SCHS Home Search FAQs Guestbook

North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics Navigation Bar

2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake County

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?*

View results for a demographic group:
Select a different topic:
View results for a different geographical area:
  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%)
North Carolina 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
-Wake County 364 191 48.3 42.2-54.4 116 33.5 27.9-39.4 35 10.1 7.0-14.4 15 4.8 2.6- 8.6 7 3.3 1.3- 8.3
GENDER
Male 137 62 41.7 32.5-51.5 45 33.5 25.1-43.1 15 11.2 6.4-18.7 10 8.0 3.9-15.4 5 5.7 1.9-15.6
Female 227 129 54.8 47.3-62.1 71 33.4 26.6-41.0 20 9.1 5.6-14.3 5 1.7 0.7- 4.4 2 1.0 0.2- 4.3
RACE
White 298 161 49.9 43.1-56.7 95 34.1 27.9-40.9 26 8.6 5.6-13.0 11 4.1 2.0- 8.3 5 3.4 1.1- 9.9
Other 62 27 40.4 27.6-54.5 21 32.9 21.3-47.1 8 15.4 7.4-29.5 4 8.0 2.7-21.5 2 3.3 0.8-12.9
AGE
18-44 156 66 42.2 33.7-51.2 55 34.5 26.6-43.3 20 11.6 7.2-18.2 9 6.4 3.1-12.8 6 5.3 2.0-13.5
45+ 207 125 57.5 49.8-64.8 60 31.7 25.0-39.2 15 7.9 4.5-13.5 6 2.6 1.1- 5.9 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 52 15 25.8 14.9-40.8 23 46.0 31.4-61.3 9 15.1 7.4-28.5 3 8.0 2.3-23.9 2 5.1 1.1-20.2
Some College + 311 176 53.2 46.4-59.8 92 30.6 24.8-37.0 26 9.1 5.9-13.8 12 4.2 2.1- 8.2 5 3.0 0.9- 9.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 115 59 43.7 32.5-55.6 29 27.0 18.0-38.4 14 13.9 7.8-23.6 9 8.2 3.7-17.4 4 7.1 2.0-22.4
$50,000+ 218 110 48.6 41.1-56.2 82 38.2 31.1-45.9 19 9.1 5.5-14.5 5 3.3 1.2- 8.6 2 0.8 0.2- 3.5

Back to Alcohol Consumption.

* 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.


BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 01JUN07.

SCHS Home | Search | FAQs | Guestbook