.4 22.4-42.1
Non-Hispanic 5,564 2,724 44.4 42.7-46.2 1,740 31.5 29.8-33.2 587 12.1 11.0-13.4 224 4.2 3.6- 5.0 289 7.7 6.6- 8.9
AGE
18-24 229 73 31.7 24.6-39.8 73 33.6 26.2-41.9 31 12.4 8.1-18.6 17 5.6 3.2- 9.7 35 16.7 11.2-24.0
25-34 832 301 34.2 30.4-38.3 272 31.1 27.4-35.1 113 13.6 11.0-16.6 53 6.5 4.7- 8.9 93 14.5 11.6-18.0
35-44 1,264 519 39.9 36.6-43.3 419 33.5 30.3-36.8 163 13.2 11.2-15.6 68 5.0 3.8- 6.6 95 8.4 6.6-10.6
45-54 1,353 625 44.8 41.5-48.1 431 31.1 28.1-34.2 174 14.4 12.1-17.2 52 3.2 2.3- 4.3 71 6.6 5.0- 8.5
55-64 1,116 648 58.7 55.1-62.2 324 28.3 25.2-31.6 78 7.3 5.6- 9.5 34 3.0 2.0- 4.4 32 2.7 1.8- 4.1
65-74 602 365 61.9 57.2-66.3 181 30.8 26.7-35.3 37 4.7 3.2- 6.8 9 1.1 0.5- 2.2 10 1.5 0.8- 3.0
75+ 367 266 70.1 64.2-75.3 82 24.7 19.8-30.4 15 4.6 2.6- 8.0 3 0.4 0.1- 1.4 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 374 128 28.4 22.6-35.1 97 25.6 19.5-32.8 53 12.9 9.0-18.1 26 6.0 3.6- 9.7 70 27.2 20.8-34.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,329 587 36.8 33.3-40.5 386 30.8 27.2-34.8 162 13.6 11.3-16.3 72 5.8 4.3- 7.8 122 12.9 10.3-16.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,543 713 41.5 38.0-45.1 478 30.5 27.4-33.8 182 14.2 11.7-17.1 74 5.0 3.7- 6.6 96 8.8 6.7-11.5
College Graduate 2,542 1,384 52.2 49.7-54.6 834 33.6 31.2-36.0 213 9.1 7.7-10.6 64 2.8 2.0- 3.8 47 2.5 1.7- 3.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 301 134 38.0 30.4-46.2 79 27.2 19.7-36.3 36 11.9 7.7-17.9 16 7.7 3.9-14.7 36 15.2 9.7-23.0
$15,000- 24,999 625 277 37.9 32.3-43.7 165 22.2 17.5-27.7 73 14.4 10.7-19.1 37 5.3 3.4- 8.1 73 20.2 15.2-26.4
$25,000- 34,999 605 276 41.3 35.8-47.1 188 31.2 26.0-36.9 60 11.7 8.1-16.5 39 6.8 4.5-10.2 42 9.1 6.4-12.7
$35,000- 49,999 899 425 39.9 35.6-44.3 280 33.2 29.1-37.7 104 14.0 10.8-18.0 34 3.4 2.3- 5.1 56 9.4 6.8-13.0
$50,000-74,999 976 470 44.0 39.8-48.3 319 34.6 30.5-38.8 108 11.8 9.5-14.6 36 3.6 2.5- 5.3 43 6.0 4.1- 8.7
$75,000+ 1,807 893 47.1 44.2-50.0 615 33.8 31.2-36.6 189 11.3 9.6-13.3 55 3.5 2.5- 4.9 55 4.3 3.1- 5.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,574 799 45.7 42.2-49.2 426 25.1 22.3-28.2 162 12.2 9.9-14.8 79 5.2 4.0- 6.9 108 11.8 9.2-15.1
No 4,078 1,960 43.2 41.1-45.3 1,323 33.6 31.6-35.7 423 11.2 10.0-12.6 152 4.1 3.4- 5.1 220 7.8 6.6- 9.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,032 444 39.4 35.7-43.2 325 30.0 26.7-33.7 131 15.8 12.7-19.5 53 5.5 3.8- 7.8 79 9.3 7.2-12.1
Non-Veteran 4,760 2,370 44.4 42.4-46.4 1,469 31.6 29.8-33.6 479 11.0 9.9-12.3 184 4.1 3.4- 5.0 258 8.8 7.5-10.3

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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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