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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption-WHITES

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 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
GENDER
Male 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
Female 2,655 1,557 52.2 49.4-55.0 756 31.5 28.9-34.3 197 8.8 7.3-10.6 73 3.1 2.2- 4.2 72 4.4 3.0- 6.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 45 20 28.3 16.1-44.9 13 22.6 12.0-38.3 9 29.1 13.1-52.8 1 11.3 1.7-48.5 2 8.7 2.0-30.1
-English Speaking 44 19 27.5 15.4-44.1 13 22.8 12.1-38.8 9 29.5 13.3-53.3 1 11.4 1.7-48.8 2 8.8 2.1-30.3
-Spanish Speaking 1 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 4,691 2,344 42.2 40.2-44.3 1,434 32.2 30.2-34.3 467 11.9 10.6-13.5 184 5.4 4.4- 6.7 262 8.2 6.9- 9.9
AGE
18-24 135 27 17.3 10.5-27.1 41 32.0 22.6-43.2 22 16.3 9.8-25.9 15 12.0 6.7-20.4 30 22.4 14.1-33.7
25-34 519 183 31.0 26.2-36.2 175 35.3 30.1-40.8 82 15.8 12.1-20.4 33 7.6 4.9-11.6 46 10.3 7.3-14.4
35-44 877 354 40.2 36.1-44.3 287 32.0 28.4-35.9 124 13.7 11.2-16.6 42 5.6 3.8- 8.1 70 8.6 6.5-11.2
45-54 1,076 488 43.7 40.0-47.5 362 34.5 31.0-38.2 106 10.4 8.3-12.9 48 4.5 2.9- 6.8 72 6.9 5.2- 9.1
55-64 1,054 594 54.7 50.9-58.3 320 30.7 27.3-34.2 89 10.3 8.0-13.1 26 2.4 1.5- 3.7 25 2.0 1.3- 3.1
65-74 676 433 62.9 58.5-67.1 168 26.6 22.9-30.8 42 6.4 4.6- 9.1 18 2.1 1.3- 3.6 15 1.9 1.0- 3.3
75+ 383 277 73.5 68.0-78.3 88 21.8 17.3-27.0 11 2.9 1.4- 5.7 3 0.5 0.1- 1.5 4 1.4 0.5- 4.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 218 89 30.6 22.7-39.8 53 22.2 14.2-32.8 31 19.1 11.6-29.8 17 8.4 4.3-15.6 28 19.8 12.2-30.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,028 495 37.0 32.7-41.5 265 29.2 24.8-34.2 132 14.5 11.6-18.0 53 7.1 4.8-10.5 83 12.2 8.8-16.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,213 568 38.4 34.4-42.6 385 31.3 27.5-35.4 129 12.7 9.8-16.3 54 6.8 4.5-10.0 77 10.8 7.6-15.1
College Graduate 2,276 1,211 47.5 44.7-50.3 744 34.9 32.3-37.7 185 10.0 8.3-12.0 61 3.7 2.6- 5.3 75 3.8 2.9- 5.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 170 62 27.6 20.4-36.1 48 29.6 21.3-39.5 23 15.4 9.5-23.9 13 8.5 4.6-15.1 24 18.9 11.7-29.2
$15,000- 24,999 400 186 29.5 23.3-36.6 116 30.6 23.3-39.0 49 20.4 13.0-30.4 15 3.6 1.8- 7.1 34 16.0 9.3-26.1
$25,000- 34,999 415 216 45.3 38.2-52.5 104 27.2 21.2-34.1 45 11.7 8.0-16.9 21 6.7 3.5-12.4 29 9.1 5.4-15.0
$35,000- 49,999 736 366 43.7 38.7-48.9 202 28.8 24.3-33.7 85 11.5 8.7-15.0 35 5.2 3.0- 8.7 48 10.8 7.4-15.4
$50,000-74,999 848 428 43.5 38.7-48.4 257 28.5 24.6-32.8 86 12.6 9.5-16.6 31 6.7 3.9-11.4 46 8.6 5.1-14.2
$75,000+ 1,724 843 42.8 39.7-46.0 602 36.3 33.2-39.5 154 10.7 8.8-12.8 57 4.5 3.2- 6.3 68 5.7 4.2- 7.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,294 677 44.5 40.5-48.5 363 29.1 25.6-32.9 120 10.8 8.2-14.3 41 4.8 3.1- 7.3 93 10.8 8.3-14.0
No 3,302 1,630 41.7 39.3-44.1 1,044 33.5 31.1-36.0 335 12.2 10.6-14.0 137 5.4 4.2- 7.0 156 7.3 5.7- 9.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 840 390 41.6 37.0-46.3 267 30.1 26.2-34.3 80 10.8 8.1-14.2 40 4.9 3.2- 7.5 63 12.6 8.4-18.6
Non-Veteran 3,898 1,975 42.1 39.9-44.4 1,180 32.5 30.3-34.8 397 12.4 10.8-14.1 145 5.6 4.4- 7.0 201 7.4 6.1- 9.0

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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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