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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption--By Risks, Conditions, and Quality of Life Measures*

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
Have Health Insurance
Yes 5,149 2,573 45.3 43.4-47.1 1,622 32.5 30.7-34.3 521 11.3 10.1-12.5 195 4.0 3.3- 4.8 238 7.0 5.9- 8.2
No 644 239 34.0 29.0-39.4 174 25.8 21.3-30.9 90 14.9 11.6-18.9 42 6.2 4.3- 9.0 99 19.1 15.1-23.8
Body Mass Index
Underweight 82 31 25.5 16.3-37.6 38 52.3 37.3-67.0 7 11.7 4.6-26.7 3 2.1 0.7- 6.7 3 8.3 2.4-24.8
Recommended Range 2,240 1,167 46.5 43.6-49.5 698 31.4 28.6-34.3 221 11.4 9.6-13.5 68 3.3 2.4- 4.4 86 7.4 5.6- 9.9
Overweight 2,063 926 40.4 37.6-43.3 661 32.0 29.4-34.8 230 12.0 10.2-14.0 103 5.5 4.3- 7.0 143 10.0 8.2-12.3
Obese 1,253 596 44.0 40.4-47.7 367 29.8 26.4-33.4 139 12.3 10.1-15.0 55 4.3 3.0- 5.9 96 9.7 7.6-12.2
Current Smoker
No 4,368 2,378 49.2 47.1-51.2 1,339 31.8 29.9-33.8 379 9.8 8.6-11.1 125 3.2 2.5- 4.0 147 6.0 4.8- 7.4
Yes 1,407 430 28.5 25.2-32.0 445 29.6 26.4-33.0 231 17.5 14.9-20.5 112 7.6 6.0- 9.6 189 16.8 14.2-19.8
Binge Drinker
No 4,453 2,619 55.8 53.7-57.8 1,389 32.9 31.0-34.9 338 8.4 7.4- 9.6 78 2.0 1.5- 2.6 29 0.9 0.5- 1.4
Yes 1,191 161 12.2 9.9-14.9 350 26.9 23.6-30.4 243 20.5 17.5-23.9 147 10.3 8.3-12.6 290 30.1 26.4-34.0
Heavy Drinker
No 5,236 2,792 47.6 45.8-49.5 1,600 31.8 30.0-33.6 484 11.1 9.9-12.4 174 3.7 3.0- 4.5 186 5.8 4.8- 7.0
Yes 482 0 0.0 . - . 160 24.9 20.3-30.1 116 20.2 16.1-24.9 58 11.7 8.5-16.1 148 43.2 36.8-49.9
Current Asthma
Yes 319 174 52.0 44.5-59.4 89 30.7 24.0-38.4 23 6.1 3.8- 9.6 14 4.4 2.4- 8.0 19 6.7 3.9-11.4
No 5,463 2,636 43.1 41.3-44.9 1,703 31.4 29.7-33.2 584 12.1 10.9-13.4 223 4.4 3.7- 5.2 317 9.0 7.8-10.4
Diabetes
Yes 309 178 53.1 46.1-60.0 78 25.1 19.8-31.4 32 13.0 8.6-19.2 3 1.1 0.3- 3.4 18 7.6 4.4-12.8
Yes, During Pregnancy 41 26 63.0 42.8-79.5 10 22.7 11.4-40.1 3 3.9 1.0-13.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 10.4 1.8-42.0
No 5,378 2,582 43.0 41.2-44.8 1,687 31.8 30.1-33.6 568 11.8 10.7-13.1 229 4.5 3.8- 5.3 312 8.9 7.7-10.2
No, Bordeline Diabetes 65 28 46.1 31.5-61.4 19 22.2 13.3-34.6 8 11.2 5.2-22.8 5 8.7 3.2-21.8 5 11.7 3.1-35.6
Disability
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

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported drinking at least one drink in the last month.

*These risk tables are stand-alone tables, not broken down further by geographic strata.

^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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