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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Indiana Statewide Survey Data, 2012
 
C10.02 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? (A 40 ounce beer would count as 3 drinks, or a cocktail drink with 2 shots would count as 2 drinks.) (_AVEDRNK2)
Denominator is respondents who have had at least one drink in the past 30 days. Weighting based on _llcpwt.

Categories One Two 3-4 5+ Total
% % % % N
Age Group: 24.6 23.1 27.7 24.5 262
      18-24
      25-34 29.8 31.3 26.0 12.8 519
      35-44 35.0 32.4 22.0 10.7 616
      45-54 38.7 34.6 19.7 7.0 712
      55-64 52.5 25.1 14.7 7.6 806
      65-74 63.3 22.2 10.9 3.7 512
      75 + 74.2 21.0 4.6 0.3 302
      Unk/Ref ** ** ** ** 28
Sex: 30.1 30.1 24.8 15.0 1,802
      Male
      Female 52.2 27.1 14.8 5.8 1,955
Race/Ethnicity: 40.9 28.2 20.1 10.8 3,153
      White, Non-Hispanic
      Black, Non-Hispanic 35.6 34.8 23.1 6.5 331
      Other/Multiracial, Non-Hispanic 38.8 26.6 15.5 19.1 104
      Hispanic 27.9 31.2 23.6 17.2 117
      Unk/Ref 41.2 24.6 18.7 15.4 52
Income Group: 35.3 24.6 16.8 23.3 274
      < $15,000
      $15-$24,999 35.0 28.9 23.1 13.0 508
      $25-$49,999 40.4 27.8 22.2 9.5 864
      $50-$74,999 34.8 27.8 25.6 11.8 630
      >=$75,000 41.5 31.4 18.8 8.3 1,054
      Unk/Ref 50.3 28.3 12.4 9.1 427
Education Level: 30.4 23.8 24.6 21.2 202
      < H S Graduate
      H S Graduate/GED 37.5 28.4 20.4 13.7 1,090
      Some college/Tech school 36.6 30.1 21.5 11.8 1,050
      College graduate 49.3 29.5 17.5 3.7 1,411
      Unk/Ref ** ** ** ** 4
Marital Status: 46.1 29.2 16.6 8.0 2,072
      Married
      Unmarried 32.3 28.4 24.9 14.5 1,674
      Unk/Ref ** ** ** ** 11
Employment Status: 36.3 30.8 22.1 10.8 2,294
      Employed
      Not employed 32.1 25.3 26.3 16.3 200
      Student/Homemaker 38.8 25.0 21.3 14.9 333
      Retired/Unable to work 58.2 24.9 10.3 6.6 926
      Unk/Ref ** ** ** ** 4
Grand Totals 39.8 28.8 20.4 11.0 3,757

SOURCE: 2012 Indiana BRFSS Statewide Survey Data
 
NOTE:      Percents are based on weighted data; unless otherwise specified, totals are unweighted numbers.
                ** Asterisks indicate too few cases to calculate a reliable percent.
                Excluding the 'Unknown/Refused' responses
Table produced February 13, 2014

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