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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption-MALES

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 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
RACE
White 2,083 808 33.5 30.7-36.4 691 32.6 29.8-35.6 280 14.9 12.8-17.4 112 7.5 5.8- 9.7 192 11.5 9.4-14.0
African American 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
Asian 25 16 56.7 32.2-78.3 4 20.4 6.3-49.4 3 16.4 4.4-45.4 0 0.0 . - . 2 6.6 1.6-23.6
Native American 30 8 20.9 8.8-42.0 11 38.4 21.1-59.1 5 24.8 10.1-49.2 1 0.7 0.1- 4.9 5 15.2 5.9-34.1
Other Minorities 111 33 24.9 16.1-36.4 34 28.8 19.4-40.5 13 11.9 6.3-21.6 5 2.1 0.8- 5.5 26 32.3 21.5-45.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 105 25 17.9 11.0-27.6 29 26.6 17.3-38.6 19 17.5 10.3-28.1 6 4.0 1.4-11.0 26 34.0 22.8-47.4
-English Speaking 38 9 17.1 6.7-37.2 15 41.8 23.1-63.2 7 18.8 7.8-38.7 3 10.0 2.6-31.5 4 12.2 4.3-29.8
-Spanish Speaking 67 16 18.2 10.2-30.1 14 20.4 11.2-34.3 12 16.9 8.7-30.5 3 1.6 0.4- 6.5 22 42.9 28.5-58.5
Non-Hispanic 2,421 937 34.1 31.5-36.9 804 33.3 30.6-36.1 324 14.3 12.4-16.5 129 6.9 5.4- 8.7 227 11.3 9.4-13.6
AGE
18-24 95 18 18.4 10.9-29.3 22 28.3 18.2-41.3 19 15.5 8.7-25.9 8 9.9 4.7-19.7 28 28.0 18.2-40.5
25-34 277 62 22.5 17.1-29.0 97 34.1 27.8-40.9 49 17.0 12.4-22.8 22 8.1 5.0-12.9 47 18.3 13.2-24.8
35-44 472 132 31.0 25.8-36.7 158 32.2 27.2-37.8 87 16.9 13.1-21.5 32 7.5 4.9-11.3 63 12.3 9.0-16.8
45-54 579 191 32.5 27.9-37.5 207 35.7 31.0-40.7 75 13.1 10.1-16.8 34 6.5 4.1-10.0 72 12.2 9.2-16.1
55-64 564 253 45.8 40.6-51.0 195 34.7 30.0-39.7 70 13.2 10.0-17.3 20 3.0 1.8- 5.0 26 3.3 2.2- 5.1
65-74 349 180 52.6 46.4-58.7 104 31.3 25.7-37.4 35 10.0 6.9-14.2 16 3.2 1.8- 5.5 14 3.0 1.6- 5.4
75+ 189 124 70.8 63.1-77.5 51 22.9 17.0-30.1 8 3.4 1.6- 7.2 3 0.8 0.2- 2.5 3 2.1 0.6- 7.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 219 64 22.6 15.8-31.2 55 25.3 17.6-34.9 39 16.8 11.0-24.9 18 5.8 3.1-10.5 43 29.4 20.4-40.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 633 218 26.5 22.1-31.6 182 32.0 26.5-38.1 104 16.8 13.2-21.1 41 7.0 4.5-10.8 88 17.7 13.1-23.5
Some Post-H.S. 577 188 28.4 23.4-34.0 195 31.8 26.6-37.5 84 15.5 11.4-20.8 42 9.4 6.2-14.0 68 14.9 10.8-20.1
College Graduate 1,099 492 42.1 38.2-46.1 403 35.8 32.1-39.7 116 11.9 9.4-15.0 34 4.9 3.1- 7.5 54 5.3 3.8- 7.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 115 28 25.0 13.8-40.8 33 27.6 16.4-42.5 22 18.1 10.5-29.4 9 6.8 3.1-14.2 23 22.6 11.5-39.5
$15,000- 24,999 283 93 25.0 18.6-32.7 83 28.6 21.5-37.0 49 21.7 14.6-30.9 16 3.8 2.0- 6.8 42 21.0 14.2-29.9
$25,000- 34,999 242 102 37.8 29.3-47.2 65 25.5 18.5-34.1 36 16.3 10.4-24.7 15 8.1 4.1-15.6 24 12.2 7.1-20.0
$35,000- 49,999 381 147 34.2 27.7-41.3 107 29.9 23.9-36.8 50 12.1 8.4-17.1 28 7.0 3.9-12.3 49 16.8 11.6-23.7
$50,000-74,999 422 162 30.4 24.8-36.8 141 33.1 26.9-40.0 56 12.6 9.1-17.3 22 9.4 5.2-16.5 41 14.4 8.9-22.5
$75,000+ 889 352 35.4 31.4-39.7 337 37.3 33.0-41.8 106 13.2 10.5-16.6 38 5.9 3.9- 8.6 56 8.2 5.7-11.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 728 287 35.1 30.3-40.3 229 29.7 25.1-34.7 94 14.3 10.5-19.2 33 5.7 3.6- 8.9 85 15.2 11.3-20.1
No 1,701 643 31.9 29.0-35.1 578 34.2 31.0-37.6 230 14.1 11.9-16.5 97 7.0 5.3- 9.3 153 12.7 10.2-15.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 891 396 38.9 34.5-43.5 290 31.5 27.4-36.0 90 12.1 9.1-15.9 43 4.7 3.1- 7.0 72 12.8 8.8-18.1
Non-Veteran 1,639 567 30.7 27.7-33.8 545 33.2 30.0-36.5 253 15.4 13.1-18.0 92 7.2 5.5- 9.4 182 13.6 11.2-16.4

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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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