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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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?*

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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 5,614 2,744 41.0 39.1-42.9 1,721 32.1 30.2-33.9 568 12.0 10.8-13.4 230 5.3 4.4- 6.4 351 9.6 8.3-11.2
GENDER
Male 2,530 963 32.7 30.2-35.3 835 32.7 30.1-35.5 343 14.6 12.7-16.7 135 6.6 5.2- 8.3 254 13.4 11.3-15.8
Female 3,084 1,781 52.0 49.4-54.6 886 31.2 28.8-33.7 225 8.7 7.2-10.4 95 3.5 2.6- 4.8 97 4.6 3.3- 6.4
RACE
White 4,738 2,365 42.1 40.0-44.1 1,447 32.1 30.1-34.2 477 12.1 10.7-13.7 185 5.5 4.4- 6.7 264 8.2 6.9- 9.9
African American 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
Asian 44 30 59.7 39.6-77.0 7 21.4 9.0-42.9 3 11.9 3.2-35.6 2 2.1 0.5- 9.1 2 4.8 1.2-17.5
Native American 59 20 28.5 16.2-45.1 19 33.7 20.4-50.1 7 17.2 7.3-35.2 4 5.5 1.7-16.5 9 15.2 6.8-30.6
Other Minorities 172 65 30.1 21.8-40.0 52 28.5 20.3-38.4 18 10.4 5.7-18.3 7 4.0 1.3-11.0 30 27.1 18.1-38.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 162 55 23.7 16.7-32.6 46 27.4 19.2-37.5 25 15.3 9.4-24.1 7 5.4 2.0-13.6 29 28.2 18.9-39.9
-English Speaking 84 34 27.7 17.2-41.5 28 38.9 24.8-55.1 13 16.5 8.2-30.5 3 6.9 1.8-22.9 6 10.0 4.1-22.2
-Spanish Speaking 78 21 21.7 13.2-33.5 18 21.5 12.6-34.1 12 14.7 7.5-26.8 4 4.6 1.1-17.1 23 37.6 24.6-52.5
Non-Hispanic 5,444 2,685 42.1 40.2-44.0 1,673 32.4 30.5-34.3 542 11.8 10.6-13.3 223 5.3 4.4- 6.4 321 8.4 7.1- 9.8
AGE
18-24 200 43 18.8 12.9-26.7 59 33.0 25.1-42.0 36 16.1 10.7-23.5 19 9.8 5.8-16.2 43 22.2 15.4-31.0
25-34 690 244 31.4 27.2-36.0 231 34.2 29.8-38.9 99 14.5 11.4-18.3 45 6.7 4.6- 9.7 71 13.2 9.9-17.3
35-44 1,101 447 39.7 36.0-43.5 364 32.5 29.0-36.2 148 13.4 10.9-16.2 52 5.5 3.9- 7.8 90 8.9 6.8-11.6
45-54 1,286 583 43.4 40.0-46.9 424 33.4 30.2-36.8 128 10.5 8.6-12.9 59 4.6 3.2- 6.6 92 8.0 6.2-10.3
55-64 1,176 662 55.0 51.3-58.5 354 30.1 26.9-33.5 99 10.0 7.9-12.6 29 2.4 1.6- 3.6 32 2.5 1.7- 3.7
65-74 728 460 62.4 58.1-66.5 185 27.2 23.4-31.3 44 6.2 4.4- 8.7 22 2.3 1.5- 3.7 17 1.9 1.1- 3.2
75+ 409 292 72.4 67.0-77.2 98 23.1 18.6-28.2 12 2.9 1.5- 5.5 3 0.4 0.1- 1.3 4 1.3 0.4- 3.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 362 134 27.7 21.6-34.8 95 25.8 19.4-33.4 49 14.4 9.8-20.6 27 6.2 3.8-10.1 57 25.8 18.6-34.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,293 588 35.4 31.6-39.3 356 30.9 26.9-35.1 166 14.0 11.5-16.9 68 6.5 4.6- 9.2 115 13.3 10.2-17.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,450 669 37.1 33.5-40.9 462 32.8 29.1-36.7 155 12.8 10.2-16.1 69 6.6 4.6- 9.4 95 10.6 7.9-14.2
College Graduate 2,506 1,351 49.1 46.3-51.8 808 33.5 31.0-36.2 198 10.0 8.3-12.0 66 3.6 2.5- 5.0 83 3.8 2.9- 5.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 254 96 31.5 23.1-41.4 71 27.9 19.8-37.7 33 13.5 8.6-20.5 19 7.6 4.4-12.9 35 19.5 11.7-30.6
$15,000- 24,999 620 263 30.5 25.4-36.1 187 31.1 25.6-37.1 76 16.4 11.7-22.5 30 4.1 2.5- 6.4 64 18.0 12.7-24.9
$25,000- 34,999 525 264 42.9 36.6-49.4 136 27.3 21.9-33.4 56 12.8 8.8-18.3 31 7.7 4.6-12.5 38 9.3 5.9-14.4
$35,000- 49,999 868 416 41.3 36.7-46.0 247 30.1 25.9-34.7 103 11.9 9.3-15.2 41 5.1 3.2- 8.2 61 11.6 8.2-16.0
$50,000-74,999 963 483 42.2 37.7-46.7 293 30.4 26.3-34.8 95 11.9 9.1-15.4 37 6.9 4.2-11.1 55 8.7 5.6-13.3
$75,000+ 1,845 918 43.9 40.8-47.0 636 35.5 32.4-38.6 160 10.8 8.8-13.1 58 4.1 2.9- 5.7 73 5.8 4.3- 7.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,525 771 43.5 39.8-47.3 434 29.1 25.8-32.6 149 11.0 8.6-14.0 54 4.6 3.2- 6.6 117 11.8 9.2-15.0
No 3,900 1,901 40.6 38.4-42.8 1,231 33.3 31.1-35.6 391 11.9 10.5-13.6 164 5.3 4.2- 6.6 213 8.9 7.2-10.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 982 454 40.6 36.4-45.0 314 31.3 27.4-35.5 95 11.5 8.7-15.1 46 4.6 3.1- 6.8 73 12.0 8.3-17.0
Non-Veteran 4,631 2,290 41.0 39.0-43.1 1,407 32.2 30.2-34.3 473 12.1 10.7-13.7 183 5.4 4.4- 6.6 278 9.2 7.8-10.9

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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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