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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption

During the past 30 days, what is the largest number of drinks you had on any occasion?

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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 5,542 1,721 25.1 23.6-26.7 1,577 26.1 24.4-27.7 922 16.8 15.4-18.3 434 8.4 7.3- 9.6 888 23.7 21.8-25.7
GENDER
Male 2,479 524 17.6 15.7-19.7 615 22.4 20.2-24.8 520 19.1 17.0-21.3 191 8.1 6.6-10.0 629 32.7 29.9-35.7
Female 3,063 1,197 35.0 32.6-37.4 962 30.8 28.6-33.2 402 13.8 12.0-15.8 243 8.7 7.4-10.2 259 11.7 9.8-14.0
RACE
White 4,685 1,464 25.4 23.7-27.1 1,329 25.8 24.0-27.6 798 17.5 15.9-19.3 362 8.4 7.3- 9.7 732 22.9 20.9-25.1
African American 568 169 24.4 20.1-29.2 172 29.4 24.3-35.0 76 13.5 10.3-17.5 56 10.5 7.3-14.9 95 22.2 17.3-28.1
Asian 45 25 45.8 28.3-64.5 8 29.0 13.5-51.6 8 15.5 6.6-32.3 2 6.7 1.1-30.7 2 3.0 0.7-11.7
Native American 56 16 27.4 14.8-45.1 15 27.0 15.2-43.3 10 17.0 7.1-35.4 4 7.5 2.6-20.1 11 21.1 10.6-37.6
Other Minorities 170 38 17.7 11.2-26.7 50 21.8 15.1-30.4 27 15.7 9.8-24.3 8 4.4 1.5-11.7 47 40.4 30.3-51.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 158 36 15.9 10.2-23.9 41 20.7 13.9-29.7 25 15.3 9.2-24.2 11 6.2 2.6-13.9 45 41.9 31.5-53.1
-English Speaking 81 23 19.7 10.8-33.3 25 29.8 18.0-45.2 11 11.5 5.4-22.8 8 11.0 4.9-22.9 14 27.9 15.0-45.9
-Spanish Speaking 77 13 14.0 7.5-24.6 16 16.3 9.0-27.7 14 17.1 9.2-29.7 3 3.9 0.7-19.0 31 48.7 35.1-62.6
Non-Hispanic 5,376 1,682 25.7 24.1-27.3 1,534 26.4 24.7-28.1 895 16.9 15.5-18.5 423 8.5 7.4- 9.8 842 22.4 20.6-24.4
AGE
18-24 198 20 8.2 4.5-14.5 45 20.4 14.5-27.9 27 13.9 8.4-21.9 17 9.3 5.3-16.0 89 48.2 39.3-57.2
25-34 677 148 19.0 15.7-22.8 169 22.7 19.0-26.9 116 16.6 13.3-20.6 69 11.2 8.4-14.9 175 30.5 25.9-35.4
35-44 1,086 272 23.3 20.2-26.7 330 29.8 26.4-33.5 173 16.0 13.4-19.1 91 7.2 5.6- 9.2 220 23.7 20.4-27.3
45-54 1,276 377 29.3 26.2-32.6 354 25.6 22.7-28.7 205 17.7 15.2-20.6 110 8.4 6.7-10.5 230 19.0 16.3-22.0
55-64 1,166 419 34.4 31.1-38.0 315 26.0 23.0-29.2 223 19.3 16.6-22.3 91 8.0 6.3-10.2 118 12.3 9.9-15.1
65-74 713 274 37.6 33.4-41.9 234 31.8 27.9-35.9 116 18.8 15.5-22.7 44 6.2 4.4- 8.7 45 5.6 4.0- 7.8
75+ 402 199 47.5 41.7-53.4 127 33.2 27.8-39.1 60 16.0 12.1-20.8 9 2.0 1.0- 3.8 7 1.3 0.5- 3.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 350 98 20.3 15.2-26.5 78 18.1 13.0-24.5 44 12.1 8.4-17.3 34 11.0 6.4-18.2 96 38.5 30.5-47.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,270 395 22.1 19.1-25.4 336 25.1 21.8-28.8 198 16.2 13.1-19.7 87 8.2 6.0-11.3 254 28.4 24.2-32.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,433 434 23.3 20.5-26.4 423 27.2 23.9-30.8 214 15.3 12.7-18.4 110 7.2 5.5- 9.4 252 26.9 22.9-31.4
College Graduate 2,486 793 28.8 26.5-31.3 740 27.4 25.1-29.8 465 19.0 16.8-21.3 203 8.7 7.3-10.4 285 16.1 14.0-18.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 251 79 23.7 17.3-31.4 55 19.6 13.3-28.0 30 11.6 7.2-18.4 24 12.9 6.6-23.8 63 32.2 22.8-43.2
$15,000- 24,999 611 181 21.4 17.0-26.6 162 22.6 18.2-27.7 103 16.7 12.9-21.4 39 7.0 4.5-10.7 126 32.3 25.7-39.8
$25,000- 34,999 519 172 24.2 19.8-29.3 146 28.8 23.1-35.4 65 12.2 8.4-17.4 40 7.5 4.8-11.3 96 27.3 21.3-34.1
$35,000- 49,999 852 269 27.2 23.3-31.5 243 24.3 20.6-28.4 138 16.9 13.6-20.8 58 5.8 4.2- 7.8 144 25.9 21.2-31.2
$50,000-74,999 953 303 26.8 23.2-30.9 283 26.2 22.4-30.4 157 16.6 13.5-20.3 73 8.1 5.7-11.4 137 22.2 17.6-27.8
$75,000+ 1,837 514 24.6 22.2-27.2 541 26.6 24.1-29.3 352 19.1 16.6-21.9 169 9.5 7.8-11.5 261 20.2 17.5-23.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,511 518 28.2 25.1-31.6 430 25.8 22.9-29.0 231 14.0 12.0-16.4 103 7.9 5.7-10.7 229 24.1 20.4-28.2
No 3,858 1,169 24.4 22.6-26.3 1,098 26.3 24.3-28.3 664 18.0 16.2-20.0 314 8.1 6.9- 9.4 613 23.2 21.0-25.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 959 258 23.0 19.7-26.6 274 26.5 22.9-30.4 206 21.2 17.8-25.1 57 4.9 3.6- 6.7 164 24.4 19.8-29.7
Non-Veteran 4,582 1,463 25.5 23.8-27.3 1,303 26.0 24.2-27.9 716 16.0 14.5-17.7 376 9.0 7.8-10.4 724 23.5 21.5-25.7

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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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