| Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System |
| Indiana Statewide Survey Data, 2017 |
| C11.02 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: | 29.0 | 25.2 | 29.8 | 16.0 | 348 |
| 18-24 | |||||
| 25-34 | 32.3 | 29.8 | 22.7 | 15.2 | 709 |
| 35-44 | 38.0 | 30.0 | 20.7 | 11.4 | 746 |
| 45-54 | 38.1 | 30.8 | 19.9 | 11.2 | 1,038 |
| 55-64 | 48.3 | 29.1 | 16.2 | 6.4 | 1,373 |
| 65-74 | 56.3 | 27.6 | 11.7 | 4.3 | 1,207 |
| 75 + | 68.4 | 20.8 | 7.3 | 3.5 | 655 |
| Unk/Ref | 59.9 | 27.7 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 60 |
| Sex: | 31.7 | 29.0 | 24.1 | 15.3 | 3,081 |
| Male | |||||
| Female | 51.8 | 28.1 | 14.7 | 5.4 | 3,055 |
| Race/Ethnicity: | 41.1 | 28.8 | 19.7 | 10.4 | 5,249 |
| White, Non-Hispanic | |||||
| Black, Non-Hispanic | 41.8 | 26.3 | 25.0 | 6.9 | 359 |
| Other/Multiracial, Non-Hispanic | 39.6 | 29.2 | 17.2 | 14.0 | 207 |
| Hispanic | 32.4 | 29.2 | 16.9 | 21.6 | 236 |
| Unk/Ref | 47.7 | 25.5 | 15.0 | 11.9 | 85 |
| Income Group: | 37.1 | 27.4 | 18.1 | 17.4 | 303 |
| < $15,000 | |||||
| $15-$24,999 | 36.9 | 24.5 | 28.2 | 10.4 | 682 |
| $25-$49,999 | 41.9 | 26.8 | 19.5 | 11.7 | 1,375 |
| $50-$74,999 | 41.0 | 28.9 | 17.9 | 12.3 | 1,060 |
| >=$75,000 | 41.2 | 31.0 | 19.1 | 8.7 | 2,231 |
| Unk/Ref | 43.6 | 29.7 | 16.6 | 10.1 | 485 |
| Education Level: | 28.0 | 24.7 | 20.3 | 27.0 | 228 |
| < H S Graduate | |||||
| H S Graduate/GED | 37.1 | 26.5 | 22.9 | 13.6 | 1,625 |
| Some college/Tech school | 39.4 | 29.4 | 21.3 | 9.9 | 1,586 |
| College graduate | 48.8 | 30.6 | 15.2 | 5.4 | 2,686 |
| Unk/Ref | ** | ** | ** | ** | 11 |
| Marital Status: | 46.0 | 29.7 | 16.7 | 7.7 | 3,523 |
| Married | |||||
| Unmarried | 34.3 | 27.3 | 23.8 | 14.7 | 2,584 |
| Unk/Ref | ** | ** | ** | ** | 29 |
| Employment Status: | 37.2 | 30.2 | 21.1 | 11.5 | 3,558 |
| Employed | |||||
| Not employed | 40.3 | 23.2 | 22.5 | 14.0 | 198 |
| Student/Homemaker | 39.5 | 27.9 | 21.8 | 10.8 | 401 |
| Retired/Unable to work | 54.7 | 24.7 | 13.2 | 7.4 | 1,951 |
| Unk/Ref | ** | ** | ** | ** | 28 |
| Grand Totals | 40.7 | 28.6 | 19.8 | 10.8 | 6,136 |
| SOURCE: 2017 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 September 10, 2018 |