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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption

During the past 30 days, how many days per week or per month did you have at least one drink of any alcoholic beverage?*

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  Total
Respond.^
No drinks 1-2 days 3-7 days 8-29 days Everyday
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 5,684 62 0.8 0.6- 1.1 1,744 31.5 29.6-33.3 1,653 31.3 29.4-33.2 1,626 27.4 25.7-29.1 599 9.1 8.0-10.3
GENDER
Male 2,564 22 0.6 0.3- 1.1 623 27.3 24.7-30.0 725 30.7 28.0-33.5 839 30.3 27.8-32.9 355 11.2 9.5-13.1
Female 3,120 40 1.1 0.7- 1.6 1,121 37.2 34.7-39.7 928 32.1 29.6-34.6 787 23.5 21.5-25.5 244 6.2 5.3- 7.3
RACE
White 4,783 39 0.5 0.4- 0.8 1,379 28.7 26.8-30.7 1,378 31.0 29.0-33.0 1,441 29.4 27.6-31.3 546 10.4 9.1-11.8
African American 596 15 1.6 0.8- 3.2 241 38.2 32.8-43.8 173 31.8 26.6-37.4 130 22.0 17.7-26.9 37 6.5 4.1-10.3
Asian 47 4 6.5 1.7-21.4 20 40.5 23.9-59.6 12 23.4 11.6-41.5 10 28.7 13.9-49.9 1 0.9 0.1- 6.6
Native American 60 2 1.0 0.2- 4.0 18 28.6 16.0-45.7 21 32.7 19.9-48.8 17 33.6 19.8-51.0 2 4.1 0.8-17.8
Other Minorities 180 2 1.1 0.3- 5.0 79 46.3 36.2-56.8 63 35.3 25.7-46.3 26 15.0 8.8-24.5 10 2.2 1.1- 4.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 171 3 1.4 0.4- 5.2 83 50.5 39.9-61.1 54 33.8 24.1-45.2 22 10.6 5.7-18.6 9 3.6 1.5- 8.6
-English Speaking 85 1 0.7 0.1- 5.2 32 41.5 27.6-56.8 29 29.4 18.3-43.5 16 19.0 9.0-35.8 7 9.5 3.4-23.9
-Spanish Speaking 86 2 1.7 0.4- 7.5 51 54.5 40.4-67.9 25 35.8 23.1-50.8 6 6.9 2.6-17.0 2 1.1 0.3- 4.3
Non-Hispanic 5,505 59 0.8 0.5- 1.1 1,658 30.1 28.4-32.0 1,596 31.1 29.2-33.0 1,603 28.5 26.8-30.3 589 9.5 8.4-10.7
AGE
18-24 211 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6 75 33.1 25.5-41.7 76 38.0 29.9-46.8 45 20.7 14.6-28.4 14 8.0 4.2-14.8
25-34 701 6 0.6 0.2- 1.7 270 35.5 31.0-40.2 234 35.2 30.5-40.2 168 23.5 19.7-27.8 23 5.2 3.2- 8.5
35-44 1,114 12 1.0 0.4- 2.3 385 33.8 30.2-37.7 353 31.5 28.1-35.2 318 29.1 25.7-32.7 46 4.6 3.3- 6.3
45-54 1,298 7 0.4 0.2- 1.0 399 31.5 28.3-34.8 407 30.9 27.8-34.2 387 29.3 26.3-32.6 98 7.9 6.1-10.1
55-64 1,196 20 1.5 0.9- 2.4 343 27.5 24.4-30.8 302 23.7 20.9-26.7 376 32.8 29.5-36.3 155 14.5 12.0-17.4
65-74 730 7 1.0 0.4- 2.1 171 21.6 18.3-25.3 176 24.6 21.0-28.5 224 32.2 28.2-36.4 152 20.7 17.5-24.4
75+ 409 8 1.6 0.7- 3.3 91 19.7 15.6-24.6 101 25.0 20.3-30.4 100 24.2 19.7-29.4 109 29.5 24.3-35.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 366 10 1.3 0.6- 2.8 126 36.7 29.2-44.9 99 34.1 26.1-43.1 89 22.2 16.3-29.4 42 5.8 3.9- 8.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,315 18 0.9 0.5- 1.9 491 36.7 32.7-41.0 367 28.9 25.2-32.9 304 23.1 19.6-26.9 135 10.4 8.0-13.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,477 19 1.1 0.6- 1.9 466 31.3 27.8-35.0 447 32.7 28.9-36.7 408 26.3 23.1-29.9 137 8.6 6.4-11.5
College Graduate 2,524 15 0.5 0.2- 0.9 661 27.5 25.0-30.1 740 31.1 28.6-33.8 825 31.7 29.3-34.2 283 9.3 7.9-10.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 264 9 2.6 1.1- 5.7 108 42.8 32.9-53.4 67 32.2 22.9-43.1 55 14.6 10.4-20.2 25 7.8 4.8-12.4
$15,000- 24,999 630 13 2.2 1.0- 4.6 227 35.7 30.0-41.9 170 29.0 23.4-35.4 156 24.1 19.2-29.7 64 9.0 5.5-14.5
$25,000- 34,999 529 6 1.1 0.4- 3.6 186 36.1 30.2-42.6 147 27.0 21.5-33.3 130 25.5 20.2-31.7 60 10.2 7.0-14.6
$35,000- 49,999 883 7 0.5 0.2- 1.1 268 32.3 28.0-37.0 261 32.4 28.0-37.2 262 26.3 22.5-30.6 85 8.4 5.9-11.8
$50,000-74,999 976 6 0.5 0.2- 1.2 299 32.5 27.9-37.4 324 32.6 28.5-37.0 247 24.9 21.0-29.4 100 9.5 7.0-12.8
$75,000+ 1,859 12 0.4 0.2- 0.7 487 26.4 23.8-29.3 541 32.1 29.0-35.3 631 32.5 29.7-35.4 188 8.6 7.1-10.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,552 23 1.0 0.6- 1.7 472 30.6 27.2-34.2 431 30.6 27.1-34.3 422 25.7 22.8-28.9 204 12.1 9.6-15.0
No 3,935 36 0.7 0.4- 1.1 1,222 32.1 29.9-34.4 1,164 31.3 29.1-33.7 1,144 27.9 25.9-30.0 369 8.0 6.9- 9.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 992 8 0.5 0.3- 1.1 219 25.4 21.0-30.3 260 25.2 21.8-28.9 316 32.9 28.8-37.3 189 15.9 13.2-19.0
Non-Veteran 4,690 54 0.9 0.6- 1.2 1,524 32.5 30.5-34.6 1,392 32.3 30.2-34.5 1,310 26.4 24.6-28.3 410 7.9 6.7- 9.2

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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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