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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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 583 254 38.8 33.5-44.3 190 34.5 29.2-40.3 63 12.3 8.9-16.8 31 5.3 3.4- 8.3 45 9.1 6.0-13.5
GENDER
Male 271 94 31.6 24.7-39.4 90 36.9 29.3-45.2 42 14.0 9.7-19.9 17 6.2 3.4-11.1 28 11.3 6.7-18.3
Female 312 160 49.6 42.1-57.1 100 30.9 24.5-38.2 21 9.8 5.0-18.2 14 3.9 2.2- 6.9 17 5.8 3.4- 9.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 5 4 47.6 9.1-89.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 52.4 10.8-90.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
-English Speaking 5 4 47.6 9.1-89.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 52.4 10.8-90.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 578 250 38.7 33.4-44.3 190 34.8 29.4-40.6 62 12.0 8.6-16.5 31 5.3 3.4- 8.3 45 9.2 6.1-13.6
AGE
18-24 35 8 15.9 5.8-36.8 13 49.3 29.6-69.1 9 24.0 10.7-45.4 0 0.0 . - . 5 10.9 3.9-27.1
25-34 102 38 39.0 27.5-51.8 38 29.9 20.4-41.5 7 10.3 4.2-22.9 7 5.4 2.3-12.1 12 15.5 7.4-29.6
35-44 142 62 39.7 30.0-50.3 46 36.6 26.5-48.1 15 9.5 5.3-16.5 9 9.1 4.1-19.0 10 5.1 2.4-10.3
45-54 147 63 40.7 30.9-51.2 46 31.8 22.6-42.7 19 13.1 7.7-21.5 9 5.9 2.7-12.3 10 8.5 3.4-19.4
55-64 100 54 54.3 41.0-66.9 26 24.9 15.1-38.3 10 10.8 5.4-20.5 3 2.7 0.8- 8.8 7 7.3 3.3-15.5
65-74 37 18 50.9 31.5-70.2 14 39.3 21.5-60.4 1 4.1 0.6-24.2 3 4.8 1.4-14.7 1 0.9 0.1- 6.3
75+ 16 8 58.0 32.8-79.6 7 37.1 17.1-62.9 1 4.9 0.7-28.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 87 33 36.4 22.4-53.1 25 31.6 18.8-48.1 11 11.3 5.3-22.4 6 5.6 2.2-13.3 12 15.1 5.9-33.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 183 67 30.4 22.4-39.8 65 39.0 29.2-49.7 22 11.5 7.0-18.3 11 7.0 3.2-14.7 18 12.1 6.4-21.7
Some Post-H.S. 173 73 34.4 25.8-44.1 59 39.6 29.7-50.4 20 14.2 7.6-24.7 11 4.7 2.3- 9.4 10 7.2 3.2-15.5
College Graduate 140 81 56.7 45.5-67.3 41 23.9 16.4-33.5 10 11.6 5.3-23.7 3 3.7 1.0-13.1 5 4.0 1.4-10.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 58 24 45.0 26.0-65.6 19 34.9 17.8-57.1 3 3.6 1.0-12.7 5 7.8 2.8-20.2 7 8.6 3.6-19.1
$15,000- 24,999 155 57 34.7 25.0-45.9 52 32.4 23.4-42.9 21 13.8 8.4-21.8 11 6.4 3.2-12.5 14 12.7 6.0-24.7
$25,000- 34,999 79 34 34.1 21.8-49.1 25 30.5 18.5-46.0 8 12.9 6.0-25.6 6 11.6 4.3-27.9 6 10.8 3.6-28.0
$35,000- 49,999 93 39 37.6 25.3-51.7 31 34.5 22.6-48.7 12 12.2 6.2-22.5 5 5.7 1.8-17.2 6 10.1 2.9-29.4
$50,000-74,999 77 40 40.1 27.3-54.4 22 38.8 25.1-54.4 7 9.4 4.0-20.4 3 3.6 0.9-13.5 5 8.1 2.6-22.4
$75,000+ 64 38 50.0 34.0-66.0 19 29.4 16.8-46.3 6 19.6 7.6-42.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.0 0.1- 6.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 161 64 41.8 31.1-53.4 48 29.8 20.5-41.1 23 13.8 7.4-24.3 10 4.7 2.2- 9.6 16 9.9 5.0-18.7
No 394 181 38.1 31.9-44.6 133 36.0 29.5-43.0 37 11.6 7.7-17.1 16 5.1 2.8- 9.3 27 9.2 5.5-15.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 106 51 41.2 29.8-53.6 30 32.2 21.2-45.6 13 12.4 6.5-22.3 4 3.1 0.8-10.8 8 11.1 4.6-24.8
Non-Veteran 477 203 38.3 32.4-44.5 160 35.0 29.0-41.4 50 12.3 8.5-17.5 27 5.8 3.5- 9.2 37 8.7 5.5-13.5

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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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